People who knew her often said Vivien was not only very beautiful, but also very intelligent. She proves that here.

@wombat5628

4 жыл бұрын

and very kind.

@GB-eo6fv

Жыл бұрын

I think if anyone ever thought vivien was unintelligent, they never saw any of her films, never spoke to her in person. Look at how she holds herself in these interviews, especially with the nimwits surrounding her in this video (and it sounds like that goldwywn guy was also in the industry? Which is weird since is clearly a lot less knowledgeable than vivien Leigh).

Vivien Leigh is smart and won’t be shut down! I love her voice and her mannerisms!

Viven Leigh was giving them hell in this interview lmao....she stood up for orson Welles .and Laurence Olivier...she getting ready to slap somebody like she did prissy lmao....

@AnnaLVajda

3 жыл бұрын

She's just assertive if she feels strongly about something she will argue her point. I respect Orson too. Sam there says he will never agree but s moment later he agrees a little so she had persuasion to her. Of course to him she's just an actress he feels he is more of an authority on the subject than she. He thinks he knows Laurence better than her too though which I doubt.

@jedijones

3 ай бұрын

@@AnnaLVajda Sam had a point. Orson's career undoubtedly fizzled out over time.

@griefscapes

3 ай бұрын

💯

She has so much wit! So much charm and poise. I love Vivien Leigh. Surely the smartest one in this interview. RIP Vivien you are so deeply missed!

@BarbaraDavid-tp9rc

Жыл бұрын

She is very irritated and she is "acting" the entire interview

Even in her later years she still looked pretty as hell!!

@MakumbhaShanti

6 жыл бұрын

I agree I thought that she would be old and gray but she is still as beautiful as when she was in gone with the wind.

@nukapuka

5 жыл бұрын

Hell is not pretty.

@yummyyum36719

4 жыл бұрын

Those damned cigarettes. She looked sexy as hell when she smoked them but they destroyed her face in terms of wrinkles. Also she had tuberculosis. Poor thing.

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

@@nukapuka Indeed. Not the best simile I've heard.

@JudgeJulieLit

3 жыл бұрын

Here in circa 1957 she was age 44 years. Had it not been for her globetrotting demanding career, her smoking and tuberculosis, her youth, health and life would have lasted longer.

1:21 when Vivien says "Ah. Well, that's good." I love it :) Her sharp wit kept me laughing during this interview.

Tynan was notorious for writing scathing reviews of anything Vivien or Larry touched. It made my night to hear her put him in his place time and time again! Her friendly sparring with Goldwyn showed her wit and sense of humor. Such a tragedy that we lost her so long ago. Thank you for posting this, it is a real treasure.

@GB-eo6fv

Жыл бұрын

She’s 1000x smarter than him and it shows. Additionally, she shows about 10-100x more class and grace in this interview than him (the reporter/interviewer) which I find endlessly amusing.

@GB-eo6fv

Жыл бұрын

And Tynan was a socialist activist anyways, which clearly took precedent over his “reporting” or “journalism.” That, plus his general lack of intellect (despite his Oxford education), are very clear even in this interview. Didn’t know he despised anything Laurence or vivien did, but given how emotional he is, I’m not surprised. All activists are irrational - they only care about seeing their values represented, and in terms of goals, they only care about their own desired outcomes. They care naught for actual skills, skill sets, intellect, or critical thinking.

I just love Vivien Leigh! I'm obsessed with her face expressions and her laughs every time she has been interrupted again! I would have loved to get a bit more if her opinion here. It makes me kinda sad to know that she's dead, i think of meeting her sometimes -3 :') anyway, she's perfect!

Vivien Leigh was seriously the only woman in the world that was charming and downright adorable when she got mad.

@laccanvas

9 жыл бұрын

Rosie Perez

@TheChannelTV-bt8em

8 жыл бұрын

+laccanvas OH MY GOD! The bitch makes me want to cover my ears!! The comparison to Vivien Leigh is absurd.

