When I saw Rebecca I came to understand why he's so popular. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor. He and Joan Fontaine were fantastic. It's my favorite film in the world. Hitchcock, Olivier, and Fontaine...just, wow. 😍👍🏽🌹
I fell in love with him when he played Heathcliff and his future performances just got better and better . He was not only handsome but one of the best actors ever.
I was studying abroad in Wales when Olivier passed away. The TV stations (almost no cable at that time in the UK) played Olivier's films and had lots of biographical discussions and documentaries about the actor. This went on for several days in tribute to him.
Laurence Olivier was a truly incredible actor, so was Vivian Leigh. I feel sorry for her suffering from Bipolar disorder, that's a hard condition to treat successfully now, let alone back then in Miss Leigh's time.
Not to mention Vivian had to deal with Laurence being gay…That is a difficult pill for a woman to swallow when she loves the man she believes loves her. Until of course she learns she is not enough and he loves men too… how is a woman, admired by all, just not the man she loved , because he loved men…
Great episode, thank you. Lawrence and Vivian looked like they were made for each other. A pity that treatment for bipolar disorder didn't exist at the time. The miscarriage must have crushed them both. Being famous is no protection against that kind of emotional pain.
@@cookshackcuisinistaVivien maintained a lifelong friendship with her ex-husband and knew that her daughter was better off being raised in a stable home by her ex-husband. I have never read or heard of any bitterness on her daughter's part and later Vivien enjoyed being a grandmother.
As a UK BA student of Fashion & Textiles, I did my industrial training in the costume department, at the then, Granada Television Studios, in Manchester, Lancashire, north west England. At the time Granada Television was working on a new situation comedy series, featuring the US actor, Stuart Damon. I was introduced to him, at a script reading, which I sat in on. I also met members of the cast of a production of Tennessee Williams,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' with Laurence Olivier, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. Laurence Olivier and Natalie Wood were very gracious. I was standing on the sidelines of the studio, watching rehearsals. During a break, Laurence Olivier walked over to where I was standing, alongside a member of the television studio's continuity personnel. I thought he was going to speak to continuity, but he walked up to me and humbly introduced himself ~ as if he needed any introduction. We spoke for a short while, before he went off for a break. I was also introduced to Natalie Wood, who was very kind. She was stunningly beautiful, though, much shorter than I'd imagined. Robert Wagner looked over at me, stern~faced, then walked away, he didn't seem very friendly. Though, he may have been preoccupied with other matters. A memorable meeting with two renowned contributors to stage and screen.
As beautiful as Vivien Leigh was, she was a nightmare to live with. As much as he loved her, her manic depression took a toll on Larry's health. The biography of Vivien Leigh describes the absolute turmoil she put them both through. Rest in peace, Sir Laurence Olivier.
It wasn’t her fault. She suffered from a horrible disease and was imprisoned by it most of her life. Her destructive antics were not a product of her free will. It was the behavior born of a chaotic brain chemistry
@@briankocheraabcdt4628Arsenal of Medicine?? You mean the toxic medicine that never cures anyone but just pacifies them for a moment and then they're back where they started. It's criminal what these socalled doctors are doing to their patients.
I'm sorrowful that Sir. Laurence's life was not more settled and easy. 'Tumultuous' seems to have been more descriptive of it than not. He certainly gave his all to us, and will forever be remembered and viewed as in life.
I knew Vivien in the last ten years of her life, and was a frequent guest at both her London home and her exquisite retreat in East Sussex. I believe , in her forties and fifties, she was MUCH more beautiful than in GwtW.
I knew Vivien in the last ten years of her life, and was a frequent guest at both her London home and her exquisite retreat in East Sussex. I believe , in her forties and fifties, she was MUCH more beautiful than in GwtW.
Did you ever see Marlena Dietrich Hedy lamarr Marilyn Monroe the host of others. She's very beautiful when she was young but deteriorated quickly probably because of her mental condition. She was Scarlett O'Hara after all and always will be
My favorite movie is Wuthering Heights. I fell in love with him as a young teen. Him and Vivian were a gorgeous couple. I miss the days of black and white films.
Love Laurence Olivier...he was amazing. I have watched Pride and Prejudice and Rebecca more times than I can remember. He and Vivian Leigh were incredible together. I do feel sorry for his last wife. If it had not been for Vivian's bipolar I really don't think they would have split, and Joan Plowright must have known that
One of Leigh’s problems is that during her manic periods she was promiscuous. In his autobiography Olivier said he regretted not being able to deal with her illness.
Sometimes I grow weary of the psychiatric pathologies attributed to bad behavior. I suspect keeping thin , popping pills ,drinking , pressure were more likely culprits.
i know, prociscuous is a system or a side effect of the maniac episodes. i suffered from it in my 20 to 50 and as much fun as it sounds to most people, it is not. it is shaming, guilt on both sides. blame on both sides. Drs offices laugh at you behind your back. the libido slows down after 50 but the guilt never goes away. Rebecca obviously suffered from it. fortunately there is medication today which helps and therapy also explains it to our minds, but sometimes it is hard for the mind and the brain to forgive and forget.
No villain is worse that Olivier's portrayal of Dr. Christian Szell, "the White Angel" ("der weiße Engel") in "Marathon Man" with Dustin Hoffman. That was the performance of a lifetime.
My first husband, himself a talented actor and director, walked out of Marathon Man as a result of the content and Olivier's performance. We saw hundreds of movies during our marriage but he never left another film in protest. Never.
It doesn’t have to be a competition about who was greater. Both were the greatest. Clark Gable was miffed during shooting Gone with the Wind that Vivian only had the hots for Lawrence.
