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Tag Archives: Vivien Leigh
January 2025 Viewing Diary
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992; d. James Foley) I saw this one in the theatre back in the day. There’s a revival coming up on Broadway and Bill Burr is going to be in it. It’s kind of perfect! He’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television
Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Al Pacino, art, Bill Pullman, David Lynch, David Mamet, documentary, drama, dystopia, Elia Kazan, Gary Cooper, heist movies, Jack Lemmon, Karl Malden, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Mulholland Drive, Patricia Arquette, short films, Tennessee Williams, Twin Peaks, Vivien Leigh
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Happy Birthday, Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh in “The Mask of Virtue,” the West End production that made her a sensation in 1935 Review of “The Mask of Virtue,” calling out Leigh’s performance Vivien Leigh, again, in “The Mask of Virtue” 4 years before Gone … Continue reading
The Books: “Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh” (Alexander Walker)
A Re-post. For Vivien Leigh’s birthday, which is today. Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh, by Alexander Walker I had seen Gone with the Wind as a kid, and while it’s not my favorite movie, it certainly made an impression. … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Books
Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, entertainment biography, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh
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Blanche Dubois and the Code
Wonderful post from Jose about Blanche’s monologue about her husband (“he was a boy”) in Streetcar, and how it had to be made much less explicit (meaning: not explicit at all) in the film version, due to the Production Code. … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Elia Kazan, Tennessee Williams, Vivien Leigh
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