The film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's ‘Gone With the Wind’ movie has long been condemned for romanticizing slavery. Some screenwriters had tried to paint a more honest picture.

— It was the first Oscar ever awarded to a Black actor: The plaque presented to actress Hattie McDaniel in 1940 for her iconic supporting role in the landmark 1939 film “Gone With the Wind.” ...

But at last, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented a replacement plaque on ... clips of McDaniel’s performances in “Gone With the Wind” and several other films, along ...

McDaniel, who died in 1952, became the first Black actor to win an Oscar in any of the acting categories for her iconic role as Mammy in Gone With The Wind. She won the best supporting actress ...

Gone with the Wind (1939) July 26, 2023 7:32 AM EDT L ove it, hate it, or, perhaps most reasonably, love-hate it, Victor Fleming’s Gone with the Wind can’t and shouldn’t be reduced to one ...

Southern classic Gone With The Wind is to come with a trigger warning amid concerns over its depiction of 19th Century slavery. Margaret Mitchell's novel set in Georgia during the American Civil ...

Gone With the Wind is an iconic film from the early days of Hollywood, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.While the movie is still memorable today, it also is controversial. Part of the ...

A historian paid $15,000 for an early copy of the 'Gone with the Wild' shooting script. In it, he's discovered that the production very nearly went a different way with its controversial depiction ...

ATLANTA — A recently discovered early script version of the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” showed a much harsher depiction of slavery than what ultimately made it onscreen. Historian David ...

In the film, he played the role of a sailor alongside his "Gone with the Wind" co-star Vivien Leigh. Mickey went on a hiatus from acting to work as an aircraft electrician in the U.S. Navy in late ...