Proud, spoiled Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) is at the top of Southern high society, content to enjoy her wealth and flirt in a love-hate relationship with suave Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). But when the Civil War sweeps across the land and claims everything Scarlett loves, she hardens and grows, and vows to rebuild her glorious plantation. Tearing through husband after husband to defend her economic position even while refusing to admit her love for Rhett, Scarlett’s tragic fall from grace is set against the sweeping change of post-war Georgia and the decline of a way of life in the old South.