Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", which MGM did on June 3, 1938, from Sam Goldwyn for $75,000. Hits in 1939 included "The Wizard of Oz", "Boys Town" and "Gone with the Wind", starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler. Although "Gone With the Wind" was produced by Selznick International Pictures, it was distributed by MGM as part of a deal for producer David O. Selznick, Mayer's son-in-law, to obtain the services of Gable as well as financial assistance to complete the film. While "The Wizard of Oz" was a critical hit, the film took 20
Mickey Kuhn the role of Beau Wilkes (Ashley and Melanie's son) in "Gone with the Wind" (1939). He later went on to appear in "Juarez" (1939) opposite Bette Davis, as the adoptive son of John Wayne in "Red River", and in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), in which he was reunited with Vivien Leigh a dozen years after they first worked together in "Gone with the Wind". In "A Streetcar Named Desire", Kuhn played a sailor who directs Blanche to the correct streetcar which will take her to her sister's neighborhood at the beginning of the film. He is the only actor