I would like to have seen Vivien in it, too. Somewhere I read that she was actually better for the role because Elizabeth was too young for the character, who was supposed to be closer to Vivien's age.
Yes. I can understand how you feel. Her life had incredible highs & lows. Heartbreaking....to say the least. Just yesterday at our local Barnes & Noble, I browsed thru a book about the lives & marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh ("Truly, Madly"). She obviously was bipolar or had a similar mental affliction. Today she probably could have been helped by the many medications they now have for such illnesses. So sad.
@@jubalcalif9100 Yes. Many beautiful Divas had mental problems: Gene Tierney, Veronica Lake, Joan Crawford and many others. It's very difficult to be a star.
@@jennyp4934 I mean that Taylor was a `STudio Princess` and that Leigh as a renegade. Selznick never wanted Leigh to make another film after `Wind` as he felt it might tarnish her Scarlett O`Hara image. Of course this is true but she was an actress after all and WON (to Selznick`s dismay) another Oscar for `Streetcar`. Taylor was a `Studio Princess` and cattered for all the politicking necessary to advance one`s career. If you read about circumstances in Colombo when shooting this film you will see that Leigh was `driven` into a breakdown and Taylor was right there ready and eager to jump into the role. There is one scene which is Leigh from the rear that passes for Taylor in the film. The director I guess thought noone would notice. Boy, that shot tells the tale. The difference between Leigh and Taylor in one shot, and from the rear. Leigh is a gazelle. Taylor is well, NOT a gazelle...
Vivien Leigh ended up being the most highly-paid location double of all time, when, unfortunately, after suffering a breakdown when the film returned to Hollywood to shoot interiors, she had to be replaced. Reportedly, Jean Simmons and Claire Bloom were also considered as replacements, but Elizabeth Taylor got the role. Certain scenes in the film (including one where Vivien did a snake-charming bit in the local marketplace) were not duplicated for the re-shoot (which was done entirely in Hollywood, using background footage shot in Ceylon). As a result, the film lost a lot of its on-location aura. Incidentally, Vivien Leigh was born and spent her early childhood in India. She suffered from both tuberculosis and bipolar disorder. She was one hell of an actress.
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte lost a lot of its genuine Louisiana on-location aura when Joan Crawford was replaced. It is said Vivien Leigh was considered to replace Joan in the role of Miriam.
I think Vivian would have been fine but Elisabeth was a much better choice in the end. Just like I don't think Elizabeth would have ever made it as Scarlett.
PRETTY OBVIOUS HERE SHE WAS NOT WELL....ALMOST FELL OFF THAT HORSE....SHE WAS ALWAYS IN LOVE WITH LARRY SO ALL HER AFFAIRS...MEANT NOTHING TO HER.. WOMANIZER FINCH WAS NOT A GOOD CHOICE.....LIZ WAS WRONGLY CAST AS HER REPLACEMENT IN THIS FILM..LIZ.HAD NOT LEARNED TO ACT YET...
I agree Vivien Leigh with her mental health problems some times did not know what she was doing , l heard she was Running after Peter Finch shouting Larry Larry on set, so sad, but in my apinion she was the most beautiful women in the world and if she did not have those mental health problems and made more films she would have been up there with the greats if not the best
@@sweetbitter2 That's why we have long shots of Vivien still in the movie. They didn't want to waste all of the location work they had already done. Elizabeth matched the closeups and two-shots back in studio.
Vivien Leigh accused one of the locals of abuse and an attempted attack upon her person. On this basis I believe she was dismissed from the film and subsequently was referred for shock therapy. A great tragedy..an unfair scenario...and an antifeminist stitchup. Viv was different from Liz. Viv believed men were capable of love and that she was worth loving. Liz was a cynic from the start.
Thank you very much for uploading this fascinating video ! I was hoping the footage with the original female lead (Vivian) could be seen. A shame she had that nervous breakdown & couldn't finish the film. Her replacement (Elizabeth Taylor) was good but I am sure a talent like Vivian would have offered up a more powerful performance. I have read that they left many long shots in the finished film that were of Vivian.
