A Comprehensive Breakdown of the 1939 Academy Awards
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- everything you could possibly want to know about the most legendary year of Hollywood history
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Chapter Times
Intro- 00:00
Best Picture- 3:31
Best Director- 31:52
Best Screenplay- 37:46
Below the Line - 42:05
Best Actor- 47:54
Best Actress- 55:11
Best Supporting Actor- 1:04:39
Best Supporting Actress- 1:10:42
The Shorts- 1:25:30
Great Overlooked Movies- 1:30:24
Outro- 1:35:10
I am SO happy to see another video on your channel! Your videos are quality content and I would put you up there with “Be Kind Rewind” in terms of quality. Keep up the great work!
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Absolutely co-sign these videos being on par with Be Kind Rewind.
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Extremely good opinion on GWTW, have had peers who previously liked it revise their stance purely in order to avoid faux pas, very glad others still realize how beautiful it is
its insane that something that was SO popular for so long could be so severely underrated now but thats the case!
Completely agree- I think GWTW is one of the most entertaining films ever, especially when seen with a packed house. Fortunately I have been able to take in the film with big audiences, as the opportunity to do this may never arise again. Too bad for classic movie lovers who won't get to experience a work with some of the most richly compelling performances and situations ever.
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Love the incredible effort you put into each and every video. I’m always been fascinated by the academy awards. Recently completing a work of watching every best picture winner, why they won and the history of each award year. But you take it to a whole new level that is fantastic to see
thank you!!
I so appreciate the analysis given to Hattie McDaniel. Mammy strikes me as the most emotionally intelligent character in the whole story -- she sees people/situations for what they truly are and yet she is still able to love and to change her point of view when she gets new information. Hattie brought all of these character nuances to life without fancy costumes or make up, and her performance really propelled the story. She's just an incredible actress.
Right? Truly. I love the movie 4 all nuances . All interesting perspectives. It was then over 100 yrs ago. My family came here about that time n we don't recognize or give a moment about racism. My Irish family has been fully integrated and involved. Its family 😀 thats what we appreciate 😀
To be an artist at that time for Ms. McDaniel was to fight for her art DESPITE the smothering bigotry of that time. Suffice to say, she really EARNED her Oscar. RiP Miss McDaniel 💜
A perfect summation of "Mammy" as expertly & beautifully brought to vivid life by Hattie McDaniel.
Another 10/10 classic banger video! Love love love these so much.
Would love to see you do the 1969 year (1970 ceremony) or the 1975 year (1976 ceremony) - but honestly will watch any video you do.
All those terrific films nominated at the same time. Truly movies have taken a dive in quality.
I’m watching Wuthering Heights tonight for a vintage movie club I organized on my college campus, we chose it for AAPI month (we also watched Rashoman by Akira Kurosawa and Shanghai Express)
I've seen all the nominated movies from 1939 except LOVE AFFAIR (not being a fan of it's two later remakes)... my ranking:
1) Gone with the Wind
2) The Wizard of Oz
3) Ninotchka
4) Stagecoach
5) Goodbye, Mr. Chips
6) Wuthering Heights
7) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8) Of Mice and Men
9) Dark Victory
10) -- unseen Love Affair
There's so much to parse in your wonderful video, but first of all THANK YOU for your comments on GONE WITH THE WIND. RUclips and other social media commentary on this movie (and book) seems to come in two flavors: complete dismissal or blind devotion. It's such a pleasure to hear an erudite defense of the movie while not dismissing the issue of offensive historical inaccuracy that has always plagued the story.
Other comments I have would be a defense of GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS which may not get talked about by many today, but sure gets talked about a lot by me along with its star Robert Donat. Have you ever seen THE MAGIC BOX (1951, John Boulting)? Donat stars in this biographical movie as William Friese-Greene an early British innovator in motion picture cameras. I highly recommend it!
I love that you've included non-anglophone movies in your video essay. I think I enjoy RULES OF THE GAME more than you (it's actually -- depending on my mood -- an answer I'll sometimes give to the question, "What is your favorite movie?"). But as a big Mizoguchi fan, I love the shout-out to THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUMS!
