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Vivien Leigh

Author : Michelangelo Capua
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786480343
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Vivien Leigh written by Michelangelo Capua and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm" Margaret Mitchell opened Gone with the Wind with this description of Scarlett O'Hara, but her words can hardly be applied to Vivien Leigh, the British actress who gave an unforgettable performance as the Southern belle. Leigh possessed a beauty that men seldom failed to recognize and a charm that caught many, but her life was far from being all beauty and charm. This biography of the beautiful and tortured actress, from her birth and childhood in exotic India to her premature death in 1967, gives special attention to her development and career as a stage and film actress (which culminated in one Tony award and two Oscars). Her ambitious personality and her manic-depressive illness, including the sexual compulsion that haunted her life, her romantic and tragic marriage to Laurence Olivier, and her performances in, for instance, Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, are all detailed.

Reframing Vivien Leigh

Author : Lisa Stead
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190906502
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Reframing Vivien Leigh written by Lisa Stead and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reframing Vivien Leigh takes a fresh new look at one of the twentieth century's most iconic stars. Focussing on Vivien Leigh as a distinctly archival subject, the book draws upon original oral history work with curators, archivists and fan collectives and extensive research within a network of official and unofficial archives around the world to produce alternative stories about her place within film history. The study examines an intriguing variety of historical correspondence, costume, scripts, photography, props and memorabilia in order to reframe the dominant narratives that have surrounded her life and career. Whilst Leigh's glamour, collaborations with Laurence Olivier and mental health form important coordinates for any study of the star, the book foregrounds a range of alternative contexts which foreground her creative agency, examining her off-screen labor in areas such as theatrical training, adaptation, war work, producing, protesting and interactions with her fan base"--

Vivien Leigh

Author : Kendra Bean
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0762451033
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Vivien Leigh written by Kendra Bean and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivien Leigh's mystique was a combination of staggering beauty, glamour, romance, and genuine talent displayed in her Oscar-winning performances in Gone With the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. For more than thirty years, her name alone sold out theaters and cinemas the world over, and she inspired many of the greatest visionaries of her time: Laurence Olivier loved her; Winston Churchill praised her; Christian Dior dressed her. Through both an in-depth narrative and a stunning array of photos, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait presents the personal story of one of the most celebrated women of the twentieth century, an engrossing tale of success, struggles, and triumphs. It chronicles Leigh's journey from her birth in India to prominence in British film, winning the most-coveted role in Hollywood history, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier, through to her untimely death at age fifty-three in 1967. Author Kendra Bean is the first Vivien Leigh biographer to delve into the Laurence Olivier Archives, where an invaluable collection of personal letters and documents ranging from interview transcripts to film contracts to medical records shed new insight on Leigh's story. Illustrated by hundreds of rare and never-before-published images, including those by Leigh's "official" photographer, Angus McBean, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait is the first illustrated biography to closely examine the fascinating, troubled, and often misunderstood life of Vivien Leigh: the woman, the actress, the legend.

Das Leben der Vivien Leigh

Author : Anne Edwards
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783499148019
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Das Leben der Vivien Leigh written by Anne Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1981-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Clark Gable

Author : Chrystopher J. Spicer
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786411245
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Clark Gable written by Chrystopher J. Spicer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2002-01-29 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Clark Gable is a man de-classed. You can't guess in any way where he came from or what he was." Frank Taylor, producer of Gable's last film, The Misfits (1961), said this of the man who, to many people, will forever be Southern gentleman Rhett Butler of Gone with the Wind. This work tells Gable's life story, from his birth in 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to his death in 1960 in Hollywood. It chronicles his stage career, and of course gives information on every one of his films. His family background, his development as a person, the many romances including five marriages, and his relationships with friends and co-workers are all explored in detail. The sources used and the bibliography are fully annotated.

DPS: Catalogue of New Plays 2009-2010

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822223962
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book DPS: Catalogue of New Plays 2009-2010 written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vivien

Author : Alexander Walker
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802132598
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Vivien written by Alexander Walker and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivien Leigh is best known as the former Mrs. Laurence Olivier; the beautiful but willful Scarlett O'Hara; and the fading southern belle with a tenuous grip on reality, Blanche Du Bois. In life and on the screen, these were her public roles. Walker's excellent biography fills the gaps, giving insights into her private life-into what it must have been like to be Vivien Leigh. Walker (author of Garbo: A Portrait, CH, Mar '81; Dietrich, 1984; and Bette Davis: A Celebration, 1986) is a careful researcher who managed to win the confidence of the right people. His interview subjects include Vivien Leigh's only daughter, Suzanne Farrington; her first agent, John Glidden; and her last husband, Jack Merivale. Vivien is personal without being excessively gossipy, and informative without being pedantic. Walker's book should delight film-goers, theater-goers, and readers curious about prominent people. Leigh's achievements were many, but her personality had its darker side; even her 20 years as half of Britain's reigning theatrical couple ``the Oliviers'' took its toll on her physical and mental health. Amply supplied with photographs of the actress at all stages of her life, Vivien is an engaging book about an engaging figure. Undergraduates and general readers.- J.L. Cohen, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Actresses and Mental Illness

Author : Fiona Gregory
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351035487
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Actresses and Mental Illness written by Fiona Gregory and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actresses and Mental Illness investigates the relationship between the work of the actress and her personal experience of mental illness, from the late nineteenth through to the end of twentieth century. Over the past two decades scholars have made great advances in our understanding of the history of the actress, unearthing the material conditions of her working life, the force of her creative agency and the politics of her reception and representation. By focusing specifically on actresses’ encounters with mental illness, Fiona Gregory builds on this earlier work and significantly supplements it. Through detailed case studies of both well-known and neglected figures in theatre and film history, including Mrs Patrick Campbell, Vivien Leigh, Frances Farmer and Diana Barrymore, it shows how mental illness – actual or supposed – has impacted on actresses’ performances, careers and celebrity. The book covers a range of topics including: representing emotion on stage; the ‘failed’ actress; actresses and addiction; and actresses and psychiatric treatment. Actresses and Mental Illness expands the field of actress studies by showing how consideration of the personal experience of the actress influences our understanding of her work and its reception. The book underscores how the actress can be perceived as a representative public woman, acting as a lens through which we can examine broader attitudes to women and mental illness.

