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|    gggg gggg to Cinemaluvr    |
|    Re: Vivien Leigh    |
|    30 Mar 22 23:27:58    |
      From: ggggg9271@gmail.com              On Monday, May 10, 1999 at 9:00:00 PM UTC-10, Cinemaluvr wrote:       > Just finished a biography on this woman..what a tortured soul she was. I had       > known about her tuberculosis and mental problems, but had been unaware of       what       > a depressing, upsetting life she lived.       > On the flip side she was a brilliant actress, both on stage and on screen,       > although she never felt that she matched her husband, Lawrence Olivier's       > technical skill. I loved her in The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and Dark       > Journey, as well as Gone With the Wind, of course.       > Her characterization of Blanche Du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire, while       > brilliant, is way too painful for my personal taste. Especially after reading       > that it was this role (both on stage and on screen) that contributed greatly       to       > her own mental deterioration. It was to her credit that she was able to       remain       > active and a star for so long while suffering with her mental disorders       >       > Just and observation       > Vance              2022 Book about Leigh and Olivier:              https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/truly-madly-stephen-galloway/11       0186636?ean=9781538731970              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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