• A Rare Recording of Film Icon Vivien Leigh and Producer Samuel Goldwyn

The following recording is a discussion between movie star Vivien Leigh, film producer Samuel Goldwyn and British Theatre critic Kenneth Tynan. Vivien Leigh, born Vivian Mary Hartley (November 5, 1913 - July 8, 1967) was a British actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963).  Samuel Goldwyn (August 27, 1882 (claimed, but most likely July 1879) - January 31, 1974), was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. He was awarded the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947) and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1958). Kenneth Peacock Tynan (April 2, 1927- July 26, 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer.

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AUTHOR/NARRATOR

Vivien Leigh, born Vivian Mary Hartley (November 5, 1913 - July 8, 1967) was a British actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963).

Samuel Goldwyn (August 27, 1882 (claimed, but most likely July 1879) - January 31, 1974), was a Polish-born American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. He was awarded the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947) and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (1958).

A Rare Recording of Film Icon Vivien Leigh and Producer Samuel Goldwyn

Author: Vivien Leigh

Narrator: Vivien Leigh

ISBN: 9798886423273

SRP: $7.95

Length: 0:26:00

Item No: LL829

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