The Secret Life Of Laurence Olivier

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Sir Laurence Olivier was a figure like no other. People often refer to him as the greatest actor of his generation-if not of all time-but behind the scenes, he struggled desperately with painful secrets that followed him throughout his life, all the way to his tragic end.
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@miapdx503
@miapdx503 Ай бұрын
When I saw Rebecca I came to understand why he's so popular. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor. He and Joan Fontaine were fantastic. It's my favorite film in the world. Hitchcock, Olivier, and Fontaine...just, wow. 😍👍🏽🌹
@IVant2BAlone
@IVant2BAlone Ай бұрын
I'm with you. I adore that movie!
@user-fq8rs7rz3i
@user-fq8rs7rz3i Ай бұрын
I love it so much.❤
@BeckyFarkas-he1cj
@BeckyFarkas-he1cj Ай бұрын
And the book!!!
@IVant2BAlone
@IVant2BAlone Ай бұрын
@@BeckyFarkas-he1cj Yes!
@eugeniaruggiero5451
@eugeniaruggiero5451 Ай бұрын
I fell in love with that movie in college when we had to critique it. Still love watching it.
@WendyQallab
@WendyQallab Ай бұрын
I fell in love with him when he played Heathcliff and his future performances just got better and better . He was not only handsome but one of the best actors ever.
@kathrynkildow3743
@kathrynkildow3743 4 күн бұрын
Well, I didn't get a crush on him but he sure was compelling in Wuthering Heights!
@MummyBrown
@MummyBrown 3 күн бұрын
I fell for him in this as well. Heathcliff was incredibly complicated, but Oliver made him so magnetic.
@rozchristopherson648
@rozchristopherson648 Ай бұрын
I was studying abroad in Wales when Olivier passed away. The TV stations (almost no cable at that time in the UK) played Olivier's films and had lots of biographical discussions and documentaries about the actor. This went on for several days in tribute to him.
@carlycharlesworth1497
@carlycharlesworth1497 Ай бұрын
Laurence Olivier was a truly incredible actor, so was Vivian Leigh. I feel sorry for her suffering from Bipolar disorder, that's a hard condition to treat successfully now, let alone back then in Miss Leigh's time.
@randi_godspeed2063
@randi_godspeed2063 Ай бұрын
On top of that, she got Alzheimer’s, which is what caused her passing in 1967.
@RogerLivesyfan
@RogerLivesyfan Ай бұрын
Not to mention Vivian had to deal with Laurence being gay…That is a difficult pill for a woman to swallow when she loves the man she believes loves her. Until of course she learns she is not enough and he loves men too… how is a woman, admired by all, just not the man she loved , because he loved men…
@sheilabloom6735
@sheilabloom6735 Ай бұрын
@@randi_godspeed2063She had TB which killed her.
@colleenshea7626
@colleenshea7626 Ай бұрын
@@RogerLivesyfan. He was bisexual.
@RogerLivesyfan
@RogerLivesyfan Ай бұрын
@@colleenshea7626 yes, he was bisexual. But for a woman desired by so many, not to be her husbands’ one and only…..Well, it’s heartbreaking.
@annairwin8147
@annairwin8147 Ай бұрын
NO actress has ever been as beautiful as Viven Leigh was in Gone With The Wind…..my oldest daughter is Bipolar and it’s not a walk in the park🙏😊
@user-jx3yu9gy2v
@user-jx3yu9gy2v 27 күн бұрын
I knew Vivien in the last ten years of her life, and was a frequent guest at both her London home and her exquisite retreat in East Sussex. I believe , in her forties and fifties, she was MUCH more beautiful than in GwtW.
@user-jx3yu9gy2v
@user-jx3yu9gy2v 27 күн бұрын
I knew Vivien in the last ten years of her life, and was a frequent guest at both her London home and her exquisite retreat in East Sussex. I believe , in her forties and fifties, she was MUCH more beautiful than in GwtW.
@deborahmeyer3493
@deborahmeyer3493 24 күн бұрын
She was
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 13 күн бұрын
Did you ever see Marlena Dietrich Hedy lamarr Marilyn Monroe the host of others. She's very beautiful when she was young but deteriorated quickly probably because of her mental condition. She was Scarlett O'Hara after all and always will be
@HotVoodooWitch
@HotVoodooWitch 13 күн бұрын
@@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci she probably deteriorated because of her tuberculosis, although I imagine the shock treatments contributed.
@12thDecember
@12thDecember Ай бұрын
Great episode, thank you. Lawrence and Vivian looked like they were made for each other. A pity that treatment for bipolar disorder didn't exist at the time. The miscarriage must have crushed them both. Being famous is no protection against that kind of emotional pain.
@cookshackcuisinista
@cookshackcuisinista Ай бұрын
And Vivian left her child behind for him! Lust and licentiousness before duty and honour!
@Music_Lover26
@Music_Lover26 Ай бұрын
​@@cookshackcuisinistaVivien maintained a lifelong friendship with her ex-husband and knew that her daughter was better off being raised in a stable home by her ex-husband. I have never read or heard of any bitterness on her daughter's part and later Vivien enjoyed being a grandmother.
