Vivien Leigh "Scarlett O'Hara" black mourning hat from Gone With the Wind. ...

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Vivien Leigh "Scarlett O'Hara" black mourning hat from Gone With the Wind. Vivien Leigh "Scarlett O'Hara" black mourning hat from Gone With the Wind. (Selznick Int., 1939) Black wool period hat with brim and gathered back with ivory lining. Selznick Int. Pictures Inc. label handwritten "DOUBLE - SCARLETT 28-9-W.W. 47(46-695)" and "400664 #5 11" with red Western Costume Co. stamp. Material is fraying especially along edges with some material loss and frame wire is missing along most of brim. Lining is soiled. Designed by Walter Plunkett. Worn by Vivien Leigh as "Scarlett O'Hara" while she is supposed to be mourning her first husband, she takes this hat off in favor of a colorful purple hat and Hattie McDaniel catches her in Gone With the Wind.

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