@anthonytroisi6682 It can happen. My mother was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who spun out of control for 10 years. My 2 sisters and I were young adults who were still looking for our own footing, having survived the very man who sent her into insanity - our own father who had mentally and physically abused us our whole lives. We did the best we could with our mother. We certainly didn't abandon her, but the times were different and the treatment in the late 70s was not like it is today. We did everything for her that the law allowed us to do, which was very limited, because she was an adult. Period. She died so young of breast cancer because the law left her to make her own decisions. She had a planned vacation to see her brother and his family in California that was several months away. She knew she had the lump, but decided to wait until she got back from her vacation to have it checked. It ended up being a 6 month delay and that delay killed her. Is that the decision making process of a sane person? No, it is not, but they refused to let us put her some place where she could get the help she needed to start making good decisions again. And so, I lost my little Mommy at 51 years old. She didn't have to die. It still makes me sad and angry at the same time. About 10 years later, my little sister came to my house in Atlanta from her home in WPalm Beach FL with cotton balls in her ears because she told me 2 Irish guys in her office were r@ping her thru her ears. And so began a 100 mph roller coaster that may or may not be over. Because she WOULD NOT take her medicine, it starts to become difficult to remain sympathetic. The medication brings her back to the point of lucid sanity, so the decision to stop taking it is made with a clear mind. I have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars, left my home, my husband, and my young daughter to go look for her when she has disappeared. Finally finding her in jail 2 counties away. I cut her off in 2011. I was done. No more. I wasn't going to allow her to keep my life in turmoil if she wasn't going to ever try. I'm almost finished, I promise. It's important that you know that she is 67 years old and she has a colostomy bag. In 2020, she left Florida on an impromptu road trip. She was arrested 2 times before she got to the Georgia border. I am listed somewhere as her contact relative which is why I know this. It's also why I know that she was arrested 4 times in Georgia, once in South Carolina, once in Virginia, and 2 times in Tennessee. She fights with the cops and they arrest her. Then they call me. I do the same thing each time, which is I tell them that she is a diagnosed psychotic schizophrenic and they need to Baker Act her and get her to whatever place it is that they send their mental cases to. They do exactly that, a nurse calls me, gets more detailed medical information, and informs me that, unless she specifically gives them permission to talk to me, they will not be in contact with me again due to hippa laws. She never gave them permission to talk to me. Since she started this road trip, she has never gone more than 6 months without getting in some kind of trouble. I haven't heard a word from or about her since June of 2022. I hope I'm wrong, but I feel in my heart that she has messed with the wrong person and they have killed her. My life has been filled with the undercurrent of insanity since I was 19 years old. It's like a type of pain - sometimes it's chronic and others it's acute, but it's always there. And no matter how badly you want to have a peaceful normal life, you never will because thinking your baby sister is possibly laying is a field somewhere, waiting to be found so she can be identified by the serial number on her colostomy bag is not living a normal life. Why couldn't she just take her pills?
From his Henry V to his final (TV) King Lear (genius, especially as he goes mad with grief), he made Shakespear seem simple, but so beautiful. Brilliant performances on film in The Entertainer, Sleuth and Marathon Man remain with me. I grew up with his parts in 'Brideshead Revisited' and 'A Voyage Round my Father', just brilliant, so poignant. Sadly I never I saw him on stage, but the film and TV work survives.
In the most Hollywood movies he took Center Pieve of cast (like in SPARTACUS) Sir Laurence was synchronized by Siegfried Schürenberg for the German Version. In THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (LORD NELSONS LETZE LIEBE, 1939/ 1940] he got synchronized by Joachim Fuchsberger by German voice was
i agree with this thoroughly. he owed us a performance. if he didnt come thru you are entitled to ask for your money back but if he wanted to sleep with a sheep that is his and the sheeps business.
The greatest the actor, the greater the number (and variety) of people they allegedly slept with.----ALWAYS reported after they're deceased and unable to issue clarification.
Very interesting bio. I have read more about Vivien Leigh than Olivier so this definitely filled in some of the gaps about him and about their relationship. (A minor point, one of the photos near the beginning of this video was of my favorite actor Ronald Colman, not Olivier. Both brilliant actors, handsome and with wonderful voices as well.) I am currently reading "Truly, Madly", the story of the love affair and relationship of Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
Early in the presentation, you showed a photo of Ronald Colman (The Prisoner of Zenda), another beloved English actor, but definitely not Olivier. My favorite old Olivier films are Pride & Prejudice (he’s a good Darcy) & the maligned but beautiful historical romance That Hamilton Woman, with Vivian. They were gorgeous together!!
I’ve never heard Joan Plowright’s name pronounced by anyone other than how one would expect from its spelling. It’s pronounced exactly the same as the farm tilling instrument - a plow - after which it’s named, a maker of plows🙄
Why did you include a photo of Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr? Or a photo of Bebe Daniels and John Barrymore? You need to do a better job in your research.
I don't know why there was done but there should always be a photo of baby Daniels wherever possible I adore her I met her in England many many moons ago she was a lovely lovely woman
Yep, Ronald Coleman. These slipshod vids do that a lot. I watched one about Roy Orbison that showed a still of Gene Pitney. I spose if there's a Gene Pitney story it'll feature a few shots of Davy Jones or Felix Cavalieri. They spare no expense on these extravaganzas!
Absolutely! That’s Ronald Coleman! Sadly, that’s the IT world we live in. No accountability. No integrity. Shame on you for being so careless. And, that little girl voice of the narrator undermines - in my book - the validity of the video. Hope these remarks help in the making of your next video.
Plowright is pronounced like a plow... not plo, like go. Has anyone considered that Leigh's bipolarism could have been exacerbated by Olivier's sexual ambiguity?
