BUtterfield 8
Directed by Daniel Mann
Written by Charles Schnee and John Michael Hayes
1960/USA
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First viewing/Netflix rental Elizabeth Taylor is not bad here but was better in other, better, films. The Hayes Code is still in force. Gloria Wandrous (Taylor) works as read more
Daniel Mann's Butterfield 8 is one of the films that I recently discussed during a Turner Classic Movies podcast with Scott McGee when looking at the career of one of my favorite costume designers, Helen Rose. Because we weren't able to indulge in all of its wonderful wardrobe, read more
A Movie Haiku in memory of Elizabeth Taylor:Butterfield Eight
Gin in the a.m.,the easy woman's mouthwash.Where the hell am I?
This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now. read more
Butterfield 8 (1960) Elizabeth Taylor‘s sexuality seemed to be the guiding part of her career in the years surrounding 1960. She had done Cat on a Hot Tin Roof two years prior and would do Cleopatra two films after Butterfield 8 –a story of a woman who is a bit too liberal with read more
BUtterfield 8(1960) film directed by Daniel Mann. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey. Taylor won an Academy Award for her performance.
The film begins when sophisticated call girl Gloria, wakes up in Weston Liggett's apartment. She is heartbroken when she finds the $250 dollars read more
BUtterfield 8 is a portrait of two people eager to start their lives over again. Elizabeth Taylor plays Gloria Wanderous, a model with a reputation for being, as she so succinctly puts it, “the slut of all time.” Laurence Harvey plays Weston Liggett, a wealthy man who has been forced read more
