Which city's burning is shown in the classic film "Gone With the Wind"?

The character of Scarlet OHara was spoiled, petulant and heroic. She was in love with Ashley Wilkes. When Ashley’s wife, Melanie, was in childbirth Scarlet had the perfect opportunity to abandon her to die. Instead, Scarlet delivered the baby herself and then personally took Melanie and the baby through enemy lines 20 miles to her home at Tara.

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn. 🙂

Daybonn, the book was so much better. Scarlett was a much stronger character in the book.

Daybonn, yes Scarlett was spoiled but when faced with these circumstances she was a true southern lady, she delivered Melanie’s baby and doctored her and Ashley back to health. She found her true love was Rhett and lost him but in the next book , her hardheadness won her the towns respect and won Rhett’s heart!!

A movie that's really about the rapid decline & death of the "Antebellum" Southern States. The end of an ugly chapter in United States History. A time when the Southern States made an attempt to "Un-unite" the States over the issue of states right to govern themselves free of Federal interference. Is it spelled out in the Constitution? I don't know, but I'd like to hear from a scholar of Constitutional studies.

ChampionNymph37634, all powers not specifically granted to the federal government in the Bill of Rights are held by the respective states. In practice, this has always been an issue between states and the Fed. While the South claims states' rights were the reason for the war. In reality, the only "state right" that amounted to any significant issue was slavery. I recommend reading the Federalist Papers, in which Hamilton, Madison, and sometimes Jay explain to the people of New York what the proposed Constitution would mean and why it was written as it was. South Carolina was given ten years to stop trading slaves, and the idea was for slavery to end. Many parts were written to discourage slavery or slaveholding. The 5/8 rule, for example, was meant to keep slave states from increasing their representation in Congress by counting all their (nonvoting) slaves as people. The abolitionists pushed back on the proposal to not count slaves at all, as that would establish that slaves weren't human. The idea was to end slavery in 1808, but it never happened. The slave states and their allies found ways to push the can down the road (sound familiar?) until it finally exploded into the Civil War. It is a fascinating and enlightening read.

somuch a teajic time in our history..but what a great movie! I named my son Rhett to pay homage to it.

The Burning of Atlanta was the first scene shot long before they actually started filming. The Fire of Atlanta was the Wall from The"King Kong"Set. MGM filmed the Burning and used it as a back ground..😎

ChampionNymph37634, The Constitution allows for new states to join the United States. It says nothing about them leaving the U. S. A Supreme Court case (Texas vs White) in 1869 held that secession was not permitted and that the Union was insoluble.

A major portion of the studio was burned to film that scene. Vivien Leigh is said to have been introduced to David O. Selznick that very night. The rest was history!

GA girl here. Atlanta is a nice city, it's just the traffic that would make you not want to live here.

"The night they drove old Dixie Down" the war wasn't about slavery as certain groups of people want you to believe, but Taxes and self governing of the southern states.

Sadly, when it premiered in Atlanta, Hattie McDaniels and the other black cast members were prohibited from the movie theatres.

VIC, Lucky you.

ChampionNymph37634, Yes, they didn't want anyone "interfering" with their right to buy people, abuse and work them to death to support their comfortable lifestyle. It's ALWAYS about money.

NanaPat1957, I LOVE the second book!!

Vivien Leigh was a dish!

VIC, You should look 👀 at it,,much action,,great movie but sad because it portrayed what really happened to our beautiful southern states ,,Carolina girl here,,

Never seen it😶

Gatsby's Cash Cab, Please LEARN to use the space bar. It is hard to follow your feeble thoughts, when all the words are jumbled together.

The backdrop is amazing!

great info!