SHORT TAKES : Soviets Finally to See ‘GWTW’

NEW YORK â€”  The movie may not sound romantic as “Unesennye Vetrom.”

But in Russian it’s “Gone With the Wind,” and it’s making its premiere in the Soviet Union next week. That’s 51 years after the U.S. debut of David O. Selznick’s film classic about the Civil War that starred Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.

The film’s newest venue will include a fund-raiser in Moscow for fighting AIDS, said media tycoon Ted Turner, whose Turner Entertainment Corp. owns the film.

“It’s a pleasure to share this crown jewel in the TEC library with the citizens of the Soviet Union,” Turner said in a statement Monday.

The film’s first Soviet screening will be Oct. 19 at Moscow’s October Cinema. The following night it will be seen in Tbilisi.

The current versions for Soviet consumption are in English with Russian subtitles and there are plans to dub a version in Russian for release in January.