Gone with the Wednesday: Honor Page

Screenplay Magazine Honor Page, from December 1939:

“Gone with the Wind” is the great picture of its time, as “Birth of a Nation” was great in its day. It runs for 3 hours and 45 minutes, It has an all-star cast and thousands of extras. It is all in brilliant Technicolor, with some scenes of breathtaking beauty, It’s always stirring and often thrilling. But you can’t describe this Selznick epic. You must see it in order to believe it.

Three-star pictures are rare. In “Gone with the Wind” three performances are such absolute perfection in portrayal that all three must be given our award. Vivien Leigh reincarnates Margaret Mitchell’s headstrong heroine. Gable lends enormous gusto to his role of Rhett. Olivia de Havilland contributes the tender notes of poignant beauty and self-sacrifice as kind-hearted Melanie.