gone with the wind has been a favorite since i was five years old. even then i knew i wanted to grow up as beautiful and charming as vivien. Too bad neither of those things are found in very many places.
Such a beautiful woman, and so brave, so dear. Miss Leigh brought to Scarlett that evanescent quality of being just so close to the edge of losing her sanity, but the earthy strength pulling her back to reality at the last possible moment. She truly portrayed the dichotomous blood of Miss O'Hara, the finely-strung aristocratic French and gutsy, brawling Irish, what a combination!
I first saw Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge when about ten years old.Forty years later I am still mesmerised by those eyes.I know it's superficial but for me she is the most stunning actress ever.
vivien in the role of scarlet is actualy my dream personality... i often thinkof this movie i general and at vivian in paticular in my depressed period./.. it make me fell stronger and show gives me a motivation not to fal down.
She deserved it. No one else could have done a better job in Gone with the wind as her. I must say that it was the absolute best performance I've ever seen by a female. Deserved that Oscar more than anyone else did.
How sad that another of the evening's winners, Hattie McDaniel, was not allowed to sit at the same table with the other "GWTW" nominees because of her race. Also, Hattie was not permitted to enter the ceremonies from the front of the building. Yet, George Clooney applauded Hattie's Oscar win as an example of Hollywood's liberalism?
I read that Olivier was astounded by her performance, despite having acted with her onstage and in their one film together, "That Hamilton Woman" he had no idea what she was trukoy capable of, it really shocked him.
gone with the wind was good and all, jus didnt like how it was such a love story and kinda bad one, scarlett jus annoyed me throughout the whole movie, she was such a bitch!
The British don't age very well but Vivien was always beautiful and was still gorgeous in her last years of living when she had TB which made her age fast before her years to come.
The British don't age very well but Vivien was always beautiful and was still gorgeous in her last years of living when she had TB which made her age fast before her years to come.
Does any1 know here you can get her oscar speech for Streetcar named desire????????? I'm not even sure she turned up or not bt if sum1 can tell me, that will be great, thanks
She stood there and gave that speech as if it were a screen test LOL she had such a talent and class RIP "they just don't make them like Vivien anymore!
What an actress and what a role! The film's length was just short of 4 hours, and she appeared in most of the scenes, which were shot out of sequence. This is arguably the greatest Best Actress Oscar win ever (Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE must come a close second) for a role which is the pinnacle of screen roles, the "ne plus ultra" performance.
She is soo amazing. Actors these days don't have that posture and elagance anymore. I love her so much. Gone with The Wind is still the hollywood masterpiece. That movie and book makes me want to scream and cry everytime I read it. Everyword is absolutely amazing. She is so beautiful. I lovee Rhett's character and personality. He's so unique. & Scarlet's stubborn self<3
Not only was Vivien beautiful but her lovely voice did--and it still does--captivate
a large number of audiences. She had class, which most young women lack these days. And as jkfromcincty writes, I can hardly imagine another actress playing the role of Scarlett O'Hara; I realize Bette Davis took her screen test for the role. She had breeding, brains and beauty in her life. She posthumously symbolizes how Hollywood actresses should act and be in public.
I have to say though it almost seemed as if she was playing a character up there... "V. Lee, the Public Persona"? In any case, what a delightful persona. :)
her voice sounds rehearsed in order to emulate a high society woman. Those days, if you can't speak like those british upper class women, your chance as an actress is low. That until katharine hepburn changed everything.
An amazing book, Sooo amazing. The most heartbreaking love story. and Vivien Leigh is such a doll, and now we have actresses like Cameron Diaz, Don't get me wrong but it seems like that kind of elegance is gone. I was skeptical in watching the film as we all know books are always better than movies, But she played Scarlett soo well, Even down to the way she said Fiddle-dee-dee, She holds her head high and proud, She left her mark in this earth with Gone with The Wind<3
the world was in a sorry state in 1940, surprised vivian travelled across to america from the UK (if she did) given the carnage the German U-Boats were doing to shipping
The speech oration is in itself worthy of another Oscar!!! She so humbly accepted the award--and somehow managed to redirect her claim to fame to DOS. She's a darling--love her so.
Quite different from how awards are accepted in these days celebrations. Good Post!!!
Leigh's ensemble is my favorite Oscar dress, ever. It's so classy, elegant, modern and simplistic--she glows no matter what she wears. Plus, it's really rare to see floral prints at the Oscars today, not to mention a big fur coat.