@jenniferjones755
@jenniferjones755 16 күн бұрын
Fragile egos is why
@prattleanddaub
@prattleanddaub Ай бұрын
As a UK BA student of Fashion & Textiles, I did my industrial training in the costume department, at the then, Granada Television Studios, in Manchester, Lancashire, north west England. At the time Granada Television was working on a new situation comedy series, featuring the US actor, Stuart Damon. I was introduced to him, at a script reading, which I sat in on. I also met members of the cast of a production of Tennessee Williams,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' with Laurence Olivier, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. Laurence Olivier and Natalie Wood were very gracious. I was standing on the sidelines of the studio, watching rehearsals. During a break, Laurence Olivier walked over to where I was standing, alongside a member of the television studio's continuity personnel. I thought he was going to speak to continuity, but he walked up to me and humbly introduced himself ~ as if he needed any introduction. We spoke for a short while, before he went off for a break. I was also introduced to Natalie Wood, who was very kind. She was stunningly beautiful, though, much shorter than I'd imagined. Robert Wagner looked over at me, stern~faced, then walked away, he didn't seem very friendly. Though, he may have been preoccupied with other matters. A memorable meeting with two renowned contributors to stage and screen.
@BeckyFarkas-he1cj
@BeckyFarkas-he1cj Ай бұрын
His Hamlet was fantastic. Found every nuance, even the humor 😢😢😅😅
@peterryder7941
@peterryder7941 Ай бұрын
Yes, and perfectly put.
@BeckyFarkas-he1cj
@BeckyFarkas-he1cj Ай бұрын
@@peterryder7941 Thank you. I watched it the other night on Tubi and really enjoyed it. Have a good day
@Contessa6363
@Contessa6363 Ай бұрын
No matter what was going on with him he was definitely very handsome.
@renafielding945
@renafielding945 Ай бұрын
We played at the Young Vic during the European Festival in the late sixties. Sir Laurence told us we could call him Larry.
@rx1201
@rx1201 Ай бұрын
Thats my actual name and it tickles me to no end that Sir is also a Larry.
@Liz-cmc313
@Liz-cmc313 Ай бұрын
My favorite movie is Wuthering Heights. I fell in love with him as a young teen. Him and Vivian were a gorgeous couple. I miss the days of black and white films.
@elizabethmartin4328
@elizabethmartin4328 Ай бұрын
Merle Oberon played his love in Wuethering Heights.
@Liz-cmc313
@Liz-cmc313 Ай бұрын
@@elizabethmartin4328 ... I know this. I was just saying what a gorgeous couple him and Vivian were.
@lynnewilliams3859
@lynnewilliams3859 Ай бұрын
Do you mean sparkling black and white.
@blucheer8743
@blucheer8743 Ай бұрын
I agree great film
@rocknhippiecat
@rocknhippiecat Ай бұрын
I watched it and fell in love too. Wuthering Heights is my absolute all time favorite movie!! And I'm 72.😅
@neonh161
@neonh161 Ай бұрын
Laurence Olivier was absolutely mesmerising in Spartacus, one of my all-time favourite movies..
@trainer1634
@trainer1634 Ай бұрын
Charismatic. Would be great if actor & activist Sir Sidney Poitier was chosen for this series. Totally underrated.
@wandah9468
@wandah9468 Ай бұрын
As beautiful as Vivien Leigh was, she was a nightmare to live with. As much as he loved her, her manic depression took a toll on Larry's health. The biography of Vivien Leigh describes the absolute turmoil she put them both through. Rest in peace, Sir Laurence Olivier.
@Moonsiren777
@Moonsiren777 Ай бұрын
It wasn’t her fault. She suffered from a horrible disease and was imprisoned by it most of her life. Her destructive antics were not a product of her free will. It was the behavior born of a chaotic brain chemistry
@briankocheraabcdt4628
@briankocheraabcdt4628 Ай бұрын
​@@Moonsiren777Sadly, they didn't have the arsenal of medications we have today.
@louisemcnish1657
@louisemcnish1657 Ай бұрын
No uni​@@Moonsiren777
@shanenoel1270
@shanenoel1270 Ай бұрын
​@@briankocheraabcdt4628Arsenal of Medicine?? You mean the toxic medicine that never cures anyone but just pacifies them for a moment and then they're back where they started. It's criminal what these socalled doctors are doing to their patients.
@barbaraduma5621
@barbaraduma5621 Ай бұрын
I could be wrong here, but I could swear the photo of ‘Lawrence Olivier’ shown from 1:38-1:47, was actually Ronald Colman.
@anthonytroisi6682
@anthonytroisi6682 Ай бұрын
In the beginning, Olivier captitalized on the resemblance.
@AstridSaunders
@AstridSaunders Ай бұрын
Spot on it is Ronald Coleman for sure
@GiftSparks
@GiftSparks Ай бұрын
You are spot on!
@simontaylor2319
@simontaylor2319 Ай бұрын
Didn't notice your comment so wrote my own observation above
@annettewalter2273
@annettewalter2273 Ай бұрын
I thought the same thing😊
@jamesmiller4184
@jamesmiller4184 Ай бұрын
I'm sorrowful that Sir. Laurence's life was not more settled and easy. 'Tumultuous' seems to have been more descriptive of it than not. He certainly gave his all to us, and will forever be remembered and viewed as in life.
@rozchristopherson648
@rozchristopherson648 Ай бұрын
Yes, he did give us everything in his performances. ❤️
@sharonmiller868
@sharonmiller868 Ай бұрын
Love Laurence Olivier...he was amazing. I have watched Pride and Prejudice and Rebecca more times than I can remember. He and Vivian Leigh were incredible together. I do feel sorry for his last wife. If it had not been for Vivian's bipolar I really don't think they would have split, and Joan Plowright must have known that
@618B
@618B Ай бұрын
Henry Cavill has a resemblance to a young Olivier.
@trainer1634
@trainer1634 Ай бұрын
Yes, he does
@mdtdbe
@mdtdbe 26 күн бұрын
Yes, but Cavill is even better looking.
@clodaghthessen717
@clodaghthessen717 23 күн бұрын
@@trainer1634No he doesn’t at all, it is not about looks entirely it’s about sexuality,intensity,voice etc,Cavill does not come close!
