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So cool! TallulahDahling from YouTube has just added the first 4/7 parts of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier performing Rebecca on Lux Radio Theatre 1950.

Article via The Age:
PETER Hiley, who for 60 years devoted himself to Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, and, after their deaths, to their estates and families, has died, aged 87.
Hiley, who was born in London and educated at Eton, served in intelligence during World War II. In 1948 he was seconded by the British Council [...]

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Excerpt of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier in That Hamilton Woman (1941).

[LIFE: May 20, 1940]
By: Noel F. Busch
Romeo and Juliet is a pretty little love story concerning two Renaissance adolescents.
In 1940, Romeo and Juliet, if they lived in the U.S., would be in high school behaving themselves properly. If they had the effrontery to try to marry , Juliet would be considered a child-bride and [...]

Act I of the radio show “Private Lives” starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.

Act II of the radio show “Private Lives” starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.

Laurence Olivier gets trapped in his eloquent use of words. Lucky for him he has the beauty of Vivien Leigh by his side and so all is forgiven.

The International Herald Tribune is reporting that a Victorian house outside New York City where Vivien Leigh reportedly lived with Laurence Olivier during rehearsals for “Gone With the Wind” is for sale. They write:
The “Captain Coates House,” as it is known, was built in 1860 in Snedens Landing, a quiet enclave about 20 minutes from Manhattan, where [...]

Fire Over England (1937) Directed by William K. Howard. Starring Flora Robson, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks and Raymond Massey. For Full Screen: 2nd to last button on right.