Southern accents Nov 9, 2009
If the view of the film s racial politics have shifted with the times, feminists have had widely varying feelings about the film s central character, Scarlett O Hara, brilliantly played by Vivien Leigh, then relatively unknown in the US, in an Oscar-winning performance. According to an audience survey during the film s original release, Southern audiences most liked Mammy while Northern moviegoers tended to embrace Scarlett. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Hollywood glitz comes to Legacy Village (158) Nov 6, 2009
The store initially will carry 10 different collections, including the Hollywood Collection, a line of jewelry containing exact replicas of pieces inspired by movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, such as Vivien Leigh and Ingrid Bergman. The new store also carries the Red Carpet Collection, the Museum Collection, Tiffany-, Chanel- and Jacqueline Kenney-inspired jewelry, and several lines for children. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Cate smoulders on stage Nov 3, 2009
Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann directs this stark, smoldering version of Williams's classic, immortalized in the film version starring Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando. "For Blanche, the truth is mortal. I don't believe she is mad. I believe she's in horrible agony, and I believe she makes her own ending," Blanchett told The Washington Post. (iAfrica.com)
Kennedy assassination rocks Mad Men Nov 3, 2009
Trudy, who in that blue dress and Vivien Leigh curls never looked so beautiful, hesitated for a bit, worrying over Petes professional decisions. Then she realized her husband was right and nestled into his side. (MSNBC -- Television)
Cate and Co put our accent on soft diplomacy Nov 2, 2009
I had seen the movie; I had never seen it staged so I was used to Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh but I think these are worthy successors,'' said Jeff Bader, who is the senior director on Asia at the National Security Council. Describing the production as an Australian-Norwegian interpretation of Tennessee Williams's great work - the Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann directed the production - Blanchett said that it was somewhat daunting to perform an American masterwork, complete with Southern... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Letters to Sunday Datebook Nov 2, 2009
I agree that Greta Garbo was not a greater actress than Claudette Colbert, but greater than Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis or Vivien Leigh (Ask Mick LaSalle, Oct. 4). Was Garbo more beautiful and charismatic and sexier than Hepburn and Davis. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Mick LaSalle on movies and F-bombs Oct 5, 2009
Yes, probably, but how does she compare to other greats, like Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert. Who was the best. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Chasing Olympic gold Oct 4, 2009
Published: Saturday, October 3, 2009 1:33 PM CDT WASHINGTON At the conclusion of the 1939 movie Gone With the Wind, Vivien Leigh, playing Scarlett OHara, defers decision on what to do about the major crisis in her life with this sentence: After all, tomorrow is another day. Unfortunately, the Obama White House seems to have adopted Scarletts decision-making process for the war in Afghanistan. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Common Sense: Chasing Olympic Gold Oct 2, 2009
WASHINGTON -- At the conclusion of the 1939 movie "Gone With the Wind," Vivien Leigh, playing Scarlett O'Hara, defers decision on what to do about the major crisis in her life with this sentence: "After all, tomorrow is another day." Unfortunately, the Obama White House seems to have adopted Scarlett's decision-making process for the war in Afghanistan. Note to the O-Team: Kabul isn't Tara -- and Americans are dying while the commander in chief dithers. (Townhall.com)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Sept. 13) Sep 13, 2009
To hear about something similar pitched today, we d probably scoff about That Vanity Project : Real-life spouses Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh recount the star-crossed, scandalous romance between British naval officer Lord Horatio Nelson and ambassador s wife Emma Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th century. But thanks to the performances, there s real drama behind the glamour and the lavish direction of British production luminary Alexander Korda. (Boston Globe)
Scarred Blanchett climbs back on the streetcar Sep 6, 2009
The roles of DuBois and her brother-in-law Kowalski were immortalised by Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando in the 1951 film adaptation. Source: The Sun-Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A belle of a role Aug 31, 2009
But it was the British actress Vivien Leigh who made the role famous, first in the London stage play in 1949, directed by her husband Sir Laurence Olivier, and then in the 1951 classic film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Brando. The role won her an Academy Award. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Object of a new desire Aug 31, 2009
It's been made into an opera (by Andre Previn), a ballet and three films, most famously by director Elia Kazan in 1951, with Brando, Vivien Leigh and Kim Hunter in the leads. Pedro Almodovar's award-winning film All about My Mother features a Spanish-language version of the play. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Object of desire Aug 17, 2009
" he trails off and just shrugs his shoulders. The play, later turned into a movie starring Brando and Vivien Leigh, marks the clash between working-class migrant Kowalski and the aspiring upper-class Blanche DuBois, played by Blanchett. "It's really interesting to look at a play that looks at a smashing together of social etiquette and primitive urges," Edgerton explains. "I'm clashing with Cate's character, which is so lost in the world of clinging to 00004000 social etiquette that it is no... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Critic’s corner Jul 30, 2009
Not to mention Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. 30 Rock 8 p.m. Channel 7 The one where odd couple Al Roker and Maury Povich guest star. (Boston Globe)
New Streetcar Jul 30, 2009
Here is what the critics had to say about the play, famously filmed in 1951 with Vivien Leigh as Blanche and Marlon Brando as Stanley. THE INDEPENDENT - MICHAEL COVENEY. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'New Moon' Stars Preview Bella And Jacob's Chemistry At Comic-Con Jul 27, 2009
