Gone with the Wind: Last News

latest label that was just added before Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel “Gone With The Wind.”It says that the old book, which was made into a huge 1939 movie, amounts to a “romanticization of a shocking era in our history and the horrors of slavery.” Um, duh! It’s a Civil War story that’s pro-Confederacy.A more useful trigger warning I’d throw in front of “Gone With The Wind,” however, is: “This book is 1,472 pages long.” In fact, books, movies and TV shows almost never begin with a trigger warning that could actually help me make a decision. Here are some I’d like to see.Trigger Warning: You will never be able to afford this beautiful homeEvery flippin’ Nancy Meyers movie (“It’s Complicated,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” “The Holiday”) has a stunningly gorgeous Hamptons or California home where wealthy, relaxed Ina Garten-types drink red wine on beige couches that miraculously never stain.

HBO Max noting in a new disclaimer it “denies the horrors of slavery, as well as its legacies of racial inequality.”However, historian David Vincent Kimel is now revealing that several writers pushed for a more realistic depiction of race relations — only for their dark, disturbing and violent scenes to be cut from the finished product. The Oscar-winning film is adapted from Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel, which follows the strong-willed Georgia belle Scarlett O’Hara.

“Gone With the Wind” was hell on earth.The film would go on to become the top grossing movie of all time (adjusted for inflation, it boasted ticket sales of $1.823 billion), winning ten Academy Awards in 1939. But it took a significant toll on its 25-year-old female lead.

Gone With The Wind actress and Hollywood great Dame Olivia de Havilland has died aged 104.

wrote in an op-ed for CNN, confirming the movie’s return to the streaming service.“For me, this is an opportunity to think about what classic films can teach us,” insisted Stewart, a 50-year-old host on Turner Classic Movies (TCM).She did not announce a date for its return, and HBO Max did not immediately return calls for comment.The movie — starring Vivienne Leigh, Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel — was pulled by HBO last week following an op-ed by “12 Years a Slave” screenwriter John Ridley who said it romanticized “the horrors of slavery.”In her own op-ed, Stewart called it one of a number of old movies that “have played a major role in perpetuating the racist beliefs that devalue Black lives and normalize the use of excessive force

John Cleese has hit out at the removal of an episode of classic 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers from streaming service UKTV.