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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1949.
Everybody Wants To See
GONE WITH THE WIND
OPENING TODAY AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAMBRA
TO BE SHOWN IN TWO PARTS ALTERNATELY
AND 7.15 P.M.
PART AT 2.30
I
PART !! AT 5.00
AND 9.30 P.M.
* "GWTW" STILL HOLDS ALL RECORDS
"Gone With the Wind," one of |ing contribution by a producer, screen play of the year; Willium the greatest pictures of all time, for the year. which is 120W brought to the Queen's and Alhambra screens us 2011 M-G-M masterpiece release, has won virtually every award in the held of motion pletures,
Shortly after its premiere, it won the anuni award of the Acarlemy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as the best Alm of the year. Davki O. Selznick, pru- ducer of the, picture, won the Irving Thalberg Memurial Award
Vivien Leigh, who plays Seas- | Jett O'Hara, won the Academy Award as the best actress; Victor Fleming, who directed "Cone With the Whid," was named as the best director of the year; and Battle McDaniel, who appears as Mummy, kewise won the Aen- demy Award for the best per- formance by a supporting seiress,
The late Sidney Howard, famed
at the same time for the outstand-playright, was, cited for the best
Cameron Menzies, production de- signer, received a special plaque for his work in the use of colour in the film; and both the Tech- rivolar and the editing of the ple- fure were similarly honoured as the outstanding achievements of the year.
The memorable, production of Margaret Mitchell's story of the old South is now being shown again as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer masterpiece relense. It's a picture EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE!
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Flight from Atlantal Behind them the embera of the Con fetleracy's glory. Ahead lay truts and labour--and love!
ABOVE:- Her widow weeds
were no
with flirtation
barrier the Scarlett At-
magnetic Rhett. creates a scandal In lanta.
1,230 EXTRAS IN ONE SCENE
An all-time récord for employment of. Hollywood ex- tras was established during filming of "Gone. With the Wind," the nover-to-bo-forgotten mo- tion picture, an M-G-M masterpiece release.
Twelve thousand days of employment were given lu bit players and extrus dur- ing Alming of "Gone With the Wind," The largest
mumber to appear single scene was 1,230, who represented the residents of Atlante and soldiers of the Union and Confederato Armies in the spectacular destruction of many parts Athula at the time of the burning of the arsenal.
Erie Stacey, assistant to Dircetur Victor Fleming. was in charge of the ex- tris, He originated elaborate cluri systein by which to
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exact position on the sel after player a scene, either to re-play it, of
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Four Great Stars Head Cast
Shown above, from left to right, are Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, Vivien Leigh as Scarlott O'Hara, Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes, Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Hamilton,
"Tighter, Mammy! Mr. But- Jer will be at the bail to: night. I simply must be beautifull" The prelude to a fateful meeting!
Most Impressive Names On Screen
The cast is probably the most No soothsayer is needed to ob- Impressive in the history of the serve that "Gone With the Wind":
proved a spring board to launch screen, Fifty-nine principal play-most of these on their meteoric ers, plus an army of extras for careers.:
the battle scenes were used, while Gabic, who played Rhett But- the technical staff employed a ler, the romantic ideal of the day, list of names a column long. is currently Hollywood's No. 1 Miss Leigh, who Heading the cast are Clark Gable, male star.
schleved overnight fame as Scar- Vivien Leigh. Olivia de Havilland lett O'Hara, has since maintained and the tale Leslie Howard. Init In starring roles which include supporting roles are Thomas Mit- the recent "Censer and Cleoputra." chell, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Ruther-Olivia de Havilland, as Melanie ford and Victor Jory, among many Hamilton, has won the Academy other distinguished movie play- Award as the best actress in To
Ench His Own."
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"You're looking pale. there shortage of rouge? Or can this wanneаs mean you've
me 7"* been missing Rhett asked Scarlett after ho returned from London.
LEFT: The burning of Atlanta! Up in smoke and flames went the
hopes and dreams of a proud people.
MIGHTY SPECTACLE WHEN SOLDIERS BURN ATLANTA
Of thirty huge sets created from three, thousand skatches for "Gone With the Wind,” the never- to-be-forgotton motion picture now brought to Hong Kong as an M-G-M-mastarpioco release, the most pretentious was that of the war-storm- ed city of Atlanta, where munitions warchauses were burned by retreating soldiers.
The spectacular backgrounds of, stories in height, was piped with Atlanta in 1884 were reproduced a battery of spray nozzles, con- on twenty acres. Warehouses, cealed in the doomed structures. cotton gins, lumber yards and A contrifugal pump connected on Confederate arsenal arose from a three. 3,000-gallon tanks served
Trac
the mixture of gasoline and dis- tillate.
The
pattern of steel engravings and Civil War photographis. A train of wooden box cars, was spotteri on the warehouse tracks. call, went out for 1,200 extrus and that night a crow estimated by Los Angeles police at 10,000 gathered In the Baldwin filis, South of the movie set.
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With the pressing of a button, which started the electrical igni
on, the pump responded tremendous pressure through the
nozzle" "tog
und atomising Games sprang up in
dozen places to a height of two hundre
And thus was one of this A special effects expert took feet.. over and the group of thirty-six { mast electrifying sequences them three "Gune With the Wind" filmed. buildings, most of
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