Hugh gravitt and norman mayne were both tests of our tolerance for drunk driving. And in both cases, society looked at their behavior and shrugged. The shocking of a drunk man struggling to realize he's just killed people could have been in the public's mind for more than a decade by the time margaret mitchell died. Maybe that's what movies do at their best.
A legendary Hollywood mogul, a famous author, a fatal drunk driving accident, and a brilliant bit of screenwriting, left on the cutting room floor. Revisionist History engages in a pop culture what-if experiment about the 1937 version of A Star is Born.
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