Delivering an eloquent speech, Vivien Leigh not only exemplified graciousness and poise, but also intelligence in accepting the award; She is my all time favorite actress--Just love her so much. Edward G Robinson asked for a wilderness film in "Soylent Green", I'd probably ask for Vivien Leigh Films, highlighted by Gone With The Wind--If it were I. {: ).
A very intelligent thank you speech from Vivien Leigh herself---my all time favorite actress; she'll always be in my heart forever; EG Robinson requested for the wilderness movie in his end of life in 'soylent green', I'd most likely request for all Vivien Leigh movies, highlighted by Gone With The Wind.
She was so lady-like & feminine & graceful & elegant & formal & proper & sweet in her acceptance speech. What happened to make things change so drastically from when women would accept awards like THAT, compared to today? Wow, things have changed. She is so lovely! Amazing actor.
Viven Leigh to była piękna, utalentowana, a zarazem wrażliwa aktorka. To gwiazda dużego formatu lat ówczesnego kina. Ona wciąż "żyje", poprostu nie przeminęła...........:)
Gone With the Wind has always been one of my favourite movies, Vivian is so charming and eloquent here. It's sad to know she had so much difficulty with mental illness but we can still enjoy her films.
It's difficult to imagine anyone as Scarlet O'Hara, other than Vivian Leigh. It was an arduous production with different directors and the scenes were filmed completely out of sequence. The public expectations for the movie and the unknown Leigh were extraordinary. I don't think Leigh made anymore than about 15 movies. Her and Marlon Brando's performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" are two of the best on film.
i agree totally its shame that her manic depression got so bad she really was a type actress that doesnt come around to often: Talented, she just had everything i suppose her being beautiful just makes her even more lovely to watch.
Well its not just good acting its that southern elitist atmosphere it would take a pure actor to pull it off, not one of the plastic surgery startlets like nicole kidman.
Ellen page has the look and ability but shes canadian and so far I haven't seen her do anything outside of creative art movies. Kate winslet comes to mind who is flexible and can do American..... but could she pull off the deep south? Keep in mind in the 40s there was no shortage of southern actors...... but today?
@jkfromcincty I can think of many actresses who could play Scarlett better than her.. The great Bette Davis for example. That annoying, false acting of Leigh just degraded the whole film.
why can't actresses make speeches like that today? She talks with such elegance, class, and grace. None of the ridiculous hysterics shown on today's Oscar ceremonies!
Because the 3 most important qualities you mention, "elegance, class, and grace," are no longer celebrated - today we celebrate their opposites. An upside down world or a world gone mad!
It might be because the Oscar winners weren't so secretive as they are today--some stars more or less knew who would win, and you always hear stories about anonymous tips telling winners to come to the awards and collect, as was the case with James Stewart and Claudette Colbert. None of the hype or secrecy like today.
Also, I think if every winner was like that we'd probably think they were stuck-up and pompous.
Probably because she had been informed that she was the winner the Oscar, During the 30's he the winners were unveiled two weeks prior to the ceremony, but now the tight secrecy of the ballot made the whole ceremony more interesting imo.
she's so beautifull..
36manka 9 months ago 91
so young, so graceful and absolutely beautiful...
sugarcane32 9 months ago 42
She deserved that award more than anyone else.
Britfan06 9 months ago 38
Is there any other footage of her and Olivier at this ceromony?
DameHaha2011 9 months ago 6
I LOVE U VIVIEN!!!!!! <3
iamhotstuff100 10 months ago 17
I LOVE U VIVIEN!!!!!! <3
iamhotstuff100 10 months ago 4
I LOVE U VIVIEN!!!!!! <3
iamhotstuff100 10 months ago 8
This speech seems like she's acting. However, there is an elegance she transmits when she speaks that is rare this days.
g1an89 10 months ago 173
She was SOOOOOOOO beautiful! And she is such a lady. oscar well deserved. i wish she was still alive though. R.I.P Vivian Leigh <33333
PeaceLovePink223 10 months ago 16
vivian was a good speaker
coolsweetgroovy 10 months ago 12
Its like she's still acting lol
Cybelian24 10 months ago
LA MEJOR!!!!.......LA MEJOR SCARLETT : VIVIAN LEIGHT....DIOSAAAAAAA!!!!!
Marcela2239 11 months ago
She talks like an Angel.
