Gone with the Wind (film) task ... and Howard's first submission was far too long, and would have required at least six hours of film; ... [producer] Selznick wanted Howard to remain on the set to make revisions ... but Howard refused to leave New England [and] as a result, revisions were handled by a host of local writers". Selznick dismissed director George Cukor three weeks into filming and sought out Victor Fleming, who was directing "The Wizard of Oz" at the time. Fleming was dissatisfied with the script, so Selznick brought in famed writer Ben Hecht to rewrite the entire screenplay within five days.
The Wind Done Gone original's title. Cynara's name comes from the Ernest Dowson poem "Non sum qualís eram bonae sub regno Cynarae", a line from which ("I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind") was the origin of Mitchell's novel's title. "Gone with the Wind" revolves around Scarlett O'Hara, a pampered Southern woman, who lives through the American Civil War and Reconstruction. "The Wind Done Gone" is the same story, but told from the viewpoint of Cynara, a mulatto slave on Scarlett's plantation and the daughter of Scarlett's father and Mammy. Sold from the O'Haras, Cynara eventually makes her way back to Atlanta