Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the
Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers
who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the
man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin,
Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve
Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett
Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with
Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.