@Debbie338
@Debbie338 12 күн бұрын
I thought so, too, when they first showed his young self.
@TheRickie41
@TheRickie41 Ай бұрын
And he was. The greatest of all time. May he rest in peace.
@kangadillo
@kangadillo Ай бұрын
I loved him in Wuthering Heights. He made me cry.
@annieb5146
@annieb5146 Ай бұрын
Also Wuthering Heights was an exceptional vehicle for his great talent.
@MillieonaVespa
@MillieonaVespa Ай бұрын
My favourite!❤
@BrianBrewer-bv1fg
@BrianBrewer-bv1fg Ай бұрын
I agree sir Laurence Olivier is 1 of the greatest actors then and now. Thank you. ❤😊
@dennisa946
@dennisa946 Ай бұрын
I thought he was superb in 'The Entertainer'.
@anamairarezendedebritogama3
@anamairarezendedebritogama3 Ай бұрын
He was really the greatest actor of his generation....
@trainer1634
@trainer1634 Ай бұрын
AND BEYOND ........
@rozchristopherson648
@rozchristopherson648 Ай бұрын
No villain is worse that Olivier's portrayal of Dr. Christian Szell, "the White Angel" ("der weiße Engel") in "Marathon Man" with Dustin Hoffman. That was the performance of a lifetime.
@sueblankenship9441
@sueblankenship9441 Ай бұрын
Yes, he had an incredible range. I don't think there's an actor today that compares to him.
@moragmacgregor6792
@moragmacgregor6792 Ай бұрын
My first husband, himself a talented actor and director, walked out of Marathon Man as a result of the content and Olivier's performance. We saw hundreds of movies during our marriage but he never left another film in protest. Never.
@rozchristopherson648
@rozchristopherson648 Ай бұрын
@@moragmacgregor6792 What was the protest about?
@robertfairholm2517
@robertfairholm2517 Ай бұрын
People vaping in front seats
@rozchristopherson648
@rozchristopherson648 Ай бұрын
@@robertfairholm2517 Well, fortunately back then, there was no such thing as vaping. 😊
@joanbroad3528
@joanbroad3528 Ай бұрын
He and Vivien never ever stopped loving each other!
@PhDrSeuss
@PhDrSeuss Ай бұрын
My exact words...I agree with you 😊
@anthonytroisi6682
@anthonytroisi6682 Ай бұрын
She never stopped loving him but he eventually wearied of her and her problems.
@suedarnell6
@suedarnell6 Ай бұрын
​@anthonytroisi6682 It can happen. My mother was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who spun out of control for 10 years. My 2 sisters and I were young adults who were still looking for our own footing, having survived the very man who sent her into insanity - our own father who had mentally and physically abused us our whole lives. We did the best we could with our mother. We certainly didn't abandon her, but the times were different and the treatment in the late 70s was not like it is today. We did everything for her that the law allowed us to do, which was very limited, because she was an adult. Period. She died so young of breast cancer because the law left her to make her own decisions. She had a planned vacation to see her brother and his family in California that was several months away. She knew she had the lump, but decided to wait until she got back from her vacation to have it checked. It ended up being a 6 month delay and that delay killed her. Is that the decision making process of a sane person? No, it is not, but they refused to let us put her some place where she could get the help she needed to start making good decisions again. And so, I lost my little Mommy at 51 years old. She didn't have to die. It still makes me sad and angry at the same time. About 10 years later, my little sister came to my house in Atlanta from her home in WPalm Beach FL with cotton balls in her ears because she told me 2 Irish guys in her office were r@ping her thru her ears. And so began a 100 mph roller coaster that may or may not be over. Because she WOULD NOT take her medicine, it starts to become difficult to remain sympathetic. The medication brings her back to the point of lucid sanity, so the decision to stop taking it is made with a clear mind. I have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars, left my home, my husband, and my young daughter to go look for her when she has disappeared. Finally finding her in jail 2 counties away. I cut her off in 2011. I was done. No more. I wasn't going to allow her to keep my life in turmoil if she wasn't going to ever try. I'm almost finished, I promise. It's important that you know that she is 67 years old and she has a colostomy bag. In 2020, she left Florida on an impromptu road trip. She was arrested 2 times before she got to the Georgia border. I am listed somewhere as her contact relative which is why I know this. It's also why I know that she was arrested 4 times in Georgia, once in South Carolina, once in Virginia, and 2 times in Tennessee. She fights with the cops and they arrest her. Then they call me. I do the same thing each time, which is I tell them that she is a diagnosed psychotic schizophrenic and they need to Baker Act her and get her to whatever place it is that they send their mental cases to. They do exactly that, a nurse calls me, gets more detailed medical information, and informs me that, unless she specifically gives them permission to talk to me, they will not be in contact with me again due to hippa laws. She never gave them permission to talk to me. Since she started this road trip, she has never gone more than 6 months without getting in some kind of trouble. I haven't heard a word from or about her since June of 2022. I hope I'm wrong, but I feel in my heart that she has messed with the wrong person and they have killed her. My life has been filled with the undercurrent of insanity since I was 19 years old. It's like a type of pain - sometimes it's chronic and others it's acute, but it's always there. And no matter how badly you want to have a peaceful normal life, you never will because thinking your baby sister is possibly laying is a field somewhere, waiting to be found so she can be identified by the serial number on her colostomy bag is not living a normal life. Why couldn't she just take her pills?
@greggoreo6738
@greggoreo6738 Ай бұрын
The Dude had a beautifully symmetrical FACE!!
@trainer1634
@trainer1634 Ай бұрын
Handsome. Absolutely 💯%.
