Ladies man too.

He also had his soft moments in the film especially the book like caring about Melanie and doing everything possible to help her even if it meant saving her husband whom he detests

So was Scarlett. She was that man's woman and that man's woman...

@@SarahJareth He played the right man ❤

Real men don’t enslave God’s people.

Yes, that showed how fine a person Clark Gable was. Hattie McDaniel was superb in her role and would not be included because she was black??? Now THAT is racial discrimination, not the nonsense about racism they talk today.

Clark Gable and Hattie McDaniel were good friends in real life, and it shows in the film. Also, Gable made it no secret that he Black in his blood, from just a few generations before. MGM studio made sure this was not publicly known.

HATTIE COULD NOT ATTEND ATLANTA PREMIERE HATTIE HAD GABLE TO LUNCH TO TALK ABOUT IT

IT WAS NOT THE STUDIO IT WAS SEGREGATION LAWS

@@barbara1407 u don't get 2 tell us what is discrimination and what isn't, Karen.

i swear the majority of his lies in this movie is roasting her , love it :D

That’s my dad’s favourite line in the movie.

He knew!!! 🤣😭🤣

The way he swings around as he says it as well. The finesse!

It's funny, I never thought Gable was a handsome guy. He was tall and had a nice build, but I just thought his looks were dated and appealed to women of the 1930s and 40s. But looking at the Charity Ball scene, watching him glide smoothly and gracefully across the floor in that perfectly tailored period costume...yeah, I *get* why he was the King back then. And he did deliver a great performance, especially after he had the first director fired! ;)

@@yankeecitygirl THAT WAS A MOVING PLATFORM GABLE WAS A TERRIBLE DANCER

In part because he didn't use words like "dude" and "swagger." He was very eloquent and quick witted. But he still had a major flaw, the man idolized himself. Anyway, western society is trying to dumb down the men because once that happens, any number of "progressive" things could be suggested without really opposition. Satanic things.

@@Jack-si2pg thank you for the Ted talk. I’ve learned so much from you…

I could take that as condescending, but I won't. I am telling you what is really happening out there. Simply pay attention and look around and read about what past generations of men were like, and see if what I say is true. Best to you, friend.

I think, Rhett and Ashley, they are the writer's alter ego. Margaret Mittchel was only 36 when she published this book, she is the most intelligent.

@@Hannakuc55 In the same way a lot of southern literati questioned the world they grew up in like with Harper Lee’s to kill a mockingbird, and the works of Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote. Willing to challenge the narrative of the lost cause and the mistreatment of African-Americans a century after they were freed and especially during Jim Crow. People who think gone with the wind is just some racist confederate fantasy are looking at it on a surface level and aren’t searching for the deeper themes that are actually questioning it. Mitchell used Rhett Butler to criticize the lost cause.

Rhett was a businessman and did it all to survive in the time of war.

He was an intelligent man when it came to business of the new South, though he also still held some old South beliefs, prejudices, and values. Scarlett became that way with time, too. That being said, while he had his sympathetic qualities, much like Scarlett O’Hara, Rhett Butler also was a pretty terrible husband on the whole.

Did he deserve her? He was always playing games and not being straight with her

@@jaymillymills it’s actually the opposite she didn’t deserve him because she couldn’t appreciate what she had in front of her, that’s why he was hot and cold with her. He knew that eventually she would hurt him even if he was honest about his wants and desires with her

@@jaymillymills When was he not straight with her? Even when she says he's hero for being a blockade runner he says no - he's just in it for the money. When she says he should be proud he didn't join the army he says no - he's not so proud and joins.

@@HC-cb4yp his love. He was never straight with her about the fact that he loved her.

@@jaymillymills He says it any number of times. He says it when he goes off to join the army.

Damn, you're right 😂

Well I'll be damn!

And I would read it, it would be a bestseller!

I don't know why I fine that so funny 🤣

Yes it's a good one. I love it when she says she loves him and he says that's her misfortune. But he had a lot of good lines in there especially when he said he's not going to kiss her, although she needs kissing badly...by someone who knows how to do it. - cracks me up so bad!

That line was really funny! 😂

Girl fine asffff

Because the tornado of arrogance walked in that’s why he asked if the war started

We needed a sequel!

@@Mattyice25 I confirm.

@@Mattyice25 MARGRET MITCHELL NEVER DID

@@Mattyice25 Scarlett ( 1994) 4 episodes.

@@Sharon-Collins thank you!

I love that. Leigh does that throughout the film, those subtle shifts showing how Scarlett puts on her public persona, from the way she worked the room at the bbq to the way she tries to get money for Tara to this scene... but she also lets us see behind the mask the raw emotions there when the mask slips or gets put away. She did this brilliantly.

one of my favourite scenes. it shows how much of a brave, determined, and proud woman she is.