I was wondering the same thing. I've read many times that when asked, Elizabeth Taylor said she thought Vivien was the most beautiful woman in the world.
@@daphneduryea9136 That's absolutely correct. When womaniser Finch met Vivien , she was unwell and very vulnerable. Although Vivien was a highly intelligent and exceptionally intellectual lady. I don't condone cheating but I'm also a realist, these things do happen. Vivien and Sir Laurences marriage was already broken down. It must've been terrible for her back then, as there was no medication. Now scientific research has caught up with the illness. It was said that when she was on a low, she was so depressed, she couldn't even get out of bed. She was so low , she was suicidal. Now may you R.I.P Vivien.💔💔💔🙏🙏xx.
He did, but he was married with a child (though that didn't stop him) and he didn't know about her mental illness until it manifested and was not equipped to handle it.
Elizabeth Taylor obviously contrived the whole thing and got the ET Mafia to undermine Vivien Leigh. The part gave Elizabeth the turnaround role that she needed to make it as an adult star (vs child star) in Hollywood. Elizabeth Taylor was the nastiest, the craftiest, the most manipulative star ever.
Lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such slander!!!!!!! First of all Conspirator was the first film of her adult career that would try to change her from a child star into a adult star. A place in the sun would definitely be a breakout film for her afterwards so the thought that she would need elephant walk (a B movie) to help her career is ludicrous. Elizabeth Taylor is one of the greatest souls that has ever blessed this world. How dare you every say anything so disrespectful to a woman who devoted her life to helping others.
@@erichschmidt6717 Why because I`m saying Liz Taylor was the ultimate Diva and connived to get Viv Leigh kicked off `Elephant Walk` for being nuts. Course she did.She was a Diva all her F+ life. Get them before they get you.
@@Lil_Jackers Viv Leigh was still int he running as a glam brunette..bagged Scarlett O`Hara over all the American girls. `Elephant Walk` was a plum role for Taylor as she was honing her adult screen image and she made damn sure she got it. Actually her crappy performance made it a `B` movie as it ruined `Cat on a Hot Tin Roof`. Paul Newman knew it. Liz Taylor is pure porn. Leave it to the president of N. Korea who is a big Taylor fan. I am to the left of this guy who because of his obsession with Hollywood porn don`t think is a real threat.
@@sandrashevey8252 WTF? Elizabeth Taylor was a very good actress (even as a teenager) and she ADORED Vivien Leigh. I wished they had taken her for the part of Stella in Streetcar or Leigh instead of Miss Bennett for Father of the Bride because both women looked very similar. Of course there is no doubt that Leigh was one of the best (if not THE BEST) actress and the greatest beauty ever and it´s a pity her movie career was very limited (I would have loved to see her in Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Leave her to Heaven; Paradine Case, War and Peace just to name a few...)
the colombo airport looks the same till today.. even when you go inside the terminal building, the seats, doors and rooms all similar to during 1920s.
There was no airport in Colombo in the 1920s
Elizabeth Taylor was great, but I do wish I could have seen Vivien in the movie. She also would've been great.
I would like to have seen Vivien in it, too. Somewhere I read that she was actually better for the role because Elizabeth was too young for the character, who was supposed to be closer to Vivien's age.
I certainly have a notion to second THAT emotion ! Ms Taylor was of course very good, but Ms Leigh would have given the role a powerful edge.
Yes, but the movie story wasn't interesting anyway.
I'm in tears. Poor, poor, little and sweet Vivien.
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Yes. I can understand how you feel. Her life had incredible highs & lows. Heartbreaking....to say the least. Just yesterday at our local Barnes & Noble, I browsed thru a book about the lives & marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh ("Truly, Madly"). She obviously was bipolar or had a similar mental affliction. Today she probably could have been helped by the many medications they now have for such illnesses. So sad.
@@jubalcalif9100 Yes. Many beautiful Divas had mental problems: Gene Tierney, Veronica Lake, Joan Crawford and many others. It's very difficult to be a star.
She would have been great in this movie but so was Liz Taylor
Liz Taylor BECAME a star because she was an evil conspirator.
@@sandrashevey8252 what do you mean?
