gone with the wind premiered in atlanta on december 15, 1939.
gone with the wind premiered in atlanta on december 15, 1939.
where did gone with the wind premiere in atlanta?
december 15 , 1939
on december 15, 1939, atlanta hosted the premiere of "gone with the wind", the movie based on atlanta resident margaret mitchell's best-selling novel. stars clark gable, vivien leigh, and olivia de havilland were in attendance. the premiere was held at loew's grand theatre, at peachtree and forsyth streets, current site of the georgia-pacific building. an enormous crowd, numbering 300,000 people according to the "atlanta constitution", filled the streets on this ice-cold night in atlanta.









































section::::race riot and aftermath.:gone with the wind premiere.:absence of film's black stars at event.
racial segregation in atlanta
section::::race riot and aftermath.:gone with the wind premiere.:controversial participation of martin luther king.









































martin luther king, jr. sang at the gala as part of a children's choir of his father's church, ebenezer baptist. the boys dressed as pickaninnies and the girls wore "aunt jemima"-style bandanas, dress seen by many blacks as humiliating. john wesley dobbs tried to dissuade rev. king, sr. from participating at the whites-only event, and rev. king, sr. was harshly criticized in the black community.









































section::::race riot and aftermath.:blockbusting and racial transition in neighborhoods.
racial segregation in atlanta