New York Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1993-11-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

Heritage Odyssey Music and Hollywood Memorabilia Auction Catalog #616

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781932899948
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Heritage Odyssey Music and Hollywood Memorabilia Auction Catalog #616 written by Ivy Press and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hollywood's 100 Leading Actresses

Author : Hseham Amrahs
Publisher : Mahesh Dutt Sharma
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hollywood's 100 Leading Actresses written by Hseham Amrahs and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on 2024-01-03 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hollywood 100 is a carefully curated list that spans generations, genres, and the ever-evolving landscape of the film industry. Each actress selected for this collection has not only graced the screen but has also left an indelible mark on the cultural zeitgeist. From the luminosity of the Golden Age to the dynamism of contemporary cinema, these women have transcended the screen, becoming beacons of inspiration for aspiring actors and audiences alike. Behind the glamour and glitz, each actress's journey is a tale of passion, perseverance, and the pursuit of excellence. Whether they emerged from humble beginnings or were born into the limelight, their stories are threaded with the common theme of dedication to their craft. From auditions that tested their mettle to roles that defined careers, these narratives unfold like a script, revealing the raw, unfiltered reality that exists behind the scenes.

Gone With the Wind

Author : Helen Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844578739
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Gone With the Wind written by Helen Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gone with the Wind (1939) is one of the greatest films of all time - the best-known of Hollywood's Golden Age and a work that has, in popular imagination, defined southern American history for three-quarters of a century. Drawing on three decades of pertinent research, Helen Taylor charts the film's production history, reception and legacy.

I Love You So Much

Author : Monologue Little Mary
Publisher : Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Love You So Much written by Monologue Little Mary and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They had a wonderful night.When they met again, she was married already. She didn't recognize him at all. When she recognized him, she was scared and hiding from him.Yet he couldn't give up. He tried everything to let her divorce and come back to his embrace."Mr. Gu, I'm married!" She said to him with tears in her eyes.He sneered, "What difference does it make to a woman who has only one man before and after her marriage?"He always showed up and saved her when she was in danger. In the face of her father's admonitions and her husband's reproaches, she finally discovered that she was pregnant with his child. This is Book 1 of I Love You So Much(10 books).

Vivien Leigh

Author : Anne Edwards
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1589797868
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Vivien Leigh written by Anne Edwards and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the actress who became a Hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, and whose circle included both theatrical and political celebrities, from Winston Churchill to Noel Coward, John Gielgud, and Marlon Brando. But behind the dazzling exterior lay the sinister shadow of another Vivien Leigh—a shadow which pursued her throughout her aristocratic upbringing, her frustrating first marriage, her tempestuous romance with Laurence Olivier, and her meteoric rise to stardom. As The New York Times wrote of the hardcover edition, “To read her story is to be inspired with pity and terror.”

Vivien Leigh

Author : Hugo Vickers
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Vivien Leigh written by Hugo Vickers and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1988 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Life of Barbara Stanwyck

Author : Victoria Wilson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684831686
Total Pages : 1056 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book A Life of Barbara Stanwyck written by Victoria Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first volume of a full-scale portrait of the acclaimed screen actress includes coverage of her years as a dancer in New York, her fraught marriage to Broadway figure Frank Fay, her partnership with Zeppo Marx and her marriage to Robert Taylor. 35,000 first printing. (This book was listed in a previous Forecast.)

The Way to Go

Author : Robert H. Rimmer
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059509550X
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Way to Go written by Robert H. Rimmer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS A STORY ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU DAYDREAMING THEY ARE SOMEONE ELSE SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING MORE FUN AND IS FINDING, OR HAS FOUND, THE WAY TO GO. Is Solomon Razor Bob Rimmer? Well, Bob is a bit older an octogeneian. But they both love all women, and like Solomon, Bob has sailed in Belize. Like Solomon, Bob has a wife who lets him write about and sleep with women like Anne Hutchinson, Elizabeth Pepys and in this story, a Vivien Leigh, look-alike all of whom died before their time. IS THIS A TRUE STORY? Bob believes that all of us have alter egos. We, not only, never stop living other people's lives celebrities or not but we live story book lives and as Peter Brook once said: "Our lives are ceaselessly interwined with narrative. The stories we tell, or hear told, or imagine are reworked into our own lives. Many of us are "wannabees." Sure, Bob wishes he had been Ian Fleming and made millions writing about James Bond. But Solomon Razor knows that his "way to go" story is true and more realistic and lovingly sexier, than any 007 missions, than Dirty Harry's or most good/bad guys including Clyde, Davy Crockett (King of the Wild Frontier) and Rhett Butler, whose names Solomon uses in his travels with various women on the Yucatan Peninsula. AS FOR YOU Will women readers wish they were Vivien Sweet, aka Scarlet O'Hara? or Myrtle Craddock aka Maggie Craddock or Phoebe Fortin aka Rarharu. One thing is sure, like Solomon Razor, most male readers would be happy to go to bed with any, or all, of them!