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6. Dez. 2016 · Laurence Olivier's personal papers have been released for the first time - revealing the hidden side of one of last century's greatest actors - including his homosexual "temptation." The Shakesperean actor suggests in his correspondence that he was attracted to old friend Douglas Fairbanks JR, who was noted for his varied sexual tastes.
7. Juni 2019 · Olivier will always lay claim the the greatest actor title, he was good, great at times and worked very hard on that claim, but as time passes so does acclaim, it won't be long before Laurence Olivier is as dusty a name as Henry Irving. Styles change, films from the '30s and '40s, with their clipped speech and historic histrionics are as odd ...
25. Nov. 2021 · An amateur is a lover—amateur, the word, comes from “love”—with all the caprices and the difficulties of love. I don’t feel compelled to work. And Larry does. A professional turns up on Wednesday afternoons. HJ: People say Marlon Brando isn’t very bright. OW: Well, most great actors aren’t.
10. Mai 2023 · Sir Laurence Olivier Ranked as the greatest actor of a generation, he, along with his contemporaries, Gielgud, Ashcroft, Richardson, Redgrave, and Dame Edith Evans, lead the movement to bring theater to the masses.
26. Mai 2019 · Laurence Olivier's accurate assessment of Marilyn Monroe. I'll bet he wouldn't say that to her face today! He looks like he could be Joan Plowright's brother in that video. Maybe people are attracted to what's physically similar to them, even if the similarity shows decades later. R2 Hahaaaaaa, I agree.
2. Nov. 2021 · Carrie (1952 film) starring Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones. Discuss. Offsite Link. by Anonymous. reply 13. November 2, 2021 11:26 PM. This movie celebrates Olivier's appreciation of Wyler teaching him how to underplay. Olivier is handsome and very well-dressed. This story was written by a morbid Socialist who hated American society.
7. Nov. 2021 · Laurence Olivier was Abused by Joan Plowright and his son Richard. Larry and Joan were separated during the last years of his life, the marriage was kept in name for the sake of appearance, she would show up with him only in social events and interview but other than that he was left alone/abandoned. People who met him in the 1970s and 1980s ...
8. Nov. 2021 · Laurence Olivier stepped down from the directorship of the National Theatre in 1973 and became severely ill in 1974. From then on , Larry became of no use to his opportunistic cold wife Joan Plowright. She basically abandoned and mentally abused him (along with her son Richard) . He was not useful to her anymore, only a heavy burden.
3. Jan. 2022 · [quote] Yes, Olivier is synonymous with Hamlet, having won the Academy Award for his performance just as Vivien won her two for Scarlett and Blanche. No, he’s not. Hamlet is the greatest male role in the English language. Laurence Olivier is not the ur-Hamlet. Hamlet is bigger than him. Hamlet is mythic, like Jesus Christ, like Zeus.
23. Nov. 2021 · Laurence Olivier's Heathcliff was profoundly moving to me, much more so than Clark Gable's Rhett Butler performance. Rhett Butler is the most iconic character and the most memorable performance, though. Jimmy Steward deserved the nom but not the award. Now I need to go watch Goodbye Mr. Chips.