You have to understand that Olivier was an actor for the stage. In films he came across as a ham. See Khartoum where Heston completely overshadowed him. But in the flesh Olivier was the greatest
Speaking of hams, Heston was also, from at least one point of view, a pig. [May those smart little animals forgive me for the pejorative connotation]. 😅
One can only say what know about people & judge them as they treated you & others. He & his last wife - an absolutely superb actor in her own right - were friends of my parents. The endless eulogising about this old ham are frustrating, particularly when the pedestal he's standing on is made out other actors,mainly women,whom he treated like dirt. His worst behavior was directed toward Marilyn Monroe,during the filming ,in England of " The Prince & The Showgirl. It was during filming that his rampant misogyny really came to it fore. Behaving as if the project was entirely his idea. It was in fact Monroe, who upon seeing a stage version of Terrence Rattigan's wonderful play,went out of her way to aquire the right to turn it into a movie. Along with her then friend Milton Greene,MMP was founded, making her one of the first actresses to own their own production agency. Olivier was first choice for the deeply repressed 2nd lead & also brought on board as director & an Executive producer a position he demanded as part of his negotiations. As with the vast majority of his projects,he wanted the talented,beautiful but even more fragile Leigh as the lead. As Marilyn had rightly seen,it was a perfect part for her,sadly Oliver's barely concealed misogyny made the production HELL for everyone involved. For all her effort to create the ditsy blond character of MM,sadly too many though that was what she was like in real life. To add to the misery she was technically on her honeymoon to Arthur Miller - indisputably on of the greatest writers of the last century - during production, Olivier made sure to leak the fact that she had the - effectively - one costume she wore,made in various sizes - a practice common from the early days of film,right up to the present - that Marilyn was pregnant & in no small part lost it,due to the endless bullying she received from Olivier,was not known at the time,apart from MM's trusted innner circle,my mother being one of them. Marilyn would have given up ANY & EVERYTHING if it ment she might become a mother. For Olivier a talent she admired & was effectively her partner on the production, to go out of his way to make her life hell,was unforgiveable. He'd done similar things on other productions - like the way he treated a young Joan Fontaine during the filming of "Rebecca - where once again he campaigned for Leigh as the lead; failing to secure this he mentally & verbally abused her,throughout production, going so far as to ear raw garlic before their intimate or kissing scenes whispering filth in her ear before a take; he was further aggravated,when the look of shock & misery only succeed in adding to her performance. For all his vile behaviour "prince & showgirl", though not an immediate success has now been raised to cult status, because of - for the most part - Marilyn's nuanced & cerebral performance. His behaviour toward her degenerated further,when stories of his fondness for rough male trade became known around set; he blamed Marilyn for this,though as we now know,she herself was bisexual & would have never "outed" anyone for something she thought of as normal. For all of his supposedly magnificence, on screen & stage, he was moody & oftentimes downright rude. He would repeat the same story,accent, actions & all over & over. His Shakespeare was very much of the old school type & i dont think he ever loved anyone as much as loved himself & the sound of his own voice. Even Plowright wasn't actually living with him at the end. Their relationship had been for the press for quite awhile & nurses did everything for him. I do think its worth rewatching " Rebecca", "The Prince & the Showgirl"& "The Boys from Brazil". Having been brought up around "A" list actors from UK,Europe & America, I was never starstruck; working as an extra&runner on the TV series "Brideshead Revisited", he wasn't the first old man to smack my bottom in passing,it was worth it for the look on his face when i reminded him,he knew my parents. Never meet your idols,is great truism - not that he was ever an idol,in anyway to me - they are just incredibly driven people trying to stay at the top of pyramid with highly unstable foundations,using an ever-changing manuel of how to achieve this much coveted position.
this makes sense. I once saw an old tv interview with him from around the time of The Prince & TSG, and he was totally condescending about his co star, Marilyn Monroe. I felt he was being totally UNprofessional towards his acting partner, not to mention disloyal, and have disliked him since.
ok you recently watched him. and what are we to take away from this viewing. you watched him. was it a happy experience. did someone force you to watch it. to throw out the statement that you watched him means nothing. i am thinking about watching sparatacus tonight. i have a reason. i watch to watch tony curtis performance. actually not many people care if either i or you watch it again or watch Henry V that sentence means nothing to most people would you like for me to tell the town cryer, or perhaps send an e mail. please let us know something about your experience.
Why do they show a picture of Ronald Coleman when talking about Lawrence as a young man? Makes me doubt the overall accuracy. And show a picture of John Barrymore around the same point? Can AI not tell the difference when cobbling this together?
I'm 64. My dad was born in 1920 and was 40 when I was born. He always said that Laurence Olivier was the best actor ever. I never thought so. I love method actors, with James Dean and Monty Clift my all-time favourites. I still think my hero James Dean is the best actor ever. I've been a fan since 1975, when I was 15. I'm sorry, but I really think Olivier was highly overrated! But I can see how his fans liked him.
You are showing a photo of Ronald Colman (aka Ronald Cornblow) at 1:42. Handsome couple Jill & larry as was the stunningly beautiful Vivien Leigh. I think that's Olivier climbing the stairs on the, as yet, unfinished National Theatre on the S Bank at 15:16. He, Gieldud & Richardson were, for me, the greatest actors of the 20th C
I was only 8 when i first saw Withering Heights and Rebecca but Withering Heights was my favourite and i remember saying im going to marrying him when im 16 not realizing as you got older you age i thought looking at stars on films stay that way for life.i was totally obsessed with Laurance and was jealous of Vivians beauty and getting The man i loved i hated her because of her beautiful looks and when i saw Gone With The Wind i wanted to be Like Viviane Lee she became my idle of beauty and those eyes. I new then i had no hope in getting Laurance.and i then was 18 and understand that cameras where not what i use to think they where.but it never bothered me for (ViV+LAURENCE )Where and will always be my (Girl of Beauty)+ (Man of Desire) .GODBLESS YOU BOTH.REST IN PEACE 🙏🕊🕊🦋🦋🌹🌹AMEN.🌹🌹🌹🕊🕊🕊🕊🙏
Every day, another gay.....seems like all we hear anymore, and like Joan Plowright put it, "So What?" Personally I think Brando was a totally hedonistic monster, couldn't leave anyone alone. RIP Vivien and Laurence.
Sad that the late great Vivian Leigh was so beautiful and talented but suffered from a mental illness that we know more about today! And Olivier was super handsome when he was young, along with being a brilliant actor! What a pair they made! Bi-polar and alcoholism is prevalent with certain artists not only back then but even today~ known facts~ may they rest in peace~♥♥♥
Now there are various drugs for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders. Prostate cancer has been diagnosed and treated more successfully. We aren't so judgmental about other's sexuality. Tina, Al's wife
Whenever someone uses the word "mentor" in the context of Hollyweird or the music industry, I cringe. Right now front and center is the "mentor"ship of P. Diddy of Justin Beiber and Usher. Why do we put these people in pedestals?
These stories about troubled actors (m/f) make me wonder if actors shouldn’t undergo regular mental assessment to monitor whether they’re (still) up to the strains of their job. The fact that some marry over tree times doesn’t look like a sign of mental stability either.
Ngl, I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when Olivier & young Brando made time! 🤓 Very different in appearance but both physically striking, with massive charisma....
@@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci To "make time" is slang from the early- to mid-1900s that means necking or making out. Not full-on sex, but more fun than you'd want your parents to see.... 🤓
Watch Henry V, (I think it was) made during the war, cardboard castles. But you were THERE with him. Nothing else comes remotely close! Sorry Kenneth Branagh.
