{"product_id":"9780762451036","title":"Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait","description":"Vivien Leigh's mystique was a combination of staggering beauty, glamour, romance, and genuine talent displayed in her Oscar-winning performances in \u003ci\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e. For more than thirty years, her name alone sold out theaters and cinemas the world over, and she inspired many of the greatest visionaries of her time: Laurence Olivier loved her; Winston Churchill praised her; Christian Dior dressed her.\u003cbr\u003eThrough both an in-depth narrative and a stunning array of photos, \u003ci\u003eVivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e presents the personal story of one of the most celebrated women of the twentieth century, an engrossing tale of success, struggles, and triumphs. It chronicles Leigh's journey from her birth in India to prominence in British film, winning the most-coveted role in Hollywood history, her celebrated love affair with Laurence Olivier, through to her untimely death at age fifty-three in 1967.\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Kendra Bean is the first Vivien Leigh biographer to delve into the Laurence Olivier Archives, where an invaluable collection of personal letters and documents ranging from interview transcripts to film contracts to medical records shed new insight on Leigh's story. Illustrated by hundreds of rare and never-before-published images, including those by Leigh's “official” photographer, Angus McBean, \u003ci\u003eVivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e is the first illustrated biography to closely examine the fascinating, troubled, and often misunderstood life of Vivien Leigh: the woman, the actress, the legend.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Running Press Book Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107387654384,"sku":"9780762451036","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780762451036_p0.jpg?v=1769904756","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780762451036","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}