@lawrencesait3432

2 жыл бұрын

So right.

Vivien Leigh. Perfectly put together is my opinion. Her speech, her manners, thher composure. Exquisite.

I love to see Vivien Leigh be so bold, forthright and opinionated. These days actresses like that get vilified. She made some great points. It's interested to see them discuss Citizen Kane's future when today it is THE gold standard of film.

@adithalee8660

3 жыл бұрын

She did get villified. They claimed she was a nymphomaniac and maybe this is why, she was giving these men hell which is what most strong minded intelligent demanding women do. And back then that was a no no a woman being so strong minded and independent. I think she would have done excellent and well during our time but definitely villified during that time. Lady gaga and other creative women of today probably would have been vilified and made a nuisance.

I could listen to Vivien Leigh talk for hours. She talks with such class

Lady Vivian Leigh is the only one with any kind of control, intelligence, and any comments she makes are understated, and she stays in with the same quick, lovely, controlled person in the whole thing. She is all "Lady!"

@AnnaLVajda

3 жыл бұрын

Yes she has attitude about her reminds me a bit of Bette Davis that way but she has that British flair to her, her own distinct methods and personality. A bit more sensitive and reserved but a cool confidence to her as well.

Vivien Leigh was so wonderful during this. I wish she would have lived longer to make more wonderful films.

@lanas1149

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

Vivien Leigh’s smile still lights up her face with youth. I never knew she had this strong of a personality.

I think Vivien is the most elegant woman that I've ever seen. What a classy lady, such an incradible actress, and for sure one of the most beautiful women that ever lived. Vivien we love you so so much, I hope to meet you someday in another life ❤ 🥰

It's the second time I watch this interview and can't get enough. Vivien, my fave actress, was so bright and intellectual. Love her argument about Orson Welles. And as the pals said, I enjoyed very much seeing Viv as herself. It was the first time for me too. Thanks for this treasure.

Amazing how Miss Leigh still adores Laurence Oliver, even after their divorce.

My goodness, Vivien Leigh schooled BOTH of these pompous men.

Vivian Leight is so much more brilliant than anyone else in this "Small World" discussion.

Vivien has such class and is so well-composed; even when she feels a little angry.

Vivien is such Queen here. She not only is eloquent but also very much into film (1958) just watching her get pissed off by the comments is for me to be admired. Plus you know she hit the Gin right after the interview!

Just love Vivien Leigh.I could listen to her talk forever.With a face of undefining beauty looking back at you, what more could you ask.

She was amazing! Simply remarkable! No one like her ever again...

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

So true.

Yes they were right!!!...the bad things die, and the good things live on forever like Gone with the wind will live on forever!!!...this means Vivien Leigh's wonderful performance will live on and it will never be forgotten!!!

All three parts of this interview are a film history lesson - Goldwyn seems so representative of the older Hollywood tradition as being a businessman who churned out what the public wanted, and Leigh and Tynan seem so modern by contrast (and maybe a little more foresighted) in knowing the importance of lasting artistic value. All three are fascinating.

@IanThaddiam

9 жыл бұрын

Devin Melancon Yes, and add to this the fact that Tynan was a notoriously rough critic on some of Leigh's performances which other critics praised (most notably her Lady Macbeth) and that his criticisms haunted her and inflamed her well-known mental issues considerably, and you have an incredibly interesting dynamic at work in this odd, uncomfortable little interview. Leigh and Tynan do look, at the start of this interview, primed for a jousting with each other -- it's in both their eyes, particularly in Tynan's (who looks a bit as though he's been set atop a hot griddle) -- and it's quite a testament to them both that the bloodshed between them was diverted. They even agreed on some points. As for Goldwyn... well, my goodness: these literal inventors of Hollywood who made an industry out of guts and moxie and a few cameras are endlessly compelling. They were all a conflicting mixture of crassness and hope and high morals and ingenuity and balls and usury and even some strange manner of class somewhere within it all.