@@atlasshrugd Not Rhett alone She too.. Didn't give a Damn... Two brave characters!!!!!

Yes, Vivien Leigh put SO much talent in Scarlett's portrail.

Rhett was the ultimate rebel. He was the southern Han Solo. Rhett and Scarlett were genuine rebels in the truest sense of the word.

Lol people are so dumb. And they're still just as dumb.

Ah the 1930s where racial stereotypes and offensive imagery is totally acceptable, but a cuss word makes people gasp.

@@SimpleManGuitars1973 I've always thought he was like Han Solo too.

Vivien Leigh beauty in her prime was unbeatable, not even today I have never seen a more beautiful women than her , also what a great actress.

I just thought I could see Johnny Depp like Rhett in that last scene, saying those words to Amber Heard…. And your mum’s very correct assessment applying just about right there.

Rhett told Scarlett those lines.

She never loved anybody. Selfish greedy stinker

Part of his attraction to her was that she was hard to catch.

LMAO, no! Rhett had his sympathetic moments, but he was an asshole, too.

Yes, he was born to play the role of Rhett.

There is no finer American novel! I probably hold the record for the number of times someone has read it; started at age 14 and now in my late 60s. The movie is wonderful, but it doesn't convey the nuances of each character like the book. I have always tried to model myself by Scarlett, her strength, practicality, loyalty, pride in herself and her family. Margaret Mitchell was a great writer! I wish she had lived longer, but hopefully her masterpiece will live on.

@@hyacinth4368 Brilliant comment. My sentiments exactly. I, too, wish she had lived longer. What a perfect gem that novel is. And the movie. Char VC

Margaret Mitchell wrote the part of Rhett with Gable in mind

THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE LINE THE THING THAT KEPT IT WAS THAT WAS IN G W T W

Indeed! I just love it!

wait why did it cost $5,000?

@@VivaciousLyla THAT WAS THE FINE TO BE APPROVED BY THE HAYES OFFICE

@@VivaciousLyla - as far as I know, it was US$ 500. It was a fine for saying a four-letter-word on a movie. The producers had to choose: take the "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" from the movie or pay the fine. They paid the fine and the rest is History.

Yes & some ppl think she modeled Rhett from this guy, too. Maybe a composite of Red & this guy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Trenholm

She never moved on 😂😂😂

It was the day he ran away with Carole Lombard to get married, so he was probably in a good mood. 😉

They didn't hold back, did they? In those days, actors got slapped for real! He took it pretty well too.

@@linkfan160 - not always - sometimes the director would decide it needs to be real - other times they would fake it - in this movie - Butterfly McQueen negotiated not to be hit for real as director Fleming wanted (i think she promised a really convincing reaction)

If I'm not mistaken, Rhett tells her something similar in the movie, but she just won't accept it.

SIMPLE

​@@chuckschafer942 no. Simpering. Look it up

He should've gone for it then. She would have forgotten Ashley even existed.

That line always makes me laugh because he sounds like an irritated doctor pointing out the obvious remedy to a patient. "Of course you have a fever, you need aspirin you dick".

How many women would be very, very happy if this advice was taken seriously ...

@@daphneduryea9136 When they were married he had every opportunity to make her forget Ashley. It didn't work.

God is good

I absolutely love every word in this paragraph comment.

@@Cashcash69 all the time =)

You should do small video on a skit with those words in it. Very funny!

lol

Especially when Scarlett wanted to go back to her pre pregnant size. "Miss Scarlett, you done had a baby. You ain't never gonna be that size again." I was like, "Damn, Mamie... I'd give her a drink for that."

@@CocoCece08 LMFAOOOOO 😂😂😂😂 Right! she would get her together real QUICK! 😂💕😂💕😂

GWTW is in its core a chic movie (based in book that in its core is a chic novel). Margaret Mitchell portrayed an alpha male like Rhett begging for love to a woman like Scarlett. That`s a woman fantasy. The truth is, no woman falls for a simp like Ashley Wilkes and a male like Rhett, never would stand a b...tch like Scarlett for that long.

She looks the most beautiful here I think

Why?

@@floatingsara partly because Rhett finally takes a stand and makes Scarlet own her actions (although Melanie is too kind and trusting to believe it) and partly because that dress is absolutely stunning on Vivian Leigh.

You're preaching to the full gospel Pentecostal choir there, hun. Clark Gable, now that was one insanely attractive man. You don't see men like that in films today.,.....

henry cavill gets really close

@@_______-3007nope nobody is even close to gable!

Totally agree. Gable was THE man in all senses, plus insanely sexy. None gets close To him.

Hahaha nope. Gable had jug ears and halitosis. Cary Grant was the sexiest man in those days. Stylish, suave, moved and dressed impeccably. Class.