Not even a year ago, Robert Pattinson and Kristen created a rare chemistry that made them superstars, as they mixed their youthful good looks with the sort of classic romance that made the grandparents of their fans swoon over Bogey and Bacall, Tracy and Hepburn or Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Now he was in San Diego to convince fans that he could accomplish the same feat for "New Moon.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Elia Kazan retrospective at the Harvard Film Archive Jul 26, 2009
Kazan, it has to be said, relied on the kindness of his collaborators: writers like Williams, Inge, Schulberg, and John Steinbeck; actors like Brando, Wood, Vivien Leigh; cinematographers like Harry Stradling, Boris Kaufman, and Joe MacDonald. Yet he did what directors are supposed to do, which is to pull all the elements together into a coherent and powerful whole. (Boston Globe)
Daily television and radio guide Jul 22, 2009
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Box Office Numbers Are Totally Bogus Jul 7, 2009
Clark Gable with Vivien Leigh in Gone With the WindWhen The Dark Knight earned $158 million in its opening weekend last summer, went over the possibility that it would unseat Titanic as the all-time domestic box office leader ... Photograph of Clark Gable with Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind 1939 MGM.COMMENTS. (Slate)
Actor Karl Malden dies Jul 2, 2009
Jessica Tandy played the woman onstage and Vivien Leigh was in the film version. Again working under Kazan, Malden was nominated for an Oscar in his role as the dockside priest who rallies a punched-out prizefighter (Brando) to stand against a corrupt union in "On the Waterfront" (1954). (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Karl Malden, 97; won Oscar for 'Streetcar Named Desire' Jul 2, 2009
Jessica Tandy played the woman onstage and Vivien Leigh was in the film version. Again working under Kazan, Mr. Malden was nominated for an Oscar in his role as the dockside priest who rallies a punched-out prizefighter (Brando) to stand against a corrupt union in On the Waterfront (1954). (Boston Globe)
Original 'King Kong' roars into Portsmouth tonight Jun 3, 2009
Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland and Clark Gable star in Victor Flemings Civil War classic. Anvil. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Players' production of 'Streetcar' opens June 5 May 28, 2009
"Collins said he thinks the 1951 movie version of "Streetcar," directed by Elia Kazan and starring Vivien Leigh as Blanche, Marlon Brando as Stanley and Kim Hunter as Stella, gives people a false sense of what the play is about."But when you see this performed on stage, you see that this is a play that deals with very dark human emotions," he said. "I hope the audience gets pulled in and even a little unsettled by seeing the dark nature in everyone. "Skubal said while it has been a difficult... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
David Denby: The forgotten man behind two of Hollywood’s most enduring classics. May 18, 2009
Victor Fleming (seated second from right) with Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable on the set of Gone with the Wind, in 1939, the year he also made The Wizard of Oz. ... The change pleased Gable but distressed the two female leads the young stage and film actress Vivien Leigh, just arrived from England and not yet a star, and Olivia de Havilland, who was then Howard Hughes s girlfriend. (New Yorker)
REVIEW: Moonlight and Magnolias offers backstage glimpse Apr 28, 2009
It s fun to watch bits of Gone With the Wind come to life on stage, even if it s in the hands of three middle-aged men in suits, not the properly costumed Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Lesley Howard, Hattie McDaniel or George Reeves (did you remember that television s Superman had a part in the greatest movie of the 20th century. . (Westerly Sun, RI)
Frankly, my dear, youll love Moonlight & Magnolias Apr 17, 2009
In the meantime, a cast and crew are waiting patiently on the set (at a cost of 50,000 per day), and everyone from Hedda Hopper to Ed Sullivan to Louis B. Mayer to Vivien Leigh are on the phone, trying to manipulate things their own way. It s a sure-fire setup for anyone who loves Hollywood, or is curious about the ins and outs of putting out the most popular movie ever made. (Westerly Sun, RI)
The Civil War Depicted In Film Mar 13, 2009
Fifty years of films diversely depicting the American Civil War to Reconstruction, North to South, Vivien Leigh to Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart to Denzel Washington ... Set in Georgia, it follows the tribulations of Scarlett O Hara (Vivien Leigh), her kinsmen, and various other people of the community. (Suite101.com)
Frankly, we still give a damn about 'Gone With the Wind' Feb 27, 2009
First is Vivien Leigh, the British beauty who beat out an army of notable Scarlett wannabes and feverishly threw herself into her character to the point of madness. There's David O. Selznick, a mogul who broke away from studio control to stake everything he had on a massive production whose uneasy birth required five directors and 15 writers. (USA Today -- Life)
Family affair for Pitt, Jolie at Oscars Feb 20, 2009
In 1940, Laurence Olivier and soon-to-be second wife Vivien Leigh arrived at the Academy Awards just months before tying the knot. Leigh was riding high from the success of "Gone With the Wind" while Olivier had came to the attention of US audiences with his performance as the brooding Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights.". (Xinhuanet, China)
The Oscar trivia challenge Feb 15, 2009
Helen Hayes, Luise Rainer, Vivien Leigh, Sally Field, Kevin Spacey, Hilary Swank. 6. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Love, Hollywood Style Feb 8, 2009
Iconic scenes flashed through my mind, such as Meryl Streep shopping for something sexy to wear to her illicit tete-a-tete with Clint Eastwood in "The Bridges of Madison County" and Vivien Leigh not believing her eyes in "Waterloo Bridge" when she spots lover Robert Taylor in a crowd after being told he died in the war ... Meeting cute: Robert Taylor is a captain when he meets Vivien Leigh's ballet dancer during an air-raid drill on Waterloo Bridge. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Where is Americas best hotel? Feb 7, 2009
John Houston finished writing the screenplay for The African Queen while in residence; Lawrence Olivier and Vivien Leigh were married on the grounds; and Oprah regularly puts up her guests here. But the property is perhaps most famous for witnessing the start of Camelot when JFK and Jackie honeymooned in the cottage that now bears their name. (MSNBC -- Travel)