I *love* your channel -- I especially love the great detail and accuracy you put into your video essays.
Where do you put Be kind rewind and cold crash picture videos on gwtw in you camp?
You ought to check out Love Affair. The original is so much better than the 2 remakes. Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer have remarkable chemistry.
LOVE Robert Donat. He deserved his Best Actor Oscar. He was a very gifted and underrated actor in my opinion. And I did see “The Magic Box”. He was wonderful in that as well, though my favorite film with him is “The Winslow Boy”.
I remember hearing that Gable didn't win because he basically did not play Sourthern or speak in that accent. When you think about it, it's strinking how different he sounds to every other Sourthern character in the film, but then you realize he's playing a version of himself. You don't realize it at first. It would have seemed fake to hear him use an accent. He didn't use an English accent in Mutiny on the Bounty either, but was nominated.Clark Gable is a predecessor for George Clooney .😅
An excellent and insightful vlog.
It seems that accuracy of accents was not a priority, during the making of “Gone with the Wind.” I wasn’t thrilled with Vivian Leigh’s attempt at a Southern accent. Also, didn’t Leslie Howard sound more British than Southern?
I don’t think Gable’s accent mattered. Since Gable had already won there wasn’t much pressure for him to win again.
I think that Robert Donat gave a superior performance and deserved his Best Actor Oscar. Contrast this film with his portrayal in “The 39 Steps”. His whole demeanor and body language are completely different in each movie.
My favourite film of this year is The Rules of the Game (and actually my favourite of the 30s), out of the noms that I've seen, I like Ninotchka the most! Jean Arthur is one of my favourite OH actresses and she gives two amazing performances this year, yes! ( I absolutely love her in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as well ). Many 1939 films I still need to check out.
Cheers for another brilliant video and looking forward to more!
I saw Rules of the Game recently I sadly was disappointed by it. But I think it came out the right tie to show French cinema.
3 thumbs up for this video! Research/Production/Presentation all 10/10. Gone with the Wind is in my top 4 movie list, so I obviously could have watched this video if it ran for another hour (or two). I really thought Charles Laughton in "Hunchback..." was truly outstanding (the scene on the pillar when he pleads for "Water" is unbelievably moving), but it shows what an amazing year 1939 was, when that great movie doesn't even get a look in. As I am familiar with the majority of these great films (and have half of them in my movie collection) I really appreciated this video, and would encourage viewers who aren't familiar with these movies to make the effort to watch them - you'll hopefully then be able to understand why 1939 has been labelled the Golden Year of Hollywood CInema.
This is Terrific!! When I was kid I wrote to these great actors and some of them wrote back! A real thrill. I love your appreciation of these great great films. It makes me want to go back and see them all again. You did a GREAT job this!! Thanks!
Since you asked us which of these movies we have seen... I have seen Gone with the Wind (watched it with my mother), I watched Wizard of Oz as a kid, and I watched Stagecoach and Ninotchka! when they aired on TCM (they were entries in my 1001 Movies Book and I hope to see as many of those as I can). I do plan on seeing Wuthering Heights for that reason as well.
Don’t forget to watch Robert Donat in “Goodbye Mr. Chips”. It’s a sentimental film but his performance was excellent. It’s no wonder that he won the Best Actor Oscar against such stiff competition.
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I'm so glad that I just discovered this channel. As an old movie buff, I appreciate the level of detail and enthusiasm that you put in. And a good narrative voice. I will look forward to more. Thank you.
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The Women was also excellent, this year was stacked. Ooh would you consider an overview of Irving Thalberg's cut-short career?
would love to talk about him in some way! and if i get to another one of these '30s oscar years i'm sure he'll come up too (i love Grand Hotel)
@@alltalkingpictures You have great taste! GH always reminds me how young Joan was when she started, & Garbo's spellbinding in anything. (Your Ninotchka edits were great, btw.) I've read/seen so many Vintage Hollywood stories where Thalberg's around during some events, & they'll outline his influence on film/studios, & note his marriage + death but he's always peripheral in the narratives I've seen/read (I had a big Bette bio phase lol) & it was actually your insights into the GWTW studio head/producer in this video that prompted me to comment. I just thought you'd do a good job drawing together the threads of his influence & his part in shaping the role of Producer. But your channel's great so far & you've got tons of ideas so I'll look at any year/topic you do, it's all fascinating. Thank you for making fascinating things!
