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William Hartsfield Gone With the Wind premiere film
Mayor William Hartsfield's film of the world premiere of Gone with the Wind in Atlanta in 1939.
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Creator
Hartsfield, William Berry, 1890-1971
Date of Original
1939
Subject
Gone with the wind (Motion picture : 1939)
Actresses--California--Hollywood
Actresses
Actresses--Georgia--Atlanta
Actors
Actors--California--Los Angeles
Audiences--Georgia--Atlanta
Airport terminals--Georgia--Atlanta
Airports--Georgia--Atlanta
Crowds--Georgia--Atlanta
Entertainment--Georgia--Atlanta
Entertainers--California--Los Angeles
Entertainers--Georgia--Atlanta
Motion pictures
Motorcades--Georgia--Atlanta
Parades and processions--Georgia--Atlanta
Neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta
Hartsfield, William Berry, 1890-1971
Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967
Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989
Gable, Clark William, 1901-1960
De Havilland, Olivia, 1916-
Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942
Howell, Clark, 1894-1966
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949
Loew's Grand Theater (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Cyclorama (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta Municipal Airport (Atlanta, Ga.)
Eastern Air Lines
Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Peachtree Street, 33.798452, -84.3910732
Medium
home movies
Type
Moving Image
Description
The footage, in its original format, is one reel of black and white acetate 16mm film. The film is edited from several individual reels and includes title and story cards. The first several minutes of the film capture the arrival of the principal actors and studio executives as they disembark at Atlanta Municipal Airport and proceed down the streets of Atlanta. There are many close-up shots of principal actors including Olivia De Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Ona Munson, and Laura Hope Crews. The director, David O. Selznick, is pictured along with Carole Lombard, wife of Clark Gable, and Laurence Olivier, companion of Vivien Leigh. The next several minutes capture the ball hosted by the Atlanta Junior League. The film shows guests arriving, some in Civil War period costume, and dancing to music by a live band. The final minutes of the film capture some of the principal actors touring the Cyclorama, the site of the Battle of Peachtree Creek, and a residential area as well as the arrival of guests for the movie premiere., William Berry Hartsfield (1890-1971) served as Mayor of Atlanta 1937-1962. He served on the Atlanta City Council from 1923-1928 and represented Fulton County in the state legislature. Hartsfield was Mayor of Atlanta in 1939 when the city hosted the premiere of Gone With the Wind, the movie based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh). The film Gone With the Wind, based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell (Marsh), premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 1939.
Original Collection
William Hartsfield Gone With the Wind Premiere Film, Atlanta History Center
Holding Institution
Atlanta History Center
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