He also had his soft moments in the film especially the book like caring about Melanie and doing everything possible to help her even if it meant saving her husband whom he detests
Gable was in fact a very fine actor as well as a film personality. Genuine. When the studio decided not to send Hattie McDaniel to the Atlanta premiere, he flatly told them no Hattie, no Gable. Hattie was included.
Yes, that showed how fine a person Clark Gable was. Hattie McDaniel was superb in her role and would not be included because she was black??? Now THAT is racial discrimination, not the nonsense about racism they talk today.
Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel were good friends in real life, and it shows in the film. Also, Gable made it no secret that he Black in his blood, from just a few generations before. MGM studio made sure this was not publicly known.
Probably the intelligent character in the book and film. He saw the writing on the wall that the war would be lost and didn’t mind playing devils advocate against the cause.
@@Hannakuc55 In the same way a lot of southern literati questioned the world they grew up in like with Harper Lee’s to kill a mockingbird, and the works of Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote. Willing to challenge the narrative of the lost cause and the mistreatment of African-Americans a century after they were freed and especially during Jim Crow. People who think gone with the wind is just some racist confederate fantasy are looking at it on a surface level and aren’t searching for the deeper themes that are actually questioning it. Mitchell used Rhett Butler to criticize the lost cause.
He was an intelligent man when it came to business of the new South, though he also still held some old South beliefs, prejudices, and values. Scarlett became that way with time, too. That being said, while he had his sympathetic qualities, much like Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler also was a pretty terrible husband on the whole.
It's funny, I never thought Gable was a handsome guy. He was tall and had a nice build, but I just thought his looks were dated and appealed to women of the 1930s and 40s. But looking at the Charity Ball scene, watching him glide smoothly and gracefully across the floor in that perfectly tailored period costume...yeah, I *get* why he was the King back then. And he did deliver a great performance, especially after he had the first director fired! ;)
In part because he didn't use words like "dude" and "swagger." He was very eloquent and quick witted. But he still had a major flaw, the man idolized himself. Anyway, western society is trying to dumb down the men because once that happens, any number of "progressive" things could be suggested without really opposition. Satanic things.
I could take that as condescending, but I won't. I am telling you what is really happening out there. Simply pay attention and look around and read about what past generations of men were like, and see if what I say is true. Best to you, friend.
Yes it's a good one. I love it when she says she loves him and he says that's her misfortune. But he had a lot of good lines in there especially when he said he's not going to kiss her, although she needs kissing badly...by someone who knows how to do it. - cracks me up so bad!
The final line of Rhett, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" was considered rather surprising and somewhat offensive at the time. The word "damn" had not been used in movies and the Hays Code was in force. The dramatic impact of that word was quite dramatic indeed.
I love Rhett. He really tried to play the “bad boy” but he genuinely fell for her charms anytime. Did she deserve him though? Well…that’s another discussion. Lol
@@jaymillymills it’s actually the opposite she didn’t deserve him because she couldn’t appreciate what she had in front of her, that’s why he was hot and cold with her. He knew that eventually she would hurt him even if he was honest about his wants and desires with her
@@jaymillymills When was he not straight with her? Even when she says he's hero for being a blockade runner he says no - he's just in it for the money. When she says he should be proud he didn't join the army he says no - he's not so proud and joins.
I just thought I could see Johnny Depp like Rhett in that last scene, saying those words to Amber Heard…. And your mum’s very correct assessment applying just about right there.
I love that. Leigh does that throughout the film, those subtle shifts showing how Scarlett puts on her public persona, from the way she worked the room at the bbq to the way she tries to get money for Tara to this scene... but she also lets us see behind the mask the raw emotions there when the mask slips or gets put away. She did this brilliantly.
He knew her so well. How could any woman not fall for a man like that. “I’m not kind, I’m just tempting you!”😂 What an irresistible confidence. Scarlet, I personally favor for many reasons, in spite of how much her character irks me. She’s beautiful & amazing in some of the most interesting ways. Lovable, but likable? “Put on plenty of rouge. I want you to look your part tonight.”
Margaret Mitchell knew what she was talking about. She was an "unscrupulous flirt", dating lots of men at once. Her 1st husband was a charming rake and an alcoholic bootlegger whose nickname was "Red". They divorced soon after. Her 2nd husband was a patient man and a copy editor for Associated Press who took care of her. So she modeled Rhett after her 1st and Ashley after her 2nd.
Clarke Gable was born to be Rhett Butler. He was just perfect for the part. Taken from a truly fabulous book, one that has to be read to appreciate the whole spectrum of the horror of the Civil War ❤❤❤
There is no finer American novel! I probably hold the record for the number of times someone has read it; started at age 14 and now in my late 60s. The movie is wonderful, but it doesn't convey the nuances of each character like the book. I have always tried to model myself by Scarlett, her strength, practicality, loyalty, pride in herself and her family. Margaret Mitchell was a great writer! I wish she had lived longer, but hopefully her masterpiece will live on.
@@VivaciousLyla - as far as I know, it was US$ 500. It was a fine for saying a four-letter-word on a movie. The producers had to choose: take the "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" from the movie or pay the fine. They paid the fine and the rest is History.
Can I just say that the contrast of colours during the dancing scene is amazing. Scarlett and Rhett wear all black and everyone else is wearing bright colours. Shows how they were different to everyone else.
@@linkfan160 - not always - sometimes the director would decide it needs to be real - other times they would fake it - in this movie - Butterfly McQueen negotiated not to be hit for real as director Fleming wanted (i think she promised a really convincing reaction)
“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.”
That line always makes me laugh because he sounds like an irritated doctor pointing out the obvious remedy to a patient. "Of course you have a fever, you need aspirin you dick".
I kinda this their both very similar. Both are harsh but sincere, both have a soft spot but hide it with a tough exterior, both know what they want but know they can’t get it.
