Gets to me every time that Melanie is the one to suggest robbing him and that Scarlett is shocked not because Melanie said it but because she didnt think of it first. Its so hilarious and tells of how both women are deeply complex despite having different temperaments.
This was the first scene where Scarlett actually started to genuinely love Melanie. I love how they bonded over her murdering a Yankee deserter. LOL!😂😂
@@Lilyyym1212 Almost. If my memory serves, in the book, Melanie was upstairs in bed recovering from the birth of Beau, Suellen and Carreen were in bed recovering from typhoid, and everyone else had gone to the swamp to try to locate the sow that they had hidden in there. So although technically there were three others in the house, none of them were of any use
Well, yes it was a heroic gesture, but she was actually too weak from illness to even lift the sword let alone stab him with it (that's why she's dragging it instead of carrying it) All she was doing was providing him with a weapon that he could have then used to kill both her and Scarlett with. Ten out of ten for bravery but minus several million for smart thinking
Scarlett, Melanie, and Mammy = three strong women. Mammy was the only one to see thru Scarletts southern belle act at the scheming, tough woman underneath Although it’s scarletts strength and shrewdness that allows the family to survive
Love the look on Scarlett's face standing on the stars. Dumb soldier thought she was helpless but to me she looked like a snake poised to strike. Melanie is the star of this scene as she was in every scene she's in during the movie and the book. Maybe my favorite female character ever. I just adore her
I love how Olivia was smart enough to pursue the Melanie role when all of Hollywood wanted Scarlett -- she definitely read the book and understood that the character could be as fascinating and multifaceted as Scarlett herself if played right
My favorite part of this scene is that this is the first time Scarlett and Melanie actually interact and they both genuinely love each other. It was always a one sided love but this scene is the beginning of their almost sister like relationship. I also just love how the actors move in this scene idk why I just find it memorizing. Anyway love this movie even if it is extremely problematic.
It's the 1st time Melanie shows herself for real, without the mask she's always wearing. I've seen this movie again and again... Melanie gets Scarlet and everyone else from minute 1. She knows she's fragile and like Scarlet she has to rely on her brains and politics to get her way. She only loved Ashley out of duty and secretly really liked Rhett more. For me she's the most complex character... everything about Mel is subtle. When it was Ashley's birthday she got rid of everyone that bad mouthed Scarlet, because Scarlet was always there for her and her kid unlike her supposed family, and then paraded Scarlet with a menace tone to those who would dare say something bad to her at her own house and her own party. When her husband got shot and the police came, it was Melanie who took the lead and managed the whole situation. Melanie at her best. In this scene we see how she carried her brother's sword... she's a character willing to kill for those she cares about.
I always got the impression that even though Melanie and Ashley started off as an arranged marriage, the families set them up because they knew they were compatible and they grew to love each other, and you see it in the scene when they reunite after the war. The problem is that Ashley also desired Scarlett, but was too cowardly to actually give her up. I also think Rhett thought Melanie was out of his league, and too honorable for him.
1:02 Scarlett looked so furious that the soldier took her late mother's jewelry box 1:44 That's the fact that even despite her illness and kind caring nature Melanie would kill without any second thought if her dearly loved ones are in danger "Scarlett you killed him... (waiting for condemnation)...I'm Glad you killed him"
In the book Melanie was so much more thin and weak than she is in this scene. She couldn't even lift that saber, so she dragged it, which impressed Scarlett since she wouldn't have even been able to use that sword.
Yep, she was ready to defend both herself and Scarlett with a sword that she was too weak from illness to even lift, let alone kill him with. In some ways she's even braver than Scarlett.
Melanie was one of the strongest characters in the movie. Even though she didn’t kick butt, she had great mental and emotional fortitude. She survived things most people would have died from. Because of her condition, I doubt that she would have been able to properly fight the intruder, but she tried anyways, knowing that she could have died, to defend Scarlett and Tara.
two brave women doing what they have to do. The man was condemned from the moment he took Ellen´s box..Scarlett gave him a quick glance and had no doubts..
Yeah they aren't mary sues like idk the doom slayer, the Mandalorian, walter white and every other modern guys in media. Back then guys actually showed they were strong but human still. Guys back then definitely weren't mary sues like they are now
I am sure she knew. She would not confront her about her crush because it would make Scarlet very uncomfortable. Mel was the type that can love people while being aware of their faults. That is another kind of strength.
@@Albemarle7and I really do think that Melanie didn't care for that. I mean, Scarlett saved her and her son, after all, so... There's no such thing in the world that would make Melly hated Scarlett. She loved Scarlett so hard that the fact of that crush bout Ashley it was just a detail without importance.
I just tonight had to kill a bat that got into my house twice, terrified my young grandson and threatened my cat's health (thank God my cat didn't try to eat him) and our health. It was so upsetting. I caught it once and set it free but it got in again, wreaking havoc. I killed it. I had to. Thats why Im warching this scene.
A clear case of self-defence. Many talk about Scarlett's "courage" here. It was rather the adrenaline-fueled "fight or flight" instinct to survive; the "desperate attack of a cornered rat." Vivian Leigh got the body language-- tense, -- prey-suddenly--become -predator; she pauses on the staircase like a leopard about to attack. Her facial expression, is right,: a mix of fear overcome by resolute fury. I think this was her finest acting in the whole film.
@Colbi Giglio This scene is actually in the weeks after the war, after the South had surrendered and was under Yankee occupation. The soldier she shot was a Yankee deserter, but if the Yankees found out that Scarlett had killed a Yankee soldier, deserter or not, they would hang the entire family. That's why Melanie and Scarlett lie to the rest of the family and hurriedly bury his body in the scuppernong arbour, so that nobody, not even the family, finds out.
@@youngsteph1 Yeah, but this was after the war, not during. Not sure if the Yankees could be bothered shooting a former deserter once the war was over. But the fact remains that the Yankees didn't need a reason to kill the whole family - at this stage in history Georgia was under martial law and the rule of habeas corpus was non existent - even a suspicion that you had done something wrong could lead to hanging on the spot.
Yes, She was a Narcissist..But Scarlett was also a Strong and resourceful woman..I mean we are living in some crazy times right now and this shyt is inspiring for women who are alone! We have to step it up and be a BOSS and maybe even a mean bytch...Like Scarlett.
i remember watching this scene and saying wow this was pretty violent for a 1940 film plus that's rated G and it was in color. just the guy getting shot in the face and them showing it was a big feat during the code era and also having the violence in color.
The producers worried about how the scene would be received. In Atlanta, they actually had to stop the movie for a while because people stood up and applauded.
Thank you whoever posted this. I was going to have to go see the movie again tonight if I couldn't find this. (Just saw the picture Sunday on big screen.) It's one of my favorite scenes in the movie because it is when, as far as the movie goes, Scarlett and Melanie gain a new respect for each other. (I missed the scene on Sunday as I HAD to go to the restroom...). Anyway, a great survivor-bonding moment. And...the family that shoots together stays together...
@@SchizoExplains Dude... The look on his face tells you everything.... He's about to sexually assault or rape her. She is 100% justified in killing him. She didn't kill him because he's a Yankee, she killed him because he gave her the "rapey eyes" look.
@@Person1865 Yes, I have a rather emotionally immature brother (in his 50's) who thinks the saddest, most brutal scene in the film is when Scarlett lashes the worn-out nag pulling Scarlet, Melanie, Prissy, and the baby to one last effort to get them to Tara, and the horse drops dead in its traces. "She beat that horse to death!" he cries with horror, "She's so cruel!" (None of the other human deaths evoked in him the same empathy. . .)
@@adrianjohnson7920 that's the least damaging thing she does. The woman is a human tornado of bad decisions. I know we're supposed to admire her toughness but looking back the whole story is just horrifying.
Especially that brief shot of Scarlett quickly removing her worn-out shoes so she can descend the stairs silently as a cat. The look of desperate resolve as she leans against the wall of the stair is the courage of the cornered rat, of a stag at bay, -- and you know that Yankee doesn't stand a chance.
I would have loved to hear the audience's reaction in 1939 when Scarlett shot the deserter. Ironically, this movie was released the same year that WW2 started across Europe.
This may be a stupid question, but... they go through the trouble of keeping the deserter hidden from everyone else, but how do they explain the horse? Is there not a horse still tied out in the front yard?
When the Yankee threw aside her late mother's jewelry box like it was garbage, it made Scarlett even angrier than what she already was. That was like pouring gas on a fire.
More proof that Scarlett is the most complex character ever put on film. And more proof that Viviens performance as Scarlett O'Hara is the best in film history
"I'm GLAD you killed him!" ... "I'm ashamed I didn't think of that (robbing him) myself!" Both women absolving the other for the desperate acts they're forced into by hunger and war. Showing strength and solidarity, and admiring each other's courage. (Even though it is true in this scene Scarlett had the physical labor because Melly really was half dead from illness.) But both contributed. Scarlett never imagined Melly had it in her to tell even a white lie, let alone face and cover up a scene like that!
I still can't figure out why they thought he had to be a deserter. He was carrying what looked like a dispatch case, and he was on horseback. It's perfectly reasonable, even probably, to find a filthy yankee (literally) digging through their things without him having to be a deserter. Thus was the contempt the yankee military had for their victims.
It was the fact that he was alone, and that he came boldly into the house without knocking that one would suspect he was a deserter not just a lone scout or messenger.
@@TPainWhatitDo deserters existed on both sides of the war. Plenty of wretched soldiers would see an opportunity to steal/pillage. Besides you answered your own question why fight when you think you've already run.
I love in the book after shooting the yankee scarlett wanted to grind her bare heel in the bloody pit in his face lol! Its still such a great scene on film too!
Nowadays Scarlett would be prosecuted by the District Attorney for having the nerve to defend her house. And the Yankee deserter's family would sue her for "wrongful death."
@@Gospelwatcher Yes, back then in 1865 or 1866, it was self-defense. It was the Yankee deserter's bad luck that someone was home. With a gun. Nowadays, the law is on the side of the criminal. We had some incidents in our town, when an armed intruder broke into someone's house, and the homeowner shot and killed the intruder, because the intruder opened fire first. Our overzealous D.A. tried to prosecute the homeowner for murder, and the intruder's family would sue the homeowner for "wrongful death" of their relative. I am NOT kidding, this really happened. When someone kicks in your door or climbs through your window in the middle of the night, what is a homeowner supposed to do? Tell the intruder, "Sure, help yourself to everything I've worked for, for the past 20 years. No problem.". Of course, there have been plenty of times when the intruder shot and killed the homeowner, and the D.A. didn't get his knickers in a twist about it. Common sense doesn't exist any more, especially in our joke of a "legal system.".
Well it did white wash the slavery aspect of it. It portrayed the field slaves as loyal and content with their positions. Of course most of the Yankees were a bunch of racist assholes too, but I think it’s safe to say all slave owners were bad.
@@joeydoherty368 Actually some slaves were treated better than others. But you’re right slavery is wrong and nothing justifies it but there were some owners who behaved kindly to their slaves. Again they were still wrong to own them but not all them were the lashing type.
squiggly line...You have two actresses mixed up (graduate of Trump University?)...Vivien Leigh was born into English Society in India; Merle Oberon was born into half caste society in India. Both attained stardom in England and the United States around the same time. And does it matter? I assume your family tree is without reproach?
@@johnfd0210 no I'm interested because my family tree is all over the place. I did read it in viven Leigh's bio that she was "possibly" a quarter parsi. I find genealogy fun and interesting.
In terms of kindness, gentility, and seeing people for who they are, yes. But in terms of hard cold intelligence and tenacity, I’d have to give it to Scarlett.
I’m sceptical in believe that MGM would pay/hire an actor an for something so minuscule as a 2 second mid shot but then again idk Hollywood be weird sometimes so it’s not entirely out of the picture
1) It is a post war zone. People arm themselves in such times no matter the laws. 2) Gun control laws that are being proposed most often are not gun ban, just gun control as in violent people and unstable people can't get them. Scarlet would 100% be able to get one.
She's still sick in bed after having her baby, and people don't tend to wear anything under their nightgown (not to mention how expensive it would be to get new fabric for clothes, which is why Scarlett has to use the drapes for a dress. It would be cheaper to wear one garment until it had worn out instead of laundering underclothes).
Aunt Margie from.maureen Camella Harris hone by Decatur road annex. I found the art sniper is second records the family jewels chinchucks put upstairs the haywire red hair up back the Rita hay worth camouflage equipment. Checked his boots over sleeper themed codes hims wrong Andy Warhol
Why would you desert from Sherman's army lol. Imagine kicking ass everywhere you went, fucking everybody up with no opposition, taking whatever you want, and then deserting lmao
This movie doesn’t seem historically accurate, especially when it comes to this scene. The Union are supposed to be good guys and the Confederacy are supposed to be the bad guys.
It is definitely historically accurate! I have read many accounts like this- Southern women left unprotected were often (r) aped by Yankee soldiers. The Union were not the good guys! Sherman and his army and all of what they did and how they tortured people.
Gets to me every time that Melanie is the one to suggest robbing him and that Scarlett is shocked not because Melanie said it but because she didnt think of it first. Its so hilarious and tells of how both women are deeply complex despite having different temperaments.
Get real all Melanie is afraid of is Scarlett seeing her naked even after Scarlett stared at her cooch all day when she was having that stupid baby.
the casting was perfect for this movie.
This was the first scene where Scarlett actually started to genuinely love Melanie. I love how they bonded over her murdering a Yankee deserter. LOL!😂😂
True. You are absolutely right!!!!. 👍🌟
true. Olivia and Vivien suggested then, haha lol. A pity life comes out.
I love how they heard a gun shot and immediately went "it HAS to be Scarlet" XD
I think she was the only one in the house correct me if I'm wrong
she had unloaded Remongton 1858 =) But it'sreally nice movie, classis =)
@@Lilyyym1212 Almost. If my memory serves, in the book, Melanie was upstairs in bed recovering from the birth of Beau, Suellen and Carreen were in bed recovering from typhoid, and everyone else had gone to the swamp to try to locate the sow that they had hidden in there. So although technically there were three others in the house, none of them were of any use
Melly always had Scarlett's back
That’s true. Women can fight sometimes but they know when to work together when need be.
Well, yes it was a heroic gesture, but she was actually too weak from illness to even lift the sword let alone stab him with it (that's why she's dragging it instead of carrying it) All she was doing was providing him with a weapon that he could have then used to kill both her and Scarlett with. Ten out of ten for bravery but minus several million for smart thinking
@@Sachianna-pm1df . Absolutely! I adore women like that!🙂
And as much as she hated it, Scarlett almost always had hers too.
The tragedy of this story is that Scarlett didn't realize Melly was her best friend until she was gone.
Scarlett, Melanie, and Mammy = three strong women. Mammy was the only one to see thru Scarletts southern belle act at the scheming, tough woman underneath Although it’s scarletts strength and shrewdness that allows the family to survive
Is this remastered
I agree with you. Absolutely.
Yes, they were very brave and strong. I guess they had no choice.
Belle Watling was also a strong woman. As was Scarlett's mother.
Melanie saw through it too but always managed to see good in everyone
Love the look on Scarlett's face standing on the stars. Dumb soldier thought she was helpless but to me she looked like a snake poised to strike. Melanie is the star of this scene as she was in every scene she's in during the movie and the book. Maybe my favorite female character ever. I just adore her
Scarlett merely exerted Southern Womanhood!
and the dems want to take away 'the great equalizer'
I love how Olivia was smart enough to pursue the Melanie role when all of Hollywood wanted Scarlett -- she definitely read the book and understood that the character could be as fascinating and multifaceted as Scarlett herself if played right
" I don't wanna think about that now, I'll think about that tomorrow "
there is a little fraction of Scarlett somewhat in each one of us 🙄😏😅
She has to compartmentalize trauma to survive throughout the film.
The way Melanie enters the landing carrying the sabre always gets me.
My favorite part of this scene is that this is the first time Scarlett and Melanie actually interact and they both genuinely love each other. It was always a one sided love but this scene is the beginning of their almost sister like relationship. I also just love how the actors move in this scene idk why I just find it memorizing. Anyway love this movie even if it is extremely problematic.
It's the 1st time Melanie shows herself for real, without the mask she's always wearing. I've seen this movie again and again... Melanie gets Scarlet and everyone else from minute 1. She knows she's fragile and like Scarlet she has to rely on her brains and politics to get her way. She only loved Ashley out of duty and secretly really liked Rhett more. For me she's the most complex character... everything about Mel is subtle. When it was Ashley's birthday she got rid of everyone that bad mouthed Scarlet, because Scarlet was always there for her and her kid unlike her supposed family, and then paraded Scarlet with a menace tone to those who would dare say something bad to her at her own house and her own party. When her husband got shot and the police came, it was Melanie who took the lead and managed the whole situation. Melanie at her best.
In this scene we see how she carried her brother's sword... she's a character willing to kill for those she cares about.
I always got the impression that even though Melanie and Ashley started off as an arranged marriage, the families set them up because they knew they were compatible and they grew to love each other, and you see it in the scene when they reunite after the war. The problem is that Ashley also desired Scarlett, but was too cowardly to actually give her up. I also think Rhett thought Melanie was out of his league, and too honorable for him.
1:02 Scarlett looked so furious that the soldier took her late mother's jewelry box
1:44 That's the fact that even despite her illness and kind caring nature Melanie would kill without any second thought if her dearly loved ones are in danger
"Scarlett you killed him... (waiting for condemnation)...I'm Glad you killed him"
In the book Melanie was so much more thin and weak than she is in this scene. She couldn't even lift that saber, so she dragged it, which impressed Scarlett since she wouldn't have even been able to use that sword.
