Vivien Leigh’s Passionate Affair with Laurence Olivier
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- A Timeline of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier's Tragic Love Story
The couple's lost love letters finally shed some light on their whirlwind romance.
The Hollywood love story of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier is remembered today as one filled with passion, romance, betrayal, and heartbreak. Despite the couple’s hardships and Leigh’s break downs both on and off stage, newly uncovered love letters between the couple reveal important details that outline the evolution of their romance.
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I believe they were destined to be together. It’s sad that they were married to others, and their respective spouses got hurt by their actions.
If they were BOTH already married, then they were not 'destined' to be together......
@@fabianpatrizio2865 Well, they left those respective spouses and were married for 20 years. The marriage broke down because of Vivien’s Bipolar Disorder. Until 1960, they toured doing stage productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Their profession as actors consumed them. Neither of them thought that movies were terribly important. They did movies so they could afford to tour doing various plays. There is no way either of them would have stayed married to someone who could never understand their obsession with acting onstage. Olivier left Vivien and married Joan Plowright, an actress. Vivien’s companion after Olivier was Jack Merivale. He was also an actor. Jack was there when Vivien passed.
Very sexist and wrong to day that Vivien Leigh only got her part in Gone with the Wind because of Oliviers recommendation. Olivier's recommendation would mean squat in the new motion picture company that was formed to make Gone with the Wind. Vivien Leigh had to fight off almost every actress in Hollywood and the USA to get the part. She got it on merit, not on recommendation.
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He recommended her to an agent that helped get her the part. It’s not sexism
@@bombsingaza I mean, sure, but I still don’t see it as sexist to include the detail that she did in fact get in touch with an agent that was connected to the project through Olivier. She worked hard but you always need connections in order to thrive in any industry.
@@gee2541 : Of course, I totally agree but it’s also important to remember that Laurence Olivier was NO success in Hollywood despite his agent’s attempts to make his name recognisable. ( At least not until Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” in 1940”. )
@@bombsingaza Yes, true. I watched a documentary about her life the other day and there was even some envy there from his side because Vivien was so natural with the camera and he always felt more comfortable on stage.
Why is your question "was it wrong Vivien couldn't resist Olivier's charm even though they were both married". You don't think he had any responsibility or choice? Sexist much? Pretty pathetic.
It's so awesome to me that she and T.S. Eliot used to write to each other.🙃
I love how dramatic their letters were 🎭
Have to say Vivian was absolutely beautiful,rest in peace,Vivian,amen🌈💙😘🌸🌼🌻🌹
@ Age of Vintage, Well you have done it again. Doing what you do best. There are some exquisite photographs of Vivien Leigh that I have never seen before. I did know that they both had a tumultuous affair, whilst they were still both married to their respective partners. The stories that circulated Hollywood that Vivien was uncooperative & labelled hard to work with quite possibly were due to her undiagnosed Bipolar disorder, which very little was known about it at the time. They were treating it back then with a type of electric shock therapy, which many people believed led to her early & untimely death at only 53 years old. A tragic end to a magnificent talent & leading lady. Love Love from Australia 🇦🇺💖💛💜💚💋
As always, thank you Ruth for your kind words! When I was editing this video, I was thinking about you that I hope you will like it! I can not wait to show you the part 2 of this video.
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@@AgeOfVintage I really enjoyed listening to this fabulous story of Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh, it filled in a few gaps about their affair that a lot of people probably weren't aware of. Fabulous photography as usual. Please SUBSCRIBE & tap the bell, to help AOV reach 500 subscribers, my favourite You Tube channel, who puts in so much work & finds amazing & rare footage of wonderful people & rare photo's of event's from history. Can't wait for part 2 of this video .With Special LOVE FROM AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺🎥🎬🌹🌻🥀♥️💛💜💚💖💋💋💋💋 19.11.19 Have a good day!
@Age Of Vintage There is a part 2? Can I please see it?🌹
@@bellabelisarius2090 Hi there bella, just wanted to drop you a little note & say Hello👋 Are you ok ? I just haven't seen any of your replies lately, & was wondering if you were ill ? I know you said in one of your comments, you were at Uni or College. You're probably very busy with your studies. I don't know if you live a way from home or you live on campus. Just hope someone is looking after you if you are sick. My very best wishes too you sweetie, love from "Down Under " 🇦🇺👩🎓🌞⌨🖱💽📚💼🌹🌹🌻🌻⚘⚘💚💛💙💖💕💋
Vivien Leigh's Bi Polar was not the cause of her death . She had suffered from Tuberculosis on and off for a number of years . Her sad demise was from fluid on the lungs caused by the TB when she became un-well from a very bad cold .
There is no doubt that Vivien Liegh and Lawrence Olivier is the most impactful and legendary romance of the 20 th century. Their love was sweet romance out of a Shakespearean creation with nuances of grand love of affair to rival the very foundation of British Royalty. I find these 2 legendary figures more exciting and passionate than of the British Royals Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth and certainly most intriguing.❤️🙏🏼🌟
As others have pointed out, the narrative is riddled with historical inaccuracies.
Vivien couldn't be faithful to any one man! Read Scotty Bower's book called FULL SERVICE.
