Gone With the Wind producer David O. Selznick paid a fine of $5,000 for violating the Motion Picture Production Code banning the use of profanities when he refused to rewrite the line “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

None of the African-American stars of Gone With the Wind were invited to the film’s Atlanta premiere.

Bette Davis wanted to play Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind but Warner Bros. would not let her out of her contract to star in the MGM film. (Warner Bros. did agree, however, to loan Olivia de Haviland, also a WB contract performer, to star as Melanie Hamilton.)

Over 1,400 actresses were interviewed for the screen role of Scarlett O’Hara; 90 candidates were given screen tests.

Errol Flynn had been considered for the role of Rhett Butler in the MGM film Gone With the Wind.

Scarlett O’Hara’s first name was Katie.

Before Vivien Leigh was awarded the role, other actresses considered for the role of Scarlett O’Hara included Lucille Ball, Talullah Bankhead, Claudette Colbert, Irene Dunne, Paulette Goddard, Jean Harlow, Susan Hayward, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Lana Turner, and Loretta Young.

Lucille Ball was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Talullah Bankhead was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Claudette Colbert was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Irene Dunne was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Paulette Goddard was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Jean Harlow was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Susan Hayward was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Katharine Hepburn was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Carole Lombard was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Lana Turner was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Loretta Young was among the actresses considered for the much-coveted screen role of Scarlett O’Hara.

Producer David O. Selznick bought the movie rights for Gone With the Wind for the then-enormous (and record) sum of $50,000.

It took Margaret Mitchell three years to write Gone With the Wind. She once claimed the story was meant for her husband’s eyes only.

Margaret Mitchell once claimed she wrote Gone With the Wind for her husband’s eyes only.

When it was released in 1936, the 1,036 page novel Gone With the Wind sold for $3, a significant sum during the Depression years. Nevertheless, New York publishing house Macmillan could not print the book fast enough and more than 1 million copies were sold within the book’s first six months following Gone With the Wind’s release.

10,000 copies of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind were initially printed. Over 176,000 copies of the novel sold within three weeks, and 1 million copies had sold by the time Gone With the Wind had been on the shelves for six months.

Margaret Mitchell attended the Atlanta premiere of Gone With the Wind, but had refused to have anything to do with the making of the movie. She feared — and rightly so — Hollywood would over-romanticize her book.

The author Margaret Mitchell reportedly disdained the movie version of her biggest-selling release, Gone With the Wind. Before filming even began, she feared a movie would over-romanticize her book.

The film Gone With the Wind features a cast of 59 actors, 2,400 extras, 1,100 horses and 375 other animals including pigs, mules, oxen and dogs.

For the “Confederate Wounded” scene of Gone With the Wind, 2,500 extras were ordered. The Screen Extras Guild supplied 1,500 extras; 1,000 dummies were used to augment the live extras seen lying on the field.

Gone With the Wind was shot on 85 miles of film. The final cut is over four miles long.

Clark Gable nearly quit Gone With the Wind when told he had to cry on film. Olivia de Haviland convinced him to try.

Gone With the Wind was the first film to be awarded ten Academy Awards.

Gone With The Wind turned out to be a monumental film in almost every way. Its total production cost was a phenomenal $4.25 million (equal to $50 million today), at 3 hours and 52 minutes, it had the longest running time of its day, and when it premiered in Atlanta on December 15, 1939, over one million people poured into the city.

Three days of parades and celebrations in Atlanta preceded the actual screening of the premiere performance of Gone With the Wind in December 1939.

449,512 feet of color film were shot during the production of Gone With the Wind, totaling 88 hours; 160,000 feet of film were printed.

449,512 feet of color film were shot during the production of Gone With the Wind, totaling 88 hours; 160,000 feet of film were printed. The Technicolor® film stock cost $109,974.

For the film version of Gone With the Wind, 1,500 sketches of sets were drawn, 200 sets were designed, and 90 sets were constructed. One million feet of lumber were used to build all of the sets. The city of Atlanta alone comprised the construction of 53 buildings.

