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• Collections Cataloguing: Box 7

  

  Hello! I hope you've all had a lovely summer and are enjoying the final few weeks of warm weather before autumn officially starts (although I did see yesterday... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Collections Cataloguing: Box 6 (and Other Things)

  

  Hello! I hope you're all having a lovely summer and aren't sweating it out in the heat too much. Maybe you've been on a nice beach holiday? Climate change: not ... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Collections Cataloguing: Box 5 (and Vivien Leigh in Chinese)

  

  Has spring arrived where you are? We still seem to be stuck in the doldrums of winter here in Northern England. There was a metaphorical bright spot about a wee... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Collections Cataloguing: Box 3

  

  Hello, 2019! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. The new year has brought a new look to this site. I like to freshen things up every few years and... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Year-end Wrap-up 2018

  

  2018. What a year. On a personal note, it's been the best of times. It's been the worst of times. It's been all the times in between. But at vivandlarry.com it'... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Collection Cataloguing: Box 2

  

  Progress report! The Richard Mangan Laurence Olivier Archive cataloguing project is going smoothly. I'm currently finishing up with box 3 and trying to keep... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Corner – Vivien Leigh: Dark Star

  

  Book Corner - Vivien Leigh: Dark Star Since her centenary in 2013 Vivien Leigh has been enjoying an extended moment in the spotlight and I am sure I'm not... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Collection Cataloguing: Box 1

  

  I mentioned a few weeks ago that I'd recently purchased a major Laurence Olivier ephemera collection, which I'm currently in the process of repackaging and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• For Vivien on Her Birthday

  

  105 years ago, in the hill station of Darjeeling, West Bengal, Vivien Leigh came into the world. She's been gone for over half a century but she continues to... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Introducing the Richard Mangan Laurence Olivier Collection

  

  It was the winter of 2009 and I was on my first solo trip to London to research what would later become Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait. Not long before, I... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Vivien Leigh’s Friends: A Call for Help

  

  Vivien Leigh's Friends: A Call for Help *Shouts into the Internet void* HELP! In my last post I wrote about my efforts to preserve Vivien Leigh's snapshot... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Preserving Vivien Leigh’s Photo Albums

  

  Preserving Vivien Leigh's Photo Albums I've been collecting original Vivien Leigh (and Laurence Olivier, but mostly Vivien) memorabilia in earnest for about 1... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• 2017 Year-end Wrap-up

  

  2017 - what a year! Hi, everyone. Are you still out there? I'm a bit embarrassed but haven't fallen completely off the wagon, honestly. The Viv and Larry... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Searching for the Oliviers in Australia

  

  Anyone hard-core history geek knows the thrill of visiting places where one's favorite historical figures lived, worked, or otherwise stayed. Perhaps even more... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Winston Churchill’s ‘Marvellous’ Gift to Vivien Leigh

  

  Winston Churchill's 'Marvellous' Gift to Vivien Leigh Sotheby's recently announced a major sale of objects from the Vivien Leigh estate. On September 26,... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Vivien Leigh: Actress and Icon

  

  Excellent news! Remember about a year ago when I put up a fan survey as part of my research for a chapter in an upcoming Vivien Leigh compilation book? Well,... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• The Extraordinary Emma Hamilton

  

  Few 18th century women other than royalty have managed to capture the public imagination quite like Emma Hamilton. Hers is a true rags-to-riches-to-rags story... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Vivien Leigh at Nymans: Part 2

  

  This is the second of two posts detailing the private view of the V A's Vivien Leigh: Public Faces, Private Lives traveling exhibition, which took place last... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Vivien Leigh at Nymans: Part I

  

  Seventy degrees and sunny, yesterday was absolutely perfect for a country outing. Robbie and I, along with curator Terence Pepper, took the train down from... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• On a Boat with Natalie Wood and Laurence Olivier

  

  You may not know this, but Laurence Olivier adored Natalie Wood. They worked together in 1976 on a TV version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, in which she starred as... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES