Connie and Vivien Leigh

[monica]

My favourite among Connie's co-stars is Vivien Leigh. They appeared together in Dark Journey (1937). Vivien is best known for her portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in the masterpiece Gone With The Wind (1939). She was an actress with unique beauty and great talent.

Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh in Dark Journey by monik.ilie, on Flickr


Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh in Dark Journey by monik.ilie, on Flickr

Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh in Dark Journey by monik.ilie, on Flickr

[lenore]

Vivien's was such a dark story. I have read and watched so much on her and I respect her for overcoming as much as she could in her day her of Bipolar Disorder. My fiance is Bipolar as well as suffers from IED, and I completely can see why Laurence Olivier would never speak ill of her even to his death. She was a remarkably talented actress and so beautiful, but what she put herself through when filming Streetcar Named Desire we can only imagine. To play an off-balanced character that accurately-- and open ones self to those true to life demons must have been torture. But she pulled it off. I give her credit for her courage, for her love, for her fire, and for her spirit.