It's amazing to think that the biggest, most commercial film in history: 1. Focuses on a female character. 2. Focuses on a bad girl character. 3. Ends with the conniving "hero" leaving the conniving "heroine." It's a remarkable book and movie.
Especially when Scarlett wanted to go back to her pre pregnant size. "Miss Scarlett, you done had a baby. You ain't never gonna be that size again." I was like, "Damn, Mamie... I'd give her a drink for that."
GWTW is in its core a chic movie (based in book that in its core is a chic novel). Margaret Mitchell portrayed an alpha male like Rhett begging for love to a woman like Scarlett. That`s a woman fantasy. The truth is, no woman falls for a simp like Ashley Wilkes and a male like Rhett, never would stand a b...tch like Scarlett for that long.
@@floatingsara partly because Rhett finally takes a stand and makes Scarlet own her actions (although Melanie is too kind and trusting to believe it) and partly because that dress is absolutely stunning on Vivian Leigh.
I learned to be authentic from Rhett Butler. Whenever anyone says, "You're so nice." I say, "No I'm not. I'm selfish and you like it." And it's the truth. I believe the Holy Spirit moves me by joy, so I do what I like. So long as God is in charge I'm in freedom. Bonus God is loving and kind.
Rhett Butler is a good and handsome male hero and Scarlett likewise a beautiful heroine. I have always felt that perhaps the movie could have a happy ending if Rhett had really spanked her good and hard a few times.
You're preaching to the full gospel Pentecostal choir there, hun. Clark Gable, now that was one insanely attractive man. You don't see men like that in films today.,.....
Clark cable was a true aquarius.. as he said he never acted he always being himself... and he was... him and carey grant had this amazing natural charm and wit
Idk if Clark gable was a good man, but he was Rhett butler. Who else could've played him? Sean Connery? Burt Reynolds? My best choices but I don't think even they had the charm or grace Well I bless mr gable, not just for his military service....actually yes just because of that. It takes a real veteran to play one on screen.
@@connorthekid1 excellent point but he volunteered just as Rhett butler did repeatedly. He always had it in him like most service members, but he was rich lol. Its in our hearts to seek out "grace and charm" and we'll fight whoever seeks to destroy it. "What could make me feel this way? My girl."
She was a fool but in the book he never let her know he loved her until the very end. She had no idea. Everytime she tried to get close, he would mock her just like he did in the green hat scene, "Don't flatter yourself." So, she really didn't think he loved her. Victor Fleming softened Rhett up in the movie to maintain Clark Gable's good guy image. And he made Scarlett harsher than she was in the book. Vivien & he even got in a fight over it. She told him that he was making Scarlett such a bitch that people would lose all sympathy for her. In the book Scarlett & Rhett were more equally mean to each other. And one thing that has always miffed me about Rhett is his all consuming jealousy of Ashley when he himself had Belle. It's implied that she's been his mistress since before he even met Scarlett.
@@daphneduryea9136 I don't agree with you concerning Rhett's relations with Belle. Yes, he really was her lover but it was before his marriage to Scarlett. And he was a faithful husband till Bonny's birth. Scarlett herself made him come back to Belle after she had refused to have relations with him. Do you know that time this fact was a serious reason for the divorce? But he didn't tell anybody a word about it.
@@s_t_a_c_i_a28 I did re-read that part of the book & you're right. It was after Scarlett told him she didn't want sexual relations with him anymore. Ashley had told her that afternoon that he couldn't stand the thought of her & Rhett together.
He got into a rut after his first few years. He knew what his audience liked so that's what he tried to give them. In my opinion, he was a much better actor in his first few movies - Red Dust, for example - than he was in most of his later ones. However, he wasn't playing himself, he was playing the audience's idea of Clark Gable. In real life, he was far more comfortable in jeans than he was in evening dress, though he could look great, and real, either way.
In his last film, The Misfits ('61), the scene where he's drunk and on top of the car, frantically calling out for his estranged son..just shattering and tragic! I thought he was excellent all throughout that film.
They don’t make them like this any more. This movie had everything - romance, betrayal, war, love, fall and rise, … all bundled up in one unforgettable movie which is a joy to watch. What current movie has a fifth of what Gone With the Wind has to offer?
My all time favorite movie. Has it all your emotions throughout . Have watched in my lifetime uncountable times. It is for sure a 4 hour TREASURE OF AMERICA.🕊🇺🇲💕
I have to disagree. Alphas are very conscious of their social standing, and Rhett decided when he was young that he didn’t give a damn what society thought of him. Sigmas are like alphas in many ways, but that’s the major difference.
Rhett told the truth to Scarlett. Idk if you've seen the movie but what Scarlett does is awful and Rhett's not really toxic. She breaks his heart time and time again.
Rhett is not toxically masculine (well we interpret him carrying Scarlett up the stairs to their bedroom as rape, then it’s more than just toxic masculinity). Maybe you don’t know what the term means but it’s not just very masculine man. Rhett for example avoided a duel in his backstory, buys petticoat for Mammy, has a lot of respect for Melanie, isn’t afraid of speaking against war and looking cowardly and pushes Bonnie in a stroller despite people gossiping that it’s not very manly to do so. Those are the opposite traits of toxically masculine. Toxically masculine men are insecure in their masculinity and try to constantly prove how manly they are. Abiding duels and war would have been seen as vets unmanly behaviors in the era and why he lost standing in society but Rhett doesn’t care because he doesn’t see himself as less manly for bowing down to society’s expectations and doing something ridiculous and dangerous if there is no profit for him (he eventually goes to war but doesn’t tell about it and does it because his own reasons and not for society). Rhett buying something like a petticoat to woman who is not a relative or someone he is sexually attracted to shows he respects women and their interests. Toxically masculine men would see something like red expensive petticoat as vain and waste of money (if you aren’t trying to do something like get a woman in a bed with you or it being some traditional thing to give to a female relative or something). Melanie is someone who is very feminine in non sexual way and has no formal position of power in a society. Toxically masculine men often just ignore these women completely because they don’t seem to have inherit value (unless it’s someone like their own mother when they are put in a pedestal). Men usually were expecially then expected to only want sons and not be interested in children before they were old enough to at least walk and talk, not babies even if they were your own. Pushing a stroller would be seen as womanly and playing with a girl overly emotional. Rhett is masculine in very healthy way with helping Scarlett and Melanie and kids escape as most clear instance. And while he is cocky and rude it’s not really tied to masculinity and a confident women might say most same things to Scarlett, Rhett isn’t mocking her because she is a woman.