Excellent video, my friend! Like you, I have a deep love for Gone with the Wind, and I think it is a fantastic film showing what the Hollywood studio system was capable of in its heyday. The more I think about it the more I realize just how perfect Vivien Leigh is in the role of Scarlett. The rest of the cast, especially Hattie McDaniel, are also extraordinary. This is an incredible video you’ve put together, and I'm so excited to see what you do next!
All right, you sold me. You’re putting out great work with these Oscar deep dives. Keep them coming. Sub’d
I am honestly in awe of your videos (I've just watched your three Oscar-year deep-dives in a row) - I greatly appreciate your insights, discernment and sly humour (causing both giggles and occasional guffaws), the insanely extensive research, and just how compellingly watchable your oeuvre is. Exceptionally high-quality work. Bravo!
Fantastic video for a fantastic year in Hollywood history! I would just add that the ‘Napoleon’ in Juarez was Napoleon III, nephew of the much more famous ‘Napoleon original flavour’.
I am SO HAPPY to see a new episode in your catalog and thoroughly enjoyed your reviews, analysis and insight!
I'm working on starting to watch the best picture losers to get an appreciation of movies of the time, and maybe I'll start this year as I've already seen Gone With The Wind!
Thanks for another excellent, informative and entertaining video!
Regardless of whether the viewer of your videos likes them or not. What no one can deny is the work and talent you put into them.
I love your work and I cannot stop recommending it to all my friends. As one of the best classic Hollywood commentators on RUclips. Which is not going to get you a lot of audience, because I am a Spaniard who lives in Europe.
But I don't want to miss the chance to tell you, OLÉ
I love these Oscar deep dives! As a massive Golden Age of Animation fan, I’m glad you gave credit to “Peace On Earth”, which is one of the many Academy Awards snubs towards animated shorts. Heck, the very next year in 1940 they snubbed the first true Bugs Bunny short AND the first Tom & Jerry short in favor of “The Milky Way”, which is the first non-Disney short to win, but is also just generic cutesy fluff. At the very least, Tom & Jerry would get the last laugh with seven Oscar wins.
thank you! looking back at the old animated shorts was unexpectedly a really fun part of all this, it's like a whole separate mini-industry going on
@@alltalkingpictures Yeah. I learned a ton about Classic Hollywood through my interest in classic cartoons. Many shorts, especially Warner Bros. were filled to the brim with references to popular culture of the time and the occasional caricature. It’s through Looney Tunes that I learned of actors like Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Peter Lore, Bogart, ect.
Absolutely in love with your channel and your deep dives. This video and the 1972 deep dive have completely changed my perspective on movies and have given me a new appreciation for them. You are awesome and I'm super psyched for the next one :')
I've watched 5 of the 10 BP nominees from that year and loved all of them: Gone with The Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Ninotchka, Stagecoach and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. I think each of these movies is one of the best in its own genre, be it historical epic, musical/fantasy, romantic comedy, western or political drama.
I'm really glad that you took the time to explain that GWTW is not meant to be a realistic portrayal of history, but the way it's seen through the eyes of a menipulative, selfish character who might even be considered a psychopath. When I first watched the movie, I felt like it's a criticism on the Antebellum South and the people who say the South will rise again, not understanding that the world has changed and you can't turn back time. This is also why I think the representation of slavery in the movie, while somewhat lacking, is a way of showing how Scarlett sees it as a normal thing, instead of an atrocity the whole nation went to war over.
spoiler:
This is what Mammy represents in my opinion. Not slavery as it was, but as Scarlett sees it. That's why in the end, Mammy is the only one who remains with Scarlett. Everyone else either died or left her behind, with only Mammy, the former slave, making her feel relevant.
