Visiting Film Noir: Johnny Eager

1941 Film Noir
From MGM
Screenplay by John Lee Mahin
and James Edward Grant
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Starring
Robert Taylor
Lana Turner
Edward Arnold
Van Heflin
Robert Sterling
Barry Nelson
Paul Stewart
Patricia Dane
Glenda Farrell
Cy Kendall

Vivien Leigh

Few actresses have been as celebrated as Vivien Leigh.  She is certainly among the five best actresses of the Golden Age.  In her own country she was likely more honored for her stage work.  In America she is far better known for her work in two films playing neurotic southern women with a fire burning deep within them... and winning Oscars for both.

From the 1940s: Waterloo Bridge

1940 Romance Drama
From MGM
Screenplay by S. N. Behrman
and Hans Rameau
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Starring
Vivien Leigh
Robert Taylor
Lucile Watson
Virginia Field
Maria Ouspenskaya
C. Aubrey Smith