Kendra Bean's Blog, page 2

November 5, 2018

For Vivien on her birthday

Celebrating Vivien Leigh's 105th birthday with never-before-published images from the Kendra Bean Collection


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Published on November 05, 2018 12:31

October 10, 2018

Introducing the Richard Mangan Laurence Olivier Collection

Introducing the Richard Mangan Laurence Olivier Collection, and how YOU can become a patron of vivandlarry.com


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Published on October 10, 2018 08:07

April 21, 2018

Photo of the Week: A trip to Denmark

Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh head to Denmark in this instalment of Photo of the Week.


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Published on April 21, 2018 11:29

April 14, 2018

Photo of the Week: A Degree for Laurence Olivier

The second instalment of Photo of the Week looks at events surrounding a photograph of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier at Tufts University in 1946.


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April 7, 2018

Photo of the Week: The Oliviers at Brittenden

The first instalment of Photo of the Week highlights a snapshot taken by friend of the Oliviers, Yvonne Hamilton.


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Published on April 07, 2018 06:00

March 18, 2018

Article – The Woman of Tickeridge Mill

Vivien Leigh recently celebrated her 50th birthday at her country home, Tickeridge Mill [sic], in Sussex.


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Published on March 18, 2018 05:44

March 4, 2018

Vivien Leigh’s Friends: A Call for Help

*Shouts into the Internet void* HELP!


In my last post I wrote about my efforts to preserve Vivien Leigh’s snapshot albums for posterity. Now I’ve reached the stage where I’m attempting to identify the unrecognisable (to me) people in the images. This is part of the cataloguing process. The goal is to record as much ...


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Published on March 04, 2018 09:43

February 2, 2018

Preserving Vivien Leigh’s Photo Albums

Details of the process undertaken to preserve Vivien Leigh's personal photo albums, now in my personal collection. Progress report no. 1.


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Published on February 02, 2018 10:45

December 29, 2017

2017 Year-end Wrap-up

2017 - what a year!


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Published on December 29, 2017 15:03

August 7, 2017

Searching for the Oliviers in Australia

Guest blogger Shiroma Nathan writes about tracking down a rare photo album from the Oliviers' 1948 Old Vic tour of Australia.


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Published on August 07, 2017 07:49