Joan Crawford probably warranted a Supporting Actress nomination for The Women, as Crystal Allen was not only the meatiest role in the film but was a total 360 against type in her case. Its hard to be all that upset given what a historic win that would result although I can also see why Joan would have been frustrated enough to leave MGM a few years later as it was clear she was regularly placed on the backburner where awards contention was concerned
yes! shes great in it, her and/or rosalind getting nominated wouldve been too good to be true honestly
Love the content you create; it’s obvious you put in a lot of work and we love to see it!
Dang seeing your videos makes me excited if you ever do the 37th Academy Awards since that one had Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and Becket that year. Keep up the work!!!
Magnificent video about great movies, their directors, and stars!!! Well done!!!🎉😂❤🎉
Thanks for this. I've seen most of the movies you mentioned, a great year for movies. It's been a while since I've seen some of them though. My mother, at age 100, still talks vividly about the day she and more than a few of her high school classmates played hooky and went to see "Gone With the Wind." It was of course the most stupendous movie they had ever seen, and Mom still considers it one of the greatest movies, perhaps the greatest movie, ever made.
I still talk about "Mr. Chips" sometimes, though people just humor me when I mention it. The book was on my parents' bookshelf when I was a kid, bound with "Lost Horizon."
Thank you for injecting shade (or rainbow colour into this dangerously black and white world! And such comprehensive information and solid, respectful, passionate opinions!
Great job- would love to see you do 1956, the Year of the Epics (Around the World in 80 Days, Giant, Ten Commandments, War & Peace, etc.) and Dorothy Malone, one of my favorite wins ever in a great Supporting Actress year, IMO.
1956 is on my list tbh, great year especially as someone who loves liz taylor since she and mike todd (her husband) were inadvertently in competition with their two movies that year. i also like around the world in 80 days more than most people, and giant is one of my all time faves
@@alltalkingpictures It would be awesome to see you cover 1956. I've been a classic movie buff for decades and I love 1950's films, with 1956 definitely one of the peak years in my book, as you have films such as "The Bad Seed," "The Rainmaker," "Written on the Wind" and "Forbidden Planet" (to name just a few) that did not get best picture nods, but remain incredibly entertaining.
I was fortunate enough to have seen Gone With The Wind in 1967 at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Hollywood when they released the 70 millimeter version. This is the theatre where Gone With The Wind was originally premiered in Hollywood after it's Atlanta premier. So sad that the theatre was demolished in 1969.
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Loved the video!! the entire story was told very well. as a 14 yo boy, i can say that my personal favorite movie is The Wizard Of Oz, not just from this particular year but ever. loved this movie since i was a little boy, and i can still enjoy it today just like when i enjoyed it when i was 5. there's something really magical about this movie. a year ago i tried showing it to two of my girl-friends who never watched it, hoping that they will finally realize where i'm quoting from all the time. one friend really loved it and said it was awesome and the other said it was pretty childish and stupid. still, this is my all time favorite. i happened to watch also gone with the wind (and more than once) and i also super love this movie, finding it the ultimate hollywood movie, and as a fricking masterpiece. though i have to say it's not a movie i would watch just for fun, since you have to admit that it's really long and really heavy. but currently this is in my top 3 movies ever! (after TWOO and Back to the future!)
Thanks for another Comprehensive examination! I've seen all 10 noms except Ninotchka. I first saw GWTW at 15 on a reissue in 1968. It was great on the wide screen, even by late 60s standards. The Wizard of Oz remains one of my top five fave films of all time. Looking forward to see what year you tackle next!
You did an excellent modern evaluation of GWTW. It's the greatest film ever made (IMO) and there really is no better performance than VL's. Thanks for not patronizing current swells that seek to diminish a film that really is about surviving all illusion and told with a brilliance that impacts people in often polarizing ways. On the subject of Fleming, he certainly knew his themes-- I teach GWTW in a film course and start with its similarities to The Wizard of Oz--returning home, a girl yearning for something she can't understand, all the while surrounded by brains (Rhett), heart (Melanie) and cowardice (Ashley). I'm with you all the way on "The Women."
Dark Victory is one of Davis’ best, Wizard of Oz, GWTW, and Mr Smith are all enduring classics
Another stellar job ! You are establishing the high standard for this kind of Oscar interpretation. I almost said journalism, adverting to the excellent quality of your research and "reporting". A real pleasure to watch too. Please continue this exciting work.
