Margaret Mitchell Marsh (1900-1949) of Atlanta, Georgia, wrote the historical novel Gone with the Wind in 1926. The novel follows Scarlet O'Hara, the daughter of a plantation owner, immediately before and during the Civil War and during Reconstruction in Clayton County and Atlanta. In June 1936 the Macmillan publishing company published the book and it made the American fiction bestseller list in 1936 and 1937. Marsh won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937 but never wrote another novel. In 1939 Selznick International Pictures adapted the novel into a blockbuster movie directed by Victor Fleming that starred Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. On December 15, 1939 Gone With the Wind premiered at the Lowe's Grand Theater in Atlanta. The movie was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards and received ten, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Hattie McDaniel's portrayal of Mamie, which became the first time an African American won an Academy Award. The movie was the highest-earning film to that point. MGM bought the rights to the movie and re-released it multiple times. As of 2019, Gone with the Wind is ranked number six on the American Film Institute's list of top 100 movies and number two on the 2014 Harris poll of American readers.