To no avail, Mammy vigorously lectures Scarlett: "If you don't care what folks says about this family, I does.(He casts his speech away behind him.)But I am gonna tell you a story.It's a funny story so get ready to laugh....Get ready to bust your sides laughin', 'cause it's sure a funny story.It's about a hick.A hick like you, if you please.Yeah, like you.He grew up on the dirt roads and the gully washes of a farm.He knew what it was to get up before dawn and get feed and slop and milk before breakfast, and then set out before sunup and walk six miles to a one-room, slab-sided schoolhouse.However, it was earlier ousted by the box-office epicThe Godfather (1972).]This wholesome production from producer/director Robert Wise (of the previously popularWest Side Story (1961)for which he won the same two Oscars) and 20th Century Fox has become one of the most favorite, beloved films of moviegoers.[Note: Bryna was one of Hollywood's first independent film companies - named after his mother and managed by his wife Anne.