Joan Plowright was just a cap on a hole in the life of Larry… Here you didn’t tell that after his separation from Vivienne, he was sending her a red rores bouquet, everyday😊…
Why don’t the British do more of these portrayals? This American does a good job, but it’s a shock for me, an American, not to hear about British subjects by British experts. Perhaps because they are (or were) far less voyeuristic about the stars than we are?
It's long been noted that America has a much greater interest in stars, of whatever sort, and has a much bigger tendency to hero worship. Things like a halls of fame for sports stars or musicians are pretty much unique to America. You'd never really find one in Europe. Some people have theorised that it's because the USA is a relatively young country and needs to create its own cultural icons, whereas it's not really an issue in many older countries.
When I saw Rebecca I came to understand why he's so popular. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor. He and Joan Fontaine were fantastic. It's my favorite film in the world. Hitchcock, Olivier, and Fontaine...just, wow. 😍👍🏽🌹
I'm with you. I adore that movie!
I love it so much.❤
And the book!!!
@@BeckyFarkas-he1cj Yes!
I fell in love with that movie in college when we had to critique it. Still love watching it.
I fell in love with him when he played Heathcliff and his future performances just got better and better . He was not only handsome but one of the best actors ever.
Well, I didn't get a crush on him but he sure was compelling in Wuthering Heights!
I fell for him in this as well. Heathcliff was incredibly complicated, but Oliver made him so magnetic.
In his more mature years: He was outstanding as the ruthless Roman general Crassus in "Spartacus".
I was studying abroad in Wales when Olivier passed away. The TV stations (almost no cable at that time in the UK) played Olivier's films and had lots of biographical discussions and documentaries about the actor. This went on for several days in tribute to him.
Laurence Olivier was a truly incredible actor, so was Vivian Leigh. I feel sorry for her suffering from Bipolar disorder, that's a hard condition to treat successfully now, let alone back then in Miss Leigh's time.
On top of that, she got Alzheimer’s, which is what caused her passing in 1967.
Not to mention Vivian had to deal with Laurence being gay…That is a difficult pill for a woman to swallow when she loves the man she believes loves her. Until of course she learns she is not enough and he loves men too… how is a woman, admired by all, just not the man she loved , because he loved men…
@@randi_godspeed2063She had TB which killed her.
@@RogerLivesyfan. He was bisexual.
@@colleenshea7626 yes, he was bisexual. But for a woman desired by so many, not to be her husbands’ one and only…..Well, it’s heartbreaking.
Great episode, thank you. Lawrence and Vivian looked like they were made for each other. A pity that treatment for bipolar disorder didn't exist at the time. The miscarriage must have crushed them both. Being famous is no protection against that kind of emotional pain.
And Vivian left her child behind for him! Lust and licentiousness before duty and honour!
@@cookshackcuisinistaVivien maintained a lifelong friendship with her ex-husband and knew that her daughter was better off being raised in a stable home by her ex-husband. I have never read or heard of any bitterness on her daughter's part and later Vivien enjoyed being a grandmother.
Fragile egos is why
As a UK BA student of Fashion & Textiles, I did my industrial training in the costume department, at the then, Granada Television Studios, in Manchester, Lancashire, north west England. At the time Granada Television was working on a new situation comedy series, featuring the US actor, Stuart Damon. I was introduced to him, at a script reading, which I sat in on. I also met members of the cast of a production of Tennessee Williams,' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,' with Laurence Olivier, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. Laurence Olivier and Natalie Wood were very gracious. I was standing on the sidelines of the studio, watching rehearsals. During a break, Laurence Olivier walked over to where I was standing, alongside a member of the television studio's continuity personnel. I thought he was going to speak to continuity, but he walked up to me and humbly introduced himself ~ as if he needed any introduction. We spoke for a short while, before he went off for a break. I was also introduced to Natalie Wood, who was very kind. She was stunningly beautiful, though, much shorter than I'd imagined. Robert Wagner looked over at me, stern~faced, then walked away, he didn't seem very friendly. Though, he may have been preoccupied with other matters. A memorable meeting with two renowned contributors to stage and screen.
No matter what was going on with him he was definitely very handsome.
Vivien and Larry together were the most beautiful couple! It is a tragedy Vivien was so ill.
As beautiful as Vivien Leigh was, she was a nightmare to live with. As much as he loved her, her manic depression took a toll on Larry's health. The biography of Vivien Leigh describes the absolute turmoil she put them both through.
Rest in peace, Sir Laurence Olivier.
It wasn’t her fault. She suffered from a horrible disease and was imprisoned by it most of her life. Her destructive antics were not a product of her free will. It was the behavior born of a chaotic brain chemistry
@@Moonsiren777Sadly, they didn't have the arsenal of medications we have today.
No uni@@Moonsiren777
@@briankocheraabcdt4628Arsenal of Medicine?? You mean the toxic medicine that never cures anyone but just pacifies them for a moment and then they're back where they started. It's criminal what these socalled doctors are doing to their patients.
I'm sorrowful that Sir. Laurence's life was not more settled and easy.
'Tumultuous' seems to have been more descriptive of it than not.
He certainly gave his all to us, and will forever be remembered and
viewed as in life.
Yes, he did give us everything in his performances. ❤️
Esmond was a lesbian, and Olivier was gay!🤫
NO actress has ever been as beautiful as Viven Leigh was in Gone With The Wind…..my oldest daughter is Bipolar and it’s not a walk in the park🙏😊
I knew Vivien in the last ten years of her life, and was a frequent guest at both her London home and her exquisite retreat in East Sussex. I believe , in her forties and fifties, she was MUCH more beautiful than in GwtW.
I knew Vivien in the last ten years of her life, and was a frequent guest at both her London home and her exquisite retreat in East Sussex. I believe , in her forties and fifties, she was MUCH more beautiful than in GwtW.
She was
Did you ever see Marlena Dietrich Hedy lamarr Marilyn Monroe the host of others. She's very beautiful when she was young but deteriorated quickly probably because of her mental condition. She was Scarlett O'Hara after all and always will be
@@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci she probably deteriorated because of her tuberculosis, although I imagine the shock treatments contributed.
His Hamlet was fantastic. Found every nuance, even the humor 😢😢😅😅
@@peterryder7941 Thank you. I watched it the other night on Tubi and really enjoyed it. Have a good day
We played at the Young Vic during the European Festival in the late sixties. Sir Laurence told us we could call him Larry.
Thats my actual name and it tickles me to no end that Sir is also a Larry.
In the end has was Lord Olivier.
