Gone With the Wind Resources

This is the official website for the 1939 film. It's got info about the film, stills, and a bunch of video and audio clips.

Margaret Mitchell's house in Atlanta is an historical site. The website includes information about the house, Mitchell, and her famous novel, which she wrote while living here.

Need we say more? The 1939 film is so famous and iconic that there hasn't been a remake. Or maybe Hollywood figures flagrant racism like this wouldn't fly anymore. Either way, this four-hour film is the one and only.

An article about the ample criticism the film version of Gone With the Wind received from black newspapers and public officials—criticism that often goes unmentioned in histories of the film.

An essay arguing that Gone With the Wind portrays Scarlett as a strong woman survivor.

An essay explaining that, despite everything Margaret Mitchell tells you in Gone With the Wind, the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery.

A short PBS feature which asks whether Gone With the Wind is great literature or racist formulaic genre drivel. PBS doesn't really answer because it's PBS and they feel like they need to be all even-handed and journalistic, but it's still interesting.

Everyone's a critic...areweright?

In Carol Burnett's parody of the film, Melanie sticks her head in a punch bowl. What more do you need to know?

Jodi Picault talks about how as a child she loved Gone With the Wind. Jesmyn Ward talks about how, as a child, she was alienated and angered at the portrayal of black characters.

A famously romantic movie poster for the 1939 film.

The much less romantic original cover for the 1936 book.