@kakashihatake8712

9 жыл бұрын

+Ian Thaddiam At this point I believe Ken Tynan had been a guest at Notley and they had a truce going...although I agree he looked like he was out to get Viv.. I am pretty sure she could take him though

@suuzq35

4 жыл бұрын

Samuel Goldwyn couldn't even remember the name of the movie "Gone with the Wind".... Seriously.....

"Great things live....... And the bad things die" - truer words never spoken!

@JudgeJulieLit

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, "things," artworks. But great artists eventually die.

Leigh is terrific- it's like watching Scarlett jump ahead 100 years to take on a major player in Hollywood- "Sam, Sam you're wrong there . . . "

XI loved this interview. Vivien was quirky and her smile at the comments of Ken Tynan echoed my sense of humour.She clearly had a soft spot for Sam Goldwyn. Her observations showed insight and intelligence.

I love listening to them discuss directors and movies back in the day, and to be on this end of the time calendar to see what movies made it which ones didnt stand the test of time... Thank you for sharing this....Vivian Leigh shows how a lady handles a debate...no screaming shouting name calling, all it took was a smile, a stern voice, and a look from those green eyes..:)))

@lawrencesait3432

2 жыл бұрын

Those lovely blue eyes.

I love it when at 4:00 Vivien says: 'What does that mean??!!" Wonderful, wonderful interview.... Thank you Taylormayes for posting this! x

she is beautifoul, charming, and with a very strong character............perfection itself

God, Vivien Leigh was a brilliant and magnificent woman ❤️

Wow how brilliant Vivien was!

Goldwyn and Leigh have l left a faaaar bigger legacy than could only be dreamed of by Tynan! Makes me cringe to hear Tynan's sneering sarcasm directed at Goldwyn, although Sam took it in good grace. Sure he'd heard worse....what a life!

@yummyyum36719

4 жыл бұрын

Typical Brit.

@yummyyum36719

3 жыл бұрын

@Roy Bevan Yes I am aware of that..... nevertheless

"Good night, and good luck," Ed. Vivian Leigh has the spit fire personality of Katie Scarlett! Good for her; you can see she respects Sam Goldwin, even when she disagrees with him, unlike her feeling for the critic. She put a little weight on, but is as sexy as she ever was, how about her sexy chain smoking? What a goddess, holding her cigarette as she does. Does she exhale?

To answer (from 54 years after this interview) Mr. Tynan's question whether anyone would watch Cecil B. DeMille films in the far future, "yes," absolutely. Most of Mr. DeMille's films, from his 1927 King of Kings through 1955 The Ten Commandments, are universally relevant classic masterpieces.

@Kareragirl

Жыл бұрын

Outside of true movie buff circles, people neither care for DeMille's movies nor do they know who he was, especially outside of the US. The works of Welles or Billy Wilder, for instance, lasted longer than he did, because great art connects with people and sparks discussion long after it's created and great art usually also doesn't conform.

Good on Vivien shes well able to stand up to people like Sam Goldwin Ken tinon.she was a person not to be fought with .rest in peace viviane Godbless You Amen🙏 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🕊

I LOVE U VIVIEN... R.I.P ;( wish u were still here with us it wouldve been the biggest honor...

Hear! Hear! It would be a great pleasure to hear Vivien and others talk about acting itself (both stage and screen) and about different characters without the arguing. I believe Vivien was trained at the Royal Academy of Drama Arts. I wonder how she would have been as a teacher or lecturer or even as a director. Probably terrific.

It must've been so difficult being a woman before the 60s and women's lib. Viviene was ahead of her time and didn't take crap from her 'superiors'. Love her

Vivien ftw! Tynan is just being downright arrogant and annoying. Sam is okay but offensive towards Orson Welles and he tries to seem like he knows what's best, even when he's wrong which makes him look bad. Vivien is the only person with a brain here- her points were very clear, she's very intelligent and she not afraid to stand up for herself and make a point. Plus, she's so darn cute!