My favorite movie is Wuthering Heights. I fell in love with him as a young teen. Him and Vivian were a gorgeous couple. I miss the days of black and white films.
Merle Oberon played his love in Wuethering Heights.
@@elizabethmartin4328 ... I know this. I was just saying what a gorgeous couple him and Vivian were.
Do you mean sparkling black and white.
I agree great film
I watched it and fell in love too. Wuthering Heights is my absolute all time favorite movie!! And I'm 72.😅
Love Laurence Olivier...he was amazing. I have watched Pride and Prejudice and Rebecca more times than I can remember. He and Vivian Leigh were incredible together. I do feel sorry for his last wife. If it had not been for Vivian's bipolar I really don't think they would have split, and Joan Plowright must have known that
Laurence Olivier was absolutely mesmerising in Spartacus, one of my all-time favourite movies..
Charismatic. Would be great if actor & activist Sir Sidney Poitier was chosen for this series. Totally underrated.
Agreed. And a moving portrayal of Nicodemus in "Jesus of Nazareth".
I agree sir Laurence Olivier is 1 of the greatest actors then and now. Thank you. ❤😊
I thought he was superb in 'The Entertainer'.
And he was. The greatest of all time. May he rest in peace.
Henry Cavill has a resemblance to a young Olivier.
Yes, he does
Yes, but Cavill is even better looking.
@@trainer1634No he doesn’t at all, it is not about looks entirely it’s about sexuality,intensity,voice etc,Cavill does not come close!
I thought so, too, when they first showed his young self.
I could be wrong here, but I could swear the photo of ‘Lawrence Olivier’ shown from 1:38-1:47, was actually Ronald Colman.
In the beginning, Olivier captitalized on the resemblance.
Spot on it is Ronald Coleman for sure
You are spot on!
Didn't notice your comment so wrote my own observation above
I thought the same thing😊
I loved him in Wuthering Heights. He made me cry.
Also Wuthering Heights was an exceptional vehicle for his great talent.
My favourite!❤
One of Leigh’s problems is that during her manic periods she was promiscuous. In his autobiography Olivier said he regretted not being able to deal with her illness.
Oh yeah totally like you said it was the illness the maniac episodes left her with and hyper active Sex Drive ah Nymphomania I think?
Sometimes I grow weary of the psychiatric pathologies attributed to bad behavior. I suspect keeping thin , popping pills ,drinking , pressure were more likely culprits.
i know, prociscuous is a system or a side effect of the maniac episodes. i suffered from it in my 20 to 50 and as much fun as it sounds to most people, it is not. it is shaming, guilt on both sides. blame on both sides. Drs offices laugh at you behind your back. the libido slows down after 50 but the guilt never goes away. Rebecca obviously suffered from it. fortunately there is medication today which helps and therapy also explains it to our minds, but sometimes it is hard for the mind and the brain to forgive and forget.
please and im begging you dont use the blame game on either side. if someone suffered severe migranes you woould not be so unkind.
No villain is worse that Olivier's portrayal of Dr. Christian Szell, "the White Angel" ("der weiße Engel") in "Marathon Man" with Dustin Hoffman. That was the performance of a lifetime.
Yes, he had an incredible range. I don't think there's an actor today that compares to him.
My first husband, himself a talented actor and director, walked out of Marathon Man as a result of the content and Olivier's performance. We saw hundreds of movies during our marriage but he never left another film in protest. Never.
@@moragmacgregor6792 What was the protest about?
People vaping in front seats
@@robertfairholm2517 Well, fortunately back then, there was no such thing as vaping. 😊
He was really the greatest actor of his generation....
AND BEYOND ........
On top of that Larry was so handsome!
Heads up: the photo at about 2:10 is of Ronald Colman, not Olivier.
It’s pronounced, “PLOW”, as in “ow” as in How Now Brown Cow, Joan PLOWright. Are you AI?
You often have to catch them at pictures they'll throw in somebody that has nothing to do with it
The chaotic dynamics of passion......yes, this video/story is the epitome of that.
The Dude had a beautifully symmetrical FACE!!
Handsome. Absolutely 💯%.
It doesn’t have to be a competition about who was greater. Both were the greatest. Clark Gable was miffed during shooting Gone with the Wind that Vivian only had the hots for Lawrence.
Gable thought he was Gods gift, but he wasn’t. 🤣
@@Roz-y2d Gable wasn't even a good actor, and Viviеn Leigh was disappointed and irritated during the filming, аs far as I know...
Very conceited and arrogant in my opinion. He had such a BIG HEAD, literally!
Also Gable wore false teeth and Vivien couldn't stand the odor of them
He and Vivien never ever stopped loving each other!
My exact words...I agree with you 😊
She never stopped loving him but he eventually wearied of her and her problems.
@anthonytroisi6682 It can happen. My mother was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic who spun out of control for 10 years. My 2 sisters and I were young adults who were still looking for our own footing, having survived the very man who sent her into insanity - our own father who had mentally and physically abused us our whole lives.
We did the best we could with our mother. We certainly didn't abandon her, but the times were different and the treatment in the late 70s was not like it is today. We did everything for her that the law allowed us to do, which was very limited, because she was an adult. Period. She died so young of breast cancer because the law left her to make her own decisions. She had a planned vacation to see her brother and his family in California that was several months away. She knew she had the lump, but decided to wait until she got back from her vacation to have it checked. It ended up being a 6 month delay and that delay killed her.
Is that the decision making process of a sane person? No, it is not, but they refused to let us put her some place where she could get the help she needed to start making good decisions again. And so, I lost my little Mommy at 51 years old. She didn't have to die. It still makes me sad and angry at the same time.
About 10 years later, my little sister came to my house in Atlanta from her home in WPalm Beach FL with cotton balls in her ears because she told me 2 Irish guys in her office were r@ping her thru her ears. And so began a 100 mph roller coaster that may or may not be over.
Because she WOULD NOT take her medicine, it starts to become difficult to remain sympathetic. The medication brings her back to the point of lucid sanity, so the decision to stop taking it is made with a clear mind.
I have spent thousands upon thousands of dollars, left my home, my husband, and my young daughter to go look for her when she has disappeared. Finally finding her in jail 2 counties away. I cut her off in 2011. I was done. No more. I wasn't going to allow her to keep my life in turmoil if she wasn't going to ever try.
I'm almost finished, I promise. It's important that you know that she is 67 years old and she has a colostomy bag.
