Vivien Leigh: First Cousin to Cinderella

By On June 10, 2013 · 6 Comments · In articles, vivien leigh

First Cousin to Cinderella

By Maude M. Miller
Hollywood magazine, September 1939

*Donated to vivandlarry.com by Meredith

A pair of green eyes gazes steadily but with a suggestion of good-natured defiance at the huge man with the lazy smile and the green shirt, [...]

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Vivien Leigh makes her debut on TV

By On May 30, 2013 · 3 Comments · In articles, vivien leigh

Making my bow on TV

by Vivien Leigh (as told to D.H. Cousins)
TV Times, March 13, 1959

Television is like a tinder-box that fires imagination, and to an actress this can only be a challenge.

Though, of course, it will never oust the theatre, television has the advantage of reach, and [...]

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Studies in Scarlett

By On May 8, 2013 · 3 Comments · In articles, gone with the wind, vivien leigh

Studies in Scarlett

by Gavin Lambert
The Sunday Times, December 30, 1973

Early in 1936 David Selznick received from his story editor in New York a long synopsis of a long forthcoming novel. It was called

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Destination: Devon

By On January 28, 2013 · 9 Comments · In book news, photography, travel, vivien leigh

The past couple of months have been very busy. With my Vivien Leigh book deadline looming, I’ve had little time to blog or, indeed, do much of anything outside of writing and worrying about my writing. So when the opportunity to get [...]

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Behind the scenes at Western Costume Company

By On December 17, 2012 · 10 Comments · In gone with the wind, photography, vivien leigh

It’s so nice to be back in California for the holidays. I grew up in the north but went to college and spent quite a few years living down in Orange County. A lot of my friends still live in the area, and even though my visits over the past couple of years [...]

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