@NBA with Ammon Moshe why are you watching a romance film as a male

Rhett Butler is a good and handsome male hero and Scarlett likewise a beautiful heroine. I have always felt that perhaps the movie could have a happy ending if Rhett had really spanked her good and hard a few times.

@@larschristiansteenberg1460 what 😂

She was a fool but in the book he never let her know he loved her until the very end. She had no idea. Everytime she tried to get close, he would mock her just like he did in the green hat scene, "Don't flatter yourself." So, she really didn't think he loved her. Victor Fleming softened Rhett up in the movie to maintain Clark Gable's good guy image. And he made Scarlett harsher than she was in the book. Vivien & he even got in a fight over it. She told him that he was making Scarlett such a bitch that people would lose all sympathy for her. In the book Scarlett & Rhett were more equally mean to each other. And one thing that has always miffed me about Rhett is his all consuming jealousy of Ashley when he himself had Belle. It's implied that she's been his mistress since before he even met Scarlett.

@@daphneduryea9136 I don't agree with you concerning Rhett's relations with Belle. Yes, he really was her lover but it was before his marriage to Scarlett. And he was a faithful husband till Bonny's birth. Scarlett herself made him come back to Belle after she had refused to have relations with him. Do you know that time this fact was a serious reason for the divorce? But he didn't tell anybody a word about it.

@@s_t_a_c_i_a28 Yeah, after thinking about it further, I think you're right about Rhett & Belle's relationship. I need to read the book again.

@@daphneduryea9136 try to do it as quickly as possible)))😉😉😁

@@s_t_a_c_i_a28 I did re-read that part of the book & you're right. It was after Scarlett told him she didn't want sexual relations with him anymore. Ashley had told her that afternoon that he couldn't stand the thought of her & Rhett together.

He got into a rut after his first few years. He knew what his audience liked so that's what he tried to give them. In my opinion, he was a much better actor in his first few movies - Red Dust, for example - than he was in most of his later ones. However, he wasn't playing himself, he was playing the audience's idea of Clark Gable. In real life, he was far more comfortable in jeans than he was in evening dress, though he could look great, and real, either way.

In his last film, The Misfits ('61), the scene where he's drunk and on top of the car, frantically calling out for his estranged son..just shattering and tragic! I thought he was excellent all throughout that film.

All great movie stars kind of play themselves.

But wasn’t a veteran when this was made.

@@connorthekid1 excellent point but he volunteered just as Rhett butler did repeatedly. He always had it in him like most service members, but he was rich lol. Its in our hearts to seek out "grace and charm" and we'll fight whoever seeks to destroy it. "What could make me feel this way? My girl."

Sean Connery did not have charm and grace.. bro Ignoring the times he has slapped women he was a pretty charming man. My pick would have been bramdo

Maybe Cary Grant or James Cagney would've played the role

@@lenyngarcia6092 lol nice. What about Cary elwes, the princess bride?

He dropped his crown 👑 , picked it up for him though

@Amber Gardner She blamed him for their daughter’s death that’s enough to drive any man from their woman and frankly my Dear He Doesn’t Give a Damn

@@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart He was cruel to her long before that.

He loved her and treated her like a queen. The only time he was "cruel" to her was when she was acting selfish or immature. He gave her chance after chance until he had finally had enough. Anyone can see that.

@@bluliite And at the very end, he still is patronizing and condescending, calling her "such a child". O really? Since you're the ADULT in the room, why don't you be the bigger man and *help* your young wife with her character development? I'm reading the book right now and liking his character less and less as the book wears on. I'm not even at the part where he causes her miscarriage. His main redeeming quality according to the book is his love for children and his genuine rapport with them. But everything else, he just is as selfish as the woman he coerced into marriage.

Exactly what I'm saying!! Such a fine gentleman!

I have to disagree. Alphas are very conscious of their social standing, and Rhett decided when he was young that he didn’t give a damn what society thought of him. Sigmas are like alphas in many ways, but that’s the major difference.

@@M0rmagil Rhett was on that grindset

Sigma male? What are you, a teenager on Reddit? Read a damn book.

@@fitzwilliamdarcy5263 For real. Only kids and idiots believe that crap.

Rhett even says he is doing it on purpose

Rhett told the truth to Scarlett. Idk if you've seen the movie but what Scarlett does is awful and Rhett's not really toxic. She breaks his heart time and time again.

I've only been in love with him for about 60 years I think. One of a kind.

