Blockbuster (entertainment)
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A blockbuster is a work of entertainment—typically used to describe a feature film produced by a major film studio, but also other media—that is highly popular and financially successful. The term has
Queue for Gone with the Wind in Pensacola, Florida (1947)
Gone with the Wind (film)
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Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. It was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directe
Blockbuster (entertainment)
…a box office block buster", and in November 1951 Variety described Quo Vadis as "a b.o. blockbuster [...] right up there with Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind for boxoffice performance [...] a super-spectacle in all its meaning". According to Stephen Prince, Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film Seven Samurai had a…
Theatrical release poster
Publicity photo of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as Rhett and Scarlett
David O. Selznick in 1940
The premiere of the film at Loew's Grand, Atlanta