@impassable

8 жыл бұрын

+There'sNoPlaceLikeHome ...I can appreciate Sam's opinions, and yes, she's a cutie

@BadGuyRants

8 жыл бұрын

Watched this 100 times.... getting 2 hear her like this omg 😍

@quinnmorlotti

8 жыл бұрын

+Vivien Leigh same, i just can't get enough of Vivien and her voice omg❤️

@phoenixswanson1561

8 жыл бұрын

Taylormayes GWTW, Waterloo Bridge and A Streetcar Named Desire. Name one other "A" film.

@nukapuka

5 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixswanson1561 Vivie Leigh was the best actress of all times except her beauty was her curse as people are to daft to see byond the outer layer.

It was so exciting to watch Vivien speak her mind and stand up for Olivier's work. It's quite clear that Ken Tynan had great insight and intellect, as did Ms. Leigh. I don't know why some people here have a problem with Tynan in this discussion/interview, because I'm in an altogether different era, yet I share his point on view on so many matters discussed in 1, 2 and 3. Excellent little "film!"

1:18 = CHECKMATE! Vivien for the win :)

@myrrhder8964

8 жыл бұрын

I had to pause the video I was laughing so much! She's amazing!

@alexandras7856

7 жыл бұрын

ughhh she is so perfect

@lanas1149

4 жыл бұрын

She OWNED them both and I mean Kenneth didn’t even know what he was talking about half of the time

Vivien, the best!!!

She's just so graceful.....

She is one of the best actress of all time

vivien is classic you dont get alot woman like her nowdays

Yes, INDEED we’re watching Cecil B. DeMille pictures 50 years later….they’re absolute masterpieces! And will be watched, praised, & treasured for many years to come.

Vivien Leigh facinates me. I was only six when she died but I love her movies and seeing her in this interview was interesting. She's smart, assertive beautiful and classy. Except it's too bad she smoked so much. I t made her voice course and it aged her ... she only 45 when she did this interview. During GWTW she smoked four packs a day. By the way DeMille's pictures and GWTW still are going strong. They're timeless.

Vivien was a strong woman but had love and compassion. She really was special

Very strong woman! If I were her, I would have lost it on them. No one puts Larry down and gets away with it! But she kept calm and used her wit. Love her! Thanks for sharing this!

Vivien was easily the most interesting to listen two and I would like to have heard more from her and less from the rather arrogant guys..

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

Love Vivien Leigh. She really made these men look very ordinary. Classy, intelligent, and Beautiful woman!!

wow, this is fascinating. ive never seen anything like this, these personalities from this era having a frank discussion. Porgy and Bess actually was Goldwyn's last film

the hilarious moment 6:48 when Kenneth says "shakespeare's plays, and some of your films, and anything else Mr. Goldwyn? What else will live?" and Goldwyn just forges onward, ignoring (or possibly totally missing) the sarcasm

@chanellee9762

4 жыл бұрын

yes, they were all sweet to the senile guy to just let him go on like that :)

it seems vivien was charming and coquettish in real life, also!

Vivien was very kindness ❤ and beautiful and amazing actress. I love her so much forever 💛

my goodness! having uploaded this interview has been a total win. thank you for sharing this interview. lots of jewels in here to enjoy in all kinds of respects. brilliant fun!

Ah yes, back when people spoke their mind no matter how shameful the idea, rather than repeat popular politically correct sayings. Back when people were not crucified or insulted for coming up with ridiculous ideas or making no sense. Back when you could disagree wholeheartedly with someone's opinion and yet maintain a respectful "agree to disagree" conversation. I bet you they never imagined the future would be garbage in communication.

This is really amazing footage.

SHE WAS SO SASSY LOVE HER

All three were fantastic!

Goldwyn, as much as I like and admire him, overlooks the fact that Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz's Oscar-winning script for Citizen Kane is the single greatest screenplay ever written. Welles could not have done such a superb job of directing the film if he had not so much invested in the words he wrote and the characters and plot he co-created.

