{"product_id":"vivien-leigh-michelangelo-capua-9780786414970","title":"Vivien Leigh: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm\" Margaret Mitchell opened \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e with this description of Scarlett O'Hara, but her words can hardly be applied to Vivien Leigh, the British actress who gave an unforgettable performance as the Southern belle. Leigh possessed a beauty that men seldom failed to recognize and a charm that caught many, but her life was far from being all beauty and charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This biography of the beautiful and tortured actress, from her birth and childhood in exotic India to her premature death in 1967, gives special attention to her development and career as a stage and film actress (which culminated in one Tony award and two Oscars). Her ambitious personality and her manic-depressive illness, including the sexual compulsion that haunted her life, her romantic and tragic marriage to Laurence Olivier, and her performances in, for instance, \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire, \u003c\/i\u003e are all detailed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michelangelo Capua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786414979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786414970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 6.44w x 0.53d","brand":"Michelangelo Capua","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947140514047,"sku":"9780786414970","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3e3e172e-a7eb-45c4-8d4a-a88892c63079.jpg?v=1681516958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vivien-leigh-michelangelo-capua-9780786414970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}