Actresses Vivian Leigh, left, and Olivia de Havilland are pictured in “Gone With the Wind.” handout / Turner Entertainment “I felt very drawn to Melanie,” de Havilland later said. “She was a complex personality compared to the heroines I’d been playing over and over.”“Gone With the Wind,” which also starred Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, won eight Academy Awards, including best picture.STUDIO BATTLESThe prestige of the Oscar nomination and the popularity of “Gone With the Wind” did not get de Havilland the types of roles she wanted.
She often refused the parts Warner Bros. offered, which resulted in the studio suspending her several times.In 1943 de Havilland declared that her seven-year deal with Warners had expired but the studio said she.
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