Goldwin had a bevy of talented people to help him make those "classics". Thanks for the flashback. 🙂

This is such a gift! Thank you for posting this!

Thanks for posting this; what a marvelous conversation! I sure wish I could see Maria Callas on "next week's" show. ;-)

Pretty funny that they said Hollywood was no longer the movie capitol. fifty years later, it still is.

What a woman 😍 xxxx

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

You sound like Rhett Butler.

@starsigngirl9789

4 жыл бұрын

David Copson hahaha xxxx

This is really terrific. Thank you for uploading this. I never saw any interviews growing up, although I have read a lot of bios. But interviews of people talking about this craft is fascinating. I have a small 4-minute recording of an interview with Herrmann on film music and it's an incredible gem.

Wonderful, poignant discussion with timeless relevance. Thank you for bringing these viewpoints on art and criticism.

When Mr. Goldwyn started attacking Orson Welles, I lost my mind. Citizen Kane is widely viewed as the greatest film of all time.

she was such a SPITFIRE. ;) that's why she was such a good Scahlett O'Hara! :)

I stumbled across this interview a few years ago here on YT and it remains one of my favorite exchanges! Such interesting perspectives and insightful counterpoints when talking about certain pictures that will live long periods of time... "KT" to "SG" Oh, do tell, what will live exchange was very funny and "VL❤"... "Any🎞others😉?" -💚*🙏🏼

Why thank you love! God Bless!

@HotVoodooWitch I read that Vivien signed a contract of 7 years when she was cast as Scarlett, but she did no film under this contract: after GWTW she went back to England to work on stage with Olivier. And despite of liking the movies her real passion was theater. I think very few actresses had the security and no fear of producers as Vivien. She was unique.

The dynamics are very telling: Goldwyn and Tynan, as men, were very focused on posterity and legacy, though on two different sides of the coin of the film industry - Goldwyn was concerned about success in terms of the box office (in which his points stood) while Tynan was concerned about artistic value (on which he was spot on as well). It's a good thing they had a female perspective to reconcile the two views: Ms. Leigh did little more than point out the appeal she felt in the films and actors discussed, which in itself validates the truth of their artistic legacy. That's the "wisdom" of women for you: optimistic faith and uncomplicated observation. Superficial in retrospect, but this is art we're talking about - what is skin deep in art essentially hits the soul. She was able to cool off the steam given off by the two men, and the patience she brought along just adds to her charm.

@impassable

8 жыл бұрын

+Fenton Abad ....When Goldwyn mentioned the box and the public, I thought about the superhero movies that make so much money now. They aren't very deep, but every six months the public like to escape into to that world for a couple of hours

@MsIthinkthereforeIam

7 жыл бұрын

Fenton wrote "That's the "wisdom" of women for you: optimistic faith and uncomplicated observation". Hahaha and is this YOUR wisdom and intellectual acumen? What a paternalistic, stereotypical, superficial and downright sexist shit you've written. Hahaha you're so Obsolete.

@Basauri48970

5 жыл бұрын

@@MsIthinkthereforeIamAgree with you 100%, thank you for calling it for what it is. How depressing that 10 other users, as of today, would have found those sexist and insane ramblings about the female soul and brain reasonable enough to give a thumbs up.

this was outstanding, a true intellegent serious conversation by 3 very great people, this could not be done today, it would be planned, and every smart ass answer would be given including a studio audience that would over clap and give standing ovations at 3 min intervals

you are right emily nice to see someone who has an opinion that makes sense

"The movie "Wuthering heights" will be a classic, but "Citizen Kane" will be forgotten in 50 years." .... oh well. xD This man is nuts. 6:52 "Shakespeares' thing lived for 100 years and more" .. Shakespeare lived in the 16th century! So yes, 100 years .. and a bit more.

@soulsearchtarot

6 жыл бұрын

He's a doer not a thinker aka the money behind the pictures not the writer, nor director. He provides the funds, artists put on their show, they all get a slice of the profits.