DarioB0y 11 months ago
what a good speaker Vivian Leigh was so sad that she suffered from Mental illness and died form it
coolsweetgroovy 11 months ago
Wow good spaker she was RIP Vivian
coolsweetgroovy 11 months ago
Oscar speeches were so much better back then.
inkenyo 1 year ago
such a legendary actress <3
fanofmussic 1 year ago
The way they spoke is the way they acted, it's so beautiful, love it. Love her.
pepegarcia11 1 year ago
Sublime Vivien Leigh ♥
Ilario75 1 year ago
I adore her! She is one of my role models. I mean, she's amazing <3
Cristtinee 1 year ago
this is when Hollywood was CLASSY.
RobbyArt 1 year ago 7
You don't ever see speeches that classy anymore, not in acceptance speeches, and definately not in day-to-day conversations.
Beautiful, talented, and graceful...
WordlyLament 1 year ago 2
gone with the wind has been a favorite since i was five years old. even then i knew i wanted to grow up as beautiful and charming as vivien. Too bad neither of those things are found in very many places.
sunnybeachgirlz 1 year ago
she is acting just like Scarlet! funny!
twittercubodegelo 1 year ago
she was like a porcelaine delicate doll and so talented. <3
Jamy729 1 year ago
amazing footage!!!
water3three 1 year ago
Ladies and gentlemen, this is an actress.
kretzecl 1 year ago 4
she was just magical
oxfordpictionary 1 year ago
Now that's poise, ladies and gentlemen.
Liz86000 1 year ago
It is always lovely to hear her speak in her English accent since I so rarely hear it.
MacNair 1 year ago
Such class and grace... very few could ever match her, certainly nobody today.
ecureuil85 1 year ago
LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheErnestRock 1 year ago
Such a beautiful woman, and so brave, so dear. Miss Leigh brought to Scarlett that evanescent quality of being just so close to the edge of losing her sanity, but the earthy strength pulling her back to reality at the last possible moment. She truly portrayed the dichotomous blood of Miss O'Hara, the finely-strung aristocratic French and gutsy, brawling Irish, what a combination!
VictoriaRu29 1 year ago
I first saw Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge when about ten years old.Forty years later I am still mesmerised by those eyes.I know it's superficial but for me she is the most stunning actress ever.
warwickization 1 year ago
vivian leigh is just so beautiful and gone with the wind is not only 1 of my true favourite movies but its also one of my favourite books as well
bronwyn13245 1 year ago
gone with the wind the movie is fantastic the books even better
bronwyn13245 1 year ago
what a beautiful woman.and such a legend.woman like her ,elizabeth taylor,marilyn and some others will live forever
fanofmussic 1 year ago
what a legend.we will never see another vivien,marilyn,elizabeth and other like them
fanofmussic 1 year ago
such a legend <3 one of a kind
fanofmussic 1 year ago
she was so beautiful .LEGEND <33333333
fanofmussic 1 year ago
she's such a legend.one of the best actresses of all time
fanofmussic 1 year ago
such a beautiful, graceful and elegant woman.
the only Scarlett O'Hara, in my opinion.
nicki446 1 year ago
wow, women were so classy back then.
classic1492 1 year ago
My God, she is beautiful. @_@ And she has so much grace.
DecodeEdmontonGamers 1 year ago
vivien in the role of scarlet is actualy my dream personality... i often thinkof this movie i general and at vivian in paticular in my depressed period./.. it make me fell stronger and show gives me a motivation not to fal down.
patson96 1 year ago
She is beyond beautiful!!
coolsdon 1 year ago
How can anyone be THAT beautiful? She should be in museum or art gallery ,just perfection!!
coolsdon 1 year ago
She is beyond stunning...she should be in an art gallery!!
coolsdon 1 year ago
GWTW my fav movie of all time!!
shortshu 1 year ago
Leigh's performance is the glue in this movie. Overall, GWTW is a bit of a hot mess and it would have been nothing without her.
jckfmsincty 1 year ago
She deserved it. No one else could have done a better job in Gone with the wind as her. I must say that it was the absolute best performance I've ever seen by a female. Deserved that Oscar more than anyone else did.
MASKdk 1 year ago
I love this dress! It is fashionable again!!
Vivien Leigh forever!!!
LadyTwentySeven 1 year ago
lool..as much as i love her..i really think she practiced her speech a thousand times at home xD .. it was soooo.......fake?