In 2020, she left Florida on an impromptu road trip. She was arrested 2 times before she got to the Georgia border. I am listed somewhere as her contact relative which is why I know this. It's also why I know that she was arrested 4 times in Georgia, once in South Carolina, once in Virginia, and 2 times in Tennessee. She fights with the cops and they arrest her. Then they call me. I do the same thing each time, which is I tell them that she is a diagnosed psychotic schizophrenic and they need to Baker Act her and get her to whatever place it is that they send their mental cases to. They do exactly that, a nurse calls me, gets more detailed medical information, and informs me that, unless she specifically gives them permission to talk to me, they will not be in contact with me again due to hippa laws. She never gave them permission to talk to me.
Since she started this road trip, she has never gone more than 6 months without getting in some kind of trouble. I haven't heard a word from or about her since June of 2022. I hope I'm wrong, but I feel in my heart that she has messed with the wrong person and they have killed her.
My life has been filled with the undercurrent of insanity since I was 19 years old. It's like a type of pain - sometimes it's chronic and others it's acute, but it's always there.
And no matter how badly you want to have a peaceful normal life, you never will because thinking your baby sister is possibly laying is a field somewhere, waiting to be found so she can be identified by the serial number on her colostomy bag is not living a normal life.
Why couldn't she just take her pills?
😊 I was very pleased with his presentation very nicely put together thank you
Loved Sir Laurence Olivier !!The Greatest Actor of all time ! ❤❤❤
Bipolar Disorder has a huge percentage correlation with creative people, writers, actors, musicians , poets, composers,etc.
Everyone was sleeping with everyone
And they still are - and always will be! 😁
I've listened to biographies of both Olivier and Leigh; they were screwing everybody in sight; why VD wasn't a major problem I don't know.
@minimaker5600 it was hidden! ERROL Flynn had VD and was disformed by the disease ....revealed by his autopsy.
And everyone still does
Crazy Oliver is bixesual men who has sex with many men and many Women. He was a crazy man.
From his Henry V to his final (TV) King Lear (genius, especially as he goes mad with grief), he made Shakespear seem simple, but so beautiful. Brilliant performances on film in The Entertainer, Sleuth and Marathon Man remain with me. I grew up with his parts in 'Brideshead Revisited' and 'A Voyage Round my Father', just brilliant, so poignant. Sadly I never I saw him on stage, but the film and TV work survives.
Olivier had a cleft chin not shown in the photo at 1:40 which is of Ronald Coleman not of Olivier! Coleman was another highly popular actor.
I'm glad someone else noticed the picture of Ronald Coleman. I thought I had imagined it.
Thank you! Ronald Colman’s eyes are unmistakable.
In the most Hollywood movies he took Center Pieve of cast (like in SPARTACUS) Sir Laurence was synchronized by Siegfried Schürenberg for the German Version. In THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (LORD NELSONS LETZE LIEBE, 1939/ 1940] he got synchronized by Joachim Fuchsberger by German voice was
Good for you that is calm and I missed it too
He was so beautiful as a young man.
The photo at 1.41 is not Laurence Olivier, it is Ronald Colman.
Absolutely correct, almost unforgivable 😂
Colman had one of the best voices in cinema. His radio performance of A Christmas Carol is wonderful.
@@gerardtoner9191Also the voice over kept saying Plo-right, it’s pronounced Plough-right!
@@grigorisgirlAlso Withering Heights!
@@donnabrowne5307Beautiful voice, and the handsomest of men.
He was truly great actor; who he slept with was his personal business !
i agree with this thoroughly. he owed us a performance. if he didnt come thru you are entitled to ask for your money back but if he wanted to sleep with a sheep that is his and the sheeps business.
The greatest the actor, the greater the number (and variety) of people they allegedly slept with.----ALWAYS reported after they're deceased and unable to issue clarification.
Very interesting bio. I have read more about Vivien Leigh than Olivier so this definitely filled in some of the gaps about him and about their relationship. (A minor point, one of the photos near the beginning of this video was of my favorite actor Ronald Colman, not Olivier. Both brilliant actors, handsome and with wonderful voices as well.) I am currently reading "Truly, Madly", the story of the love affair and relationship of Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
I'm so Happy Viven was his True Love as they Both where Genius Actor/Actress Movies/Stage RIP Both of U😘❤😘❤🙏🕯🕯❤
Sir Laurence Olivier Was One Of The Greatest Actor Ever They Will Never Be Another
He was the Greatest Actor EVER !!! My Idol now and forever !!❤❤❤
Unpopular opinion: I always found him arch and wooden. Better striding around a stage declaring stuff than the subtlety required of a great film actor
Don't be ashamed and hide away from society I tend to agree with you a bit go and join the world
Sorry I don't remember anything about it and can't find my old comments thank you
I see where he got his good looks.
To think 20 years later medicine could have given them longer.
My very favorite of all time!
Early in the presentation, you showed a photo of Ronald Colman (The Prisoner of Zenda), another beloved English actor, but definitely not Olivier. My favorite old Olivier films are Pride & Prejudice (he’s a good Darcy) & the maligned but beautiful historical romance That Hamilton Woman, with Vivian. They were gorgeous together!!
tres beau reportage merci a vous
You could see how much in love they were.
I’ve never heard Joan Plowright’s name pronounced by anyone other than how one would expect from its spelling. It’s pronounced exactly the same as the farm tilling instrument - a plow - after which it’s named, a maker of plows🙄
Why did you include a photo of Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr? Or a photo of Bebe Daniels and John Barrymore? You need to do a better job in your research.
I don't know why there was done but there should always be a photo of baby Daniels wherever possible I adore her I met her in England many many moons ago she was a lovely lovely woman
The lost art of editing!
1:39 - That's Ronald Colman, not Olivier.
Yess I thought so too! Didnt see your comment until after my own
Yep, Ronald Coleman. These slipshod vids do that a lot. I watched one about Roy Orbison that showed a still of Gene Pitney. I spose if there's a Gene Pitney story it'll feature a few shots of Davy Jones or Felix Cavalieri. They spare no expense on these extravaganzas!
Absolutely! That’s Ronald Coleman! Sadly, that’s the IT world we live in. No accountability. No integrity. Shame on you for being so careless. And, that little girl voice of the narrator undermines - in my book - the validity of the video. Hope these remarks help in the making of your next video.