Rhett is not toxically masculine (well we interpret him carrying Scarlett up the stairs to their bedroom as rape, then it’s more than just toxic masculinity). Maybe you don’t know what the term means but it’s not just very masculine man. Rhett for example avoided a duel in his backstory, buys petticoat for Mammy, has a lot of respect for Melanie, isn’t afraid of speaking against war and looking cowardly and pushes Bonnie in a stroller despite people gossiping that it’s not very manly to do so. Those are the opposite traits of toxically masculine. Toxically masculine men are insecure in their masculinity and try to constantly prove how manly they are. Abiding duels and war would have been seen as vets unmanly behaviors in the era and why he lost standing in society but Rhett doesn’t care because he doesn’t see himself as less manly for bowing down to society’s expectations and doing something ridiculous and dangerous if there is no profit for him (he eventually goes to war but doesn’t tell about it and does it because his own reasons and not for society). Rhett buying something like a petticoat to woman who is not a relative or someone he is sexually attracted to shows he respects women and their interests. Toxically masculine men would see something like red expensive petticoat as vain and waste of money (if you aren’t trying to do something like get a woman in a bed with you or it being some traditional thing to give to a female relative or something). Melanie is someone who is very feminine in non sexual way and has no formal position of power in a society. Toxically masculine men often just ignore these women completely because they don’t seem to have inherit value (unless it’s someone like their own mother when they are put in a pedestal). Men usually were expecially then expected to only want sons and not be interested in children before they were old enough to at least walk and talk, not babies even if they were your own. Pushing a stroller would be seen as womanly and playing with a girl overly emotional. Rhett is masculine in very healthy way with helping Scarlett and Melanie and kids escape as most clear instance. And while he is cocky and rude it’s not really tied to masculinity and a confident women might say most same things to Scarlett, Rhett isn’t mocking her because she is a woman.

Same

Still astonishes me to realize that the women who played Melly was only 19 at the time. She died not too long ago at 103 years old.

I thought they made Rhett's respect and admiration for Melanie pretty clear - was there other stuff in the book more interesting? I read it a while back, can't remember this part

@@ancapatrascu1545 the movie was really good on depicting the respect between them, and Rhett’s protective behavior over Melanie is also well depicted in the film. But there was a little more of an elevated quality- I guess you could say- in the book. Maybe it’s because there was more of everything in the book that they had to cut from the film because it would have been too long otherwise- that I feel the film is missing out.

Upsi

I think there is one left, the actor who played Beau :).

@@sianyelizabeth86 Who?

@@meep9963 Mickey Kuhn :)

@@sianyelizabeth86 sadly he's no longer alive.

It was a shakedown. Someone in the office needed to pay off their gambling debts.😗

HAD TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE

It was $500, not $5,000.

@@GirlWithAnOpinion IT WAS$5000 IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN $500 YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD A LOT MORE PROFANITY

@@GirlWithAnOpinion ok :) well… that’s what I read in a vintage book ;)

Which one's that?

@@ananyabiswas4619 It is actually called “Gone With The Wind, Part 2”. Different author. I thought it was excellent; I asked for it to be a Christmas gift one Christmas.

@@ananyabiswas4619 Actually, I see it is called “Scarlett” now by Alexandra Ridley. It is well worth reading!

@@ccasey1904 SCARLET WAS A JOKE SHE PROMISED 3 FIDDLE DEE DEEsAND ONE "AS GOD IS MY WITNESS" DID NOT DO IT

But she wasn't too young to keep marrying everyone else for their money! All the while trying to steal her cousin's husband.

they stole his second oscar in this movie when trying to boycott the gala for not letting hattie mcdaniel go. and threatened the producer to abandon the film if they racially segregated the tables and bathrooms

He was of mostly German ancestry with some Native American, hence the bronzed skin tone. No real evidence of African in his blood, but race for him was never an issue as black children were among his classmates growing up in Hopedale, OH. His best friend growing up was a black boy named Harry Christian, who was also a teammate on the high school baseball team. On an away game, Harry was told by the opposing team's coach that blacks weren't allowed on their field. Clark said "then neither are we," and the team went back home without playing. True story! They tell it at the Gable Museum in Cadiz, OH and show class photos that feature Clark and Harry. Hopedale was a very close knit town.

@@joanthemadxxxxxx1832 THE REASON HATTIE COULD NOT GO WAS ATLANTA WAS SEGREGATED

@@joanthemadxxxxxx1832 REMEMER 1939 AS A BANNER YEAR FOR MOVIES

there is a black youtuber who investigated the rumor of Gable having black ancestors somewhere - but she couldn't find anything - in fact - she found his genealogy very easy to follow - and it seems to say conclusively that he didn't have african roots - (well - we all do since homo sapiens began in africa and eventually led to all of us)

Yep. Neither one are really decent individuals. Some say Rhett is such a gentleman but forcing and tricking Scarlett to marry him, didn't fair well in the end. He's also very arrogant to think that he'd one day win her heart but in the end, his heart was slowly but surely crushed into small pieces like that vase she threw, in which he found amusing at the start.

@@RitsychServare wow

He a pimp!

If you watch the movie, you'd be quite surprised at what actually happens. And the frankly Scarlet I don't give a damn is much different when seen in context.