My favorite movie ever! How dare they try to ban it! I even named a pony hunter " Frankly my Dear"!! He was just down right sexy! Scarlett was a fool 🤣
It's impressive how Clark Gable crosses generations and continues to attract thousands of fans and admirers, especially women. Can't deny he had a sex appeal . I've always been in love with Gable, but once I got to know the person he was in particular, my admiration for him only increased . 👑🎞️💯👏👏😘😘
I wish there were moments from the book that actually made it to the film. There were scenes that really showed Rhett’s feelings and how highly he regarded Melanie. Clark gable is perfect- absolutely! But certain scenes between him, scarlet, and Melanie would have been nice. The adaptation from book to film was really great. It’s a favorite of mine.
I thought they made Rhett's respect and admiration for Melanie pretty clear - was there other stuff in the book more interesting? I read it a while back, can't remember this part
@@ancapatrascu1545 the movie was really good on depicting the respect between them, and Rhett’s protective behavior over Melanie is also well depicted in the film. But there was a little more of an elevated quality- I guess you could say- in the book. Maybe it’s because there was more of everything in the book that they had to cut from the film because it would have been too long otherwise- that I feel the film is missing out.
What’s crazy is that Selznick was still given a $5000 fine for violation of a hays code that prohibited profanity of any kind. Even though Will Hayes gave David or Selznick permission to use the word damn as it was not an oath or a curse.
Winning hearts take time especially hearts that have been recently broken. He was insulting and impatient with her and when her heart opened to him he stomped on it.
He loved her and treated her like a queen. The only time he was "cruel" to her was when she was acting selfish or immature. He gave her chance after chance until he had finally had enough. Anyone can see that.
@@bluliite And at the very end, he still is patronizing and condescending, calling her "such a child". O really? Since you're the ADULT in the room, why don't you be the bigger man and *help* your young wife with her character development? I'm reading the book right now and liking his character less and less as the book wears on. I'm not even at the part where he causes her miscarriage. His main redeeming quality according to the book is his love for children and his genuine rapport with them. But everything else, he just is as selfish as the woman he coerced into marriage.
I don't think "Gone With the Wind" should be Recreated,No body in our time can match up with Rhett butler,Melanie, Ashley and Scarlet O'Hara's Original Actors.
You know, I read the part two book. It ties up a lot of loose ends. Like that Scarlett WAS too young and immature for Rhett when they first met. And when they married.
@@ananyabiswas4619 It is actually called “Gone With The Wind, Part 2”. Different author. I thought it was excellent; I asked for it to be a Christmas gift one Christmas.
Scarlett had no qualms about using men, to rebuild her fortune. She knew very well a what life was like for women during and after the war. She was in survival mode. A quality Rhett admired, loved, and hated. I don't think either of them fully knew just how much she longed to be viewed as a equal to men.
I really don't care what anyone could say: this is the best movie ever. Everything is perfect: the actors, the subject, the twist, the end...and remember that when it got its Oscars there were not the many ones that are given now for different reasons: it would have winned them all!
The most wonderful moovie, clark gabel so beautiful and Vivian lay beautiful, they played wonderful their role, all actors playd wonderful, saw the moovie a lot and always enjoying it
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with having sympathy for fictional Byronic Heroes. I have sympathy for the Beast, Mr. Rochester, Erik/the Phantom, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Zuko, Jaimie Lannister, and, yes, Rhett Butler. However, they are meant to be deeply flawed people, who cause serious problems in the lives of both themselves and others they interact with their flaws, in spite of their internal moral conflict, sympathetic qualities, and tragic backstories. Scarlett was far from a good wife herself, but people blindly defending Rhett in his dysfunctional relationship with her, while mercilessly crucifying just her in their relationship, are completely missing the crucial point that he was just as problematic and toxic as her, if not worse.
they stole his second oscar in this movie when trying to boycott the gala for not letting hattie mcdaniel go. and threatened the producer to abandon the film if they racially segregated the tables and bathrooms
He was of mostly German ancestry with some Native American, hence the bronzed skin tone. No real evidence of African in his blood, but race for him was never an issue as black children were among his classmates growing up in Hopedale, OH. His best friend growing up was a black boy named Harry Christian, who was also a teammate on the high school baseball team. On an away game, Harry was told by the opposing team's coach that blacks weren't allowed on their field. Clark said "then neither are we," and the team went back home without playing. True story! They tell it at the Gable Museum in Cadiz, OH and show class photos that feature Clark and Harry. Hopedale was a very close knit town.
there is a black youtuber who investigated the rumor of Gable having black ancestors somewhere - but she couldn't find anything - in fact - she found his genealogy very easy to follow - and it seems to say conclusively that he didn't have african roots - (well - we all do since homo sapiens began in africa and eventually led to all of us)
I saw this in the movie theater for the 75th anniversary and when he first appeared on screen all the women; young and old gasped, such a handsome man.
Also when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were coming up with Superman's secret identity Clark Kent, they took Gable's first name and combined it with the first name of actor Kent Taylor. That makes Clark Gable even more awesome in my mind.
This guy was the ultimate mans man
Ladies man too.