@sheilabloom6735
@sheilabloom6735 Ай бұрын
One of Leigh’s problems is that during her manic periods she was promiscuous. In his autobiography Olivier said he regretted not being able to deal with her illness.
@jaggg.3821
@jaggg.3821 Ай бұрын
Oh yeah totally like you said it was the illness the maniac episodes left her with and hyper active Sex Drive ah Nymphomania I think?
@jennyadee913
@jennyadee913 Ай бұрын
Sometimes I grow weary of the psychiatric pathologies attributed to bad behavior. I suspect keeping thin , popping pills ,drinking , pressure were more likely culprits.
@user-cj4dq8tz1c
@user-cj4dq8tz1c 18 сағат бұрын
i know, prociscuous is a system or a side effect of the maniac episodes. i suffered from it in my 20 to 50 and as much fun as it sounds to most people, it is not. it is shaming, guilt on both sides. blame on both sides. Drs offices laugh at you behind your back. the libido slows down after 50 but the guilt never goes away. Rebecca obviously suffered from it. fortunately there is medication today which helps and therapy also explains it to our minds, but sometimes it is hard for the mind and the brain to forgive and forget.
@user-cj4dq8tz1c
@user-cj4dq8tz1c 18 сағат бұрын
please and im begging you dont use the blame game on either side. if someone suffered severe migranes you woould not be so unkind.
@udayansen1446
@udayansen1446 Ай бұрын
Heads up: the photo at about 2:10 is of Ronald Colman, not Olivier.
@timothysmith7888
@timothysmith7888 21 күн бұрын
It’s pronounced, “PLOW”, as in “ow” as in How Now Brown Cow, Joan PLOWright. Are you AI?
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
You often have to catch them at pictures they'll throw in somebody that has nothing to do with it
@liz.j6822
@liz.j6822 Ай бұрын
Everyone was sleeping with everyone
@megnotes7908
@megnotes7908 Ай бұрын
And they still are - and always will be! 😁
@minimaker5600
@minimaker5600 Ай бұрын
I've listened to biographies of both Olivier and Leigh; they were screwing everybody in sight; why VD wasn't a major problem I don't know.
@bodnica
@bodnica Ай бұрын
​@minimaker5600 it was hidden! ERROL Flynn had VD and was disformed by the disease ....revealed by his autopsy.
@sanfordpress8943
@sanfordpress8943 21 күн бұрын
And everyone still does
@thechickylala
@thechickylala Ай бұрын
The chaotic dynamics of passion......yes, this video/story is the epitome of that.
@TheJoan48
@TheJoan48 Ай бұрын
It doesn’t have to be a competition about who was greater. Both were the greatest. Clark Gable was miffed during shooting Gone with the Wind that Vivian only had the hots for Lawrence.
@user-fq8rs7rz3i
@user-fq8rs7rz3i Ай бұрын
Gable thought he was Gods gift, but he wasn’t. 🤣
@user-iw6yo4zf4m
@user-iw6yo4zf4m Ай бұрын
@@user-fq8rs7rz3i Gable wasn't even a good actor, and Viviеn Leigh was disappointed and irritated during the filming, аs far as I know...
@Violet3017
@Violet3017 29 күн бұрын
Very conceited and arrogant in my opinion. He had such a BIG HEAD, literally!
@aliciarobertson4979
@aliciarobertson4979 Ай бұрын
Olivier had a cleft chin not shown in the photo at 1:40 which is of Ronald Coleman not of Olivier! Coleman was another highly popular actor.
@sockjuice8795
@sockjuice8795 Ай бұрын
I'm glad someone else noticed the picture of Ronald Coleman. I thought I had imagined it.
@susanm1109
@susanm1109 Ай бұрын
Thank you! Ronald Colman’s eyes are unmistakable.
@dieterfuessenich6590
@dieterfuessenich6590 22 күн бұрын
In the most Hollywood movies he took Center Pieve of cast (like in SPARTACUS) Sir Laurence was synchronized by Siegfried Schürenberg for the German Version. In THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (LORD NELSONS LETZE LIEBE, 1939/ 1940] he got synchronized by Joachim Fuchsberger by German voice was
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
Good for you that is calm and I missed it too
@TheWhore2culture
@TheWhore2culture Ай бұрын
One can only say what know about people & judge them as they treated you & others. He & his last wife - an absolutely superb actor in her own right - were friends of my parents. The endless eulogising about this old ham are frustrating, particularly when the pedestal he's standing on is made out other actors,mainly women,whom he treated like dirt. His worst behavior was directed toward Marilyn Monroe,during the filming ,in England of " The Prince & The Showgirl. It was during filming that his rampant misogyny really came to it fore. Behaving as if the project was entirely his idea. It was in fact Monroe, who upon seeing a stage version of Terrence Rattigan's wonderful play,went out of her way to aquire the right to turn it into a movie. Along with her then friend Milton Greene,MMP was founded, making her one of the first actresses to own their own production agency. Olivier was first choice for the deeply repressed 2nd lead & also brought on board as director & an Executive producer a position he demanded as part of his negotiations. As with the vast majority of his projects,he wanted the talented,beautiful but even more fragile Leigh as the lead. As Marilyn had rightly seen,it was a perfect part for her,sadly Oliver's barely concealed misogyny made the production HELL for everyone involved. For all her effort to create the ditsy blond character of MM,sadly too many though that was what she was like in real life. To add to the misery she was technically on her honeymoon to Arthur Miller - indisputably on of the greatest writers of the last century - during production, Olivier made sure to leak the fact that she had the - effectively - one costume she wore,made in various sizes - a practice common from the early days of film,right up to the present - that Marilyn was pregnant & in no small part lost it,due to the endless bullying she received from Olivier,was not known at the time,apart from MM's trusted innner circle,my mother being