It cost $197,877 to build the sets for Gone With the Wind. The lumber and materials alone cost $35,000.

Over 450 vehicles were used in the film Gone With the Wind, including wagons, gun caissons and ambulances.

In the “Charity Bazaar” scene of Gone With the Wind, over 10,000 antiques were offered for sale.

More than two dozen cameos were purchased in the US and Europe for Scarlett O’Hara’s dresses in the film Gone With the Wind.

Seven Technicolor® cameras filmed the famous Atlanta fire scenes of Gone With the Wind, with flames leaping 500 feet from a set that covered 40 acres.

Seven Technicolor® cameras filmed the famous Atlanta fire scenes of Gone With the Wind, with flames leaping 500 feet from a set that covered 40 acres. Ten pieces of fire equipment from the Los Angeles Fire Department, 25 policemen, 50 studio firemen and 200 studio helpers controlled the Atlanta fire.

Seven Technicolor® cameras filmed the famous Atlanta fire scenes of Gone With the Wind, with flames leaping 500 feet from a set that covered 40 acres. More than 15,00 gallons of water doused the fire after filming.

Seven Technicolor® cameras filmed the famous Atlanta fire scenes of Gone With the Wind, with flames leaping 500 feet from a set that covered 40 acres. Ten pieces of fire equipment from the Los Angeles Fire Department, 25 policemen, 50 studio firemen and 200 studio helpers controlled the Atlanta fire. More than 15,000 gallons of water doused the fire after filming.

It would have required 1 million feet to film to shoot the entire novel Gone With the Wind, and the resulting film would have needed one week for a single, straight viewing.

Pre-production work on Gone With the Wind took up 250,000 man hours; 750,000 man hours were spent in actual production.

The female characters in the film Gone With the Wind wore 2,500 costumes. Seven bales of cotton when into the creation of the female wardrobe for the film, and $10,000 in cleaning bills accumulated during production.

The female characters in the film Gone With the Wind wore 2,500 costumes.

Seven bales of cotton when into the creation of the female wardrobe for the film Gone With the Wind, and $10,000 in cleaning bills accumulated during production.

Vivien Leigh was paid a $30,000 for her lead work in Gone With the Wind.

There were 550 separate wardrobe items created for the production of Gone With the Wind. The wardrobe accounted for over $153,000 of the production’s costs.

Walter Plunkett created 377 costume sketches for the film Gone With the Wind, 44 alone for the character Rhett Butler.

The character of Melanie in the film Gone With the Wind had 21 costume changes through the run of the picture; Ashley had only 11 costume changes.

The projected production cost for Gone With the Wind was $2.5 million, half of which was contributed by MGM and the rest by backers of producer David O. Selznick.

The projected production cost for Gone With the Wind was $2.5 million; the actual production cost was $3.7 million.

The projected production cost for Gone With the Wind was $2.5 million; the actual production cost was $3.7 million. The final cost of the entire project including overhead for prints, advertising, publicity and distribution was $3,957,000.

The projected production cost for Gone With the Wind was $2.5 million; the actual production cost was $3.7 million. The final cost of the entire project including overhead for prints, advertising, publicity and distribution was $3,957,000. Among the film’s costs were $5,511 for soundtrack stock, $10,363 for developing and printing the soundtrack, $134,497 for lighting, $69,917 for rental and purchase of props, and $54,341 for location fees.

Vivien Leigh had 125 shooting days during the production of Gone With the Wind. Co-stars Clark Gable had 71 days, Olivia de Havilland had 59, and Leslie Howard had 32.

A ticket to a morning or afternoon screening during the original 1939 release of Gone With the Wind was 75¢; an evening screening ticket cost $1.

By the end of 1940, 13 months after its release, over 25 million people had seen Gone With the Wind.

Gone With the Wind grossed $945,000 during the first week of its release. $14 million was grossed at the box office in the first year of its release, and $32,000 had been grossed domestically by July 1943.