GONE WITH THE WIND Definition & Meaning

Gone With the Wind

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noun

a novel (1936) by Margaret Mitchell.

Gone With the Wind

(1936) A phenomenally popular novel by the American author Margaret Mitchell. Set in Georgia in the period of the Civil War , it tells of the three marriages of the central character , Scarlett O'Hara , and of the devastation caused by the war.

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The film version of Gone With the Wind , which premiered in 1939, is one of the most successful films ever made.

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Idioms and Phrases

Disappeared, gone forever, as in With these unforeseen expenses, our profits are gone with the wind . This phrase became famous as the title of Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel, which alludes to the Civil War's causing the disappearance of a Southern way of life. It mainly serves as an intensifier of gone .

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Watching “Gone With the Wind” really drove this home for me.

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“Gone With the Wind,” which runs nearly four hours with intermission, is the longest winner and has grossed $402.4 million worldwide since its 1939 release, according to BoxOfficeMojo.

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Olivier and “Gone With the Wind” star Vivien Leigh ended their marriage after 20 years in 1960 amid the former’s affair with Plowright.

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“Gone With the Wind,” “The Ten Commandments” and “Lawrence of Arabia” all had intermissions to break up their nearly four-hour run times.

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One is the wedge-shaped Culver Hotel — where the actors who played the Munchkins stayed during the filming of “The Wizard of Oz,” and the Washington Boulevard entrance to Culver Studios, which can be seen in the opening titles of “Gone With the Wind.”

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