one of them. Marilyn would have given up ANY & EVERYTHING if it ment she might become a mother. For Olivier a talent she admired & was effectively her partner on the production, to go out of his way to make her life hell,was unforgiveable. He'd done similar things on other productions - like the way he treated a young Joan Fontaine during the filming of "Rebecca - where once again he campaigned for Leigh as the lead; failing to secure this he mentally & verbally abused her,throughout production, going so far as to ear raw garlic before their intimate or kissing scenes whispering filth in her ear before a take; he was further aggravated,when the look of shock & misery only succeed in adding to her performance. For all his vile behaviour "prince & showgirl", though not an immediate success has now been raised to cult status, because of - for the most part - Marilyn's nuanced & cerebral performance. His behaviour toward her degenerated further,when stories of his fondness for rough male trade became known around set; he blamed Marilyn for this,though as we now know,she herself was bisexual & would have never "outed" anyone for something she thought of as normal. For all of his supposedly magnificence, on screen & stage, he was moody & oftentimes downright rude. He would repeat the same story,accent, actions & all over & over. His Shakespeare was very much of the old school type & i dont think he ever loved anyone as much as loved himself & the sound of his own voice. Even Plowright wasn't actually living with him at the end. Their relationship had been for the press for quite awhile & nurses did everything for him. I do think its worth rewatching " Rebecca", "The Prince & the Showgirl"& "The Boys from Brazil". Having been brought up around "A" list actors from UK,Europe & America, I was never starstruck; working as an extra&runner on the TV series "Brideshead Revisited", he wasn't the first old man to smack my bottom in passing,it was worth it for the look on his face when i reminded him,he knew my parents. Never meet your idols,is great truism - not that he was ever an idol,in anyway to me - they are just incredibly driven people trying to stay at the top of pyramid with highly unstable foundations,using an ever-changing manuel of how to achieve this much coveted position.
@marthamagee2055
@marthamagee2055 Ай бұрын
Thank you. I was never a fan despite his acting prowess. I don't think he was a very nice person.
@chriscarroll277
@chriscarroll277 Ай бұрын
whoa!
@unam5720
@unam5720 Ай бұрын
That's a really insightful note
@abbatrouble
@abbatrouble Ай бұрын
I think he was frustrated with Marilyn because she was so unprofessional. She was always late and never knew her lines.
@annedonker4795
@annedonker4795 Ай бұрын
this makes sense. I once saw an old tv interview with him from around the time of The Prince & TSG, and he was totally condescending about his co star, Marilyn Monroe. I felt he was being totally UNprofessional towards his acting partner, not to mention disloyal, and have disliked him since.
@solveigmwilder2512
@solveigmwilder2512 Ай бұрын
Loved Sir Laurence Olivier !!The Greatest Actor of all time ! ❤❤❤
@juliesims1296
@juliesims1296 Ай бұрын
The photo at 1.41 is not Laurence Olivier, it is Ronald Colman.
@gerardtoner9191
@gerardtoner9191 Ай бұрын
Absolutely correct, almost unforgivable 😂
@donnabrowne5307
@donnabrowne5307 Ай бұрын
Colman had one of the best voices in cinema. His radio performance of A Christmas Carol is wonderful.
@grigorisgirl
@grigorisgirl Ай бұрын
@@gerardtoner9191Also the voice over kept saying Plo-right, it’s pronounced Plough-right!
@juliesims1296
@juliesims1296 Ай бұрын
@@grigorisgirlAlso Withering Heights!
@juliesims1296
@juliesims1296 Ай бұрын
@@donnabrowne5307Beautiful voice, and the handsomest of men.
@Onegoodmichael1
@Onegoodmichael1 Ай бұрын
My very favorite of all time!
@stephaniecolant
@stephaniecolant Ай бұрын
Well done, thank you 😊
@melodynewsome1308
@melodynewsome1308 Ай бұрын
Wuthering not withering
@marthamagee2055
@marthamagee2055 Ай бұрын
HaHa
@fred3467
@fred3467 Ай бұрын
Why did you include a photo of Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr? Or a photo of Bebe Daniels and John Barrymore? You need to do a better job in your research.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
I don't know why there was done but there should always be a photo of baby Daniels wherever possible I adore her I met her in England many many moons ago she was a lovely lovely woman
@alexrafe2590
@alexrafe2590 Ай бұрын
I’ve never heard Joan Plowright’s name pronounced by anyone other than how one would expect from its spelling. It’s pronounced exactly the same as the farm tilling instrument - a plow - after which it’s named, a maker of plows🙄
@trainer1634
@trainer1634 Ай бұрын
• Sir Lord Laurence Olivier absolutely handsome when younger - very charasmatic AND one of the best actors EVER •
@GRACEGRANT-ni8kq
@GRACEGRANT-ni8kq 28 күн бұрын
I'm so Happy Viven was his True Love as they Both where Genius Actor/Actress Movies/Stage RIP Both of U😘❤😘❤🙏🕯🕯❤
@richardkennedy8481
@richardkennedy8481 Ай бұрын
Joan Plow right.
@RobertHowe-zv7gs
@RobertHowe-zv7gs Ай бұрын
He was truly great actor; who he slept with was his personal business !
@user-cj4dq8tz1c
@user-cj4dq8tz1c 18 сағат бұрын
i agree with this thoroughly. he owed us a performance. if he didnt come thru you are entitled to ask for your money back but if he wanted to sleep with a sheep that is his and the sheeps business.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 13 күн бұрын
😊 I was very pleased with his presentation very nicely put together thank you
@michelodonnell7240
@michelodonnell7240 26 күн бұрын
Fascinating ❤
@carrietezeno3040
@carrietezeno3040 Ай бұрын
Sir Laurence Olivier Was One Of The Greatest Actor Ever They Will Never Be Another
@aimpat34
@aimpat34 Ай бұрын
LORD Olivier.
