Gone with the Wind (film) time on the night of December 10, 1938, when the burning of Atlanta was filmed. In a letter to his wife two days later, Selznick admitted that Leigh was "the Scarlett dark horse", and after a series of screen tests, her casting was announced on January 13, 1939. Just before the shooting of the film, Selznick informed newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan: "Scarlett O'Hara's parents were French and Irish. Identically, Miss Leigh's parents are French and Irish." Of original screenplay writer Sidney Howard, film historian Joanne Yeck writes, "reducing the intricacies of "Gone with the Wind"'s epic dimensions was a herculean
The Entertainer (film) first production of the play when the play moved to the West End Theatre. Olivier, who had a disintegrating marriage with his wife Vivien Leigh (whom he had married in 1940), married Plowright in March 1961. Roger Livesey was cast as Archie's father Billy, despite being only one year older than Olivier. George Relph, the actor who originated the role in the play, died in April 1960. Alan Bates played Archie's cynical son Frank. The film was filmed on location in the Lancashire seaside town of Morecambe. The Entertainer (film) The Entertainer is a 1960 drama film directed by Tony