He also had his soft moments in the film especially the book like caring about Melanie and doing everything possible to help her even if it meant saving her husband whom he detests
So was Scarlett. She was that man's woman and that man's woman...
@@SarahJareth He played the right man ❤
Real men don’t enslave God’s people.
Gable was in fact a very fine actor as well as a film personality. Genuine. When the studio decided not to send Hattie McDaniel to the Atlanta premiere, he flatly told them no Hattie, no Gable. Hattie was included.
Yes, that showed how fine a person Clark Gable was. Hattie McDaniel was superb in her role and would not be included because she was black??? Now THAT is racial discrimination, not the nonsense about racism they talk today.
Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel were good friends in real life, and it shows in the film. Also, Gable made it no secret that he Black in his blood, from just a few generations before. MGM studio made sure this was not publicly known.
HATTIE COULD NOT ATTEND ATLANTA PREMIERE HATTIE HAD GABLE TO LUNCH TO TALK ABOUT IT
IT WAS NOT THE STUDIO IT WAS SEGREGATION LAWS
@@barbara1407 u don't get 2 tell us what is discrimination and what isn't, Karen.
Probably the intelligent character in the book and film. He saw the writing on the wall that the war would be lost and didn’t mind playing devils advocate against the cause.
I think, Rhett and Ashley, they are the writer's alter ego. Margaret Mittchel was only 36 when she published this book, she is the most intelligent.
@@Hannakuc55 In the same way a lot of southern literati questioned the world they grew up in like with Harper Lee’s to kill a mockingbird, and the works of Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote. Willing to challenge the narrative of the lost cause and the mistreatment of African-Americans a century after they were freed and especially during Jim Crow. People who think gone with the wind is just some racist confederate fantasy are looking at it on a surface level and aren’t searching for the deeper themes that are actually questioning it. Mitchell used Rhett Butler to criticize the lost cause.
Rhett was a businessman and did it all to survive in the time of war.
He was an intelligent man when it came to business of the new South, though he also still held some old South beliefs, prejudices, and values. Scarlett became that way with time, too.
That being said, while he had his sympathetic qualities, much like Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler also was a pretty terrible husband on the whole.
Clark Gable smoked as Rhett Butler. Absolute powerhouse performance.
It's funny, I never thought Gable was a handsome guy. He was tall and had a nice build, but I just thought his looks were dated and appealed to women of the 1930s and 40s. But looking at the Charity Ball scene, watching him glide smoothly and gracefully across the floor in that perfectly tailored period costume...yeah, I *get* why he was the King back then.
And he did deliver a great performance, especially after he had the first director fired! ;)
@@yankeecitygirl THAT WAS A MOVING PLATFORM GABLE WAS A TERRIBLE DANCER
This dude’s swagger is unmatched.
In part because he didn't use words like "dude" and "swagger." He was very eloquent and quick witted. But he still had a major flaw, the man idolized himself.
Anyway, western society is trying to dumb down the men because once that happens, any number of "progressive" things could be suggested without really opposition. Satanic things.
@@Jack-si2pg thank you for the Ted talk. I’ve learned so much from you…
I could take that as condescending, but I won't. I am telling you what is really happening out there. Simply pay attention and look around and read about what past generations of men were like, and see if what I say is true. Best to you, friend.
"And you Mrs. Hamilton, I know just how much that means to you" 😂😂
i swear the majority of his lies in this movie is roasting her , love it :D
That’s my dad’s favourite line in the movie.
He knew!!! 🤣😭🤣
The way he swings around as he says it as well. The finesse!
I just squeal in delight when he says, "' Has the war started?" Fine as hell!!
I don't know why I fine that so funny 🤣
Yes it's a good one. I love it when she says she loves him and he says that's her misfortune. But he had a lot of good lines in there especially when he said he's not going to kiss her, although she needs kissing badly...by someone who knows how to do it. - cracks me up so bad!
That line was really funny! 😂
Girl fine asffff
Because the tornado of arrogance walked in that’s why he asked if the war started
The final line of Rhett, "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" was considered rather surprising and somewhat offensive at the time. The word "damn" had not been used in movies and the Hays Code was in force. The dramatic impact of that word was quite dramatic indeed.
Rhett was the ultimate rebel. He was the southern Han Solo. Rhett and Scarlett were genuine rebels in the truest sense of the word.
Lol people are so dumb. And they're still just as dumb.
Ah the 1930s where racial stereotypes and offensive imagery is totally acceptable, but a cuss word makes people gasp.
@@SimpleManGuitars1973 I've always thought he was like Han Solo too.
He could write a book called The Art of Not Giving a Damn.
Damn, you're right 😂
Well I'll be damn!
And I would read it, it would be a bestseller!
I love how he whistles when Scarlett threw that porcelain decoration. 🤣
'' Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.'' That's how new life begins.
We needed a sequel!
@@Mattyice25 I confirm.
@@Mattyice25 MARGRET MITCHELL NEVER DID
@@Mattyice25 Scarlett ( 1994) 4 episodes.
@@Sharon-Collins thank you!
I love Rhett. He really tried to play the “bad boy” but he genuinely fell for her charms anytime. Did she deserve him though? Well…that’s another discussion. Lol
Did he deserve her? He was always playing games and not being straight with her
@@jaymillymills it’s actually the opposite she didn’t deserve him because she couldn’t appreciate what she had in front of her, that’s why he was hot and cold with her. He knew that eventually she would hurt him even if he was honest about his wants and desires with her
@@jaymillymills When was he not straight with her? Even when she says he's hero for being a blockade runner he says no - he's just in it for the money. When she says he should be proud he didn't join the army he says no - he's not so proud and joins.
@@HC-cb4yp his love. He was never straight with her about the fact that he loved her.
@@jaymillymills He says it any number of times. He says it when he goes off to join the army.
