The most-anticipated movie of 1939, "Gone with the Wind" took the best-selling novel and turned it into a huge box office success, winning 10 Academy Awards, before going on to become an icon of American popular culture--despite critiques that it glorified slavery. Through the years, "Gone with the Wind" was re-released multiple times to theaters, broadcast on network television, and retailed as videocassettes and DVDs. The film also generated a wide array of products, notably a line of character dolls from Madame Alexander that made its debut shortly after the movie's premiere, followed by other merchandise that includes toys and housewares.