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Jeebo

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3. That might be a screen test for a role Vivien Leigh didn't get.

Reply to UTUSN (Original post)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 11:17 PM

19 hrs ago

Or maybe for a role in a short that she did get. Or maybe, as you suggest, it could be AI. If you would like to know, go to imdb.com and read up on the subject.

My favorite Cleopatra movie is the early 1930s black-and-white version with Claudette Colbert. I like it much more than that 1960s big-budget wide-screen version with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It's a talkie, though, not a silent film.

— Ron

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024991/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_7_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_Cleop

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Vivien LEIGH as Cleopatra - no idea whether this is actual or created [View all] UTUSN 19 hrs ago OP

She was in 1945's Caesar and Cleopatra with Claude Rains. rsdsharp 19 hrs ago #1

All those lives (hers, Larry, MANY others) were so wild and "free" and tortured. UTUSN 19 hrs ago #2

That might be a screen test for a role Vivien Leigh didn't get. Jeebo 19 hrs ago #3

Thanks. I'm really a single-issue type - like her/this *only*. Not "Cleopatra" or other versions per se. UTUSN 19 hrs ago #4

Re: ''now am thinking the toes should have been curled in agony like the fingers'' Donkees 11 hrs ago #8

Your insights are impressive, thanks! UTUSN 4 hrs ago #9

The full length film Caesar and Cleopatra-1945 is on You Tube. Here it is. hedda_foil 17 hrs ago #5

Thanks, will make time. YouTube has put me on a 15-20 mins length for every attention span. UTUSN 17 hrs ago #6

Fun Fact that's NOT Vivien Leigh related but Cleopatra related Niagara 11 hrs ago #7