Rarities of British cinema
Three weeks, two lovers, one shelved film: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s forgotten blackmail drama 21 Days
Made just before Vivien Leigh took the role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, and as her affair with Laurence Olivier was blooming, 21 Days captures the pair falling in love and on the cusp of stardom, but producer Alexander Korda chose not to release the film.
By Josephine Botting
Three weeks, two lovers, one shelved film: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s forgotten blackmail drama 21 Days