Could we live on $150 a year?Arabella: Well, we wouldn""t need any money.I""ve got a charge account at every shop on Fifth Avenue.John: Well, if I had any brains, I""d give up painting and get a regular job.To help her fiancee""s dire financial situation, Arabella suggests that Chandler buy one of John""s paintings, but John scoffs: "Chandler! Ha! What does he know about art?"In another section of the mansion, Spaulding charms, flirts with, and insults Mrs.Both teams decided to trek across the island to an old communications center to radio for help after all the equipment was damaged or lost.]The cost of the film was estimated to be $2.5 million, and it was only translated into two foreign languages, Spanish and Portuguese, whereasSnow Whitehad been translated into many more.Producer David O.Selznick had acquired the film rights to Mitchell""s novel in July, 1936 for $50,000 - a record amount at the time to an unknown author for her first novel, causing some to label the film "Selznick""s Folly.