• Sir Lord Laurence Olivier absolutely handsome when younger - very charasmatic AND one of the best actors EVER •
My favorite film of his was as Richard III. He came closest to the real man even with some modern mannerisms.
Who really cares who he took to his bed? What we know is he loved Vivian with his whole heart. Sexuality is complicated and so he was.
You know you're right sex is complicated but it doesn't have to be it just depends on your point of view
Not in the time in was living in
Plowright is pronounced
like a plow... not plo, like go.
Has anyone considered that Leigh's bipolarism could have been exacerbated by Olivier's
sexual ambiguity?
But we British would say it was pronounced like plough!😉
I'd be more suspicious of his misogyny. He was a known jerk to women on set.
Rumor has him romantically involved with Danny Kaye.
You have to understand that Olivier was an actor for the stage. In films he came across as a ham. See Khartoum where Heston completely overshadowed him. But in the flesh Olivier was the greatest
Speaking of hams, Heston was also, from at least one point of view, a pig. [May those smart little animals forgive me for the pejorative connotation]. 😅
Heston overshadowed him? You must be joking. You obviously haven't seen Khartoum. Olivier has one scene and knocks him for six.
Or, as he is supposed to have said to Dustin Hoffman after one very grueling scene, “My dear boy, why don’t you just try acting?”
Wonderful video and so well narrated,👌
It's narrated by an AI computer voice.
@@davidbennett9691 Yes and it’s so much better than a humans
All of our videos are researched, created, and narrated by humans. We're glad you enjoyed it!
@@Factinate I sure did enjoy it,was being sarcastic to the AI fellow😉
One can only say what know about people & judge them as they treated you & others. He & his last wife - an absolutely superb actor in her own right - were friends of my parents. The endless eulogising about this old ham are frustrating, particularly when the pedestal he's standing on is made out other actors,mainly women,whom he treated like dirt. His worst behavior was directed toward Marilyn Monroe,during the filming ,in England of " The Prince & The Showgirl. It was during filming that his rampant misogyny really came to it fore.
Behaving as if the project was entirely his idea. It was in fact Monroe, who upon seeing a stage version of Terrence Rattigan's wonderful play,went out of her way to aquire the right to turn it into a movie. Along with her then friend Milton Greene,MMP was founded, making her one of the first actresses to own their own production agency. Olivier was first choice for the deeply repressed 2nd lead & also brought on board as director & an Executive producer a position he demanded as part of his negotiations.
As with the vast majority of his projects,he wanted the talented,beautiful but even more fragile Leigh as the lead. As Marilyn had rightly seen,it was a perfect part for her,sadly Oliver's barely concealed misogyny made the production HELL for everyone involved.
For all her effort to create the ditsy blond character of MM,sadly too many though that was what she was like in real life. To add to the misery she was technically on her honeymoon to Arthur Miller - indisputably on of the greatest writers of the last century - during production, Olivier made sure to leak the fact that she had the - effectively - one costume she wore,made in various sizes - a practice common from the early days of film,right up to the present - that Marilyn was pregnant & in no small part lost it,due to the endless bullying she received from Olivier,was not known at the time,apart from MM's trusted innner circle,my mother being one of them.
Marilyn would have given up ANY & EVERYTHING if it ment she might become a mother. For Olivier a talent she admired & was effectively her partner on the production, to go out of his way to make her life hell,was unforgiveable.
He'd done similar things on other productions - like the way he treated a young Joan Fontaine during the filming of "Rebecca - where once again he campaigned for Leigh as the lead; failing to secure this he mentally & verbally abused her,throughout production, going so far as to ear raw garlic before their intimate or kissing scenes whispering filth in her ear before a take; he was further aggravated,when the look of shock & misery only succeed in adding to her performance.
For all his vile behaviour "prince & showgirl", though not an immediate success has now been raised to cult status, because of - for the most part - Marilyn's nuanced & cerebral performance.
His behaviour toward her degenerated further,when stories of his fondness for rough male trade became known around set; he blamed Marilyn for this,though as we now know,she herself was bisexual & would have never "outed" anyone for something she thought of as normal.
For all of his supposedly magnificence, on screen & stage, he was moody & oftentimes downright rude. He would repeat the same story,accent, actions & all over & over. His Shakespeare was very much of the old school type & i dont think he ever loved anyone as much as loved himself & the sound of his own voice.
Even Plowright wasn't actually living with him at the end. Their relationship had been for the press for quite awhile & nurses did everything for him.
I do think its worth rewatching " Rebecca", "The Prince & the Showgirl"& "The Boys from Brazil".
Having been brought up around "A" list actors from UK,Europe & America, I was never starstruck; working as an extra&runner on the TV series "Brideshead Revisited", he wasn't the first old man to smack my bottom in passing,it was worth it for the look on his face when i reminded him,he knew my parents.
Never meet your idols,is great truism - not that he was ever an idol,in anyway to me - they are just incredibly driven people trying to stay at the top of pyramid with highly unstable foundations,using an ever-changing manuel of how to achieve this much coveted position.
Thank you. I was never a fan despite his acting prowess. I don't think he was a very nice person.
whoa!
That's a really insightful note
I think he was frustrated with Marilyn because she was so unprofessional. She was always late and never knew her lines.
this makes sense. I once saw an old tv interview with him from around the time of The Prince & TSG, and he was totally condescending about his co star, Marilyn Monroe. I felt he was being totally UNprofessional towards his acting partner, not to mention disloyal, and have disliked him since.
I recently watched Olivier in Henry V on UA-cam
Richard 11 is excellent . Recommended
I saw that on tv. Was utterly mesmerised. I was there with him!
ok you recently watched him. and what are we to take away from this viewing. you watched him. was it a happy experience. did someone force you to watch it. to throw out the statement that you watched him means nothing. i am thinking about watching sparatacus tonight. i have a reason. i watch to watch tony curtis performance. actually not many people care if either i or you watch it again or watch Henry V
that sentence means nothing to most people
would you like for me to tell the town cryer, or perhaps send an e mail. please let us know something about your experience.
@@johngriffiths118 That was done in the 1950s. Olivier used a prosthetic nose in that role.
Fascinating ❤
Joan Plow right.
Timothy Dalton was the best Heathcliff ever.
He was "handsome" I suppose but he had the deadest, most expressionless eyes of any actor I've ever seen
drugged......🙄🤔
@@gwae48no... just English.