Meline was READY
Yep, she was ready to defend both herself and Scarlett with a sword that she was too weak from illness to even lift, let alone kill him with. In some ways she's even braver than Scarlett.
@@theshillneckedlizard8364 she was pregnant and had just given birth.
@@trese6293 Yeah this was a few weeks after she'd had Beau, but if my memory serves she didn't recover well from the birth.
@@theshillneckedlizard8364 that's how she dies she had another baby but didn't survive the night
The moment Scarlett truly began to care for Melanie.
Melanie was one of the strongest characters in the movie. Even though she didn’t kick butt, she had great mental and emotional fortitude. She survived things most people would have died from. Because of her condition, I doubt that she would have been able to properly fight the intruder, but she tried anyways, knowing that she could have died, to defend Scarlett and Tara.
“Mellie, you couldn’t drag a cat.” Love that line.
I LOVE how Melanie covered for her here! She was so damn cool:)
R.I.P. Olivia de Havilland
two brave women doing what they have to do. The man was condemned from the moment he took Ellen´s box..Scarlett gave him a quick glance and had no doubts..
So proud of their composure here. I wish women characters like these are often these days. They're definitely not Mary Sues
Yeah they aren't mary sues like idk the doom slayer, the Mandalorian, walter white and every other modern guys in media. Back then guys actually showed they were strong but human still. Guys back then definitely weren't mary sues like they are now
@@jayhollows5729 Found the male feminist simp
@@theCarbonFreeze took the bait
Vivien Leigh is so incredible in this movie as many times as I have seen it she never fails to astonish me. She is Scarlett!!
I love how kind and loving Melanie was to Scarlett, even though she never knew.
I am sure she knew. She would not confront her about her crush because it would make Scarlet very uncomfortable. Mel was the type that can love people while being aware of their faults. That is another kind of strength.
@@Albemarle7and I really do think that Melanie didn't care for that. I mean, Scarlett saved her and her son, after all, so... There's no such thing in the world that would make Melly hated Scarlett. She loved Scarlett so hard that the fact of that crush bout Ashley it was just a detail without importance.
It's the wildness in her eyes for me. It's like melanie absolved her, and the rush of what just transpired hit her.
I just tonight had to kill a bat that got into my house twice, terrified my young grandson and threatened my cat's health (thank God my cat didn't try to eat him) and our health. It was so upsetting. I caught it once and set it free but it got in again, wreaking havoc. I killed it. I had to. Thats why Im warching this scene.
I would not call that murder, scarlett m'dear.
Nor do I !!!!! Scarlett is a brave girl.
It was a red letter day.
A clear case of self-defence. Many talk about Scarlett's "courage" here. It was rather the adrenaline-fueled "fight or flight" instinct to survive; the "desperate attack of a cornered rat."
Vivian Leigh got the body language-- tense, -- prey-suddenly--become -predator; she pauses on the staircase like a leopard about to attack. Her facial expression, is right,: a mix of fear overcome by resolute fury. I think this was her finest acting in the whole film.
Those southern dames could sure tote a firearm.
As a kid, I remember that scene being terrifying. That was a huge risk, if they got caught they would be hanged.
@Colbi Giglio hanged if more yanks showed up
@Colbi Giglio This scene is actually in the weeks after the war, after the South had surrendered and was under Yankee occupation. The soldier she shot was a Yankee deserter, but if the Yankees found out that Scarlett had killed a Yankee soldier, deserter or not, they would hang the entire family. That's why Melanie and Scarlett lie to the rest of the family and hurriedly bury his body in the scuppernong arbour, so that nobody, not even the family, finds out.
@@theshillneckedlizard8364 I doubt that. Armies despised deserters, who would have been executed anyway if caught.
@@youngsteph1 Yeah, but this was after the war, not during. Not sure if the Yankees could be bothered shooting a former deserter once the war was over. But the fact remains that the Yankees didn't need a reason to kill the whole family - at this stage in history Georgia was under martial law and the rule of habeas corpus was non existent - even a suspicion that you had done something wrong could lead to hanging on the spot.
@@theshillneckedlizard8364 it was during the war. Not after. Next scene is Gerald telling the war is over.
I love the soundtrack of this scene, especially when the yankee starts going upstairs. Goose bumps.
