 David O. Selznick (qv) asked Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv) for help  with the scene in which the women wait for the men from the raid on  Shantytown and Melanie reads "David Copperfield". Hitchcock  delivered a precise treatment, complete with descriptions of shots  and camera angles. Hitchcock wanted to show Rhett, Ashley, etc.  outside the house, dodging the Union soldiers. He also wanted an  exchange of meaningful glances between Melanie and Rhett inside the  house. Virtually nothing of this treatment was used.