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Old 11-06-2005, 12:37 AM
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These are the Vivien Leigh films I have seen:

Sidewalks of London (1938)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Ship of Fools (1965)

I also have an old biography of her by Anne Edwards. I like Vivien because she had a passion in life, which was the theatre. I bet she could have made a boatload more money by doing more films, but she devoted herself to plays instead. In 1957, the House of Lords was was debating the issue of whether to demolish the 122 year-old St. James Theatre. Vivien went marching down the street ringing a handbell and protesting the imminent demolition. Then she went into the visitor's gallery at the House of Lords and started shouting at the lordships in protest. She was forcibly removed from the building.

I also like her as a tragic figure. She was manic-depressive in an era that did not understand mental illness. She was a victim of her own manic behavior, and the best thing to do about it at the time was electroshock therapy.

What I want to get next is the cast recording of Tovarich, which was the 1963 musical that she won a Tony award for.
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