Yes, She was a Narcissist..But Scarlett was also a Strong and resourceful woman..I mean we are living in some crazy times right now and this shyt is inspiring for women who are alone! We have to step it up and be a BOSS and maybe even a mean bytch...Like Scarlett.
I'm not sure she was really a true narcissist. Ego driven and histrionic, yes.
Best shot in movie history. That crap got what he deserved. For Tara...for Ellen...for everything that Scarlett loves.
i remember watching this scene and saying wow this was pretty violent for a 1940 film plus that's rated G and it was in color. just the guy getting shot in the face and them showing it was a big feat during the code era and also having the violence in color.
Not to mention that brief glimpse of Melanie's breast when she takes off her nightgown.
This is from the 1930s
@Randy White the glory days of the hayes code which limited the violence and sexually allowed in film
@@VengefulPurity going back now to check on that.lol
The producers worried about how the scene would be received. In Atlanta, they actually had to stop the movie for a while because people stood up and applauded.
These two together 🤗
Thank you whoever posted this. I was going to have to go see the movie again tonight if I couldn't find this. (Just saw the picture Sunday on big screen.) It's one of my favorite scenes in the movie because it is when, as far as the movie goes, Scarlett and Melanie gain a new respect for each other. (I missed the scene on Sunday as I HAD to go to the restroom...). Anyway, a great survivor-bonding moment. And...the family that shoots together stays together...
Sometimes people get what they deserve!
Absolutely!!--!
But I mean those people were fighting to end slavery…
But yes in the story they did deserve to die
@@SchizoExplains Dude... The look on his face tells you everything....
He's about to sexually assault or rape her.
She is 100% justified in killing him.
She didn't kill him because he's a Yankee, she killed him because he gave her the "rapey eyes" look.
@@SchizoExplains . Just like the soldiers in Dances with Wolves!
When I was a kid I didn't understand that rape is a common war tactic and wasn't entirely sure why she needed to shoot him.
OMG I DIDN'T THINK OF THAT
Well, you were a kid. At least you didn't have to understand then.
@@kerenacosta6946 true. It's just interesting how our feelings about things change over time.
@@Person1865 Yes, I have a rather emotionally immature brother (in his 50's) who thinks the saddest, most brutal scene in the film is when Scarlett lashes the worn-out nag pulling Scarlet, Melanie, Prissy, and the baby to one last effort to get them to Tara, and the horse drops dead in its traces. "She beat that horse to death!" he cries with horror, "She's so cruel!" (None of the other human deaths evoked in him the same empathy. . .)
@@adrianjohnson7920 that's the least damaging thing she does. The woman is a human tornado of bad decisions. I know we're supposed to admire her toughness but looking back the whole story is just horrifying.
The camere they use here are superior than Netflix movie
My favorite scene in the movie. The tension is incredible.
Especially that brief shot of Scarlett quickly removing her worn-out shoes so she can descend the stairs silently as a cat. The look of desperate resolve as she leans against the wall of the stair is the courage of the cornered rat, of a stag at bay, -- and you know that Yankee doesn't stand a chance.
A brutal scene for 1939.
the people watching it had been through a brutal period.
I would have loved to hear the audience's reaction in 1939 when Scarlett shot the deserter. Ironically, this movie was released the same year that WW2 started across Europe.
Nothing compared to All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 😕
@@lindaoneil5085 Especially in the south
This may be a stupid question, but... they go through the trouble of keeping the deserter hidden from everyone else, but how do they explain the horse?
Is there not a horse still tied out in the front yard?
in the book scarlett claims the horse just appeared out of nowhere in the frontyard, so the family assumes the horse got lost from the yankees
Take the book explanation or assume the guy snuck off on foot.
You're right... it was a stupid question. Where would you ever find a horse in the 19th century in a southern mansion?
Incase anyone came looking for him or something like that
One of the very rare instances of blood being shown as a result of gunshot in a pre 50s movie.
It is NOT extremely rare LOL-& your comment shows you haven't watched very many of those old movies LOL.
@@tomoneill2973 Well, consider me told!!
That was brutal.
War is like that for countless women. Scarlett was lucky she had a gun-- she knew that without it, she would be raped and probably murdered.
I love the way she follows the fall of hermothers box ! Blasphemy !
When the Yankee threw aside her late mother's jewelry box like it was garbage, it made Scarlett even angrier than what she already was. That was like pouring gas on a fire.
More proof that Scarlett is the most complex character ever put on film. And more proof that Viviens performance as Scarlett O'Hara is the best in film history
The actor playing the Yankee was an great old western film actor. Just can't recall his name.
