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Show VIVIEN LEIGH TO LEAVE HOLLYWOOD AFTER COMPLETION OF SCARLETT O'HARA ROLE . AlAnt I.. .11, T UllgTltll Hit direct! oev. Nobody ha heard her complain openly about anything, but ah ahunj publicity and dlalikaa poainf (or atlU picture, especially whan aakad to am lie. 1 look utterly aiUy," aha aays. Tat har lilt whan In action haa baan daaoribad by a London critic aa "the moat unholy, coma-quick, damn-tha-othera sxpreeaioa I avar aaw." Knrllah corraapon dante and a few playara hava said that Vivian sifh ws pratty hard to gat alone with In har picturaa over there. But nona haa avan hintad that aha ia anything but an axtramaly abla parformar. In (act, aha aaama to hava tha moat impraaalva dramatic background of any 2S-yaar-old ac-traaa ac-traaa In tha moviaa today. Copyright. 13. N. E. A. ' g ' mil ii. Ul I iii m mi in mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm r : -1 By PAUL HARRISON HOLLYWOOD, June 24 The movie capital ha not been kind to Vivien Leigh, and Mies Leigh, la turn, hate Hollywood. Neither know much about the other, but It ia unlikely that there will be time for revision of opinion. When the last mila of film ha been ground through David Selznlck's cam eras, hia Scarlett O'Hara expects to be gone with the wind. On January IS (which fell on a Friday), when Miss Leigh was formally for-mally signed to the moat coveted role In the moat talked about picture pic-ture In screen history, Hollywood welcomed her with mixed Jealousy and resentment, blank puxxiement about her qualifications, feigned pity for the difficulty of her role, and with smirking asides about her private life. The English girl waa in a spot, and aha knew it Curious eorreepondents were rebuffed re-buffed by Selxnlck's flat order of "No Interviews" His stated reason waa that he did not want hi iter publicised so far in advance of the picture's release. He also waa apprehensive ap-prehensive that Mia Leigh who la fearfully outspoken when aha chooeee to talk might admit al-most al-most Anything about ber attachment for Actor Laurence Olivier. After all, both player are married though not to each other. Plenty ef Storlea There being no source of authentic authen-tic information, tha rumor factorie went to work. During an average day In Hollywood you could hear that Ml Leigh was being intolerably intoler-ably temperamental, that her May-fair May-fair accent was spoiling tha picture, that aha waa going to be fired, that aha waa going to quit A change of photographers, a change of directors, di-rectors, a 10-day suspension of production, pro-duction, and common knowledge of the incredible amount of waste film footage and retakes were all cited aa if to her discredit She is a genuinely fine actress. From the beginning, her assumed southern accent never has caused any real difficulty. She Is punctual, a hard worker and usually a patient one. She ia utterly exacting, but not unreasonably demanding of the service otVjnake-up experts, wardrobe ward-robe women and the like. She never haa tossed a tantrum for the amusement amuse-ment or embarrassment of tha rest of the company. Vary Quiet Girt This Leigh girl I the quieteet high explosive ever Invented," aaid one man. "When ah blow up, nobody no-body but Selxnlck or Fleming (the director) ever know what it' all about" Production trouble on "Gone With the Wind," never rightly attributed at-tributed to the English star, actually actu-ally were mostly due to tha fact that Mr. Sidney Howard had a baby! Having written the screen play, but wanting to rush to his wife' aide, Howard was unable to remain to whittle the enormous document down to fllmable alia. When other writer were called in for the Job, George Cukor, the original origi-nal director, disapproved their treatment treat-ment of the story. He quit It waa a fairly amicable parting except for Miss Leigh's distress at losing the guidance of a man In whom aha had utter confidence. From the beginning, Clark Gable (who la Rhett Butler) would have preferred Victor Fleming to Cukor. And now Fleming, whom Mlea Leigh Vivien Leigh . . . movie capital hat not been kind to her. |