Word: leighs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spite of such a script and a Robert Taylor who strides woodenly about the screen with an officer's hat and a swagger stick, Miss Vivien Leigh almost succeeds in making the story a credible one. As the ill-fated little ballet dancer who could do entrechat six (Nijinski could do ten), she dominates each scene with an almost flawless performance. Every half smile, every sidelong glance, every toss of her head, every movement of her hands makes the supporting cast sink further and further into a vague, formless background. But as for you, Mr. Goldwyn, by decking...
Romeo and Juliet (by William Shakespeare; produced by Laurence Olivier). Since Sothern & Marlowe, no pair of actors has undertaken Romeo and Juliet with more of an aura about them than Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Last year Olivier emerged as a great romantic lover in the movie version of Wuthering Heights, and Miss Leigh, at the moment, is the most talked-of cinemactress in the world. Both are young, extremely good-looking, and they themselves are in love...
...spite of being the more Shakesperi-enced actor of the two, Olivier was far worse than Miss Leigh. But his greatest sin was not his acting but his directing...
...SIDEWALKS OF LONDON:--Chiefly notable for the performance of the pre-GWTW Vivien Leigh. Added attractions: views of pre-war London, lead performance by a post-prime Laughton, and a distinctly pre- (or post) Hayes office clinch involving Miss Leigh and "Strangler Rex" Harrison. Highly recommended for all Leigh fans,--and their name is legion...
...lacks the zest and originality of his usual ad-lib burlesque. Ilka Chase, also prominent in the comedy sequences, carries off one of the show's funniest scenes with Durante and Bolger in "Rhett, Scarlett, and Ashley." Typical crack out of the mouth of academy award winner, "Scarlett O'Leigh" is: "Mr. Selznick made me--he made me over night...