the film premiered appropriately enough in atlanta, and thousands of fans came to see it and margaret mitchellherself who praised the film and the actors for, quote, the grand things they have done. now, mitchell was killed by a drunk driver in august 1949, leaving her next book unfinished. that book was not a sequel, all right. she refused to write one. she refused to even comment on whether rhett and scarlet would get back together. when her estate approved the writing of a sequel, both the sequel and gone with the wind were once again best sellers. mitchell's book has sold tens of millions of copies and it's never been out of front, yet the movie has reached millions more people than the book as. as a movie, gone with the wind was intended to unify two genres of hollywood films, the male oriented war film and the woman's picture. what do people call the woman's picture today? chick flicks, right? it was intended to unify a guy film and a chick flick. by combining rhett butler and scarlet o'hara. the producer created one of the most popular movies of all time. the scale of this movie is unpr

margaret mitchell herself who praised the film for the grand things they have done. was killed by a drunk driver in august of 1949, leaving her next book unfinished. that was not a sequel. she refused to write and comment on whether rhett and scarlet would get back together. when the state approved the writing of a sequel, scarlet, both the sequel and gone with the wind were bestsellers. the book sold tens of millions of copies and never out of print. yet the movie reached millions more people than the book. as a movie, gone with the wind was meant to unify two genres. the male oriented war film and the women's picture. what do people call them today? chick flicks. it was intended to unify and by combining the role of rhett butler and the passionate intense story of scarlet o harrah. it was the most expensive film made to this point. the cast had nearly 60 leading or supporting roles and had 2,000 extras. they built 90 sets that consumed a million board feet of lumber. production and advertising costs exceeded 4 million dollars adjusted and $62 million the initial cu

the film premiered appropriately enough in atlanta and thousands of fans came to see it and margaret mitchellrself, who praised the film and the actors for, quote, the grand things they have done. now, mitchell was killed by a drunk driver in august 1949 leaving her next book unfinished. that book was not a sequel, all right? she refused to write one. she refused to even comment on whether rhett and scarlet would get back together. when her estate years later approved the writing of a sequel "scarlet" my alexandra ripley, both the sequel and "gone with the wind" were once again best sellers. her book has sold tens of millions of copies and it's never been print and yet the movie reached millions more people than the book has. now, as a movie "gone with the wind" was intended to unify two genres of hollywood films the male oriented war film and the woman's picture. what do you call the woman's picture today? >> chick flicks. >> it's intended to unify a guy film and chick flick. by combining the hero role of rhett butler and the passionate story of scarlet o'hara, prothe producer created one of

based on ticket sales and continued popularity of the margaret mitchell's book. one more.keep going. oh, sorry. >> question. we have this explosion that takes place and the bottom of a hole and the top. one position if any was made by the union to get to the bottom of the hole to the top to invade the line? >> no provision for them to get out of the crater once they are in it. it is difficult to tell. the crater is very hard. you have these lovely battle maps at gettysburg that show the regiment at 10:00 a.m. and 10:15, we do not have that for the crater. people are too mingled up. it is lost. and both sides, north and south. it is unclear how many people are stuck in the crater. they are stuck for one survivor to say the men dead could not fall and the living were squirming beneath feet. and so, i do not know how many that is. most people on the outside trying to move forward, but the problem is they did not know the honeycombed bomb proofs were behind the battery or another line of earthworks there for the confederate had just right position of the artillery to have the

middle of the country, liked this movie based on ticket sales and the continued popularity of margaret mitchell'sne more. oh. okay. keep going. oh, sorry. you, sir. >> question. we have this explosion that takes place and you have the bottom of a hole and the top of the hole. what provision, if any, was made by the union to get from the bottom of the hole to the top of the hole so you can invade the confederate lines? >> no provision made for the troops to get out of the crater once they're in it. and it's difficult to tell in numbers, craters are very hard. you have these lovely little battle maps here at gettysburg that shows this regiment, this place at 10:00 a.m. and 10:15, at 10:30. we don't have that with the crater because people are just

middle of the country, liked this movie based on ticket sales and the continued popularity of margaret mitchell's book. one more. oh. okay. keep going. oh, sorry. you, sir. >> question. we have this explosion that takes place and you have the bottom of a hole and the top of the hole. what provision, if any, was made by the union to get from the bottom of the hole to the top of the hole so you can invade the confederate lines? >> no provision made for the troops to get out of the crater once they're in it. and it's difficult to tell in numbers, craters are very hard. you have these lovely little battle maps here at gettysburg that shows this regiment, this place at 10:00 a.m. and 10:15, at 10:30. we don't have that with the crater because people are just too mingled up, all sense of cohesion of a battlefront is lost on both sides, north and south. and so it's unclear how many people are stuck in the crater. they're stuck in there well enough for one survivor to say that the men who were dead couldn't fall and the living were squirming beneath their feet and blood is running into the tops of their

a lot of people think that margaret mitchell had scarlet o'hara that her character was inspired by sallyuck preston as portrayed in mary chestnut's diary. she apparently was pretty and flirty. hood was a handsome hero. she stayed in richmond in south carolina. when the war ended she married. i don't know. there is one particular book that has so much of hood and sally preston like i am watching a reality show or something. like i said, when you give more ink to a supposed relationship between a general and his girlfriend 500 miles away. when you spend more time talking about that than three or four generals killed in the battle that is in the subtitle of your book you wonder what the book is about. >> you know he gave his speech. after the speech a question came from the floor. should johnson have been given more time to be relieved because hood was basically had a bum arm. missing a leg. he obviously had not read the book yet. there are no records to tying general hood to be hook on the substance or seen as topsy or tipsy. >> now there is a great article in blue and gray magazine in 199

middle of the country, liked this movie based on ticket sales and the continued popularity of margaret mitchell's book. one more. oh. okay. keep going. oh, sorry. you, sir. >> question. we have this explosion that takes place and you have the bottom of a hole and the top of the hole. what provision, if any, was made by the union to get from the bottom of the hole to the top of the hole so you can invade the confederate lines? >> no provision made for the troops to get out of the crater once they're in it. and it's difficult to tell in numbers, craters are very hard. you have these lovely little battle maps here at gettysburg that shows this regiment, this place at 10:00 a.m. and 10:15, at 10:30. we don't have that with the crater because people are just too mingled up, all sense of cohesion of a battlefront is lost on both sides, north and south. and so it's unclear how many people are stuck in the crater. they're stuck in there well enough for one survivor to say that the men who were dead couldn't fall and the living were squirming beneath their feet and blood is running into the tops of their

middle of the country, liked this movie based on ticket sales and the continued popularity of margaret mitchell'se. oh. okay. keep going. oh, sorry. you, sir. >> question. we have this explosion that takes place and you have the bottom of a hole and the top of the hole. what provision, if any, was made by the union to get from the bottom of the hole to the top of the hole so you can invade the confederate lines? >> no provision made for the troops to get out of the crater once they're in it. and it's difficult to tell in numbers, craters are very hard. you have these lovely little battle maps here at gettysburg that shows this regiment, this place at 10:00 a.m. and 10:15, at 10:30. we don't have that with the crater because people are just too mingled up, all sense of cohesion of a battlefront is lost on both sides, north and south. and so it's unclear how many people are stuck in the crater. they're stuck in there well enough for one survivor to say that the men who were dead couldn't fall and the living were squirming beneath their feet and blood is running into the tops of their shoes. so i do