Trivia Advent Calendar

[Eva Elisabeth]

(12-13-2014 10:53 AM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  Alright, how about the fire scene from Gone With the Wind?

Kudos, Scott! Thanks for trying again! This is the burning of the Atlanta Depot from GWTW!
   
It was the first scene to be shot, filmed on 10 December 1938. If there was a major mistake during the filming, the entire film might have been scrapped. They actually burned many old sets that needed to be cleared from the studio backlot, including sets from The Garden of Allah (1936) and the "Great Wall" set from King Kong (1933). The fire cost over $25,000, and yielded 113 minutes of footage. It was so intense that Culver City residents jammed the telephones lines, thinking MGM was burning down. Scarlett was stunt doubled by Aline Goodwin and Lila Finn, while Rhett was doubled by veteran stuntmen Yakima Canutt and Jay Wilsey.

Please go here for this and other GWTW trivia:
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0031381/trivia
...and here to watch the scene (once more...):
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IKjP53J6gIE