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Book Look! Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait by Kendra Bean Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait can be purchased here, at amazon.ca I've read a few Vivien Leigh biographies in my time, but this one takes the cake. Beautifully illustrated and lovingly assembled, this new tome by the read more

Oh joy! I have a beautiful new book on my coffee table! Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait by Kendra Bean is not a comprehensive biography of the actress. For that, you should refer to Anne Edwards' excellent biography published in 1977. Kendra's book focuses on Leigh's career as an actres read more

Every so often an actress of a certain caliber graces the silver screen and almost instantly cements her status as the “real deal” — a genuine talent in possession of an equally alluring presence. Vivien Leigh, like any person who spends their life in the public eye, definitely ha read more

I didn’t adore author Anne Edwards biography on Judy Garland, but she turned that around with her exploration into the troubled mind of actress Vivien Leigh.  Recently republished, Vivien Leigh: A Biography is a biting analysis of the actress with a focus on her childhood growing up in India, read more

The Classic Film & TV Cafe is hosting a giveaway of Vivien Leigh: A Biography by Anne Edwards. To register for a chance to win this book, send your name and e-mail address to giveaway@classicfilmtvcafe.com. All entries must be received by 10:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. One winner will read more

With less than a month away before my annual Favorite Classic Movie Actress tourney begins, I thought a recap of last year's tournament would be in order. But instead of doing the usual post about it I thought it would be cool to do a series of posts about me conducting interviews with some of the read more

  Happy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend, Vivian Leigh, Born on November 5, 1913! What comes to mind when you hear the words ‘southern belle’? A young chaste girl, a gentleman at her side? Or perhaps ornate dresses with details so exquisite you’d think it was a Vera Wang creation? read more

Tonight I will be watching a Vivien Leigh movie and no not Gone With The Wind, her most iconic movie and role. No, I shall watch Waterloo Bridge, which is actually my favorite performance of hers. But let's get to the necessary info first about Ms. Leigh shall we... Favorite Vivien film: GONE WITH read more

Vivien showing some love to her cat read more

“I’m not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.” ~ Vivien Leigh “Every single night I’m nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.” ~ Vivien Leigh “Life is too s read more

Today, November 5, marks what would have been Vivien Leigh’s 98th birthday. Here is a tribute to mark the occasion of the birth of one of the 20th century’s best and most beautiful actresses, who encompasses far more than Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche DuBois. We’ll soon be rev read more

Halloween is coming soon, but I am not a real fan of the scary. I am, however, a fan of the witch. As we all know, there are good movie witches and bad movie witches (Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West taught us that), but by far the most fun movie witches are the sleek and seductive ones. The read more

On May 10, 1951, Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier opened their first performance of George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, part of their effort to perform that play and Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra simultaneously, on alternating nights, at the St. James Theatre in London. read more

In 1958, Vivien Leigh met, via satellite, with Ken Tynan and Samuel Goldwyn to discuss various Hollywood subjects on Edward R. Murrow’s show “Small World.” The show brought together a critic (Tynan), an actress (Leigh) and a producer (Goldwyn) in an attempt to get the points of vi read more

In preparation for the Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier weekend in London this coming weekend that I have been looking forward to for months, I am dedicating this week’s Star of the Week honors to that talented and beautiful couple of the stage and screen. Though they were both tremendously read more

Forever remembered as Scarlett O'Hara, actress Vivien Leigh's birthday is today. But I recently have seen more films by Leigh that shows she was more than just Scarlett. Her performance in Waterloo Bridge is even more impressive than her stellar turn in Gone With The Wind, in my humble opinion. Any read more

Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 – 7 July 1967), won two Best Actress Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Vivien Leigh was considered one of the most beautiful actresses o read more

Vivien Leigh is the featured star on TCM this month. And every Tuesday they will be playing some of her movies. Well, I just watched a film of hers that I had never seen before called Waterloo Bridge and it is an excellent film. Waterloo was the first film Ms. Leigh made after the hugely successful read more