Kendra Bean's Blog, page 8
June 24, 2013
Tickerage Mill: A private view
A view of Tickerage Mill from the farm owned by Vivien Leigh
Last week I posted some rare candid images of Vivien Leigh taken by Jack Merivale that showed the woman behind the star image; photographs her fans would likely never [...]
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June 20, 2013
Vivien Leigh through Jack Merivale’s lens
Vivien Leigh leaving Rottnest Island during a break in the Old Vic Australian tour of 1961
There were literally tens of thousands of photographs taken of Vivien Leigh throughout her lifetime. London society and stage photographer Vivienne (née Florence Entwhistle, mother of Anthony Beauchamp who photographed Vivien [...]
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June 10, 2013
Vivien Leigh: First Cousin to Cinderella
By Maude M. Miller
Hollywood magazine, September 1939
*Donated to vivandlarry.com by Meredith
A pair of green eyes gazes steadily but with a suggestion of good-natured defiance at the huge man with the lazy smile and the green shirt, [...]
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May 30, 2013
Vivien Leigh makes her debut on TV
by Vivien Leigh (as told to D.H. Cousins)
TV Times, March 13, 1959
Television is like a tinder-box that fires imagination, and to an actress this can only be a challenge.
Though, of course, it will never oust the theatre, television has the advantage of reach, and [...]
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May 24, 2013
The Roman Spring of Kendra and Anthony (Part 2)
It always takes me a while to edit photos I’ve taken, hence the delay in posting these. But here they are – the rest of my photos from my trip to Rome!
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May 18, 2013
The Roman Spring of Kendra and Anthony (Part 1)
One of the most rewarding things about maintaining this website is meeting kindred spirits. Anthony and I met through vivandlarry.com years ago and had a passing acquaintance on Facebook. We finally hung out in person when I [...]
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May 8, 2013
Studies in Scarlett
by Gavin Lambert
The Sunday Times, December 30, 1973
Early in 1936 David Selznick received from his story editor in New York a long synopsis of a long forthcoming novel. It was called Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier - Your online source for Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier and classic cinema
April 26, 2013
5 things I’ll be doing while everyone else is at the TCM Film Festival
This weekend Hollywood is getting nostalgic, recalling its glamorous past as Turner Classic Movies unrolls the red carpet for the 4th annual TCM Film Festival. Although I was still living in southern California during the festival’s inaugural event in 2010, I’ve sadly never [...]
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