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

@@soulsearchtarot With Sam wanting to control what they do it seems.

@allisonchainz82

2 жыл бұрын

I caught that 100 years thing too, I thought to myself wtf, this guy shouldn't speak about things he knows nothing about!

@GlennaVan

2 жыл бұрын

@@allisonchainz82 Maybe he meant a hundred years in motion picture theaters. ???

I find it really interesting how most of the comments are about how great Vivien Leigh was. I don't dispute it, but there's so much more in this interview than the poise and grace of an actor. She knew that too, no doubt. She performs here too. Sam Goldwyn is doing his best at being himself, Tynan clearly has his stance needling away at Goldwyn, who remains unmoved and oblivious as to how he looks - lacking in awareness, a capitalist (democratic, if you like), experienced and canny, but also of an earlier time. Vivien Leigh knows she is being watched. Her level of intelligence is visible, she's clearly smart, but the seams are more visible than they are in her greatest performances.

Goldwyn described African Americans as naive. That certainly is a political statement, one I suspect Hattie McDaniel's father who fought in a USCT unit during the Civil War would not agree with.

@GlennaVan

2 жыл бұрын

Even if true, naive is better than stupid or cruel.

"Shakespeare has lasted a 100 years or more". Wonderful Goldwynism.

@davidcopson5800

4 жыл бұрын

If Orson Welles was alive today he'd turn in his grave!

Tynan is so arrogant and disrespectful here.

@tomsckay7point0

4 жыл бұрын

nonsense

He meant a producer who supplies the funds (pushes "money under the door") and does nothing else -- "goes away fishing" or to the racetrack or otherwise ignores the production.

I wonder if Tynan ever ate his words in thinking about how well-remembered many of Samuel Goldwyn's films are well into the 21st century? Will Tynan's reviews be as well-remembered and revered as time goes on...and on? One of the reasons producers in the US may've been well-known vs. producers in other countries (if that is really all that relevant) is because the kinds of films the Goldwyn-level producers made were often made on a very grand and hugely-complicated scale requiring tremendous personal drive and commitment to realize. Not so much productions/producers in other countries (with quite a few exceptions, DeLaurentiis etc etc.) Really what this talk reveals is the real beginning of the "changing of the guards" in regards to how films were going to be made, and new types of subjects and treatments. Somewhat an applies and oranges attempt to co-exist together all in one conversational "basket". Interesting, and a bit strained.

😂...The Exasperation! "Ohh GOOD HEAVENS, Mr. G!!!!" -Ken

Lovely chat!

4:00 What does that mean? lmao! Thanks for posting this Taylormayes!

I think Tynan was being an ass to Vivien Leigh, I think his criticisms of African Americans in film is spot on and I am glad someone had such gall to say it to a movie producer such as Samuel Goldwyn.

Sam Goldwyn's views are purely business. Although Orson Welles' movies have stood the test of time, they were duds when they were released. Citizen Kane was not a success in theatres therefore in Goldwyn's mind Welles is not successful. If his movies don't make money then its not a good picture. Leigh (the wisest in this entire discussion) and Tynan prefer the art of films and therefore they look at Welles as a great success. Which is the way he is viewed to this day by many film buffs.

Fascinating! Thank you. Virtual group interview before it's time. Where may I find more "Small World" interviews?

@Taylormayes I couldn't agree more. I agree with Tynan that there is a difference, but I do not think it has anything to do with Vivien being British. I think there is a difference because most of the cast were method actors and she was not. And the difference was totally justified like you said! It couldn't have been done any better!

@LIFEISACAB Hahaha I laughed out loud at that part! She's so brilliant!

Intense discussion!

I love this! Can you share more videos from Small World? Was this a series???

"It seemed to me"

@JAYCO1984

5 жыл бұрын

"Just saying"

At :12 “oh good heavens Mr.G” 😂

You have to be "business" smart to be successful in any industry. You manage money well, and you will be successful.

Are they zooming??? What's going on here