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4:09 is this Clark Gable
@@screenactorsguilable Clark Gable?? Are you Serious? Didn't you watch the video? There is no resemblance at all with Clark Gable and Laurence Olivier. Hey!! I just noticed the similarity between Lauren, and Laurence. lol 🦋
Wow she was beautiful and him so handsome. Some people jusy have tp be together...think they were soul mates.
True! Have you seend the part 2 of the video?
@@AgeOfVintage There is part 2? WOW!! Can I please see it?🌹
@Age Of Vintage please pay no mind to my Laptop there seems to be a glitch, because it repeats the same thing over and over. And believe me my Laptop is not cheap.
@@bellabelisarius2090 Here is the part 2 🙂
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@@bellabelisarius2090 What is wrong with your laptop? Maybe I can help
It would be nice if the broadcaster could pronounce "Olivier" properly.
I'm sorry you didn't think I was correct but Sir Laurence was English and it's how we English usually pronounce his name. See Stephen Fry's pronunciation at th-cam.com/video/xbnFofEZiuU/w-d-xo.html
@Adrian Brooks. And I would love for you to get THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!! EXIT 👉👋👋
@@simonhensby Don't you worry about him, You pronounced his name right. And I LOVE the way you speak, and sound.👌🌹😍❤️
@@bellabelisarius2090 Great! Many thanks!
@@simonhensby Hey!! I never would have expected you to reply back. But what I said about the way you speak, and sound, I'm a sucker for men that are so well spoken , and also very eloquent. I'm a romantic at heart.🌹That drives me nuts, in a good way.❤️
To answer your question, I don't know what I would do in that situation, if I was married and met someone I liked, I think I would resist, sorry I'm boring, I believe in my vows 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
No need to sorry! 🙂 You have great values and thank you for your comment! 🙂
She didn’t meet someone she “liked”, she met the love of her life? What “ values” are a contradiction to the choices they made? Wows are given at a certain point in a certain time, they’re true when you say them but time changes who you are, what you feel and what you want and how’s rejecting the man you ACTUALLY love to stay with someone you DON’T love, an honourable thing? People marry from all sort of reasons. Would you want someone to stay with you, not from love but from morals and discipline? Not really, right?
@@bombsingaza I mean you could pursue someone after ending your marriage
@@gee2541 : Show me the people who FIRST cancel their marriage and THEN pursue an interest in someone else with whom they MIGHT end up in a new marriage? That’s desk principles coordinated with the Old Testament. It’s not real human beings. To leave and attache yourself again is a journey, complex, nuanced and heartbreakingly difficult, with considerations in ALL directions. ( especially with children involved)
Do what YOU want to do, don’t moralise about others. Have empathy and leave them alone.
@@bombsingaza “do what you want to do, empathize with others, leave them alone,”…..huh? Where in my one-sentence response did you get all those assumptions from? I didn’t make any judgements about them and your response doesn’t invalidate my reply that people could still leave their marriages before embarking on affairs that can hurt someone. They’re two beloved actors who are long gone; I’m not “telling” anyone how to live their lives lol. You seem unnecessarily defensive about this. Just as you have empathy for those who start romantic affairs, people can also have empathy for the partners who are betrayed by them. It’s way more complicated than you’re making it seem and yet you feel the need to lecture people as if they’re making moral judgements about their lives….which I did not. Strange.
In addition to errors pointed out in other comments (a) Before GWTW Leigh was briefly a British 'starlet' and then a British star but she was never a Hollywood starlet; 21 Days was released in 1940 but filmed in 1937; while Leigh was completing GWTW Olivier was indeed in New York but on stage, not filming; the patriotic couple left the US for Britain in December 1940, not 1943.
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@Age Of Vintage Vivien Leigh was extremely *BEAUTIFUL* Quiet the STUNNER* ❤️❤️❤️
Not QUIET but QUITE sorry about misspelling that word. I never read my comments before sending them. Perhaps I better read what I've have typed. So I could see that everything is correct.
You see I made another mistake, is not I've have. It should be I have. DUMMY
@@bellabelisarius2090 Hi there bella, please don't call yourself a dummy, you are nothing of the sort, & as you've said before it's like we know each other. I'll send you a little hint, that I came across myself. If you have sent a reply & then thought, oh No I've spelt something wrong, or the context of the sentence doesn't make sense, tap on the 3 dots & where it says edit , tap on that & you can go back & correct your spelling or change the sentence with the cursor. ❤ I know I was frustrated many times before thinking oh you idiot, you've spelt that wrong or two words are together without the space between them. I used to think now anyone reading this will think I can't spell. 😆 Hope this is of help to you. Love to the beautiful USA 🇺🇸 with love from Australia 🇦🇺💖😊🌹🌹⚘⚘⚘
Imagine if I do a mistake and it goes into the video...I can not "edit" it out 🙂but it happens sometimes....
@@AgeOfVintage Don't be so hard on yourself, you never make any mistakes.😊😊💖💜💛💚💕🇦🇺
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OH-LIV-EE-AY not Oliviah!!
They were married
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Two cheatbags, what's romantic about having affairs on your spouses?? plus, olivier was married, and his wife was pregnant.
Totally true (disgusting behaviour) & I imagine EXTREMELY hurtful to their then spouse's! 😢
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