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Visiting in Manhattan between retakes of Gone With the Wind, in which she plays Scarlett O'Hara, picture-pretty, British-born Cinemactress Vivien Leigh (real name: Vivien Mary Hartley Holman) gave newsmen a sample of her synthetic Southern drawl: "Just think, honey, in only a week of studyin' Ah learned to speak this-a-way. They gave me a test and honest-to-God if Ah didn't pass just like that. Wasn't it lovely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 24, 1939 | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

Paramount will build a new $12,000,000 plant in West Los Angeles, make 60 pictures, including two starring Charles Laughton; Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn and London After Dark with Vivien (Scarlett O'Hara) Leigh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Menu | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...Gallup poll claimed that 14,000,000 people have read all or part of Gone With the Wind, that 56,500,000 (65% of the movie public) want to see the picture. Of the 56,500,000, only 16% are dissatisfied with the choice of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 6, 1939 | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Selznick* chooses Scarlett! then I ring doorbells to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Birdwell's Book | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...Washington, North Carolina's ladies' man, Senator Robert Rice Reynolds said of the selection of British Vivien Leigh to play Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind: "I vigorously protest against... the selection of a foreigner for this . . . part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shorts: Jan. 30, 1939 | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

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