The film won 8 Oscars in 1940:
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Vivien Leigh
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Hattie McDaniel
(The first African American to be nominated for and win an Oscar.)
- Best Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler
- Best Cinematography, Color: Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan
- Best Director: Victor Fleming
- Best Film Editing: Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom
- Best Writing, Screenplay: Sidney Howard
- Best Picture
In 1940
100 year
THE YEAR OF GONE WITH THE WIND'S MOVIE RELEASE Gone with the Wind first opened in theaters in 1939.
"Gone With the Wind" was the big winner at the 12th annual Academy Awards, which honored the best in motion pictures for the year 1939. The awards ceremony was held on February 29, 1940.
The original publication of "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Michell was originally going to be May 1936. The publication, though, was pushed back a month and was released June 30th 1936. The book was so popular that it was made into a movie and mere three years later.
Scott Number US 2446 was issued in 1989 in a set of four with the Wizard of Oz, Beau Geste and Stagecoach.
100 year
1939
In 1940
THE YEAR OF GONE WITH THE WIND'S MOVIE RELEASE Gone with the Wind first opened in theaters in 1939.
December 15, 1936, Loews Theater, Atlanta, Georgia.
December 15, 1936, Loews Theater, Atlanta, Georgia.
1939 - same year as OzThe U.S. release date was January 17, 1940.
it roughly means gone in the wind i am a 6 year Japanese student in college
"Gone With the Wind" was the big winner at the 12th annual Academy Awards, which honored the best in motion pictures for the year 1939. The awards ceremony was held on February 29, 1940.
That is Scott Number 2446. It was issued on February 23.1990
324 days have elapsed this year.
1939...the same year that 'Gone with the Wind' and 'The Wizard of Oz' went in movies.