“I have a strange way of not killing people who tell the truth” 😂
My Mom always loved Rhett because he was a man's man. She said that Scarlett "threw happiness out the window with both hands."
I just thought I could see Johnny Depp like Rhett in that last scene, saying those words to Amber Heard…. And your mum’s very correct assessment applying just about right there.
Rhett told Scarlett those lines.
She never loved anybody. Selfish greedy stinker
Part of his attraction to her was that she was hard to catch.
LMAO, no! Rhett had his sympathetic moments, but he was an asshole, too.
Gotta love how Scarlett’s face shifts in 4:57 speaks a lot about her character
I love that. Leigh does that throughout the film, those subtle shifts showing how Scarlett puts on her public persona, from the way she worked the room at the bbq to the way she tries to get money for Tara to this scene... but she also lets us see behind the mask the raw emotions there when the mask slips or gets put away. She did this brilliantly.
one of my favourite scenes. it shows how much of a brave, determined, and proud woman she is.
@@atlasshrugd
Not Rhett alone
She too.. Didn't give a
Damn...
Two brave characters!!!!!
Yes, Vivien Leigh put SO much talent in Scarlett's portrail.
He knew her so well.
How could any woman not fall for a man like that.
“I’m not kind, I’m just tempting you!”😂
What an irresistible confidence.
Scarlet, I personally favor for many reasons, in spite of how much her character irks me.
She’s beautiful & amazing in some of the most interesting ways.
Lovable, but likable?
“Put on plenty of rouge. I want you to look your part tonight.”
The technicolor and the resolution of a movie almost 100 💯 years old...amazing. Vivien's beauty is timeless.
Vivien Leigh beauty in her prime was unbeatable, not even today I have never seen a more beautiful women than her , also what a great actress.
Margaret Mitchell knew what she was talking about. She was an "unscrupulous flirt", dating lots of men at once. Her 1st husband was a charming rake and an alcoholic bootlegger whose nickname was "Red". They divorced soon after. Her 2nd husband was a patient man and a copy editor for Associated Press who took care of her. So she modeled Rhett after her 1st and Ashley after her 2nd.
Yes & some ppl think she modeled Rhett from this guy, too. Maybe a composite of Red & this guy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Trenholm
“Your not worth 300 dollars, you’ll never mean anything but misery to any man” 😂
I love Rhett Butler. Homie was the only one who kept it real
Clarke Gable was born to be Rhett Butler. He was just perfect for the part. Taken from a truly fabulous book, one that has to be read to appreciate the whole spectrum of the horror of the Civil War ❤❤❤
Yes, he was born to play the role of Rhett.
There is no finer American novel! I probably hold the record for the number of times someone has read it; started at age 14 and now in my late 60s. The movie is wonderful, but it doesn't convey the nuances of each character like the book. I have always tried to model myself by Scarlett, her strength, practicality, loyalty, pride in herself and her family. Margaret Mitchell was a great writer! I wish she had lived longer, but hopefully her masterpiece will live on.
@@hyacinth4368 Brilliant comment. My sentiments exactly. I, too, wish she had lived longer. What a perfect gem that novel is. And the movie. Char VC
Margaret Mitchell wrote the part of Rhett with Gable in mind
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn!" Such a classic line, it may have cost the studio $5,000 dollars , but it was well worth every penny of it!!❤💋
THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE LINE THE THING THAT KEPT IT WAS THAT WAS IN G W T W
Indeed! I just love it!
wait why did it cost $5,000?
@@VivaciousLyla THAT WAS THE FINE TO BE APPROVED BY THE HAYES OFFICE
@@VivaciousLyla - as far as I know, it was US$ 500. It was a fine for saying a four-letter-word on a movie. The producers had to choose: take the "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" from the movie or pay the fine. They paid the fine and the rest is History.
“I’ll tell you if you take that southern Belle simper off your face” 😂😂😂
SIMPLE
@@chuckschafer942 no. Simpering. Look it up
Can I just say that the contrast of colours during the dancing scene is amazing. Scarlett and Rhett wear all black and everyone else is wearing bright colours. Shows how they were different to everyone else.
When she smacks him at 3:34 it looks like he's trying to hide a smile. It always makes me laugh.
It was the day he ran away with Carole Lombard to get married, so he was probably in a good mood. 😉
They didn't hold back, did they? In those days, actors got slapped for real! He took it pretty well too.
@@linkfan160 - not always - sometimes the director would decide it needs to be real - other times they would fake it - in this movie - Butterfly McQueen negotiated not to be hit for real as director Fleming wanted (i think she promised a really convincing reaction)
Love him, he's got some great lines in this film. What a performance.
“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.”
He should've gone for it then. She would have forgotten Ashley even existed.
That line always makes me laugh because he sounds like an irritated doctor pointing out the obvious remedy to a patient. "Of course you have a fever, you need aspirin you dick".
How many women would be very, very happy if this advice was taken seriously ...
@@daphneduryea9136 When they were married he had every opportunity to make her forget Ashley. It didn't work.
‘Has the war already started?’
‘I know just how much that ring means to you’
God I love Rhett😂
I kinda this their both very similar. Both are harsh but sincere, both have a soft spot but hide it with a tough exterior, both know what they want but know they can’t get it.
If I'm not mistaken, Rhett tells her something similar in the movie, but she just won't accept it.
It's amazing to think that the biggest, most commercial film in history: 1. Focuses on a female character. 2. Focuses on a bad girl character. 3. Ends with the conniving "hero" leaving the conniving "heroine." It's a remarkable book and movie.
Scarlett stayed getting roasted by EVERYBODY in this movie, especially by Rhett & Mammy alike…LOL
😂💕😂💕😂💕👌🏾
Especially when Scarlett wanted to go back to her pre pregnant size. "Miss Scarlett, you done had a baby. You ain't never gonna be that size again." I was like, "Damn, Mamie... I'd give her a drink for that."
