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GONE WITH
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GONE WITH THE WIND
First Day of Issue: March 23, 1990
First Issue Location: Hollywood, California
Gone With the Wind is an unforgettable masterpiece
based on Margaret Mitchell's compelling novel of the
Civil War South with sterling performances by Clark
Gable as the dashing Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as the
spoiled beauty. It received ten Academy Awards, includ-
ing Best Picture, Best Actress — Vivien Leigh — and Best
Supporting Actress — Hattie McDaniel, the first black to
win an Oscar. Nearly three years of extensive advance
publicity virtually guaranteed the success of the film.
Despite the aura of excitement and anticipation, Gone
With the Wind was almost not made. Producer David O.
Selznick at first rejected the novel's story as too long and
involved for the big screen, and passed up the movie
rights. Only after a change of heart did Selznick translate
the novel into the longest film made to that date — 3 hours
and 39 minutes — and the epic movie packed theaters
with record-breaking ticket sales. Today, the movie's
popularity is undiminished, an American institution
which thrills new generations the world over.
No. 90-10
GONE WITH THE WIND ©1939 Selznick International Pictures,
©Renewed 1967 MGM, Inc., ©1990 Turner Entertainment Co.
The image, likeness, and name and certain other publicity rights of the
actor Clark Gable are used with permission of their owner, Gable
Estates & Co., represented by The Roger Richman Agency, Inc.
The image, likeness, and name and certain other publicity rights of the
actress Vivien Leigh are used with permission of their owner, Suzanne
Farrington, represented by The Roger Richman Agency, Inc.
©1990 The Maximum Card Collection
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Original painting by Tom McNeely