@solveigmwilder2512
@solveigmwilder2512 Ай бұрын
He was the Greatest Actor EVER !!! My Idol now and forever !!❤❤❤
@JCaroleClarke
@JCaroleClarke Ай бұрын
My favorite film of his was as Richard III. He came closest to the real man even with some modern mannerisms.
@chazzyb8660
@chazzyb8660 22 күн бұрын
Or, as he is supposed to have said to Dustin Hoffman after one very grueling scene, “My dear boy, why don’t you just try acting?”
@MegaWillieo
@MegaWillieo Ай бұрын
I recently watched Olivier in Henry V on KZfaq
@johngriffiths118
@johngriffiths118 Ай бұрын
Richard 11 is excellent . Recommended
@janebrown1706
@janebrown1706 Ай бұрын
I saw that on tv. Was utterly mesmerised. I was there with him!
@user-cj4dq8tz1c
@user-cj4dq8tz1c 18 сағат бұрын
ok you recently watched him. and what are we to take away from this viewing. you watched him. was it a happy experience. did someone force you to watch it. to throw out the statement that you watched him means nothing. i am thinking about watching sparatacus tonight. i have a reason. i watch to watch tony curtis performance. actually not many people care if either i or you watch it again or watch Henry V that sentence means nothing to most people would you like for me to tell the town cryer, or perhaps send an e mail. please let us know something about your experience.
@anacletwilliams8315
@anacletwilliams8315 Ай бұрын
Very nice video. Congrats!
@carasmith549
@carasmith549 Ай бұрын
1:39 - That's Ronald Colman, not Olivier.
@ludovica8221
@ludovica8221 Ай бұрын
Yess I thought so too! Didnt see your comment until after my own
@terryhayes3622
@terryhayes3622 Ай бұрын
Yep, Ronald Coleman. These slipshod vids do that a lot. I watched one about Roy Orbison that showed a still of Gene Pitney. I spose if there's a Gene Pitney story it'll feature a few shots of Davy Jones or Felix Cavalieri. They spare no expense on these extravaganzas!
@ronlittle6448
@ronlittle6448 Ай бұрын
Absolutely! That’s Ronald Coleman! Sadly, that’s the IT world we live in. No accountability. No integrity. Shame on you for being so careless. And, that little girl voice of the narrator undermines - in my book - the validity of the video. Hope these remarks help in the making of your next video.
@chazzyb8660
@chazzyb8660 22 күн бұрын
From his Henry V to his final (TV) King Lear (genius, especially as he goes mad with grief), he made Shakespear seem simple, but so beautiful. Brilliant performances on film in The Entertainer, Sleuth and Marathon Man remain with me. I grew up with his parts in 'Brideshead Revisited' and 'A Voyage Round my Father', just brilliant, so poignant. Sadly I never I saw him on stage, but the film and TV work survives.
@dominiquedelattre8729
@dominiquedelattre8729 27 күн бұрын
tres beau reportage merci a vous
@donnasherwood283
@donnasherwood283 Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@denisemanning6108
@denisemanning6108 Ай бұрын
Timothy Dalton was the best Heathcliff ever.
@Music_Lover26
@Music_Lover26 Ай бұрын
Very interesting bio. I have read more about Vivien Leigh than Olivier so this definitely filled in some of the gaps about him and about their relationship. (A minor point, one of the photos near the beginning of this video was of my favorite actor Ronald Colman, not Olivier. Both brilliant actors, handsome and with wonderful voices as well.) I am currently reading "Truly, Madly", the story of the love affair and relationship of Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
@muslit
@muslit 27 күн бұрын
Olivier was incredibly handsome.
@StuartHanson-fo7iw
@StuartHanson-fo7iw Ай бұрын
She’s blind now is Joan Plowright bless her
@josephinecronin1195
@josephinecronin1195 25 күн бұрын
Unpopular opinion: I always found him arch and wooden. Better striding around a stage declaring stuff than the subtlety required of a great film actor
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
Don't be ashamed and hide away from society I tend to agree with you a bit go and join the world
@juancampbell5399
@juancampbell5399 Ай бұрын
You have to understand that Olivier was an actor for the stage. In films he came across as a ham. See Khartoum where Heston completely overshadowed him. But in the flesh Olivier was the greatest
@mckavitt13
@mckavitt13 Ай бұрын
Speaking of hams, Heston was also, from at least one point of view, a pig. [May those smart little animals forgive me for the pejorative connotation]. 😅
@macbatz6734
@macbatz6734 Ай бұрын
Heston overshadowed him? You must be joking. You obviously haven't seen Khartoum. Olivier has one scene and knocks him for six.
@azinegg
@azinegg Ай бұрын
You could see how much in love they were.
@jamesshiflett1618
@jamesshiflett1618 Ай бұрын
Fast forward to 18:10 if you don't want to hear the dude's life story first... you're welcome.
@jennifergallagher2447
@jennifergallagher2447 Ай бұрын
Which would be a bit stupid, since this video is about Olivier! Says it in the title.
@charlieann456
@charlieann456 Ай бұрын
Thx
@user-qb1sm3rk9r
@user-qb1sm3rk9r Ай бұрын
He was "handsome" I suppose but he had the deadest, most expressionless eyes of any actor I've ever seen
@gwae48
@gwae48 Ай бұрын
drugged......🙄🤔
@Tmanaz480
@Tmanaz480 Ай бұрын
​@@gwae48no... just English.
