Bellatrix tortured screaming Hermione by inscribing the word 'Mudblood' in her left forearm, to find out how she had obtained 'her' sword.Dr.Challis was then captured by other androids - all created by the crazed Cochran (the "witch" of he film's title), who was using the company as a front for his evil cult.Author Margaret Mitchell told a reporter she favored Basil Rathbone for the male lead.The four principal stars were billed in this order: Clark Gable, followed by Leslie Howard (as Scarlett's obsessive love, he glum Ashley Wilkes) and Olivia de Havilland (as sweet Melanie Wilkes, Ashley's cousin), and then Vivien Leigh last with ".Mulwray approaches.[Although the object is a key piece of evidence, the film evolves hrough a deceptive maze as clues are slowly revealed - nothing is ever given away.