This series ran when I was in college and I LOVED it. I always loved history and I liked the way a particular historical event was profiled because the show focused not just on the event itself, but what was going on in the world at the time as well. That Marcella Rabwin was a real hoot! She was basically a glorified secretary who saw and overheard things, but LOVED to give interviews and make herself seem much more important in Hollywood than she actually ever was. I remember one interview with her where she claimed that the idea for 'I Love Lucy' was actually created in the living room of her house!
Margaret Mitchell's writing of the book was of epuc proportions, too. Thus is a huge story, almost impossible to tell. For better or worse it tells a portion of our history which got us whers we are today. I recommend watching one of the Mitchell biographies to understand why GWTW became the biggest book ever published.
Linda Ellerbee: I remember her from a late night show that I think Letterman replaced. It was in the early 80s when stations actually signed off, usually with the national anthem.
6:07 The real Siegfried Line was from World War. The Germans actually called this the Westwall. However, the Allies were still calling it the Siegfried Line in 1945 when they finally punched through it. There was a silly song in 1939,."We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfrield Line." In 1940, it was the Germans who were doing the hanging.
They interviewed the woman who portrayed Maybelle Merriwether? Odd, she was on screen for less than ten seconds in a non-speaking role. Perhaps she had a bigger role but got cut or something.
@@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796 Actually from everything I've read about it, more than likely it was the hypertension which caused the cerebral hemorrhage. Remember, there was no blood pressure medicine back then and FDR's blood pressure was sky high. I saw a couple of interviews with his cardiologist (before he died and he spoke about the weakness in arteries and blood vessels that it causes. Basically, FDR blew a gasket!
GwtW was one of the most blatantly racist movies ever made. Particularly disturbing also are the salaries paid the actors and actresses in the movie, as outlined at the end. Over $100000 (1939) to Clark Gable, and only around $25000-30000 for the white female stars. And only $6000 for Hattie McDaniel, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role. The comments by Butterfly McQueen about how she had to force herself to submit to the racial stereotyping she was asked to portray are heartbreaking. This whole episode of Our World seems to glorify this film, and why is Ray Gandolf standing proudly in front of the Stars and Bars at 14:00? That this could have been broadcast as late as 1987 is absolutely sickening.
This series ran when I was in college and I LOVED it. I always loved history and I liked the way a particular historical event was profiled because the show focused not just on the event itself, but what was going on in the world at the time as well.
That Marcella Rabwin was a real hoot! She was basically a glorified secretary who saw and overheard things, but LOVED to give interviews and make herself seem much more important in Hollywood than she actually ever was. I remember one interview with her where she claimed that the idea for 'I Love Lucy' was actually created in the living room of her house!
When I was a Kid I loved this show it kept me up on history
Margaret Mitchell's writing of the book was of epuc proportions, too. Thus is a huge story, almost impossible to tell. For better or worse it tells a portion of our history which got us whers we are today. I recommend watching one of the Mitchell biographies to understand why GWTW became the biggest book ever published.
Linda Ellerbee: I remember her from a late night show that I think Letterman replaced. It was in the early 80s when stations actually signed off, usually with the national anthem.
6:07 The real Siegfried Line was from World War. The Germans actually called this the Westwall. However, the Allies were still calling it the Siegfried Line in 1945 when they finally punched through it. There was a silly song in 1939,."We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfrield Line." In 1940, it was the Germans who were doing the hanging.
Angela Lansbury too !! 80's ❤
Linda Ellerbee is freaking 😍 hot.
They interviewed the woman who portrayed Maybelle Merriwether? Odd, she was on screen for less than ten seconds in a non-speaking role. Perhaps she had a bigger role but got cut or something.
Besides Olivia de Havilland, she may have been one of the only people left to talk about it.
I have the book!
Why did FDR look like he had 2 black eyes!?
He was dying of melanoma.
FDR was dying of congestive heart failure, which triggered the cerebral hemorrhage that killed him.
@@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796 Actually from everything I've read about it, more than likely it was the hypertension which caused the cerebral hemorrhage. Remember, there was no blood pressure medicine back then and FDR's blood pressure was sky high. I saw a couple of interviews with his cardiologist (before he died and he spoke about the weakness in arteries and blood vessels that it causes. Basically, FDR blew a gasket!
Moot point as this may be after 80 years, Errol Flynn would've been a much better Rhett Butler. Far closer to the character as written by Mitchell.
the vintage video has heavy myopia
ok tv
Boring and the commercials are still intact, just a bad sloppy lazy post
But yet, you WATCHED it, didn't you?
GwtW was one of the most blatantly racist movies ever made. Particularly disturbing also are the salaries paid the actors and actresses in the movie, as outlined at the end. Over $100000 (1939) to Clark Gable, and only around $25000-30000 for the white female stars. And only $6000 for Hattie McDaniel, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role. The comments by Butterfly McQueen about how she had to force herself to submit to the racial stereotyping she was asked to portray are heartbreaking. This whole episode of Our World seems to glorify this film, and why is Ray Gandolf standing proudly in front of the Stars and Bars at 14:00? That this could have been broadcast as late as 1987 is absolutely sickening.
You are ridiculous 😂😂