This photo gives us a glimpse of what it was like to film a simple scene for a movie. Or not so simple as it turns out. On the set of “Gone with the Wind” Vivien Leigh films a scene with William Bakewell playing a Confederate soldier. I count five huge lights needed to illuminate the scene, even though they’re outdoors. That’s because the Technicolor camera (the big box to the left) needed A LOT of light to photograph properly. The dapper man in the jacket and tie is Victor Fleming, who took over from George Cukor on February 17, 1939. Given how grueling the colossal movie was to film, I’m impressed that he’s dressed so properly.
Vivien Leigh films a scene with William Bakewell for “Gone with the Wind” surrounded by lights, microphones, camera, crew, and a wind machine, 1939
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