Robert Wagner was in “Gone with the Wind”
At least that’s what my mother has been saying for a few years.
She was watching the movie on the Turner Classic Movie channel (TCM), and heard Robert Osborne announce before the movie to try and notice an uncredited 14-year-old Robert Wagner.
She didn’t notice Robert Wagner and no one she talked to seems to know he was in the movie.
I researched this online and couldn’t find anything either. In fact, I found evidence to the contrary. Robert Wagner would not have been 14 when Gone with the Wind came out; he would have been younger.
His website and websites which talk about him never mentioned his being in this movie.
Still my mother insisted she heard it.
Recently, TCM reran Gone with the Wind. My mom watched to verify what she heard.
She didn’t hear it. She now acknowledges she must’ve been mistaken in what he said.
This whole journey to this acceptance took about three years.
It got me thinking: haven’t I, at times, thought I heard something which was never said?
Haven’t I gotten myself into uncomfortable situations based on assumptions which weren’t really true?
Quite a bit actually!
And not only were they frustrating for me, it led to conflicts with others.
These frustrations and conflicts still occur for me.
But when I’m in conflict and can come to acceptance my assumptions may not be true:
• The time frame of conflict lessens
• I can hear what really is being said
• I can still keep my opinion and respect others for theirs
So Robert Wagner wasn’t in Gone with the Wind, but the original Superman was!