Which 1939 film stars Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara?

The 1939 film starring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara is Gone with the Wind. The epic historical romance adapts Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel and follows Scarlett through the American Civil War and Reconstruction, including her complicated relationships with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.

David O. Selznick produced the film, while Victor Fleming received the directing credit after George Cukor was replaced early in production. Scarlett was famously difficult to cast: about 1,400 women were considered before the relatively little-known English actress Vivien Leigh won the role.

The film premiered in Atlanta on December 15, 1939, and became a major cultural phenomenon. At the 12th Academy Awards, Leigh won Best Actress, and Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar. A common mix-up is confusing Leigh with Olivia de Havilland, who played Melanie Hamilton, or Clark Gable, who played Rhett Butler.