As an aside, if I may add my two cents, or less :), I'd love to see 1964 scrutinized and evaluated. The Best Picture nominees are all outstanding, including My Fair Lady, Dr Strangelove, Beckett, Mary Poppins and Zorba.
this is such a compliment! and thanks for the suggestion, the slow death of the studio system makes that mid 60s era really interesting-i haven't seen a lot of the '64 oscar movies outside of the big ones, but its a great year for movies in general with some of my all time faves (Red Desert!)
@@alltalkingpictures Yes, the late 60s, 64 -68, are especially interesting for many reasons, cinematic and cultural. As you suggest, for what was nominated and what was not, The international films are particularly important, with some of the greatest directors ever, doing their best work. Truffaut, Antonioni, Bergman, Fellini etc
Filled with joy!!
Love your deep dives so much- would love to see some more category videos too, like the history of best actor or director
i was really anxious for this. love your videos!
Well done video! I've seen most of the American movies profiled in this video except Love Affair and Beau Geste so I'll have to put them on my to-watch list. I also haven't seen any of the foreign film mentioned here but they look intriguing, may have to see them as well.
This is an incredible video essay. Your passion for the medium really shines through. I love your in-dept analysis of the shows, movies, and shorts outside of the mode well known movies from this year today.
I can't wait to see more of your content, you've gained a fan.
thank u a lot! especially for mentioning Butterfly McQueen!
This is just perfect
This is amazing! So much detail and research here. I'm very impressed and enjoyed your personal commentary. Love it.
Amazing vid as always, thank you!!!
I saw that first video you did months ago, completely forgot about it. Glad I found your channel again. Subscribed now. These deep dives are much appreciated and will hope to see more in the future.
Fine analysis of Hollywood's greatest year. My personal favorite from that year is "Stanley and Livingstone." Although highly fictionalized it tells of the impact that one person can have on the life of another. Spencer Tracy gives one his best performances although as you say he probably wasn't nominated because of him winning Best Actor for the two previous years.
stanley and livingstone is great! like a sanitized more optimistic version of Heart of Darkness lol
This was an amazingly so enjoyable coverage of classic 1939 movie fandom.. I loved it, thanks for sharing!
I would watch one of these on every even semi interesting Oscar’s year!
Wonderful job!! Thank you for gushing about her performance, it was really a breakthrough for film acting. BTW, I've always wondered -- her acceptance speech has always looked like it was re-filmed in a studio. How could they have fit a camera in that club? What do you think? Thanks again :)
A tuxedoed camera crew trundled machinery around, and snapped on sun arcs, to the dismay of several diaphanously-clad ladies who were dancing. They did not do any close-ups on the night because the stars weren't made-up for it, so they went over to Warner a few days later, when they were made-up and re-enacted scenes from a few nights before.
So excited to add another long video into my bucket to revisit (after i listen to it for the first time of course)
Thank you for this video, it was wonderful. Very well made and fascinating throughout. I learned a lot.
I just discovered your channel and I'm so happy I did!! You make detailed, well-researched and engaging videos and I can't wait to keep tuning in!
I love love love this channel I just binge-watched all of your videos in one sitting
was so happy to see this new vid from you!
1939 - an embarrassment of riches, indeed. I've seen all the nominees and a host of other product from that year and it is, irrefutably, the greatest year in show biz. Selznick was a genius - period. GWTW and Oz are crowning achievements of the studio system. Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a true work of art. Bette Davis in Dark Victory - sheer brilliance.
I would also give her props for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex. The Fox launch of Sherlock Holmes. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. And on and on. Beau Geste, Gunga Din, Wuthering Heights. Lions and tigers and bears...oh my!
Love this series. The detail is fantastic.
You asked which films we've seen/think hold up, so I just want to give some love to Burgess Meredith's performance in Of Mice and Men because I feel it's kind of unsung these days. Wizard of Oz was a staple through my childhood, my family holding it in high regard and sharing it with me on VHS, it's iconic obviously. As is Gone with the Wind, it's iconic and complicated and I have my issues with it but also respect the excellence of the craft. And Stagecoach at its best can be electrifying. As a fan of the book, I don't think I'll like *any* version of Wuthering Heights, but I must praise the atmosphere. Also Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an excellent film.