3ezga2 1 year ago
vivien was on set for a movie when she was awarded her oscar for streetcar
doodlebugger77 1 year ago
How sad that another of the evening's winners, Hattie McDaniel, was not allowed to sit at the same table with the other "GWTW" nominees because of her race. Also, Hattie was not permitted to enter the ceremonies from the front of the building. Yet, George Clooney applauded Hattie's Oscar win as an example of Hollywood's liberalism?
jckfmsincty 1 year ago
A lovely and very fine actress in everything she did.
opelske 1 year ago
What composure!! I bet she bounced off the walls once she had some privacy lol.
I would HATE to be up for that category that year! Who would ever believe they'd beat her??? And in flippin gone with the wind?!!??!
OohcoolProductions 1 year ago
Her class is fantastic. She's my idol as to how to act now. =)
swimmersuga 1 year ago
This clip reminds me of Anne Baxter in All About Eve.
pudgeuncle 1 year ago
Vivian Leigh is beastly awesome in that movie!!! and its odd seeing her not mean :)
WhereIsWatson 1 year ago
I read that Olivier was astounded by her performance, despite having acted with her onstage and in their one film together, "That Hamilton Woman" he had no idea what she was trukoy capable of, it really shocked him.
skylur44 1 year ago
She just oozes class from every pore doesn't she?
CathyCoconut 1 year ago
She's a real lady.
rahkeys 1 year ago
Now, I'm sort of sorry that I skimmed through Gone with the Wind
MetroidNox 1 year ago
Such a delicate flower she was.
BebeLush2 1 year ago
she was very serious! :)
margacat 1 year ago
Vivien Leigh was brilliant!
helenajesstarzak 1 year ago
Wow... did people really talk like this? So elegant... makes us look like trash haha!
FancyStarbucksOrder 1 year ago
gone with the wind was good and all, jus didnt like how it was such a love story and kinda bad one, scarlett jus annoyed me throughout the whole movie, she was such a bitch!
ANIMEkh358 1 year ago
i adore her
Funnyacademy 1 year ago
She is beautiful, witty, charismatic, talented, stylish and eloquent. <3
teemad 1 year ago
Vivien Leigh is absolute CLASS, we have lost so much in America, Vivien Leigh was the best !!!!! Such a lady.
sevencorsa 1 year ago
she is so gorgeous !
claire0147 1 year ago
This speech is so unnatural!
bobalazs 1 year ago
The most finest women of all time.I wish I could have hit that.
Kidnam666 1 year ago
i love the shy way she speaks
SarahSauRc 1 year ago
i love the way she talks, so elegant and graceful and shy, shes so awesome! its kind of sad people dont speak that way anymore
SarahSauRc 1 year ago
back when people were gracious. :>
comraderave 1 year ago
She looked like an angel
tweedman1975 1 year ago
People were stunned to learn that southern belle Scarlett was portrayed by a British actress.
bookkeeper57 1 year ago
In an interview, she once said, "I am Blanche Dubois"; troubled, beautiful soul.
idiotswin 1 year ago
Ravishingly beautiful.
myrnaturner 1 year ago
The British don't age very well but Vivien was always beautiful and was still gorgeous in her last years of living when she had TB which made her age fast before her years to come.
WickeDisneyVillian 1 year ago
The British don't age very well but Vivien was always beautiful and was still gorgeous in her last years of living when she had TB which made her age fast before her years to come.
WickeDisneyVillian 1 year ago
i truly do envy this beautiful lady for her looks.....goodness she was soooooo gorgeous, sophisticated, and classy!
misshollygolighty 1 year ago
i truly do envy this beautiful lady for her looks.....goodness she was soooooo gorgeous, sophisticated, and classy!
misshollygolighty 1 year ago
i truly do envy this beautiful lady for her looks.....goodness she was soooooo gorgeous, sophisticated, and classy!
misshollygolighty 1 year ago
i truly do envy this beautiful lady for her looks.....goodness she was soooooo gorgeous, sophisticated, and classy!
misshollygolighty 1 year ago
She's really elegant when she receives her Oscar and I know she's not, but her behavior looks like a person who is acting.
AnneAck 1 year ago
She was so beautiful and had such a lovely speaking voice.
