GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) Oversized photo ft. de Havilland, Keyes, Rutherford at Tara (s28)

Vintage original 12 x 15″ (30 x 37.5 cm) black-and-white double weight glossy silver gelatin print still photo, USA. Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Hattie McDaniel, dir: Victor Fleming; Selznick International Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Creasing at the four corners, about fine.

The epic American Civil War melodrama which has captured the hearts and imaginations of fans for generations. The story of a strong-willed young woman who perseveres and succeeds — she and the characters in this story still inspire. Made during Hollywood’s Golden Year, it won most of the major Academy Awards (and to this day many feel well deserved, particularly those for Vivien Leigh for Best Actress and the unprecedented Best Supporting Actress to Hattie McDaniel).

Seldom do oversized exhibition quality prints of this type, including their original attached typed blurbs on the verso, come to the collector’s market. They are unsurpassed in quality.

Photo coded SIP 108-159 depicts a tense moment at Tara during the war when Melanie, Suellen and Careen react to the news that Scarlett has gone and married Suellen’s beau Frank Kennedy in order to save their plantation. Evelyn Keyes and Ann Rutherford gained film immortality as Scarlett O’Hara’s sisters.