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[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967) Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind"
[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967) Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind"
[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967) Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind"
[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967) Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind"
[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967) Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind"
[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967) Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind"
[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967). Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind".

Rare and desirable vintage 10 x 13 inch doubleweight portrait as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind, one of the truly supreme classic Hollywood portraits, boldly signed and inscribed with outstanding contrast in black ink to a light area of the image. Numbered S.I.P 108-P-122 within the negative, and depicts Leigh in her green spring barbecue dress. In very fine condition. Signed oversized portraits of Leigh in her most celebrated role are extremely rare. 

From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.  He and his husband were close friends of the GWTW costume designer Walter Plunkett and built an important GWTW collection, including many original designs by Plunkett and (according to Plunkett) the most comprehensive collection of GWTW film stills ever assembled.  


Leigh won two Best Actress Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End. But no actress has, nor probably ever will, capture the heart of a nation the way Vivien Leigh did as Scarlett O'Hara.

On December 15, 1939, over 300,000 people arrived at Atlanta's Fox Theatre eagerly awaiting the premiere of David O. Selznick's record three hour forty minute epic, "Gone With The Wind." A Gallup Poll even estimated over 56.5 million people were looking forward to it! Such fanfair seems natural when considering the great pains Selznick took in creating and casting the most famous movie in history.

The search by David O. Selznick for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in the film was one of the most publicized talent searches in Hollywood history. Actresses such as Irene Dunn, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner and Lucille Ball were among those considered for the role. Besides the serious contenders which also included Loretta Young and Katherine Hepburn, casting directors were sent around the country, testing over 1000 unknowns for the role. Then, in December of 1938, even after filming had begun, Myron Selznick, David's brother, brought his candidate, an unknown 25-year-old Vivien Leigh from England. David Selznick immediately cast her for the role as Margaret Mitchell's legendary southern belle "with a seventeen inch waist."

By the time the film premiered in Hollywood (almost three weeks after Atlanta), the Hollywood Reporter headline read: "Gone With The Wind-Magnificent and Supreme Triumph of Film History." Such tremendous responses to the film rocked the film industry. Following the New York Film Critics Awards which named Vivien Leigh as best actress, the Hollywood Reporter exclaimed that the awards were "a revolution" and stated: "Bette Davis who, up to this minute has won every critical voice as the best actress, had to take a back seat for Vivien."

When she won the 1939 Academy Award for best actress, it was in a year in which other nominees includes some of the Silver Screen's most popular stars: Bette Davis, Irene Dunn, Greta Garbo, and Greer Garson!

[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967) Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind"

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[Gone with the Wind] Leigh, Vivien. (1913-1967). Signed Photograph in "Gone with the Wind".

Rare and desirable vintage 10 x 13 inch doubleweight portrait as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind, one of the truly supreme classic Hollywood portraits, boldly signed and inscribed with outstanding contrast in black ink to a light area of the image. Numbered S.I.P 108-P-122 within the negative, and depicts Leigh in her green spring barbecue dress. In very fine condition. Signed oversized portraits of Leigh in her most celebrated role are extremely rare. 

From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.  He and his husband were close friends of the GWTW costume designer Walter Plunkett and built an important GWTW collection, including many original designs by Plunkett and (according to Plunkett) the most comprehensive collection of GWTW film stills ever assembled.  


Leigh won two Best Actress Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End. But no actress has, nor probably ever will, capture the heart of a nation the way Vivien Leigh did as Scarlett O'Hara.

On December 15, 1939, over 300,000 people arrived at Atlanta's Fox Theatre eagerly awaiting the premiere of David O. Selznick's record three hour forty minute epic, "Gone With The Wind." A Gallup Poll even estimated over 56.5 million people were looking forward to it! Such fanfair seems natural when considering the great pains Selznick took in creating and casting the most famous movie in history.

The search by David O. Selznick for an actress to play Scarlett O'Hara in the film was one of the most publicized talent searches in Hollywood history. Actresses such as Irene Dunn, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner and Lucille Ball were among those considered for the role. Besides the serious contenders which also included Loretta Young and Katherine Hepburn, casting directors were sent around the country, testing over 1000 unknowns for the role. Then, in December of 1938, even after filming had begun, Myron Selznick, David's brother, brought his candidate, an unknown 25-year-old Vivien Leigh from England. David Selznick immediately cast her for the role as Margaret Mitchell's legendary southern belle "with a seventeen inch waist."

By the time the film premiered in Hollywood (almost three weeks after Atlanta), the Hollywood Reporter headline read: "Gone With The Wind-Magnificent and Supreme Triumph of Film History." Such tremendous responses to the film rocked the film industry. Following the New York Film Critics Awards which named Vivien Leigh as best actress, the Hollywood Reporter exclaimed that the awards were "a revolution" and stated: "Bette Davis who, up to this minute has won every critical voice as the best actress, had to take a back seat for Vivien."

When she won the 1939 Academy Award for best actress, it was in a year in which other nominees includes some of the Silver Screen's most popular stars: Bette Davis, Irene Dunn, Greta Garbo, and Greer Garson!

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