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From the master's voice himself Sir Laurence Olivier chronicles his theater career, movie career and personal life, in order of importance to the author. Olivier shows how tough his early family live and experiences at school were, and the influence it had. He volunteers personal information which would take creedence away from later biographies. He paints a fascinating picture of the people and events surrounding cinema and London's west end for some decades. He does show a lack of tact for his surviving family of the time, ex-wife Jill Esmond and eldest son Tarquin Olivier. He tells about his 20 year relationship with Viven Leigh, holding back on some details to preserve her dignity it would seem. He gains much satisfaction and stability in his family life with Joan Plowright and successive children in his sixties. His style flows very smoothy but is curious because it will wind around a topic and then hit it on the nose with a knee slapper of a punch line. Honest about his ups and downs of fortune, he admits his own personal and professional mistakes in a self-deprecating tone. Sir Laurence glides right through latter in life cinema choices, some of which the reader wants to know i.e. Boys from Brazil, Brideshead Revisited, etc. Using a very dramatic stance, he begs everyone's forgiveness for his personal mistakes at the end of the book. Always intriguing, it is a must read for Olivier enthusiasts the world over.Read full review
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