Gone With The Wind Producer, David O. Selznick, gave leather bound, final edition presentation scripts to a number of the cast and crew as gifts. Clark Gable's copy, stamped Clark Gable on the front cover and containing a script rather than the Motion Picture Edition of the book like the one in this lot, was sold through these rooms as part of the Clark Gable Estate sold in 1996 - it fetched a record auction price for a script at that time of $244,500.

The inscription who doesn't like could refer to Gable's reluctance to take the part of Rhett in Gone With The Wind. Following an unpleasant experience in his previous role in period costume in Parnell, 1937, he was reluctant to take another period role. Producer David O. Selznick wanted Gable for the role but he was still under contract with M.G.M. so Selznick negotiated with Mayer, his father-in-law, to borrow Gable and arrange for financing in exchange for distribution rights and fifty percent of the net proceeds for seven years. In addition to a large bonus, the studio sweetened the deal by offering Gable a financial incentive to assist him with his divorce. After this, Gable was left with little choice other than to accept the role he was offered.