Treblemaker09 1 year ago
she is blanche dubois, the way she speaks here is just soo similar
lotussypringa 1 year ago
Does any1 know here you can get her oscar speech for Streetcar named desire????????? I'm not even sure she turned up or not bt if sum1 can tell me, that will be great, thanks
tantrumnikki007 1 year ago
Vivian played this part; I don't think there is anyone who could hold a candle to her performance as Scarlett O'hara..........
karameldreem 1 year ago
She stood there and gave that speech as if it were a screen test LOL she had such a talent and class RIP "they just don't make them like Vivien anymore!
lilmissleilanimya 1 year ago
The most beautiful actress of all time!
evret0503 1 year ago
wow 40s!
0MusicPunkMcr0 1 year ago
i didn't really like gone with the wind, it was way 2 long, but she was outstanding and defo deserved her oscar
aimsren 1 year ago
an amazing post 5* thanks
FASHIONCONSPIRACY 2 years ago
well done girl
sexxiimotherfukah 2 years ago
they acceptance speech looks SOO fake and rehearsed, so vintage actually. like the one eve harrington did in all about eve,
artemiscarrington 2 years ago
What an actress and what a role! The film's length was just short of 4 hours, and she appeared in most of the scenes, which were shot out of sequence. This is arguably the greatest Best Actress Oscar win ever (Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE must come a close second) for a role which is the pinnacle of screen roles, the "ne plus ultra" performance.
philipc67 2 years ago
Why the hell can't an Oscar speech be this calm and graceful nowadays?
My point I'd like to share is Julia Roberts' horrendous oscar speech a few years back.
andeaver1937 2 years ago
Oscar awards during those times is a lot simpler than what we have now.
Vivien Leigh is the one and only Scarlett O'Hara!
samsamsamjitp 2 years ago
Arguably tyhe greatest Oscar-winning female performance of all time. The role of Scarlett is ne plus ultra.
philipc67 2 years ago
no tears?
PhidippusAudax 2 years ago
so rehearsed and staged is this speech...yawn-fest!!!
MPL029 2 years ago
Wow she is heavenly and speaks American
dalson00 2 years ago
What a lovely voice :)
Dwamgela 2 years ago
It looks like a scene from a film. God, everyone was so proper back then!
mattkris2007 2 years ago
this seems robotic
bubblepopelictric 2 years ago
She is soo amazing. Actors these days don't have that posture and elagance anymore. I love her so much. Gone with The Wind is still the hollywood masterpiece. That movie and book makes me want to scream and cry everytime I read it. Everyword is absolutely amazing. She is so beautiful. I lovee Rhett's character and personality. He's so unique. & Scarlet's stubborn self<3
CircaSurvive132 2 years ago
Great speaker. We live in a degrading society now where people don't know how to spell orange without a shortcut and a J.
Wishworks 2 years ago
So lovely.
TCall2004 2 years ago
Not only was Vivien beautiful but her lovely voice did--and it still does--captivate
a large number of audiences. She had class, which most young women lack these days. And as jkfromcincty writes, I can hardly imagine another actress playing the role of Scarlett O'Hara; I realize Bette Davis took her screen test for the role. She had breeding, brains and beauty in her life. She posthumously symbolizes how Hollywood actresses should act and be in public.
Thanks for posting this clip.
Operalover12002 2 years ago
Well, that speech is certainly spontaneous and unrehearsed!
Mxsmanic 2 years ago
cuando vi la pelicula, yo tenia 15 años, fue hace mucho...........estuve una semana llorando
sin parar, tal el impacto que me causo...........y por supuesto, la musica y la belleza de vivien leigh.-
NACARYPLATA 2 years ago
most beautiful and talented actress! simply luminous here, at her prime, always remembered!
eyme50 2 years ago
How exquisitely charming. Wow.
I have to say though it almost seemed as if she was playing a character up there... "V. Lee, the Public Persona"? In any case, what a delightful persona. :)
encephalong 2 years ago
her voice sounds rehearsed in order to emulate a high society woman. Those days, if you can't speak like those british upper class women, your chance as an actress is low. That until katharine hepburn changed everything.
ApparoDei 2 years ago
An amazing book, Sooo amazing. The most heartbreaking love story. and Vivien Leigh is such a doll, and now we have actresses like Cameron Diaz, Don't get me wrong but it seems like that kind of elegance is gone. I was skeptical in watching the film as we all know books are always better than movies, But she played Scarlett soo well, Even down to the way she said Fiddle-dee-dee, She holds her head high and proud, She left her mark in this earth with Gone with The Wind<3
CircaSurvive132 2 years ago
She has the most beautiful speaking voice. And that dress is so classy. That's something celebrities would wear today!
