" I think you will all agree with me that  Mr. Selznick had absolutely the perfect cast" 

 - Margaret Mitchell at GWTW premiere

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PROBLEMS WITH THE BILLING:
Should all four stars' names appear before or after the title?
According to Selznick's contract with MGM, Clark Gable's name was to precede the title (it was a very common clause in stars' contracts with their studios). But Selznick was against segregating Gable, and he believed that whatever was done for him, should also be done for the other principals. He suggested that all four names come under the title with the word "starring".
What should be the relative size of the names of the four stars to the name of the picture?
Usually a star's name would be 75% of the size of the main title. Selznick was afraid that if they did this for all four stars the advertising would come out very messy. He thought it was crucial that the Gone with the Wind not get minimized and suggested the size of 50%.
Eventually...the names of the four stars, under the word "starring", in size fifty percent of the title, followed the film's name on the screen and in all advertising. The alternate version on some posters used words "starring" for Gable, Howard, and de Havilland, and "presenting" for Vivien Leigh.

THE PLAYERS
IN ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE

AT TARA, THE O'HARA PLANTATION IN GEORGIA
BRENT TARLETON..............................Fred Crane
STUART TARLETON..........................George Reeves
SCARLETT O'HARA...........................Vivien Leigh
MAMMY*.................................Hattie McDaniel
BIG SAM..................................Everett Brown
ELIJAH...................................Zack Williams
GERALD O'HARA..........................Thomas Mitchell
PORK........................................Oscar Polk
ELLEN O'HARA*...........................Barbara O'Neil
JONAS WILKERSON............................Victor Jory
SUELLEN O'HARA............................Evelyn Keyes
CARREEN O'HARA*.........................Ann Rutherford
PRISSY...............................Butterfly McQueen

AT TWELVE OAKS, THE NEARBY WILKES PLANTATION
JOHN WILKES.............................Howard Hickman
INDIA WILKES..............................Alicia Rhett
ASHLEY WILKES............................Leslie Howard
MELANIE HAMILTON...................Olivia de Havilland
CHARLES HAMILTON...........................Rand Brooks
FRANK KENNEDY..............................Carroll Nye
CATHLEEN CALVERT.......................Marcella Martin
RHETT BUTLER...............................Clark Gable

AT THE BAZAAR IN ATLANTA
AUNT "PITTYPAT" HAMILTON*.............Laura Hope Crews
DOCTOR MEADE*..........................Harry Davenport
MRS. MEADE...............................Leona Roberts
MRS. MERRIWETHER..........................Jane Darwell
RENE PICARD...............................Albert Morin
MAYBELLE MERRIWETHER.....................Mary Anderson
FANNY ELSING...............................Terry Shero
OLD LEVI...............................William McClain

IN AUNT PITTYPAT'S HOME
UNCLE PETER.............................Eddie Anderson

OUTSIDE THE EXAMINER OFFICE
PHIL MEADE................................Jackie Moran

AT THE HOSPITAL
Reminiscent soldier......................Cliff Edwards
BELLE WATLING*..............................Ona Munson
The Sergeant...............................Ed Chandler
A wounded soldier...................George Hackathorne
A convalescent soldier.....................Roscoe Ates
A dying soldier...........................John Arledge
An amputation case.........................Eric Linden

DURING THE EVACUATION
A commanding officer.........................Tom Tyler

DURING THE SIEGE
A mounted officer.....................William Bakewell
The Bartender...............................Lee Phelps

GEORGIA AFTER SHERMAN
The Yankee Deserter.........................Paul Hurst
The Carpetbagger's friend...............Ernest Whitman
A returning veteran...................William Stelling
A hungry soldier......................Louis Jean Heydt
EMMA SLATTERY............................Isabel Jewell

DURING RECONSTRUCTION
The Yankee Major........................Robert Elliott
His poker-playing captains...............George Meeker

Wallis Clark  
The Corporal..............................Irving Bacon
A Carpetbagger orator....................Adrian Morris
JOHNNY GALLEGHER.........................J.M. Kerrigan
A Carpetbagger business man...............Olin Howland
A renegade...............................Yakima Canutt
His companion..........................Blue Washington
TOM, a Yankee captain........................Ward Bond
BONNIE BLUE BUTLER*........................Cammie King
BEAU WILKES................................Mickey Kuhn
Bonnie's nurse...................Lillian Kemble Cooper

You can read more about characters marked with a * by clicking here

THE STAFF

Produced by..........................David O. Selznick
Screenplay by............................Sidney Howard
Directed by.............................Victor Fleming
The Production designed by.....William Cameron Menzies
Art direction by..........................Lyle Wheeler
Photographed by..........................Ernest Haller
Technicolor Associates....................Ray Rennahan

Wilffird M. Cline
Musical score by...........................Max Steiner
Associate...................................Lou Forbes
Special Photographic effects by..........Jack Cosgrove
Associate: Fire effects.....................Lee Zavitz
Costumes designed by...................Walter Plunkett
Scarlett's hats by......................John Frederics
Interiors by...........................Joseph B. Platt
Interior decoration by.................Edward G. Boyle
Supervising Film Editor....................Hal C. Kern
Associate Film Editor..................James E. Newcom
Scenario Assistant........................Barbara Keon
Recorder...................................Frank Maher
Makeup and hair styling.................Monty Westmore
Associates.......................Hazel Rogers, Ben Nye
Dance Directors...............Frank Floyd, Eddie Prinz
Historian..............................Wilbur G. Kurtz
Technical Advisers............Susan Myrick, Will Price
Research...........................Lillian K. Deighton
Production Manager....................Raymond A. Klune
Technicolor Co. Supervision.............Natalie Kalmus
Associate..................................Henri Jaffa
Assistant Director......................Eric G. Stacey
Second Assistant Director..............Ridgeway Callow
Production continuity.....Lydia Schiller, Connie Eagle
Mechanical Engineer......................R.D. Musgrave
Construction Superintenedent.............Harold Fenton
Chief Grip...............................Fred Williams
In charge of Wardrobe................Edward P. Lambert
Associates..............Marian Dabney, Elmer Ellsworth
Casting Managers.....Charles Richards, Fred Schuessler
Location Manager..........................Mason Litson
Scenic Department Superintendent........Henry J. Stahl
Electrical Superintendent.................Wally Oettel
Chief Electrician........................James Potevin

Properties:
Manager...................................Marold Coles
On the set.................................Arden Cripe
Greens................................Roy A. McLaughin
Drapes....................................James Forney
Special properties made by.............Ross B. Jackman
Tara landscaped by.......................Florence Yock
Still Photographer........................Fred Parrish
Camera Operators.........Arthur Arling, Vincent Farrar
Assistant Film Editors...............Richard van Enger

Ernest Leadley

For more information on some of these staff members go to "Selznickers" and Pre-Production section.
 Thomas Mitchell as Gerald

Barbara O'Neil as Ellen

Evelyn Keyes as Suellen

Ann Rutherford as Carreen

Hattie McDaniel as Mammy

Butterfly McQueen as Prissy

Ona Munson as Belle Watling

Laura Hope Crews as Aunt Pittypat

Alicia Rhett as India

George Reeves as Stuart Tarleton

Fred Crane as Brent Tarleton

Carroll Nye as Frank Kennedy

WORKS CITED:
  • Bridges, Herb, Terryl C. Boodman GONE WITH THE WIND The Definite Illustrated History of the Book, the Movie and the Legend
  • Behlmer, Rudy Memo from David O. Selznick

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