Thank you! Was a great time!
You must work so hard on videos of this length and with so many clips. I am very impressed!!
thank you!
NEED to see Ninotchka and Love Affair. Excellent analysis!!
Really great job...thank you
I love Olivia de Havilland in that movie. Even more than Scarlet because I felt she was exactly how I imagine her when I read the book. For me she deserved the Oscar. But I understand why Hattie won
About "Gone"what remains today is the technicolor ,the production values and foremost Vivien Leigh.
great video! two of the years i find most interesting in film history are 1969 and 1991, if you're taking suggestions for more videos like this i would suggest those two. also, are you on letterboxd?
Very good video!
Little correction :
"Gone With the Wind" was actually not the first movie in Technicolor.
The 3-Stripe-Technicolor-process was patented in 1932, and Walt Disney, always the technical innovator he was, would secure him a monopoly for it for the first three years.
Thus it comes that the very first movies in Technicolor were animated Disney shorts like the famous "The Three Little Pigs" from 1933.
After Disney's monopoly had relished the first feature film in Technicolor was "Becky Sharp" in 1934.
Other Technicolor movies before GWTW were:
"The Garden of Allah" (1936),
"A Star is born" (1937),
"Nothing Sacred (1937),
"Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs (1937),
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) and
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1938),
to name just the most important ones.
Excellent video
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I would be happy if you ended up doing every ceremony. This is so great. Also as a fellow friend of Dorothy, all of the little jokes are HILARIOUS. Please keep it up
Great video. And yes, I agree with prior commenter that the quality is right up there with Be Kind Rewind.
You asked what the audience would watch. "Stagecoach" is something I'll still watch if it's on (which is rare).
Also, the magazine blurbs are fantastic. Just reading the information that isn't highlighted is a fascinating look into the past, particularly language.
46:50 not that you would agree, but "a brighter summer day"
I like your channel very much.
I enjoyed this video, thanks
I was one of those people put out by Donat winning over Gable & Stewart - until I saw Mr. Chips. The movie isn't great, but Donat is fantastic. I do think that his more subtle style of acting would've been more revolutionary then, like only Tracy & Garfield were that "naturalistic". Also, as you said, Donat had already established his versatility by then. Hollywood loves versatility. Give The Winslow Boy a shot, to see how fantastic he was.
It isn't great?
I’ve seen three of these films (Gone With The Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Stagecoach) and I intend to watch Of Mice and Men and Mr Smith Goes To Washington at some point. I feel like the film that’s stood the test of time the best is probably The Wizard of Oz, as it’s one of the few movies which I feel like everyone I know has seen at one time or another as it plays a lot around Christmas over here in the UK.
i lovee the channel, glad to have stumbled upon it. I see that your profile picture is Raquel as Myra. I hope that there is a Myra Breckinridge video in your uploads in the near future ;)
Robert Donat is my winner for Best Actor as well. He had done such great roles and in Chips he plays awkward but later accomplished and confident in a magnificent story arc. ❤ I saw this film as a vhild and havr always been moved by it.
Also I it’s better he won (even though I loved Gable). I am so tired of watching Best Actress nominees and noticing their characters aren’t the protagonists of their films. This is expecially prominent in the 70s. It would be nice if there was rule that the person nominated in lead can be called a protagonist (sometimes films have several). But that would not be practically possible. Gable didn’t end the win. And Stewart honestly wasn’t the best in the category.
GWTW was given a "C" (Condemned) rating by the Legion of Decency. When it was re-released when I was at Catholic school in the '60s, the rating still stood and I was told it would be a mortal sin to see it. (I think it had to do with Rhett carrying Scarlett up the stairs.) A lot of my all-time favorite films like Jules and Jim also had "C" ratings.
I don't understand how you do it. You just continue to push out gold on your channel video after video.