Treblemaker09 2 years ago
the world was in a sorry state in 1940, surprised vivian travelled across to america from the UK (if she did) given the carnage the German U-Boats were doing to shipping
wilco9971 2 years ago
She said that speech as if she were acting.
I couldn't tell if I was watching a movie, or it was real life.
They were so dignified and classy back then.
What happened?
CarlyIsAGangster 2 years ago
goosh, she's so scarlett
love you so much, vivien!
annaxaumosa 2 years ago
The best acceptance speech ever given in the acceptance of an Academy Award for any category throughout the history of the Award Ceremony!
RICHARDDAVISMCLEOD 2 years ago
Next time an American says English people are ugly just say Vivien Leigh lol.
grantapuslafsalot 2 years ago
I always said her name like Vivien Lay instead of Vivien Lee
VAMPIRICROCKSTAR 2 years ago
forever a lady, forever a great...great actress, a beauty...that kind of women I hope to find, to myself...sometime.....
rugbylucas 2 years ago
Vivling.....Forever..I love Viv.
She is very,very Beautiful Lass !! stupendous talent,simple the best !!!
= I'm sorry my english..!!! I'm of Brazil.!!
eveleynma 2 years ago 64
WOW, too brazilians that love Vivian!
Eu também amo a Vivian.
I wanna be like her! ;D
littlelottedaae 2 years ago
Don't worry your English is just fine and I do share what you said about Vivien Leigh-she was a megastar alright, beyond belief!!!! such finesse...
zonty13 2 years ago
Wow...What a lovely, classy and elegant lady! Love her so much. :)
jenii84 2 years ago
The speech oration is in itself worthy of another Oscar!!! She so humbly accepted the award--and somehow managed to redirect her claim to fame to DOS. She's a darling--love her so.
Quite different from how awards are accepted in these days celebrations. Good Post!!!
Eshaunleeouards 2 years ago
she sounds like someone whos making a mockery or about to crack a punchline
shanefolan 2 years ago
She was incredible in Gone With The Wind, but even better in A Streetcar Named Desire
TheNapalmDude 2 years ago
Leigh's ensemble is my favorite Oscar dress, ever. It's so classy, elegant, modern and simplistic--she glows no matter what she wears. Plus, it's really rare to see floral prints at the Oscars today, not to mention a big fur coat.
RubyTuesday717 2 years ago
Simply the best, and better than all the rest, is Vivien Leigh IMO!!!!
Eshaunleeouards 2 years ago
everyone was so FORMAL back then!!!! ugh i would have loved to live then. honorable and coordial...
artmania1990 2 years ago
Vivien Leigh looks so beautiful here! I am happy that she won the Oscar because she deserved it!
RFlorentina 2 years ago
she was so beautiful. one of the most beautiful actresses ever!
DisneyClassicsFan 2 years ago
She deserved this. She was perfect Scarlett O'Hara! Oscar for Vivien!
czarnamamba6661 2 years ago
always breathless, always shivers.
mfuarcefriul 2 years ago
She is so beautiful and elegant...she speaks with such poise and grace....
vivien is gorgeous.
walkingtoNewOrleans 2 years ago
I can't believe people actually spoke this way at one point in time. She's so beautiful and classic.
DizzyDior12 2 years ago
Delivering an eloquent speech, Vivien Leigh not only exemplified graciousness and poise, but also intelligence in accepting the award; She is my all time favorite actress--Just love her so much. Edward G Robinson asked for a wilderness film in "Soylent Green", I'd probably ask for Vivien Leigh Films, highlighted by Gone With The Wind--If it were I. {: ).
Thanks for posting.
CrispinFlora 2 years ago
A very intelligent thank you speech from Vivien Leigh herself---my all time favorite actress; she'll always be in my heart forever; EG Robinson requested for the wilderness movie in his end of life in 'soylent green', I'd most likely request for all Vivien Leigh movies, highlighted by Gone With The Wind.
Thanks for sharing the clip.
and God Bless Vivien Leigh.
