In the memorable entrance scene, the down-on-his-luck car owner was wearing a hat and a double-breasted suit.A group of courier-aviators in a mythical outpost in South America (in a confined, tropical area centered around a kindly Dutchman""s bar), led by the flinty and often unlikeably rude "Papa" (Cary Grant), face hazards and mortality every day as they fly over fog-shrouded Andes mountains to deliver the mail within a banana republic.I don""t know if you""re ready to see what I want to show you, but unfortunately, you and I have run out of time.The incident was partly shown and involved a serious and mysterious car accident involving the two sisters.With epic qualities, it had more than 50 speaking roles and 2,400 extras.The film currently remains the box-office (domestic) champ with a gross revenue of $1.89billion(adjusted for inflation).Various elements in the original novel had to be eliminated, and some characters, scenes, and events were either truncated, dropped, or modified:Scarlett""s first two children (Wade Hampton and Ella Lorena) were eliminatedIn the novel, Charles Hamilton was in love with Honey Wilkes prior to falling in love with Scarlett; in the film, he was in love with India WilkesRhett""s scenes (and confessions) about being a blockade runner were minimized or cut outthe novel""s love scenes (in particular, the "Paddock Scene") were more low-keythe character of the Atlanta prostitute Belle Watling was sanitized (and Rhett""s finding of solace with Belle - after Scarlett vowed not to have any more children following Bonnie""s birth), was also down-playedany episodes or mention of the Ku Klux Klan were droppedRhett""s contempt for Ashley was softenedRhett""s last words in the novel: "My dear, I don""t give a damn.