She had a near-photographic memory and knew her lines after one or two readings of a play. Leigh is one of the best actresses of all-time. Her condition was believed to have been triggered by a devastating miscarriage in 1945, but evidence of the illness surfaced long before the incident and before any diagnosis would be then available. In reality, she fought a lifelong battle with bipolar disorder during a time the illness wasn’t discussed. Up until quite recently, Vivien Leigh, the legendary star of stage and screen, was branded with the label nymphomaniac, a derogatory-sounding term which makes it sound like she was a sex addict. Like his character on American Horror Story, Dylan McDermott’s fictional Ernie is renowned for a certain largesse, and he bestows his beneficence on Leigh, who also carries a secret. At the after party, all of the celebrities entertain illicit passion for a predetermined price. In between bites, and biting remarks by the ever-incisive Tallulah Bankhead, we are treated to Vivien Leigh, played by Katie McGuinness, giving an impromptu reading of her captivating and iconic Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). On Netflix’s new series Hollywood, the Stallions of the Gas Station, circa 1947, fill up a dinner party being thrown by legendary filmmaker George Cukor. This article contains mild Hollywood spoilers.
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