CrispinFlora 2 years ago
She was so lady-like & feminine & graceful & elegant & formal & proper & sweet in her acceptance speech. What happened to make things change so drastically from when women would accept awards like THAT, compared to today? Wow, things have changed. She is so lovely! Amazing actor.
kiikat 2 years ago
Viven Leigh to była piękna, utalentowana, a zarazem wrażliwa aktorka. To gwiazda dużego formatu lat ówczesnego kina. Ona wciąż "żyje", poprostu nie przeminęła...........:)
kati02pub 2 years ago
Such a classy woman.
So sad to know that with her she was fighting manic depression.
OohcoolProductions 2 years ago
Gone With the Wind has always been one of my favourite movies, Vivian is so charming and eloquent here. It's sad to know she had so much difficulty with mental illness but we can still enjoy her films.
cree8vision 2 years ago 77
She's English isn't she?
grantapuslafsalot 2 years ago
Es una gran actriz Vivian Leigh...
eLiZLiZsAg 2 years ago
is that spencer tracy hosting the oscars?!
yurtubsuks 2 years ago
it is wonderful. she is so amazing.
ulitapepe 2 years ago
she is doing nothing more than yet another SCRIPTED PERFORMANCE...it comes across as insincere these days.
VTMCompany 2 years ago
The BEST Scarlett. la MEJOR Scarlett.
SIN IGUAL!!!
1604256 2 years ago
I like the way she speaks - not her accent, just the correct way in which she uses the language.
newmark401 2 years ago
I wonder is Vivian and Hattie went partying together after the award show.
Deuce2you 2 years ago
A real lady.
cheyenne86 2 years ago
Ela mereceu esse prêmio, pois seu trabalho foi digno de quem tem talento!
71suzi 2 years ago
Ela mereceu esse prêmio, pois seu trabalho foi perfeito.
71suzi 2 years ago
It's difficult to imagine anyone as Scarlet O'Hara, other than Vivian Leigh. It was an arduous production with different directors and the scenes were filmed completely out of sequence. The public expectations for the movie and the unknown Leigh were extraordinary. I don't think Leigh made anymore than about 15 movies. Her and Marlon Brando's performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" are two of the best on film.
jkfromcincty 2 years ago 152
i agree totally its shame that her manic depression got so bad she really was a type actress that doesnt come around to often: Talented, she just had everything i suppose her being beautiful just makes her even more lovely to watch.
GoldenEraa 2 years ago
She made 20 movies. But a few of them were small and she had small parts. :)
spookygirl85 2 years ago
Well its not just good acting its that southern elitist atmosphere it would take a pure actor to pull it off, not one of the plastic surgery startlets like nicole kidman.
Ellen page has the look and ability but shes canadian and so far I haven't seen her do anything outside of creative art movies. Kate winslet comes to mind who is flexible and can do American..... but could she pull off the deep south? Keep in mind in the 40s there was no shortage of southern actors...... but today?
Faelsun 1 year ago
@jkfromcincty She made exactly 20 films :)
LexiixoxRoxx 1 year ago
@jkfromcincty Not to mention the most difficult movie filmd at that time. I mean, what other studio set fire to it's own backlot?! lol
OohcoolProductions 1 year ago
@jkfromcincty
She appeared on stage in Great Britain mostly. Of course there are no lasting archives of these.
foxyzzzzz 1 year ago
@jkfromcincty I can think of many actresses who could play Scarlett better than her.. The great Bette Davis for example. That annoying, false acting of Leigh just degraded the whole film.
nimthirielhime 11 months ago
why can't actresses make speeches like that today? She talks with such elegance, class, and grace. None of the ridiculous hysterics shown on today's Oscar ceremonies!
cherrylove316 2 years ago 419
Because the 3 most important qualities you mention, "elegance, class, and grace," are no longer celebrated - today we celebrate their opposites. An upside down world or a world gone mad!
opelske 2 years ago
It might be because the Oscar winners weren't so secretive as they are today--some stars more or less knew who would win, and you always hear stories about anonymous tips telling winners to come to the awards and collect, as was the case with James Stewart and Claudette Colbert. None of the hype or secrecy like today.
Also, I think if every winner was like that we'd probably think they were stuck-up and pompous.
RubyTuesday717 2 years ago
Probably because she had been informed that she was the winner the Oscar, During the 30's he the winners were unveiled two weeks prior to the ceremony, but now the tight secrecy of the ballot made the whole ceremony more interesting imo.
henrysinaga 2 years ago
One thing that is missing (or at least in very, very short supply) today:
Class
BSNFabricating 2 years ago