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Gone with the Win is a 1936 American novel by Margaret Mitchell set in the Old South during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The novel won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning 1939 film of the same name. It was also adapted during the 1970's into a stage musical titled Scarlett; there is also a 2008 new musical stage adaptation in London's West End titled Gone With The Wind. It is the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime, and it took her ten years to write it. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling more than 30 million copies (see list of best-selling books). Over the years, the novel has also been analyzed for its symbolism and treatment of mythological archetypes.

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  • In early drafts, the heroine of this novel was named Pansy & her family home was called Fontenoy Hall
  • During the making of this classic, sets from "King Kong" & "The Garden of Allah" were intentionally burned down
  • Only Pulitzer Prize-winning novels to become Oscar-winning “Best Pictures” are “All The King's Men” & this one
  • In a classic book, this title phrase precedes the words "which had swept through Georgia"
  • From this book's penultimate paragraph: "There had never been a man she couldn't get, once she set her mind upon him"
  • December 15, 1939, the day this film premiered, was declared a holiday in Georgia
  • 1936:"Scarlett O' Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm..."
  • Twelve oaks, the Wilkes family plantation
  • Fans of this film classic commonly refer to it as "GWTW"
  • Margaret Mitchell novel in which Sally Fontaine changes Paul Revere's cry to "The Yankees are coming!"
  • "The Wind Done Gone" re-envisions this novel from the viewpoint of a slave of Scarlett O'Hara's
  • A barbecue takes place at Twelve Oaks, the Wilkes family plantation, in Chapter VI of this novel
  • 1939:"I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!"
  • (I'm Jack Ford.) I couldn't choose just one; my favorite books are "Trinity", Leon Uris' novel of Ireland, & this Margaret Mitchell novel with an Irish-American heroine
  • Alexandra Ripley read this novel 6 times in preparation for writing its sequel, "Scarlett"
  • In 1996 a fire badly damaged the Atlanta apartment house where this 1936 bestseller was written
  • This novel ends, "I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day"
  • Leslie Howard's contract salary for this film was more than twice Vivien Leigh's
  • 1939:"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"
  • In chapter VIII of this novel, Atlanta is "very exhilarating...and temporarily even better than Tara"
  • Producer David O. Selznick won 2 straight Best Picture Oscars: "Rebecca" for 1940 & this film the previous year
  • This novel that won the 1937 Pulitzer was originally entitled "Tomorrow is Another Day"
  • Margaret Mitchell began this book, "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it..."
  • "I don't know nothin' bout birthin' babies"
  • You have selected Atlanta's Grand Theater for Friday, Dec. 15, 1939. The star-studded premiere of this film is sold out
  • In April 2008 a new musical based on this novel swept through London, not Atlanta
  • 1939:"Mr. Ashley be comin' to Atlanta when he gets his leave"
  • George Reeves, later TV's Superman, appears as one of the Tarleton Twins in this 1939 classic
  • "Moonlight and Magnolias" depicts the epic struggle to turn this novel into a 1939 film
  • 1997's best play, "The Last Night of Ballyhoo", opens in Atlanta on the eve of this 1939 film's premiere
  • The last line of this novel is "After all, tomorrow is another day."
  • (Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osbourne gives the clue.) Called "Selznick's Folly", this 1939 Oscar winner cost an unprecedented $4 million to produce, had multiple directors, 50 speaking roles & 2,400 extras
  • 1939:"You should be kissed -- and often -- and by someone who knows how"
  • This Southern epic swept across the nation as the bestselling fiction book of 1936 & 1937
  • Melanie Wilkes, Gerald O'Hara
  • One working title of this 1936 novel was "Pansy", since the main character was originally called Pansy O'Hara
  • Scarlett wins "Project Runway" with her fierce design of a dress made from green velvet curtains
  • The old mill at Lakeshore Dr. & Fairway Ave. was used in the opening of this 1939 film
  • About this film Irving Thalberg predicted, "Forget it, Louis. No Civil War picture ever made a nickel"
  • (Hi. I'm Beau Bridges.) My real name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, but my parents called me Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in this novel
  • As an uncredited screenwriter, Fitzgerald contributed to this 1939 Civil War epic
  • Forever vanished, perhaps by tornado----------------------------------G--E WI----E WI--
  • On Jupiter this 1939 movie would be called "Vanished Accompanied by Gas in Motion over 300 MPH"
  • In this famous film Scarlett O'Hara doesn't let the South losing the Civil War slow her down
  • It was the first color film to win a Best Picture Oscar
  • Ben Hecht didn't know the story, so Victor Fleming & David O. Selznick acted it out for him as he rewrote this script
  • "Autant en Emporte le Vent"
  • This Southern saga published in 1936 gets its title from a line in a poem called "Cynara"

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