@alanbradley9621
@alanbradley9621 Ай бұрын
Oh God Make him a politician.​@@Tmanaz480
@janebrown1706
@janebrown1706 Ай бұрын
Brown eyes are hard to read.
@th8257
@th8257 19 күн бұрын
​@@Tmanaz480eh?
@janrobson9247
@janrobson9247 Ай бұрын
He was great in Wuthering Heights
@WLM596
@WLM596 20 күн бұрын
Great job 👏 👍
@vanessacallahan3515
@vanessacallahan3515 Ай бұрын
I see where he got his good looks. To think 20 years later medicine could have given them longer.
@noregrets7469
@noregrets7469 Ай бұрын
The you for bring me this🌹
@tru2harris998
@tru2harris998 Ай бұрын
SEE WUTHERING HEIGHTS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY HES SO POPULAR!!!❤❤❤
@SuzannahGrey-el1lp
@SuzannahGrey-el1lp Ай бұрын
Early in the presentation, you showed a photo of Ronald Colman (The Prisoner of Zenda), another beloved English actor, but definitely not Olivier. My favorite old Olivier films are Pride & Prejudice (he’s a good Darcy) & the maligned but beautiful historical romance That Hamilton Woman, with Vivian. They were gorgeous together!!
@TMoses-rj1og
@TMoses-rj1og Ай бұрын
Joan’s name is pronounced ‘plow’ as in plowing the fields.
@lizstraub6621
@lizstraub6621 Ай бұрын
A I strikes again lol
@elenatoquero2339
@elenatoquero2339 Ай бұрын
Thanks
@grandmaoldschool7011
@grandmaoldschool7011 Ай бұрын
Rumor has him romantically involved with Danny Kaye.
@Bebecat477
@Bebecat477 Ай бұрын
I loved Wuthering Heights.
@maryettamoody5079
@maryettamoody5079 Ай бұрын
Brilliant. Actor
@deenoruve1542
@deenoruve1542 Ай бұрын
Would have liked to hear more about what he did during WWII then who he possibly hooked up with...
@iwasanangryyoungman
@iwasanangryyoungman Ай бұрын
Then again Brando has had a history hooking up with dudes…whether it was James Dean or even Richard Pryor
@velvetalex4766
@velvetalex4766 Ай бұрын
And Paul Newman.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
You can't be the dude that is a very old-fashioned word isn't it dude and I use it too
@user-gx3mw7rx4n
@user-gx3mw7rx4n Ай бұрын
As far as l know Lawrence said he would never speak about Vivien leigh....perhaps unofficial
@raylight3838
@raylight3838 Ай бұрын
Too many opinions, he was great and forever loved
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
There are never too many opinions only too many people not willing to hear them
@simontaylor2319
@simontaylor2319 Ай бұрын
You are showing a photo of Ronald Colman (aka Ronald Cornblow) at 1:42. Handsome couple Jill & larry as was the stunningly beautiful Vivien Leigh. I think that's Olivier climbing the stairs on the, as yet, unfinished National Theatre on the S Bank at 15:16. He, Gieldud & Richardson were, for me, the greatest actors of the 20th C
@user-if7em4vg6i
@user-if7em4vg6i Ай бұрын
yes r coleman
@charlieconnelly5514
@charlieconnelly5514 Ай бұрын
Wonderful video and so well narrated,👌
@davidbennett9691
@davidbennett9691 Ай бұрын
It's narrated by an AI computer voice.
@charlieconnelly5514
@charlieconnelly5514 Ай бұрын
@@davidbennett9691 Yes and it’s so much better than a humans
@Factinate
@Factinate Ай бұрын
All of our videos are researched, created, and narrated by humans. We're glad you enjoyed it!
@charlieconnelly5514
@charlieconnelly5514 Ай бұрын
@@Factinate I sure did enjoy it,was being sarcastic to the AI fellow😉
@maryclifford468
@maryclifford468 29 күн бұрын
Joan Plowright, Larry's last wife wrote a book sometime after his death, wherein she mentioned Sir Larry had an affair with DANNY KAYE!!! They certainly would have been a handsome couple. Kaye was also married long term to Sylvia Fein, his brilliant song writer, manager, wife. I doubt she was unaware of his proclivities. Multiple Hollywood stars back on the golden age were bisexual. They had serial marriages, multiple kids, and numerous boyfriends and girlfriends during their marriages. Two of my faves, Tyrone Power and Errol Flynn had a liaison together in-between their other conquests, but it was far too dangerous if word got out, because both were top box office stars and two careers would have imploded, so they backed off quickly.
@jule3480
@jule3480 27 күн бұрын
Errol Flynn never had an affair with Power of any man. He was a roommate of Niven’s and David wrote how Flynn was suspicious of male actors sexuality and was notoriously homophonic ( not the terms David used)
@judithcressey1682
@judithcressey1682 10 күн бұрын
She did not.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
Sylvia fine was his beard
@maryoleary5044
@maryoleary5044 Ай бұрын
That's Ronald Coleman (photo early on in video)
@cecillec2331
@cecillec2331 Ай бұрын
Whenever someone uses the word "mentor" in the context of Hollyweird or the music industry, I cringe. Right now front and center is the "mentor"ship of P. Diddy of Justin Beiber and Usher. Why do we put these people in pedestals?
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
Because they're all quite short
@mlewis8579
@mlewis8579 Ай бұрын
Lordy he was good looking❤
@Violet3017
@Violet3017 29 күн бұрын
He never appealed to me
@Colorbrush21
@Colorbrush21 Ай бұрын
His first wife Jill was a beauty. She could have been Vivian Leigh's sister.
