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
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn silent era, John Gilbert even shouted "Goddamn you!" to the enemy during battle in "The Big Parade" (1925). The Production Code was ratified on March 31, 1930, and was effective for motion pictures whose filming began afterward. Thus, talkies that used "damn" include "Glorifying the American Girl" (1929), "Flight" (1929), "Gold Diggers of Broadway" (1929), "Hell's Angels" (1930), "The Big Trail" (1930), "The Dawn Patrol" (1930), "The Green Goddess" (1930) and "Dracula" (1931). Although legend persists that the Hays Office fined producer David O. Selznick $5,000 for using the word "damn", in fact the MPPDA board passed an amendment to