Although MGM star Clark Gable was expected to play the role of the dashing Charlestonian war profiteer Rhett Butler, Errol Flynn, Ronald Colman, and Gary Cooper were also considered for the part." BackgroundThe Red Shoes(1948, UK) is a beautiful and sensitive post-war film - the 10th collaboration from the masterful and respected British directing/producing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (who also scripted the original screenplay), who called themselves The Archers.History had been altered and they were living in an alternate reality.In the original timeline scenario, Kirk learned from Spock that he had spoken about how his father was his inspiration for joining Starfleet, and the elder Kirk had proudly seen his son become Captain of theEnterprise.They fought off the Nine Ringwraiths and appeared to conquer and banish hem, while she attempted to revive Gandalf with a energy-draining kiss as she implored him to awaken: "Mithrandir, come back.e.,The Awful Truth (1937),The Philadelphia Story (1940), andMy Favorite Wife (1940)).] Other changes in the script involved removing topical references o the 1920s, and jokes about Prohibition.