@janebrown1706
@janebrown1706 Ай бұрын
Watch Henry V, (I think it was) made during the war, cardboard castles. But you were THERE with him. Nothing else comes remotely close! Sorry Kenneth Branagh.
@afaceinthecrowd3652
@afaceinthecrowd3652 Ай бұрын
Why do they show a picture of Ronald Coleman when talking about Lawrence as a young man? Makes me doubt the overall accuracy. And show a picture of John Barrymore around the same point? Can AI not tell the difference when cobbling this together?
@dr5117
@dr5117 Ай бұрын
1:45: That's Ronald Colman, not Olivier.
@PLuMUK54
@PLuMUK54 Ай бұрын
He may have been the greatest actor of his generation, though personally I am not sure, but the greatest of all time is a claim no one can make. We have no idea what the great actors of the past were actually like, just what their reputations were. Also, are they using "actor" for both male and female, or just male. If the former, there are several females who could claim the title, including Dame Sybil Thorndyke and Dame Maggie Smith. In my opinion, Olivier was like the curate's egg, good in parts. His performance ranged from the stunning to the lack-lustre.
@user-rq2es2io8y
@user-rq2es2io8y Ай бұрын
Why use "actor" instead of "actress"? Men are actors and women are actresses. Why not? Silly unisex?
@affieaddict3720
@affieaddict3720 Ай бұрын
❤❤​@@user-rq2es2io8y
@TheNester.
@TheNester. Ай бұрын
Never understood the big hoopla for his acting. I have never watched a movie because he was starring in it, only for other actors.
@lindabranigan1443
@lindabranigan1443 Ай бұрын
Plowright is pronounced like a plow... not plo, like go. Has anyone considered that Leigh's bipolarism could have been exacerbated by Olivier's sexual ambiguity?
@grigorisgirl
@grigorisgirl Ай бұрын
But we British would say it was pronounced like plough!😉
@windwatcher11
@windwatcher11 Ай бұрын
I'd be more suspicious of his misogyny. He was a known jerk to women on set.
@sandisteinberg731
@sandisteinberg731 Ай бұрын
I've always thought he was incredibly hammy. I'm glad I'm not the only one. He lacked emotional depth and insight.
@marthamagee2055
@marthamagee2055 Ай бұрын
He was a formally trained British actor, not a "'let it all hang out " modern actor.
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
British emotional is not the same as ours he doesn't lay it all out like his guts it's different on the other side of the pond
@sandrakenney567
@sandrakenney567 24 күн бұрын
I was only 8 when i first saw Withering Heights and Rebecca but Withering Heights was my favourite and i remember saying im going to marrying him when im 16 not realizing as you got older you age i thought looking at stars on films stay that way for life.i was totally obsessed with Laurance and was jealous of Vivians beauty and getting The man i loved i hated her because of her beautiful looks and when i saw Gone With The Wind i wanted to be Like Viviane Lee she became my idle of beauty and those eyes. I new then i had no hope in getting Laurance.and i then was 18 and understand that cameras where not what i use to think they where.but it never bothered me for (ViV+LAURENCE )Where and will always be my (Girl of Beauty)+ (Man of Desire) .GODBLESS YOU BOTH.REST IN PEACE 🙏🕊🕊🦋🦋🌹🌹AMEN.🌹🌹🌹🕊🕊🕊🕊🙏
@johngibson6758
@johngibson6758 Ай бұрын
Why the picture of Ronald Coleman around 1.54
@Nancybelongs2Jesus
@Nancybelongs2Jesus Ай бұрын
Irene Dunne at 7:42, not Jill Edmond. Irene Dunne was a brilliant and classy actress, love her. 💗
@juliesims1296
@juliesims1296 Ай бұрын
I love her too, classy and funny 😀
@kevinwoplin9322
@kevinwoplin9322 Ай бұрын
At 1.45 it was a picture of Ronald Coleman
@brendadrew834
@brendadrew834 25 күн бұрын
Sad that the late great Vivian Leigh was so beautiful and talented but suffered from a mental illness that we know more about today! And Olivier was super handsome when he was young, along with being a brilliant actor! What a pair they made! Bi-polar and alcoholism is prevalent with certain artists not only back then but even today~ known facts~ may they rest in peace~♥♥♥
@lindacosta3265
@lindacosta3265 Ай бұрын
Joan Plowright was just a cap on a hole in the life of Larry… Here you didn’t tell that after his separation from Vivienne, he was sending her a red rores bouquet, everyday😊…
@musicalme27
@musicalme27 Ай бұрын
Vivian
@Music_Lover26
@Music_Lover26 Ай бұрын
​@@musicalme27Vivien
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
That's all very badly put I'm sorry
@lauramcgowan3740
@lauramcgowan3740 17 күн бұрын
Olivier divorced Leigh , but was still very much attached still to her . His quote the first 10 years was heaven , the last 10 were hell .
@catriverotter9527
@catriverotter9527 Ай бұрын
Ngl, I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when Olivier & young Brando made time! 🤓 Very different in appearance but both physically striking, with massive charisma....
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci 2 күн бұрын
What do you mean by made time
@catriverotter9527
@catriverotter9527 Күн бұрын
@@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci To "make time" is slang from the early- to mid-1900s that means necking or making out. Not full-on sex, but more fun than you'd want your parents to see.... 🤓
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci
@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci Күн бұрын
Thank you I had an idea that that's what it meant but I used to just say nothing open but I don't say any of that anymore​@@catriverotter9527
@jetlagrob
@jetlagrob 25 күн бұрын
Doesn't matter🏳️‍🌈. Love is love❤️.
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