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"GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939) Review

Several years ago, I had come across an article that provided a list of old classics that the author felt might be overrated. One of those movies turned out to be the 1939 Oscar winning film, "GONE WITH THE WIND". Not only did the author accuse the movie of being both racist and sexist, he also claimed that the movie had not aged very well over the past seven decades. Read more... )
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Below are images from "GONE WITH THE WIND", the 1939 Best Picture adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel. Produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming, the movie starred Vivian Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia De Havilland and Leslie Howard: Read more... )
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"GIRLS ABOUT TOWN" (1931) Review

When he first arrived in Hollywood in 1929, New York stage director George Cukor served as a dialogue coach at Paramount Pictures and occasionally, at other studios like Universal. Then in 1930, he co-directed three movies, two of them with Cyril Gardner. He had to wait a year later to serve as sole director for his first two movies. One of them turned out to be the 1931 comedy called "GIRLS ABOUT TOWN". Read more... )
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Below are images from the 1931 comedy, "GIRLS ABOUT TOWN". Directed by George Cukor, the movie starred Kay Francis, Joel McCrea and Lilyan Tashman: Read more... )

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