@@CocoCece08 LMFAOOOOO 😂😂😂😂 Right! she would get her together real QUICK! 😂💕😂💕😂
Rhett abandoning Scarlett at Ashley’s birthday party is my favorite scene
GWTW is in its core a chic movie (based in book that in its core is a chic novel). Margaret Mitchell portrayed an alpha male like Rhett begging for love to a woman like Scarlett. That`s a woman fantasy. The truth is, no woman falls for a simp like Ashley Wilkes and a male like Rhett, never would stand a b...tch like Scarlett for that long.
She looks the most beautiful here I think
Why?
@@floatingsara partly because Rhett finally takes a stand and makes Scarlet own her actions (although Melanie is too kind and trusting to believe it) and partly because that dress is absolutely stunning on Vivian Leigh.
I learned to be authentic from Rhett Butler. Whenever anyone says, "You're so nice." I say, "No I'm not. I'm selfish and you like it." And it's the truth. I believe the Holy Spirit moves me by joy, so I do what I like. So long as God is in charge I'm in freedom. Bonus God is loving and kind.
God is good
I absolutely love every word in this paragraph comment.
@@Cashcash69 all the time =)
You should do small video on a skit with those words in it. Very funny!
lol
"I believe in Rhett Butler!!,"'' Lawd, have mercy!! Where are they today?
@NBA with Ammon Moshe why are you watching a romance film as a male
Rhett Butler is a good and handsome male hero and Scarlett likewise a beautiful heroine. I have always felt that perhaps the movie could have a happy ending if Rhett had really spanked her good and hard a few times.
@@larschristiansteenberg1460 what 😂
There is noone remotely as handsome or charismatic as Clark Gable in today's films.
You're preaching to the full gospel Pentecostal choir there, hun. Clark Gable, now that was one insanely attractive man. You don't see men like that in films today.,.....
henry cavill gets really close
@@_______-3007nope nobody is even close to gable!
Totally agree. Gable was THE man in all senses, plus insanely sexy. None gets close To him.
Hahaha nope. Gable had jug ears and halitosis. Cary Grant was the sexiest man in those days. Stylish, suave, moved and dressed impeccably. Class.
I love it whenever he refers to Scarlett by her (current) married name just to piss her off.
Clark cable was a true aquarius.. as he said he never acted he always being himself... and he was... him and carey grant had this amazing natural charm and wit
He had the best zingers 😂
Idk if Clark gable was a good man, but he was Rhett butler. Who else could've played him? Sean Connery? Burt Reynolds? My best choices but I don't think even they had the charm or grace
Well I bless mr gable, not just for his military service....actually yes just because of that. It takes a real veteran to play one on screen.
But wasn’t a veteran when this was made.
@@connorthekid1 excellent point but he volunteered just as Rhett butler did repeatedly. He always had it in him like most service members, but he was rich lol. Its in our hearts to seek out "grace and charm" and we'll fight whoever seeks to destroy it. "What could make me feel this way? My girl."
Sean Connery did not have charm and grace.. bro Ignoring the times he has slapped women he was a pretty charming man. My pick would have been bramdo
Maybe Cary Grant or James Cagney would've played the role
@@lenyngarcia6092 lol nice. What about Cary elwes, the princess bride?
It was just a fantastic book and brilliant actors! Everyone was just brilliant.
He was so funny
He was such a great father
Okay, I'm NOT going to lie. I burst out laughing when Rhett sat up and whistled after Scarlett threw the figurine.
" Mrs. Kennedy, if only you'd waited a lil while, you could have had my millions!" Scarlett was such a fool!!
She was a fool but in the book he never let her know he loved her until the very end. She had no idea. Everytime she tried to get close, he would mock her just like he did in the green hat scene, "Don't flatter yourself." So, she really didn't think he loved her. Victor Fleming softened Rhett up in the movie to maintain Clark Gable's good guy image. And he made Scarlett harsher than she was in the book. Vivien & he even got in a fight over it. She told him that he was making Scarlett such a bitch that people would lose all sympathy for her. In the book Scarlett & Rhett were more equally mean to each other. And one thing that has always miffed me about Rhett is his all consuming jealousy of Ashley when he himself had Belle. It's implied that she's been his mistress since before he even met Scarlett.
@@daphneduryea9136 I don't agree with you concerning Rhett's relations with Belle. Yes, he really was her lover but it was before his marriage to Scarlett. And he was a faithful husband till Bonny's birth. Scarlett herself made him come back to Belle after she had refused to have relations with him. Do you know that time this fact was a serious reason for the divorce? But he didn't tell anybody a word about it.
@@s_t_a_c_i_a28 Yeah, after thinking about it further, I think you're right about Rhett & Belle's relationship. I need to read the book again.
@@daphneduryea9136 try to do it as quickly as possible)))😉😉😁
@@s_t_a_c_i_a28 I did re-read that part of the book & you're right. It was after Scarlett told him she didn't want sexual relations with him anymore. Ashley had told her that afternoon that he couldn't stand the thought of her & Rhett together.
What’s funny to me is if their child had lived she would have grown up to be like her mother. Rhett spoiled the hell out of her. 😂
Rhett even says he is doing it on purpose
Rhett Butler = Manly Gentleman Chad
The best movie line ever!!
4:22 "YOU'RE FIRED!" Mid 19th century style!
2023 needs someone like that
So handsome, Clark Gable ♥️
Clark Gable is my favourite actor ever but also think he is an actor who always kind of played himself.
He got into a rut after his first few years. He knew what his audience liked so that's what he tried to give them. In my opinion, he was a much better actor in his first few movies - Red Dust, for example - than he was in most of his later ones. However, he wasn't playing himself, he was playing the audience's idea of Clark Gable. In real life, he was far more comfortable in jeans than he was in evening dress, though he could look great, and real, either way.
