A Beautiful Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 1999)

For the people who have given awful reviews of this movie they obviously do not understand the work that went into this movie over 60 years ago. Vivien Leigh, then just a 26 year old actress, portrayed Scarlett O'Hara, to a T. She understood Scarlett because she was a Scarlett. She obsessed about certain men, she was charming, and she was a good actress. I fell in love with Clark Gable after this film. He made me believe in my heart that underneath sarcasm there is a heart. Olivia De Havilland was breath taking as Melanie Hamilton and Leslie Howard was a perfect Ashley Wilkes. Hattie McDaniel very much deserved her Oscar for playing Mammy. Other great performances were by Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes, Ona Munson, Ann Rutherford, Barbara O'Neill, and Butterfly McQueen. Pork Forever!