Scarlett O'Hara loves him, he refuses to stay with her, which leads to the famous line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Wracked with grief, but determined to once again pursue and win her man, realizing that Tara is what matters most to her (other than Rhett) Scarlett returns home to Tara to launch her pursuit of Rhett at a later time. While the studio and the public agreed that the part of Rhett Butler should go to Clark Gable (except for Clark Gable himself), casting for the role of Scarlett was harder. The search for an actress to play
We Don't Give a Damn game, using the lyrics: "We don't give a [deleted by censor] For the whole State of Michigan The whole State of Michigan The whole State of Michigan." In December 1926, the "Lansing State Journal" reported that the singing of "We don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan" to the tune of "The Old Gray Mare" had become common practice at football games among "gay collegians of other states." In October 1928, the "Detroit Free Press" reported that, during a football game between and Michigan, the Ohio Wesleyan band played "that old familiar air, 'We Don't Give a