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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 433662" data-attributes="member: 7">True, Vivien Leigh played what is -- or what was once, at least -- the greatest female character to ever be written in Scarlett O&#039;Hara. Her performance is quite extraordinary, and she was hands down the one that needed the job. Scarlett was literally tailor-made for her. I&#039;ve seen so many tests (or clips thereof) that the endless parade of actresses made trying to land the part, but no one -- and I repeat no one -- played the part as well as Vivien. Funny, too, that an very British woman like Miss Leigh would play the most famous Southern belle of all-time. And then she goes and plays Blanche DuBois in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. A British woman born in British India won two Oscars for playing two Southern belles. Even so, I still cannot find it in myself to see Vivien Leigh as a contender for The Ultimate Movie Star label. Yes, she played Scarlett and did so brilliantly, but her filmography, even following her GONE WITH THE WIND triumph, is quite sparse and contains a lot of misfires along the way. She struggled with the star system in the Golden Age, ran from it, and had bouts with mental illness that kept her from fulfilling a lot of her MGM contract. Leigh herself seemed to prefer the stage to the screen, and I just don&#039;t think she held the attention of the moviegoing public like others we&#039;ve already mentioned have done or did do. Granted, she was very talented and quite beautiful, but I don&#039;t see her as The Ultimate Movie Star material. But, to each their own. Good suggestion! [ATTACH=full]57974[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 433662, member: 7"] True, Vivien Leigh played what is -- or what was once, at least -- the greatest female character to ever be written in Scarlett O'Hara. Her performance is quite extraordinary, and she was hands down the one that needed the job. Scarlett was literally tailor-made for her. I've seen so many tests (or clips thereof) that the endless parade of actresses made trying to land the part, but no one -- and I repeat no one -- played the part as well as Vivien. Funny, too, that an very British woman like Miss Leigh would play the most famous Southern belle of all-time. And then she goes and plays Blanche DuBois in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. A British woman born in British India won two Oscars for playing two Southern belles. Even so, I still cannot find it in myself to see Vivien Leigh as a contender for The Ultimate Movie Star label. Yes, she played Scarlett and did so brilliantly, but her filmography, even following her GONE WITH THE WIND triumph, is quite sparse and contains a lot of misfires along the way. She struggled with the star system in the Golden Age, ran from it, and had bouts with mental illness that kept her from fulfilling a lot of her MGM contract. Leigh herself seemed to prefer the stage to the screen, and I just don't think she held the attention of the moviegoing public like others we've already mentioned have done or did do. Granted, she was very talented and quite beautiful, but I don't see her as The Ultimate Movie Star material. But, to each their own. Good suggestion! [ATTACH type="full"]57974[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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