By another name
Margaret Mitchell penned the original novel the movie would be based on. It’s difficult to conceive, but the author actually considered several other titles for the story. ‘Bugles Sang True,’ ‘Baa! Baa! Black Sheep,’ ‘Not in Our Stars,’ ‘Tomorrow Is Another Day,’ and ‘Tote the Weary Load,’ all made the shortlist of potentials. The final title was taken from a poem by Ernest Dowson named Cynara. The line for the title’s inspiration reads: “I have forgot much Cynara! Gone with the wind.”
Pained performance
British-American Actress Olivia de Havilland memorably starred as the wholesome and compassionate, Melanie Hamilton. In a particularly demanding scene, Hamilton gives birth. The director of the film, Victor Fleming, was determined to make the actress’s performance as believable as possible. He went to unconventional lengths to insure the scene had the desired effect on audiences. Fleming sat beside the actress, just beyond the camera’s view, and painfully pinched her toes while the scene was shot.