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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GSCNXgHxr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16446853-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-12-15T15:30:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

Today marks 80 years since the world premiere of the movie epic, 'Gone with the Wind'.⁠
Set in the American South, the Civil War-era romance opened at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta to spectacular fanfare, with the Governor of Georgia declaring December 15 a state holiday. An estimated 300,000 people lined the streets to welcome a procession of limousine-sped celebrities, in an event US President Jimmy Carter remembered as "the biggest event to happen in the South in my lifetime".⁠
Georgia's Jim Crow laws - which enforced racial segregation ⁠ - prevented the film's black actors, including star Hattie McDaniel, from attending the premiere. Appalled, leading man Clark Gable refused to take part, only relenting at McDaniel’s insistence. ⁠
McDaniel went on to win an Oscar for her portrayal of Mammy, although the role and the film itself has been criticised for perpetuating racial stereotypes.⁠
'Gone with the Wind' remains one of the highest-grossing movies of all time.⁠
For more coverage of the premiere, follow our bio link.⁠
📷: Bettmann/Getty Images | 15 December 1939 | gettyarchive⁠
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