Oh God Make him a politician.@@Tmanaz480
Brown eyes are hard to read.
@@Tmanaz480eh?
Thank you!
Why do they show a picture of Ronald Coleman when talking about Lawrence as a young man? Makes me doubt the overall accuracy. And show a picture of John Barrymore around the same point? Can AI not tell the difference when cobbling this together?
Great job 👏 👍
SEE WUTHERING HEIGHTS IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY HES SO POPULAR!!!❤❤❤
Fast forward to 18:10 if you don't want to hear the dude's life story first... you're welcome.
Which would be a bit stupid, since this video is about Olivier! Says it in the title.
Thx
Wuthering not withering
HaHa
Joan’s name is pronounced ‘plow’ as in plowing the fields.
A I strikes again lol
Would have liked to hear more about what he did during WWII then who he possibly hooked up with...
I'm 64. My dad was born in 1920 and was 40 when I was born. He always said that Laurence Olivier was the best actor ever. I never thought so. I love method actors, with James Dean and Monty Clift my all-time favourites. I still think my hero James Dean is the best actor ever. I've been a fan since 1975, when I was 15. I'm sorry, but I really think Olivier was highly overrated! But I can see how his fans liked him.
Olivier divorced Leigh , but was still very much attached still to her . His quote the first 10 years was heaven , the last 10 were hell .
Olivier was incredibly handsome.
Prerequisite for leading men in Hollywood. The stage is more forgiving.
Well done, thank you 😊
As far as l know Lawrence said he would never speak about Vivien leigh....perhaps unofficial
You are showing a photo of Ronald Colman (aka Ronald Cornblow) at 1:42. Handsome couple Jill & larry as was the stunningly beautiful Vivien Leigh.
I think that's Olivier climbing the stairs on the, as yet, unfinished National Theatre on the S Bank at 15:16. He, Gieldud & Richardson were, for me, the greatest actors of the 20th C
yes r coleman
Brilliant. Actor
The you for bring me this🌹
She’s blind now is Joan Plowright bless her
Joan stole someone else husband. Maybe it is a punishment.
I've always thought he was incredibly hammy. I'm glad I'm not the only one. He lacked emotional depth and insight.
He was a formally trained British actor, not a
"'let it all hang out " modern actor.
British emotional is not the same as ours he doesn't lay it all out like his guts it's different on the other side of the pond
I was only 8 when i first saw Withering Heights and Rebecca but Withering Heights was my favourite and i remember saying im going to marrying him when im 16 not realizing as you got older you age i thought looking at stars on films stay that way for life.i was totally obsessed with Laurance and was jealous of Vivians beauty and getting The man i loved i hated her because of her beautiful looks and when i saw Gone With The Wind i wanted to be Like Viviane Lee she became my idle of beauty and those eyes. I new then i had no hope in getting Laurance.and i then was 18 and understand that cameras where not what i use to think they where.but it never bothered me for (ViV+LAURENCE )Where and will always be my (Girl of Beauty)+ (Man of Desire) .GODBLESS YOU BOTH.REST IN PEACE 🙏🕊🕊🦋🦋🌹🌹AMEN.🌹🌹🌹🕊🕊🕊🕊🙏
Every day, another gay.....seems like all we hear anymore, and like Joan Plowright put it, "So What?" Personally I think Brando was a totally hedonistic monster, couldn't leave anyone alone. RIP Vivien and Laurence.
In an interview Joan Plowright said that she told him ( I am paraphrasing ) to stop all of that nonsense (sleeping with men) and behave yourself.
Too many opinions, he was great and forever loved
There are never too many opinions only too many people not willing to hear them
Sad that the late great Vivian Leigh was so beautiful and talented but suffered from a mental illness that we know more about today! And Olivier was super handsome when he was young, along with being a brilliant actor! What a pair they made! Bi-polar and alcoholism is prevalent with certain artists not only back then but even today~ known facts~ may they rest in peace~♥♥♥
Crazy Oliver is bixesual men who sleep with many men and many Women. He just a crazy man.
Now there are various drugs for bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders. Prostate cancer has been diagnosed and treated more successfully.
We aren't so judgmental about other's sexuality. Tina, Al's wife
So many relationships,so little loyalty 😢😢
Why on earth was a picture of Ronald Colman inserted as representing Laurence Olivier?
Just so you could ask the question why the picture was there what else
Whenever someone uses the word "mentor" in the context of Hollyweird or the music industry, I cringe. Right now front and center is the "mentor"ship of P. Diddy of Justin Beiber and Usher. Why do we put these people in pedestals?
Because they're all quite short
These stories about troubled actors (m/f) make me wonder if actors shouldn’t undergo regular mental assessment to monitor whether they’re (still) up to the strains of their job. The fact that some marry over tree times doesn’t look like a sign of mental stability either.
I loved Wuthering Heights.
Ngl, I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when Olivier & young Brando made time! 🤓 Very different in appearance but both physically striking, with massive charisma....
What do you mean by made time
@@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci To "make time" is slang from the early- to mid-1900s that means necking or making out. Not full-on sex, but more fun than you'd want your parents to see.... 🤓
Thank you I had an idea that that's what it meant but I used to just say nothing open but I don't say any of that anymore@@catriverotter9527
Thanks
Watch Henry V, (I think it was) made during the war, cardboard castles. But you were THERE with him. Nothing else comes remotely close! Sorry Kenneth Branagh.
Joan Plowright was just a cap on a hole in the life of Larry…
Here you didn’t tell that after his separation from Vivienne, he was sending her a red rores bouquet, everyday😊…
Vivian
@@musicalme27Vivien
That's all very badly put I'm sorry
Why don’t the British do more of these portrayals? This American does a good job, but it’s a shock for me, an American, not to hear about British subjects by British experts. Perhaps because they are (or were) far less voyeuristic about the stars than we are?
It's long been noted that America has a much greater interest in stars, of whatever sort, and has a much bigger tendency to hero worship. Things like a halls of fame for sports stars or musicians are pretty much unique to America. You'd never really find one in Europe. Some people have theorised that it's because the USA is a relatively young country and needs to create its own cultural icons, whereas it's not really an issue in many older countries.
The British are much less voyeuristic about their Stars they don't give a damn they just passed him on the street and not
He was great in Wuthering Heights
That's Ronald Coleman (photo early on in video)
1:45: That's Ronald Colman, not Olivier.