contest ...? Although it would be clearly evident today that Vivien Liegh
was perfect for the covetted role of the downtrodden southern
belle, it was not so during the casting of the film....
"Gone With the Wind" was a huge seller in 1936 and
the part of Scarlett was to be highly scrutinized by not
just the studio but the numerous many fans of the book...
Casting a proven actress was considered as there were
several who wanted the part -
and considering that Scarlett would be in almost every
scene that would have been a no-brainer
but not for David Selznik ---
his search for Scarlett was to be someone who would
BECOME Scarlett and the public would see her as Scarlett --
not just an actress playing Scarlett
so the hunt was on ---- open auditions for thousands of
unknown actresses and added publicity for the film which
in itself garnered much scrutiny for the project in general
-- Who would be Scarlett?
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True or False
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was perfect for the covetted role of the downtrodden southern
belle, it was not so during the casting of the film....
"Gone With the Wind" was a huge seller in 1936 and
the part of Scarlett was to be highly scrutinized by not
just the studio but the numerous many fans of the book...
Casting a proven actress was considered as there were
several who wanted the part -
and considering that Scarlett would be in almost every
scene that would have been a no-brainer
but not for David Selznik ---
his search for Scarlett was to be someone who would
BECOME Scarlett and the public would see her as Scarlett --
not just an actress playing Scarlett
so the hunt was on ---- open auditions for thousands of
unknown actresses and added publicity for the film which
in itself garnered much scrutiny for the project in general
-- Who would be Scarlett?
***
True or False
***