Gone With The Wind Trivia: No one detected Scarlett's deception when she married Charles

Scarlett O'hara was a vixen

"**Gone With the Wind** is now available to watch for free on HBO Max. Each time I view this classic film, I discover new insights. Recently, I focused on the brief marriage between Scarlett O'Hara (played by Vivien Leigh) and Charles Hamilton (played by Rand Brooks).

Mammy (played by Hattie McDaniel) always recognized Scarlett's deceitful nature, scolding her several times about her advances on another woman's betroved. Rhett Butler (played by Clark Gable) saw through her from the very beginning even telling Scarlett she was no lady.

Everyone else seemed enchanted by her charms, and oblivious to what she was up to from the moment she accepted Charles' proposal. Scarlett was hopelessly in love with Ashley Wilkes (played by Leslie Howard), something both Rhett and Mammy understood well.

Were Charles and Melanie really so clueless

Charles was so infatuated with "Miss O'Hara" that he failed to see what was right in front of him. The only reason Scarlett agreed to his proposal was that she witnessed Ashley kissing Melanie and realized they were about to be married.

Mr. Hamilton was overjoyed when Scarlett urged him to ask her father for her hand immediately, completely unaware that she did not love him. After the wedding ceremony, Melanie Hamilton (played by Olivia de Havilland) told Scarlett that they were now "really sisters."

Scarlett kept her close primarily to be near Ashley. Was Melanie that clueless or only accepting Scarlett and loving her as she was? She never appeared jealous just as her brother never caught on. Was this a family trait that both of the Hamilton's inherited or was Scarlett justy that good at fooling people?

Scarlett the virgin widow

In Margaret Hamilton's book Scarlett and Charles consumate their marriage and she gives birth to a son. In the film it's implied that Hamilton goes off to war before he and his bride make love for the first time. When the men went off to fight for the South during the Civil War, Scarlett was in tears. Ashley reassured her not to worry because he would soon return.

He was unaware that her tears were not for him, but for her beloved Mr. Wilkes" who had married and was making love to Melanie. The book implies that the Hamilton's both may have died young because they were the result of inbreeding but this was not dealt with in the 1939 film.

Charles did not die a war hero but as a result of pneumonia that came after he had the measles. Leslie Howard later stated that he did nto enjoy portraying such a weak man and desired more masculine roles.

Melanie and Ellen never knew the real Scarlett

When Scarlett was crying after her husband's death while lying on her bed wearing her widow's outfit her mother attempted to comfort her. Mrs. O"hara belived her daughter was grieving the death of her husband but again her mind was on Ashley. She later dies from typhid fever while Scarett is returning from Atlanta.

Melanie who had a difficult pregnancy with her son Beau died after a second pregnancy which resulted in miscarriage. was dying she asked Scarlett to look out for Ashley and to be kind to Captain Butler because he loved her so.

Rhett tells his wife she is free to pursue her beloved Ashley with the first wife's permission. Scarlett declares that it's Rhett she has loved all along but he rebukes her with the famous line "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

Melanie and Ellen O'hara died without realizing what a vixen Scarlett O'hara was. Ashley did not seem to realize the facts either.