Gone with the Wind
Poster
1985 (printed and published), 1981 (designed)
1985 (printed and published), 1981 (designed)
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This poster was originally designed as the back page for an edition of The Socialist Worker published for Christmas 1980. It is a parody of the poster for the classic film Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. It satirises the mutually supportive political relationship between the President of the USA, Ronald Reagan, and the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. It also played on President Reagan's early career as a film actor. Members of the paper's design studio posed for the photograph.
Object details
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| Title | Gone with the Wind (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 'Gone With The Wind'. Colour offset lithograph poster satirizing Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. Designed by Bob Light and John Houston for The Socialist Worker. Great Britain. 1985. |
| Physical description | 'She promised to follow him to the ends of the earth. He promised to organise it!'. Poster satirizing Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher as film actors in Gone With the Wind. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Michael Kauffmann |
| Object history | This was designed for The Socialist Worker, the paper of the Socialist Workers' Party. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
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| Summary | This poster was originally designed as the back page for an edition of The Socialist Worker published for Christmas 1980. It is a parody of the poster for the classic film Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. It satirises the mutually supportive political relationship between the President of the USA, Ronald Reagan, and the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. It also played on President Reagan's early career as a film actor. Members of the paper's design studio posed for the photograph. |
| Other number | 20/B9 - V&A microfiche |
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| Accession number | E.608-1985 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2003 |
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