@@jennyp4934 I mean that Taylor was a `STudio Princess` and that Leigh as a renegade. Selznick never wanted Leigh to make another film after `Wind` as he felt it might tarnish her Scarlett O`Hara image. Of course this is true but she was an actress after all and WON (to Selznick`s dismay) another Oscar for `Streetcar`. Taylor was a `Studio Princess` and cattered for all the politicking necessary to advance one`s career. If you read about circumstances in Colombo when shooting this film you will see that Leigh was `driven` into a breakdown and Taylor was right there ready and eager to jump into the role. There is one scene which is Leigh from the rear that passes for Taylor in the film. The director I guess thought noone would notice. Boy, that shot tells the tale. The difference between Leigh and Taylor in one shot, and from the rear. Leigh is a gazelle. Taylor is well, NOT a gazelle...
@@sarajohann8711 i will Google that, thank you.
@@jennyp4934 Sara and I share the computer. The message is from Sandra Shevey
Vivien Leigh ended up being the most highly-paid location double of all time, when, unfortunately, after suffering a breakdown when the film returned to Hollywood to shoot interiors, she had to be replaced. Reportedly, Jean Simmons and Claire Bloom were also considered as replacements, but Elizabeth Taylor got the role. Certain scenes in the film (including one where Vivien did a snake-charming bit in the local marketplace) were not duplicated for the re-shoot (which was done entirely in Hollywood, using background footage shot in Ceylon). As a result, the film lost a lot of its on-location aura. Incidentally, Vivien Leigh was born and spent her early childhood in India. She suffered from both tuberculosis and bipolar disorder. She was one hell of an actress.
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte lost a lot of its genuine Louisiana on-location aura when Joan Crawford was replaced. It is said Vivien Leigh was considered to replace Joan in the role of Miriam.
Very true. Vivien was offered the role, but turned it down.
This is the crafted work of a Vivien Leigh fan...she is well served
I think Vivian would have been fine but Elisabeth was a much better choice in the end. Just like I don't think Elizabeth would have ever made it as Scarlett.
love her forever. from China
Vivien and Elizabeth had similar faces and almost the same height.
PRETTY OBVIOUS HERE SHE WAS NOT WELL....ALMOST FELL OFF THAT HORSE....SHE WAS ALWAYS IN LOVE WITH LARRY SO ALL HER AFFAIRS...MEANT NOTHING TO HER.. WOMANIZER FINCH WAS NOT A GOOD CHOICE.....LIZ WAS WRONGLY CAST AS HER REPLACEMENT IN THIS FILM..LIZ.HAD NOT LEARNED TO ACT YET...
I agree Vivien Leigh with her mental health problems some times did not know what she was doing , l heard she was Running after Peter Finch shouting Larry Larry on set, so sad, but in my apinion she was the most beautiful women in the world and if she did not have those mental health problems and made more films she would have been up there with the greats if not the best
Spot on.
Spot on was ment for Jim.
such a schame that poor Vivien couldn't finish the film, she was an amazing actress..
Себя позорься!!! 👎👎👎🖕
As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !
1:42 I think that's Liz Taylor. We can't tell anyway.
Elizabeth never went to Ceylon to shoot any of the location work.
Will Krupp humm, thanks.
@@sweetbitter2 That's why we have long shots of Vivien still in the movie. They didn't want to waste all of the location work they had already done. Elizabeth matched the closeups and two-shots back in studio.
@@willkrupp5316 A gazelle in some scenes, a farm horse in others. The dichotomy tells the story.
@@sweetbitter2 Don`t think I`d ever thank a `Krupp`.
Vivien Leigh and Peter Finch had an affair while filming this film. They were both married at the time.
Viv was still married to Larry Olivier
@@bettietorres6193 And Finch was married at the time too, his wife was a ballerina with one of the Ballets Russes offshoot troupes.
Womannizer Finch got Vivien Leigh when she was at her weakest point.
Vivien Leigh accused one of the locals of abuse and an attempted attack upon her person. On this basis I believe she was dismissed from the film and subsequently was referred for shock therapy. A great tragedy..an unfair scenario...and an antifeminist stitchup.
Viv was different from Liz. Viv believed men were capable of love and that she was worth loving. Liz was a cynic from the start.
