They were the ultimate show business power-couple, conquering both the stage and film together. Although their relationship did not last, their love for each other always did. Classic Hollywood Central takes a look at some of Classic Hollywood’s real-life love stories and continues this journey with the story of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
Genre: Drama/thriller Description: The unnamed second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) is a naive young woman, who falls in love with the charming Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier). After their wedding they return to Maxim’s vast estate, Manderly. The servants display a subtle hostility towards the second Mrs. De Winter, as they all adored his …
Read facts you never knew about Laurence Olivier: Laurence’s role models as a young actor were Douglas Fairbanks and John Barrymore. When Laurence had to go to college he told his father he did not want to go. He was going to follow his brother and become a rubber planter in India. Although his father …
Genre: Romantic comedy Description: In The Prince and the Showgirl Grand Duke Charles (Laurence Olivier), the prince-regent of Carpathia, a fictitious Balkan country, visits London for the coronation of the new British King in 1911. After spending an evening at the Coconut Girl Club, he invites clumsy, but charming understudy Elsie (Marilyn Monroe) over for …
Birth: 22 May 1907 Surrey, England Death: 8 July 1989 West Sussex, England Childhood Laurence Kerr Olivier was born on 22 may 1907 in Dorking, England. He was the youngest of three children and the apple of his mother’s eye. His father was a strict High Anglican priest who was very cold towards his youngest …
Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it. – Laurence Olivier