Vivien Leigh, Anna Karenina Turner Classic Movies' Vivien Leigh series comes to a close on Tuesday, Sept. 28, with four movies from Leigh's post-Gone with the Wind period, in addition to a rerun of Gene Feldman's 1990 documentary Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond, narrated by Jessica Lange. TCM's four last Leigh movies are José Quintero's The Roman Springs of Mrs. Stone (1961), Julien Duvivier's Anna Karenina (1948), Gabriel Pascal's Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), and Stanley Kramer's Ship of Fools (1965). All are worth watching for various reasons, Vivien Leigh's presence chief among them, but I'd say that only Duvivier's Anna Karenina is a truly good film (though it sure has its detractors). Based on a work by Tennessee Williams, The Roman Springs of Mrs. Stone deals with a theme much beloved by the playwright: an aging woman whose sexual urges drive her to do something not exactly bright.
- 9/28/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Vivien Leigh, one of the greatest performers of the 20th century, is Turner Classic Movies‘ Star of the Month in September. That’s the good news. The bad news: TCM won’t be showing rarities such as 21 Days Together (1939), Leigh’s second and last screen pairing with Laurence Olivier, or The Deep Blue Sea (1954), the rarest among her post-Gone with the Wind film appearances. And don’t expect to finally be able to see Leigh’s earliest film work in the 1935 British releases Things Are Looking Up, Look Up and Laugh, The Village Squire, and Gentlemen’s Agreement. That’s a major letdown from TCM, which usually does a great job in digging up rare movies. This evening, TCM will be showing Gene Feldman‘s 1990 documentary Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond, in addition to three pre-gwtw, British-made movies in which Leigh has sizable roles: Victor Saville‘s very...
- 9/7/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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