In his last film, The Misfits ('61), the scene where he's drunk and on top of the car, frantically calling out for his estranged son..just shattering and tragic! I thought he was excellent all throughout that film.
All great movie stars kind of play themselves.
Iconic. One of the great characters in cinematic history, brilliantly played.
They don’t make them like this any more. This movie had everything - romance, betrayal, war, love, fall and rise, … all bundled up in one unforgettable movie which is a joy to watch. What current movie has a fifth of what Gone With the Wind has to offer?
Rhett has some brutal and mean sides, is very unscrupulous in the novel. For instance: He sells fake medicine to make profit.
Love it Rhett catches Scarlet throwing the vase oops busted! I know this movie word for word
Same
My all time favorite movie.
Has it all your emotions throughout .
Have watched in my lifetime uncountable times.
It is for sure a 4 hour TREASURE OF AMERICA.🕊🇺🇲💕
Frankly my dear I don't give a damn. Love that line
“Im not kind” Rhett butler is a true meaning of an alpha male.
Exactly what I'm saying!! Such a fine gentleman!
I have to disagree. Alphas are very conscious of their social standing, and Rhett decided when he was young that he didn’t give a damn what society thought of him.
Sigmas are like alphas in many ways, but that’s the major difference.
@@M0rmagil Rhett was on that grindset
Sigma male? What are you, a teenager on Reddit? Read a damn book.
@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263 For real. Only kids and idiots believe that crap.
Scarlett would be an influencer today. Rhett would be hated for his toxic masculinity.
Rhett told the truth to Scarlett. Idk if you've seen the movie but what Scarlett does is awful and Rhett's not really toxic. She breaks his heart time and time again.
I've only been in love with him for about 60 years I think. One of a kind.
Rhett is not toxically masculine (well we interpret him carrying Scarlett up the stairs to their bedroom as rape, then it’s more than just toxic masculinity). Maybe you don’t know what the term means but it’s not just very masculine man. Rhett for example avoided a duel in his backstory, buys petticoat for Mammy, has a lot of respect for Melanie, isn’t afraid of speaking against war and looking cowardly and pushes Bonnie in a stroller despite people gossiping that it’s not very manly to do so. Those are the opposite traits of toxically masculine.
Toxically masculine men are insecure in their masculinity and try to constantly prove how manly they are. Abiding duels and war would have been seen as vets unmanly behaviors in the era and why he lost standing in society but Rhett doesn’t care because he doesn’t see himself as less manly for bowing down to society’s expectations and doing something ridiculous and dangerous if there is no profit for him (he eventually goes to war but doesn’t tell about it and does it because his own reasons and not for society).
Rhett buying something like a petticoat to woman who is not a relative or someone he is sexually attracted to shows he respects women and their interests. Toxically masculine men would see something like red expensive petticoat as vain and waste of money (if you aren’t trying to do something like get a woman in a bed with you or it being some traditional thing to give to a female relative or something).
Melanie is someone who is very feminine in non sexual way and has no formal position of power in a society. Toxically masculine men often just ignore these women completely because they don’t seem to have inherit value (unless it’s someone like their own mother when they are put in a pedestal).
Men usually were expecially then expected to only want sons and not be interested in children before they were old enough to at least walk and talk, not babies even if they were your own. Pushing a stroller would be seen as womanly and playing with a girl overly emotional.
Rhett is masculine in very healthy way with helping Scarlett and Melanie and kids escape as most clear instance. And while he is cocky and rude it’s not really tied to masculinity and a confident women might say most same things to Scarlett, Rhett isn’t mocking her because she is a woman.
What a film ..never again will there be a pure beautiful, heart wrenching film like this.
Excellent compilation! Thank you. I had a few good laughs in those few minutes.
He was what people call now a "Gigachad"
My favorite movie ever! How dare they try to ban it! I even named a pony hunter " Frankly my Dear"!! He was just down right sexy! Scarlett was a fool 🤣
It's impressive how Clark Gable crosses generations and continues to attract thousands of fans and admirers, especially women. Can't deny he had a sex appeal . I've always been in love with Gable, but once I got to know the person he was in particular, my admiration for him only increased . 👑🎞️💯👏👏😘😘
This totally just made my day! Thank you for posting this! Clark Gable Forever 💝💋
Everything is my most favorite scenes
I'm convinced. Rhett Butler was an ancester of Han Solo 🤣
“I’m not so proud” 😢
"Gdy ma się odwagę, reputacja jest zbędna". ❤️❤️
I wish there were moments from the book that actually made it to the film. There were scenes that really showed Rhett’s feelings and how highly he regarded Melanie. Clark gable is perfect- absolutely! But certain scenes between him, scarlet, and Melanie would have been nice.
The adaptation from book to film was really great. It’s a favorite of mine.
I thought they made Rhett's respect and admiration for Melanie pretty clear - was there other stuff in the book more interesting? I read it a while back, can't remember this part
@@ancapatrascu1545 the movie was really good on depicting the respect between them, and Rhett’s protective behavior over Melanie is also well depicted in the film. But there was a little more of an elevated quality- I guess you could say- in the book. Maybe it’s because there was more of everything in the book that they had to cut from the film because it would have been too long otherwise- that I feel the film is missing out.
What’s crazy is that Selznick was still given a $5000 fine for violation of a hays code that prohibited profanity of any kind. Even though Will Hayes gave David or Selznick permission to use the word damn as it was not an oath or a curse.
It was a shakedown. Someone in the office needed to pay off their gambling debts.😗
HAD TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE
It was $500, not $5,000.
@@GirlWithAnOpinion IT WAS$5000 IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN $500 YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD A LOT MORE PROFANITY
@@GirlWithAnOpinion ok :) well… that’s what I read in a vintage book ;)
RIP everyone in this movie
Upsi
I think there is one left, the actor who played Beau :).
