As Katie-Bar-The-Door said to me last night, Vivien Leigh was the perfect Scarlett O'Hara and if she'd never made another movie, that would be enough to make her a legend. But she was also in Waterloo Bridge, That Hamilton Woman and A Streetcar Named Desire -- pretty great stuff.
The Leigh/Taylor version of Waterloo Bridge was severely hampered by the strict enforcement of the censorship codes, compared to the earlier version (with Mae Clarke) with I very much prefer over the remake. Photo "12 of 13" is extremely beautiful, first time I recall seeing it.
Love the Mae Clarke version of Waterloo Bridge -- and I agree, I prefer it to the Vivien Leigh version. No knock on Leigh, but her version was hampered by the Code.
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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Indeed. Kind of the Diana Rigg of her day? And obviously i mean that as a HUGE compliment.
As Katie-Bar-The-Door said to me last night, Vivien Leigh was the perfect Scarlett O'Hara and if she'd never made another movie, that would be enough to make her a legend. But she was also in Waterloo Bridge, That Hamilton Woman and A Streetcar Named Desire -- pretty great stuff.
The Leigh/Taylor version of Waterloo Bridge was severely hampered by the strict enforcement of the censorship codes, compared to the earlier version (with Mae Clarke) with I very much prefer over the remake. Photo "12 of 13" is extremely beautiful, first time I recall seeing it.
Love the Mae Clarke version of Waterloo Bridge -- and I agree, I prefer it to the Vivien Leigh version. No knock on Leigh, but her version was hampered by the Code.
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