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Many actors sculpt their real names. Ethel Zimmerman clipped off the zim. Vivien Hartley lost her hart. James Baumgarner dropped the baum. Grace Stanfield is now Gracie Fields. Uncle Miltie was once Milton Berlinger. One letter made the difference for Dorothy Lambour. First names have a habit of turning into surnames. Benny Kubelsky changed his name to Jack Benny, Muni Weisenfreund to Paul Muni, Preston Meservey to Robert Preston...
Radcliffe winners are Sarah H. Bowen, Dulcie J. Eames, Alice B. Kasakoff, Mrs. S. K. Matisoff, and Vivien H. Oppenheim...
...Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (Warner), Actress Vivien Leigh, now 48, not only admits her age; she exploits it. Her age and its problems, the problems of a woman young enough to want a man but too old to attract one, are the subject and substance of this picture, an adaptation of the only novel ever published by Playwright Tennessee Williams (TIME, Oct. 30, 1950). It was a rather limp novel, and this is sometimes a rather limp picture, but Actress Leigh comes out of it with laurels refreshed and a new screen career before...
Last week rebellious Sarah Miles, now 18, had landed one of the most enviable roles any girl could ever want. She had been picked as Sir Laurence Olivier's leading lady for his new film. Term of Trial, joining a list that includes such distinguished predecessors as Vivien Leigh, Claire Bloom, Marilyn Monroe and Joan Plowright. Appropriately enough, she will play the role of a precocious schoolgirl. In the film, she tries to seduce her schoolmaster (Olivier), is spurned, and retaliates by charging him with assault...
...Tale of Peter Rabbit (Vivien Leigh; Wonderland). Actress Leigh, with prams, St. James's Park and starched generations of nannies in her voice, makes her Peter sound a little like a nephew down on the holidays from school. Cozy without being cute...