Paul Hurst.☺️
His scene was quite...short !
@@antoinemozart243 But memorable!
This is amazing since films back in those days usually didn’t show blood
"I'm GLAD you killed him!" ... "I'm ashamed I didn't think of that (robbing him) myself!" Both women absolving the other for the desperate acts they're forced into by hunger and war. Showing strength and solidarity, and admiring each other's courage. (Even though it is true in this scene Scarlett had the physical labor because Melly really was half dead from illness.) But both contributed. Scarlett never imagined Melly had it in her to tell even a white lie, let alone face and cover up a scene like that!
The gore in this scene made a memorable impression the first time I saw this film. It was unexpected.
1:30 BANG BANG INTO THE ROOM
One of Shermans "Third Column", Bummers?
YEP, but he was killed by a girl!!!! Good for her.
Best scene in the movie.
I still can't figure out why they thought he had to be a deserter.
He was carrying what looked like a dispatch case, and he was on horseback.
It's perfectly reasonable, even probably, to find a filthy yankee (literally) digging through their things without him having to be a deserter. Thus was the contempt the yankee military had for their victims.
It was the fact that he was alone, and that he came boldly into the house without knocking that one would suspect he was a deserter not just a lone scout or messenger.
Why would you desert when you were winning?
@@TPainWhatitDo deserters existed on both sides of the war. Plenty of wretched soldiers would see an opportunity to steal/pillage. Besides you answered your own question why fight when you think you've already run.
I love in the book after shooting the yankee scarlett wanted to grind her bare heel in the bloody pit in his face lol! Its still such a great scene on film too!
Nowadays Scarlett would be prosecuted by the District Attorney for having the nerve to defend her house. And the Yankee deserter's family would sue her for "wrongful death."
This was self defense.
@@Gospelwatcher Yes, back then in 1865 or 1866, it was self-defense. It was the Yankee deserter's bad luck that someone was home. With a gun.
Nowadays, the law is on the side of the criminal. We had some incidents in our town, when an armed intruder broke into someone's house, and the homeowner shot and killed the intruder, because the intruder opened fire first. Our overzealous D.A. tried to prosecute the homeowner for murder, and the intruder's family would sue the homeowner for "wrongful death" of their relative. I am NOT kidding, this really happened. When someone kicks in your door or climbs through your window in the middle of the night, what is a homeowner supposed to do? Tell the intruder, "Sure, help yourself to everything I've worked for, for the past 20 years. No problem.".
Of course, there have been plenty of times when the intruder shot and killed the homeowner, and the D.A. didn't get his knickers in a twist about it.
Common sense doesn't exist any more, especially in our joke of a "legal system.".
Jeez
Either that or she wouldn't have had a gun at all because of gun control laws and would've likely been raped and killed by the Yankee deserter.
@@McIntosh1581 In those days, it was "every man for himself".
I like that this movie didn’t white wash history like how we were always taught that all Yankees were good and all Confederates were bad.
Well it did white wash the slavery aspect of it. It portrayed the field slaves as loyal and content with their positions. Of course most of the Yankees were a bunch of racist assholes too, but I think it’s safe to say all slave owners were bad.
@@joeydoherty368 Actually some slaves were treated better than others. But you’re right slavery is wrong and nothing justifies it but there were some owners who behaved kindly to their slaves. Again they were still wrong to own them but not all them were the lashing type.
Indeed both sides had their good and evil parts. No side was completely honorable and righteous. Both sides were guilty of terrible acts.
@@Rose-xy5pe Yes the house slaves were treated well, but field slaves were always mistreated.
@@joeydoherty368 Agreed
Very very good scene!
The actress playing her wasn't actually american and she was rumoured to be a quarter middle eastern. Parsi actually
And, so...?
@@maxalberts2003 just interesting that's all. She was Irish and french born in british india
squiggly line...You have two actresses mixed up (graduate of Trump University?)...Vivien Leigh was born into English Society in India; Merle Oberon was born into half caste society in India. Both attained stardom in England and the United States around the same time. And does it matter? I assume your family tree is without reproach?
@@johnfd0210 no I'm interested because my family tree is all over the place. I did read it in viven Leigh's bio that she was "possibly" a quarter parsi. I find genealogy fun and interesting.
Just like Freddie Mercury, a Parsi 👍 Both extremely talented.
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Good scene.
That dark moment, when Melanie and Scarlett are like sisters…
Wait... is that brain matter?! How did this get approved by the code?!
