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Vivien Leigh : an intimate portrait / Kendra Bean. --
Draws on in-depth research and new interviews to present a narrative account of the actress's life that covers her early childhood in India, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier, and her early death at age fifty-three.
Record details
- ISBN: 0762450991
- ISBN: 9780762450992
- Physical Description: 272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Publisher: Philadelphia : Running Press, c2013.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 34.50 |
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| Subject: | Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967. Actors > Great Britain > Biography. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 792.028092 Leigh -B | 31681002540516 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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Draws on in-depth research and new interviews in a narrative account of the Oscar-winning Hollywood actress that features rare photographs and includes coverage of her early childhood in India, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier and her early death at age 53. - Baker & Taylor
Draws on in-depth research and new interviews to present a narrative account of the actress's life that covers her early childhood in India, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier, and her early death at age fifty-three. - Book News
2013 marked the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Vivien Leigh. Kendra Beanâs biography celebrates this milestone by telling the story of Leighâs life and career not only through words, but through hundreds of quality black and white and color photographs. The Old Hollywood inhabited by Leigh and her many famous costars comes to life on every single page through reprinted movie posters, on-set photographic stills, publicity photos, and even photographs from Leighâs private collection. Interestingly, where many books of a similar genre spend most, if not all, of the text focusing on its subjectâs rise to stardom and subsequent fame, this text spends many pages on Leighâs childhood and youth. Also noteworthy, Bean does not cut off the readerâs access to Leigh once she reaches a certain age or point in her career; Bean takes the reader through to the very end of Leighâs life and documents these later years with just as many photographs, again giving the reader the feeling of intimacy one has when looking through an old family album. Everything is captured by the camera, from youth and beauty to maturity and the stoicism of old age. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) - Grand Central Pub
Vivien Leigh's mystique was a combination of staggering beauty, glamour, romance, and genuine talent displayed in her Oscar-winning performances in Gone With the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. For more than thirty years, her name alone sold out theaters and cinemas the world over, and she inspired many of the greatest visionaries of her time: Laurence Olivier loved her; Winston Churchill praised her; Christian Dior dressed her.
Through both an in-depth narrative and a stunning array of photos, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait presents the personal story of one of the most celebrated women of the twentieth century, an engrossing tale of success, struggles, and triumphs. It chronicles Leigh's journey from her birth in India to prominence in British film, winning the most-coveted role in Hollywood history, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier, through to her untimely death at age fifty-three in 1967.
Author Kendra Bean is the first Vivien Leigh biographer to delve into the Laurence Olivier Archives, where an invaluable collection of personal letters and documents ranging from interview transcripts to film contracts to medical records shed new insight on Leigh's story. Illustrated by hundreds of rare and never-before-published images, including those by Leigh's "official" photographer, Angus McBean, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait is the first illustrated biography to closely examine the fascinating, troubled, and often misunderstood life of Vivien Leigh: the woman, the actress, the legend. - Perseus PublishingVivien Leigh's mystique was a combination of staggering beauty, glamour, romance, and genuine talent displayed in her Oscar-winning performances in Gone With the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. For more than thirty years, her name alone sold out theaters and cinemas the world over, and she inspired many of the greatest visionaries of her time: Laurence Olivier loved her; Winston Churchill praised her; Christian Dior dressed her.
Through both an in-depth narrative and a stunning array of photos, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait presents the personal story of one of the most celebrated women of the twentieth century, an engrossing tale of success, struggles, and triumphs. It chronicles Leigh's journey from her birth in India to prominence in British film, winning the most-coveted role in Hollywood history, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier, through to her untimely death at age fifty-three in 1967.
Author Kendra Bean is the first Vivien Leigh biographer to delve into the Laurence Olivier Archives, where an invaluable collection of personal letters and documents ranging from interview transcripts to film contracts to medical records shed new insight on Leigh's story. Illustrated by hundreds of rare and never-before-published images, including those by Leigh's âofficialâ photographer, Angus McBean, Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait is the first illustrated biography to closely examine the fascinating, troubled, and often misunderstood life of Vivien Leigh: the woman, the actress, the legend. - Perseus Publishing
In-depth research and new interviews are paired with rare photographs of the fascinating Hollywood legend Vivien Leigh.
