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  • July21st

    I’m here to announce a new CONTEST for the summer! This contest is open to everyone and you will have 2 chances to enter. See details below.

    Scarlett & Me was recently published by the Marietta Gone with the Wind Museum for their most recent Gone with the Wind event. The book is 55 pages long and describes what really happened with Anne Edwards’ sequel to Gone with the Wind. Yes, she wrote the first sequel, but it was never published! The back of the book reveals more : ” Scarlett & Me is the personal and dramatic story of how Anne Edwards’ life and work became enmeshed with that of Scarlett O’Hara, Margaret Mitchell, and a sequel to Gone with the Wind. It reveals for the first time the back story of how it came to be and includes details of what that sequel might have been had it not been caught up in a long, complex, legal battle among the Mitchell estate, the studios, and the producers who had contracted Edwards to write it.” I have read the book and I found it fascinating! It is a must have for Vivien Leigh and GWTW fans! I picked up an extra copy at the June event and had Ms. Edwards sign it for one lucky person.

    Eligibility to win an autographed copy of Anne Edwards’ Scarlett & Me:

    1) Simply leave a comment on the blog and tell me if you have read Alexandra Ripley’s sequel Scarlett or Donald McCaig’s Rhett Butler’s People.

    2) For a second chance to win, either link to this giveaway on Facebook/Twitter or write about this contest on your blog (and leave a second comment telling where you linked, FB, Twitter or your blog). The link for this post is http://vivien-leigh.com/blog/?p=1811

    Giveaway ends Wednesday August 31st 2010 at 8 p.m. EST. One winner chosen by Random.org.

    Good luck!!

  • December1st

    CONTEST HAS ENDED!

    I’m here to announce a new CONTEST for the month of December! This contest is open to everyone and you will have 2 chances to enter, see details below. As you know, I attended and participated in the Gateway to the Wind event in St. Louis event last month. A full recap is coming soon! Attendees of the event were provided a Gone with the Wind tote bag full of information about the weekend and St. Louis. Sally Rains, the organizer of the event and author of Making of a Masterpiece, has donated 2 of these bags to Vivien-Leigh.com!! Included is the Gateway to the Wind brochure, information sheets about the speakers and weekend, local magazines, pamphlet from the Charity Ball, and a DVD documentary Making of a Masterpiece (aired for the first time at Gateway to the Wind). I’m also including the Vivien-Leigh.com sheet I handed out at the Blog with the Wind event.



    Eligibility to win a Gateway to the Wind Prize Pack

    CONTEST HAS ENDED!

  • August31st

    The August Contest has ended… no surprise that everyone’s favorite film is Gone with the Wind though Waterloo Bridge came in a distant second place! And now for the winners… RANDOM.org chose comment #9, #19, #42, #47, and #50!

    Congrats to:

    Kathy W.
    Karen B.
    Corra M.
    Nyos Y.
    Martin

    I will contact you all via email and collect your mailing addresses! I will mail your TCM Booklets by the end of the week. Thanks to all for participating :-)

  • August8th

    I’m here to announce a new CONTEST! This contest is open to everyone and you will have 2 chances to enter, see details below. As I announced in May on the Vivien Leigh.com Facebook page, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) has chosen to feature Vivien Leigh as their Star of the Month in September. Every Tuesday evening in September, Vivien Leigh films and documentaries will air! In total, 15 events and 2 documentaries are scheduled.  Thanks to TCM, I have 5 beautiful Viewer Guide booklets to giveaway to you! The 33 page booklet features Vivien Leigh on the cover, an article about Vivien Leigh written by Robert Osborne, and listings of the films, documentaries scheduled to air on TCM in the month of September!

    Films & Documentaries To-Be Shown:

    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

    Dark Journey

    Sidewalks of London

    Storm in a Teacup

    Streetcar Named Desire

    Gone with the Wind

    Yank at Oxford

    Waterloo Bridge

    Fire Over England

    That Hamilton Woman

    Ship of Fools

    Anna Karenina

    Caesar & Cleopatra

    The Making of Gone with the Wind Documentary

    Scarlett & Beyond Documentary

    Eligibility to win a TCM Viewer Program:

    1)  Simply leave a comment and tell me which of  the Vivien Leigh films TCM has chosen to play in September is your favorite.

    2) For a second chance to win, either link to this giveaway on Facebook or write about this contest on your blog (and leave a second comment telling where you linked, FB or your blog)

    Giveaway ends Tuesday August 31st 2010 at 8 p.m. EST.  Five winners chosen by Random.org.

    CONTEST CLOSED!

    GOOD LUCK !

  • January6th

    Vivien-Leigh.com is announcing a Enter for Your Chance to Win Contest! V-L.com will be giving away 3 DVD copies of The Deep Blue Sea! Released in 1955, the film stars Vivien Leigh and Kenneth More. This color film was never released on VHS or DVD but played on American television a couple decades ago. I have in my possession a recording of that TV version so it borders on poor quality, but I have it nonetheless. The Deep Blue Sea is about Hester (Vivien Leigh) “the troubled wife of a London attorney (Emlyn Williams). Racked with emotional problems, Leigh turns her back on her loveless marriage and sets up house with a handsome RAF officer (Kenneth More). When her lover proves to be shallow and unreliable, Leigh attempts to kill herself ” (quoted text taken from Fandango.com).

    To enter the contest, please answer the question below. One winner will be chosen at random from the correct submissions. This contest is only open to those living in the USA and Canada (sorry, the DVDs will only work in DVD players from this region). To enter for your chance to win, click on the email link below and send your answer in the email. Please put “Deep Blue Sea” in the subject line.  The contest ends March 31st! Good Luck, everyone!

    QUESTION: The film The Deep Blue Sea is adapted from the play of what playwright? Hint: Answer can be found on Vivien-Leigh.com

    ANSWER: Send your answer to webmaster @ vivien-leigh.com or CLICK HERE.