Yeah this scene was crazy gory for 1939
well he got the answer to his question after all
Bet he wished he had never asked.
Scarlett is awesome
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Melanie was so far superior to scarlet in every way... She was the most genuinely good hearted person that ever was.
In terms of kindness, gentility, and seeing people for who they are, yes. But in terms of hard cold intelligence and tenacity, I’d have to give it to Scarlett.
Perhaps, but where would Melanie be without Scarlett?
@@cgh7337 True, Scarlet had to take care of everybody.
True. The only thing Melanie lacked was physical fortitude.
But still ready to cut the poor man's testicles with an old rusty saber !
Nicely done. That's what you do to trash that tries to steal your stuff.
Tough chic!!
Their both queens
Well we’ll. Scarlett was packing enough to kill an elephant. Lol.
Aunt Margie Melanie. . relay. He tried his oppressive power block resulting in It was a gymnastics rope accident
Balls of brass Miss Scarlett
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Vivien Leigh is Scarlett!
I wonder who plays Scarlett’s hands at 00:27
I’m sceptical in believe that MGM would pay/hire an actor an for something so minuscule as a 2 second mid shot but then again idk Hollywood be weird sometimes so it’s not entirely out of the picture
Two Queens 🌟
The rifle pistol by his breaking our sealants challenge is #1812 by battalions
Good for her. Thieving r-pist deserved it.
Damn Yankees!
For the cause lol
This applies to real life on many keveks
I feel sorry for him. He seemed quite nice😂
If I was him , I would have jumped on Scarlett and kiss her everywhere !
@@antoinemozart243 you sound like a pervert lol
@@antoinemozart243 tf
@@antoinemozart243 ew
@StonoBandito read my comment moron ! It was a joke.
I love the South!
And she feed the worms too I guess
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This encapsulates the importance of the Second Amendment. Imagine what would happen if she didn't have a GUN.
Its the 1800s lol
@@bellei365 So? Self defense is everything.
@@normalperson659 dont live in fear
@@normalperson659 absolutely!!!!
@@bellei365 Better safe than sorry.
You YANKEES have been here before!
That was rude !
and look who won.
@@uil909bby the wrong side
You couldn’t drag a cat 😹
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To all of you wanting more gun control laws and gun-free zones, what would've happened to Scarlett in this scene if she didn't have a gun?
nothing because the other guy wouldn’t have one either
@@deleted3304 - You don't need a gun to rape someone or snap their necks.
marvel tea he was a soldier so yes he would’ve had a gun
America isn't at war now🙄
1) It is a post war zone. People arm themselves in such times no matter the laws. 2) Gun control laws that are being proposed most often are not gun ban, just gun control as in violent people and unstable people can't get them. Scarlet would 100% be able to get one.
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Balls of brass
I thought they’re good?
The Yankees are the bad ones.
@@MeadeFatLoss I’m talking about Scarlett
@@gs-vlogsandgames Scarlett is not perfect
@@MeadeFatLoss that’s true
@@MeadeFatLoss at least you’re not saying she’s a good guy like everyone else would say
How long has black slavery been around in the West?
500 years
This is the South
500-700 years but this takes place in the south
If you count the pre-Columbian indigenous cultures enslaving each other after tribal wars, -- several thousand years.
Civil War Soulja
In this scene, why is Melanie only wearing a nightgown?
@@jonleggett2439 and why would Melanie be naked underneath?
She's still sick in bed after having her baby, and people don't tend to wear anything under their nightgown (not to mention how expensive it would be to get new fabric for clothes, which is why Scarlett has to use the drapes for a dress. It would be cheaper to wear one garment until it had worn out instead of laundering underclothes).
@@benjamins4699what type of nightgown is Melanie wearing in this scene?
The deep south is very hot most of the year.
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Why would you desert from Sherman's army lol. Imagine kicking ass everywhere you went, fucking everybody up with no opposition, taking whatever you want, and then deserting lmao
Kicking ass? XD my that's a glamorized version of pillaging
this film is a bit cheesy too soapy ...........
its the best movie ever made.
This movie doesn’t seem historically accurate, especially when it comes to this scene. The Union are supposed to be good guys and the Confederacy are supposed to be the bad guys.
So-called “Good soldiers” assault women, too
Good and bad on both sides of any war.
It is definitely historically accurate! I have read many accounts like this- Southern women left unprotected were often (r) aped by Yankee soldiers. The Union were not the good guys! Sherman and his army and all of what they did and how they tortured people.