@@sianyelizabeth86
Who?
@@meep9963 Mickey Kuhn :)
@@sianyelizabeth86 sadly he's no longer alive.
Winning hearts take time especially hearts that have been recently broken. He was insulting and impatient with her and when her heart opened to him he stomped on it.
He dropped his crown 👑 , picked it up for him though
@Amber Gardner
She blamed him for their daughter’s death that’s enough to drive any man from their woman and frankly my Dear He Doesn’t Give a Damn
@@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart He was cruel to her long before that.
He loved her and treated her like a queen. The only time he was "cruel" to her was when she was acting selfish or immature. He gave her chance after chance until he had finally had enough. Anyone can see that.
@@bluliite And at the very end, he still is patronizing and condescending, calling her "such a child". O really? Since you're the ADULT in the room, why don't you be the bigger man and *help* your young wife with her character development? I'm reading the book right now and liking his character less and less as the book wears on.
I'm not even at the part where he causes her miscarriage. His main redeeming quality according to the book is his love for children and his genuine rapport with them. But everything else, he just is as selfish as the woman he coerced into marriage.
I don't think "Gone With the Wind" should be Recreated,No body in our time can match up with Rhett butler,Melanie, Ashley and Scarlet O'Hara's Original Actors.
Good edit! Bad boy with a heart of gold.
0:10 'whistle in suprise' Has the war started?
Me: I already LOVE that man!!! 😂😂😍
You know, I read the part two book. It ties up a lot of loose ends. Like that Scarlett WAS too young and immature for Rhett when they first met. And when they married.
Which one's that?
@@ananyabiswas4619 It is actually called “Gone With The Wind, Part 2”. Different author. I thought it was excellent; I asked for it to be a Christmas gift one Christmas.
@@ananyabiswas4619 Actually, I see it is called “Scarlett” now by Alexandra Ridley. It is well worth reading!
@@ccasey1904 SCARLET WAS A JOKE SHE PROMISED 3 FIDDLE DEE DEEsAND ONE "AS GOD IS MY WITNESS" DID NOT DO IT
But she wasn't too young to keep marrying everyone else for their money! All the while trying to steal her cousin's husband.
Scarlett had no qualms about using men, to rebuild her fortune. She knew very well a what life was like for women during and after the war. She was in survival mode. A quality Rhett admired, loved, and hated. I don't think either of them fully knew just how much she longed to be viewed as a equal to men.
My favorite old movie .that one sentence 'frankley my dear i don't give a dame' gable nailed it perfectly
I really don't care what anyone could say: this is the best movie ever. Everything is perfect: the actors, the subject, the twist, the end...and remember that when it got its Oscars there were not the many ones that are given now for different reasons: it would have winned them all!
Classic Hollywood had such handsome actors
This my favorite movie. I've seen it countless times. Rhett Butler is the chadest of Chads
Should have been called “rhett butler frankly not giving a damn for 5 minutes straight”
Masteriece of all times!❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Rhett was a God among men.
What a great movie. Rhett is supirior.
This is pure comedy 😂
The most wonderful moovie, clark gabel so beautiful and Vivian lay beautiful, they played wonderful their role, all actors playd wonderful, saw the moovie a lot and always enjoying it
Still astonishes me to realize that the women who played Melly was only 19 at the time.
She died not too long ago at 103 years old.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with having sympathy for fictional Byronic Heroes. I have sympathy for the Beast, Mr. Rochester, Erik/the Phantom, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Zuko, Jaimie Lannister, and, yes, Rhett Butler.
However, they are meant to be deeply flawed people, who cause serious problems in the lives of both themselves and others they interact with their flaws, in spite of their internal moral conflict, sympathetic qualities, and tragic backstories. Scarlett was far from a good wife herself, but people blindly defending Rhett in his dysfunctional relationship with her, while mercilessly crucifying just her in their relationship, are completely missing the crucial point that he was just as problematic and toxic as her, if not worse.
I have read many places that he was of mixed race and he fought hard for the black community in Hollywood.
they stole his second oscar in this movie when trying to boycott the gala for not letting hattie mcdaniel go.
and threatened the producer to abandon the film if they racially segregated the tables and bathrooms
He was of mostly German ancestry with some Native American, hence the bronzed skin tone. No real evidence of African in his blood, but race for him was never an issue as black children were among his classmates growing up in Hopedale, OH. His best friend growing up was a black boy named Harry Christian, who was also a teammate on the high school baseball team. On an away game, Harry was told by the opposing team's coach that blacks weren't allowed on their field. Clark said "then neither are we," and the team went back home without playing. True story! They tell it at the Gable Museum in Cadiz, OH and show class photos that feature Clark and Harry. Hopedale was a very close knit town.
@@joanthemadxxxxxx1832 THE REASON HATTIE COULD NOT GO WAS ATLANTA WAS SEGREGATED
@@joanthemadxxxxxx1832 REMEMER 1939 AS A BANNER YEAR FOR MOVIES
there is a black youtuber who investigated the rumor of Gable having black ancestors somewhere - but she couldn't find anything - in fact - she found his genealogy very easy to follow - and it seems to say conclusively that he didn't have african roots - (well - we all do since homo sapiens began in africa and eventually led to all of us)
He was handsome
Nunca hubo un reparto mejor seleccionado!!! 💯
Masterpiece. Love this novel
when u get that feel you know when is the right time
Amo Rhett😍
I saw this in the movie theater for the 75th anniversary and when he first appeared on screen all the women; young and old gasped, such a handsome man.
I love when he says that's your misfortune!!
Scarlett did look fabulous at Melly's party.
Love it
Also when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were coming up with Superman's secret identity Clark Kent, they took Gable's first name and combined it with the first name of actor Kent Taylor.
That makes Clark Gable even more awesome in my mind.