I wish you had mentioned that Hattie McDaniel and her date were forced to sit alone at a table because the policy of the hotel did not permit blacks at the hotel. It was only at the insistence and the persuasion of David O Selznick that she was allowed a seat
Gone With the Wind is amazing and it actually deserved more Oscars, mainly costumes. But that category wasn’t around yet. But it really pioneered historical costuming in film and alls how costuming was used to inform character. Often prior to this stars would wear fashionable clothing that fit to their image and characters class, or have historical costuming that sort of fit the era but at very least had something like sparkle. Although Scarlett’s red dress is part of that trend, but it was done deliberately.
This was a really good and well researched video! Where did you get the screenshots of old newspapers and reviews?
45:10 Do you know? Over the Rainbow pulled from Oz - as too slow, a drag on the action. Put back again by wiser resolve, it is now ranked the best-ever movie song (recorded 5,000+ times.)
Hurray, hurray, hurray❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 and what a great choice for a subject. 😊
Wonderful job. Could you please breakdown the NY-Miami year
I think you short shrifted Robert Donat. I think he gave a brilliantly subtle performance and deserved to win.
SPOILER ALERT: The scene where he tries to teach class after experiencing the death of his wife and child is a case in point. At first he just looks sad, but when the waltz music begins to play in his head, his look turns from sadness to utter shock at his loss. It’s a very subtle change, but wonderfully played. He was very good in his ability to convey emotion without uttering a single word. As you can see, I’m a big fan of his. I don’t feel that he receives the kind of recognition he deserves.
ive come back to this vid multiple times, awesome level of detail and insight and passion !! what is your letterboxd king ?
As a black man who grew up in the Deep South (Mississippi), l was and still am criticized for my love of this masterpiece! The movies content on slavery was eloquently handled when you consider how it really was during that particular time period. The antebellum south was, for all purposes, mired in slavery and it wasn’t a pretty sight. As an ancestor of slaves held in bondage, l understand perfectly that was the way it was and you can’t rewrite history. You can tone it down, but never erase the facts. - “Gone With The Wind” gets my seal of approval for its artistic merits. Simply, it is a cinematic masterpiece! Beautiful scenes and technicolor was widely used and to great effect! The acting was great. Hattie McDaniels being barred from the movie’s Atlanta premiere comes as no surprise. But, Clark Gable’s threatening to boycott the premiere as a result of McDaniel being excluded, is a breath of fresh air. You cannot take away from David O. Selznick’s courage to to turn the worldwide hit book by Margaret Mitchell into a movie - a colossal undertaking. Overall, though l frowned on certain scenes; l still applaud this masterpiece. When looking at it with an artistic eye, there’s no denying it has earned its place as one of the greatest movies in history - and rightfully so!
Anybody else wonder why it took so long for the Best Costume award to be created? 1949! Really? Did the costume makers not have a lot of prestige and power in the Academy? Did the studios not want to promote how much they spent on costumes?
i have no clue! through the 30s they started new categories pretty frequently but its weird that something as flashy as costumes was one of the last things added, especially since designers had such close relationships with individual stars. people like adrian and travis banton are completely left out of the oscars history books because of it
One of the great mysteries of early Academy history. Interestingly, when Bette Davis briefly became Academy president in 1941 she vigorously rallied for a costume category, but her suggestion was vetoed, which became just one of the reasons for her resignation (and rumored reason for the Academy's complete snub of her film "The Little Foxes" at the time).
Among the contenders for a 1939 costume Oscar could easily have included GWTW, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Wizard of Oz, The Women and Juarez.
I always heard that the outrage over Gable not winning the Oscar for GWTW was tempered because just a few years before, he had just gotten an Oscar (Happened One Night, 1934). I was still ticked, though. BTW, there was no real "search" as to who would be Scarlet - Olivier was already pals with the boss, and Viv was Olivier's wife. Duh!
I believe the busy little bears short was on mystery science theater 3000. I hope that helps
great ! great ! i enjoyed this so much ..........thanks for all the research that went into this..........joe
This is excellently researched and covers a vast domain seamlessly. I may hope for for a slightly more nuanced delivery, vocally. Otherwise.... I look forward to more videos, knowing that they probably take quite a long time to appear at this level of quality.....!!!