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Daily Trivia

How much did Selznick's swear word cost him?

on Jul 4, 2020

In 1939, David O. Selznick was ordered to pay a then-whopping $5,000 fine to the Motion Picture Producers Association because he insisted that the word "damn" remain in Gone With the Wind's final script. A perfectionist, Selznick wanted to stay true to author Margaret Mitchell's novel.

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