Sandra- you're a moron !
Sandra Shevey you're a dumb bi...
Sources please? I love Viv but I need proof to believe that another star was such a b****.
@vivienleighinfo Cool. R there a lot of scenes with Vivien?
Awesome video! Where did you get all of the clips?
Thank you very much for uploading this fascinating video ! I was hoping the footage with the original female lead (Vivian) could be seen. A shame she had that nervous breakdown & couldn't finish the film. Her replacement (Elizabeth Taylor) was good but I am sure a talent like Vivian would have offered up a more powerful performance. I have read that they left many long shots in the finished film that were of Vivian.
Thank you for making this video.
I heartily concur !
Did Vivien and Elizabeth ever meet?
I was wondering the same thing. I've read many times that when asked, Elizabeth Taylor said she thought Vivien was the most beautiful woman in the world.
@@daphneduryea9136 Elizabeth Taylor got that right.
@@daphneduryea9136 That's absolutely correct. When womaniser Finch met Vivien , she was unwell and very vulnerable. Although Vivien was a highly intelligent and exceptionally intellectual lady. I don't condone cheating but I'm also a realist, these things do happen. Vivien and Sir Laurences marriage was already broken down. It must've been terrible for her back then, as there was no medication. Now scientific research has caught up with the illness. It was said that when she was on a low, she was so depressed, she couldn't even get out of bed. She was so low , she was suicidal. Now may you R.I.P Vivien.💔💔💔🙏🙏xx.
@@garypatterson2055 Well said and well put.
Elizabeth a cynic? She married Richard Burton TWICE.
1:20 short girl probs......
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did peter love viv?i am not known with the story how peter looks at viv.
I think he did. Tbh I prefer her with him than with Larry.
He did, but he was married with a child (though that didn't stop him) and he didn't know about her mental illness until it manifested and was not equipped to handle it.
@@sweetbitter2 he used her just for sex, always was a womannizer,he did the dirty on Larry who discovered
Him and brought him to England.
why vivien and not elizabeth?
Elizabeth Taylor obviously contrived the whole thing and got the ET Mafia to undermine Vivien Leigh. The part gave Elizabeth the turnaround role that she needed to make it as an adult star (vs child star) in Hollywood. Elizabeth Taylor was the nastiest, the craftiest, the most manipulative star ever.
Sandra Shevey you're old and bitter and probably live with a 100 cats
Lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Such slander!!!!!!! First of all Conspirator was the first film of her adult career that would try to change her from a child star into a adult star. A place in the sun would definitely be a breakout film for her afterwards so the thought that she would need elephant walk (a B movie) to help her career is ludicrous. Elizabeth Taylor is one of the greatest souls that has ever blessed this world. How dare you every say anything so disrespectful to a woman who devoted her life to helping others.
@@erichschmidt6717 Why because I`m saying Liz Taylor was the ultimate Diva and connived to get Viv Leigh kicked off `Elephant Walk` for being nuts. Course she did.She was a Diva all her F+ life. Get them before they get you.
@@Lil_Jackers Viv Leigh was still int he running as a glam brunette..bagged Scarlett O`Hara over all the American girls. `Elephant Walk` was a plum role for Taylor as she was honing her adult screen image and she made damn sure she got it. Actually her crappy performance made it a `B` movie as it ruined `Cat on a Hot Tin Roof`. Paul Newman knew it. Liz Taylor is pure porn. Leave it to the president of N. Korea who is a big Taylor fan. I am to the left of this guy who because of his obsession with Hollywood porn don`t think is a real threat.
@@sandrashevey8252 WTF? Elizabeth Taylor was a very good actress (even as a teenager) and she ADORED Vivien Leigh. I wished they had taken her for the part of Stella in Streetcar or Leigh instead of Miss Bennett for Father of the Bride because both women looked very similar.
Of course there is no doubt that Leigh was one of the best (if not THE BEST) actress and the greatest beauty ever and it´s a pity her movie career was very limited (I would have loved to see her in Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Leave her to Heaven; Paradine Case, War and Peace just to name a few...)
it was elizabeth taylor not vivien leigh.