GONE WITH THE WIND's two lead stars, Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, both received nominations for their performances.  But while Leigh took home the Best Actress statuette, Gable lost to Robert Donat's performance in GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS at the 1939 Academy Awards.

Music Clip:

"Tara's Theme" from Max Steiner's Oscar-nominated original score of GONE WITH THE WIND (a .WAV file).

Memorable Quotations:

• "Quittin Time!" --the foreman (a .WAV file).
• "Fiddle-dee-dee!" --Scarlett (a .WAV file).
• "Lawd have mercy!"--Mammie (a .WAV file).
• "Sir, you are no gentleman."--Scarlett.
         "And you Miss, are no lady. Don't think that I hold that against you. Ladies have never held any charm for me." --Rhett.
• "He looks as if... as if he knows what I look like without my shimmey!" --Scarlett (a .WAV file).
• "It ain't fittin'. It just ain't fittin'." --Mammie (a .WAV file).
• "No. I don't think I will kiss you-- although you need kissing badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often-- and by someone who knows how." --Rhett (a .WAV file).
• "Oh! If I just wasn't a lady! What wouldn't I tell that varmint!" --Scarlett (a .WAV file).
• "Lordy, we got to have a doctor! I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies!" --Prissy (a .WAV file).
• "As God as my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this, and when it's all over I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill; as God as my witness, I'll never be hungry again." --Scarlett.

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