Vivien Leigh wins Academy Award

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
12 March 1940 in Los Angeles
maker:
Associated Press

Associated Press photograph titled 'Vivien Leigh, Best Actress'. Caption on back reads: Vivien Leigh, Scarlett O'Hara of "Gone With the Wind," holding her "Oscar" for winning the Academy Award for the best performance of a movie actress in 1939. She is shown with David O. Selznick, producer of the picture who also received a special award, seen at the banquet of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/30803
Materials:
paper (fibre product) and ink
Measurements:
overall: 240 mm x 190 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
Daily Herald Archive, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford