Based on the novel by john ohara, butterfield 8 earned elizabeth taylor her first academy award for best actress after four unsuccessful nominations. She must hold many men in her arms to find the one man she could love. Taylor won her first academy award for her performance in a leading role. And i think that butterfield 8 proves that point, albeit, most tragically. Butterfield 8 1960 in the late 1950s, elizabeth taylor was the worlds biggest movie star. Butterfield 81960 the film unlike the novel is set in 60s era style and not the depression era 30s. Butterfield 8 1960 butterfield 8 behind the scenes. Although the author earned several screenwriting credits during the 1940s, it was not until the late 50safter ten north frederick won the 1955 national book awardthat his novels began to make the transition to the screen. She totally hated butterfield 8, in which she plays call girl gloria wandrous who gets involved with married park. When rko supervising producer william lebaron walked out during production of the illfated the gay diplomat 1931, berman took over lebarons responsibilities, remaining in the post until 1939. New york film locations from the movie butterfield 8 starring elizabeth taylor. Find movie and film cast and crew information for butterfield 8 1960 daniel mann on allmovie. Oharas novel butterfield 8 was in part based on the reallife 1931 mysterious death of young socialite starr faithfull. Beautiful gloria wandrous, a new york fashion model engages in an illicit affair with married socialite weston liggett.
Film butterfield 8 is a 1960 drama film directed by daniel mann, starring elizabeth taylor and laurence harvey. Butterfield 8 1960 was the film elizabeth taylor did to fulfill her mgm contract so that she could star in the overblown epic cleopatra at 20th century fox. In butterfield 8, a jewish movie executive named kahan is taken to lunch at the club of his architect, a gentile named farley. Oharas protagonist is a semiprofessional call girl using the manhattan butterfield exchange for her phone service, while the films gloria wandrous was changed to an amateur call girl. Although she disliked her role in butterfield 8 1960, her last film for mgm, she won the academy award for best actress for her performance. Lets enjoy one of its signature cocktails, the dirty blue martini, which gets its color and name from bombay sapphire gin as well as the bleu cheese stuffed olive that adorns it. Pandro was an assistant director during the 1920s under mal st. In 1930, berman was hired as a film editor at rko radio pictures, then became an assistant producer. John oharas firstand perhaps greatestnovel, appointment in samarra, appeared to much acclaim in 1934. The film was based on a 1935 novel of the same name by john ohara, following the success of his critically acclaimed appointment in samarra. Butterfield represents the kind of junk that hollywood used turned out regularly in the 1950s and 1960s until the genre was appropriated by tv soaps. It is a story not just about gloria wandrous a tragic figure, at the mercy of her past and present demons that haunt her, the film is about male ego, male control and male pride. Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time. Top 10 of the most gorgeous and iconic actress of the 1950s.
In the locker room, kahan bumps into an old college classmate, weston. Butterfield 8 on dvd 012569524422 from warner bros directed by daniel mann. The film is based on a novel written by bestselling author john ohara. True or not, its a mythic rumor that just adds to the movie as a guilty pleasure. Butterfield 8 1960 daniel mann cast and crew allmovie. Butterfield 8 is a 1960 american drama film directed by daniel mann, starring elizabeth taylor and laurence harvey. Taylors personal life was as dramatic as her films. Butterfield 8 full movie 1960 lets join, fullhd moviesseasonepisode here. A personal look at film from a lifelong movie watcherwriter. The story about gloria wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, who falls in love with weston liggett, the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money. Elizabeth taylor was facing the scorn of a nation for stealing debbie reynolds husband eddie fisher when mgm decided to cash in on the scandal and make taylor take this role of badgirlfromhell as the.
Elizabeth taylor, laurence harvey and eddie fisher butterfield 8 1960 official trailer elizabeth taylor movie the romantic life of a. Directed by 1 writing credits 3 cast 35 produced by 2 music by 1 cinematography by 2 film editing by 1 art direction by 2 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 3 second unit director or assistant director 3 art department 1. Butterfield 8 1960 movie clip put your assets away. Taylor, then 28 years old, won her first academy award for her performance in a leading role.
The bestselling novel that became an oscarwinning film starring elizabeth taylor about new yorks speakeasy generation a masterpiece of american fiction and a bestseller upon its publication in 1935, butterfield 8 lays bare with brash honesty the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the great depression. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Butterfield 8 1960 official trailer elizabeth taylor movie the romantic life of a fashionable manhattan beauty whos part model, part callgirl, and all mantrap. Audiences made the film, costarring laurence harvey and eddie fisher as a marriedlover and platonic friend who matter to gloria, a boxoffice hit. Metrogoldwynmayer presents john oharas butterfield 8. Read the butterfield 8 movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
Then again, she had soldiered on through cat on a hot tin roof, the film she was in the midst of making when todd died, fulfilled her obligation to butterfield 8, the last film she owed to mgm. Synopsis she must hold many men in her arms to find the one man she could love. Butterfield 8, movie, 1960 internet movie cars database. Butterfield 8 1960 20441 movieart original film posters. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in butterfield 8 1960. Butterfield 8 1960 beautiful gloria wandrous elizabeth taylor, a new york fashion model engages in an illicit affair with married socialite weston liggett. Butterfield 8, 1960 elizabeth taylor after winning the oscar in april, 1961. Butterfield 8 alterations made on john oharas 1935 novel by the scenarists among other things, they have updated it from the prohibition era, spectacularized the ending and refined some of the. And taylor won her first best actress academy award as the call girl whose life comes with a complete set of emotional baggage. Butterfield 8 1960 9631 movieart original film posters. However, glorias desire for respectability causes her to. Loosely based on john oharas novel, the screenplay is cowritten by charles schnee who did a much better job on minnellis hollywood melodrama the bad and the beautiful and. By 1959, taylor owed one more film for mgm, which it decided should be butterfield 8 1960, a drama about a highclass sex worker, in an adaptation of a john ohara 1935 novel. Butterfield 8 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The film was based on a 1934 novel written by john ohara in the wake of the success of his critically acclaimed appointment in samarra. The most desirable woman in town and the easiest to find. Staring eddie fisher, laurence harvey, elizabeth taylor and susan oliver. Butterfield 8 1960 pg 11041960 us drama 1h 49m user score.
If elizabeth taylor wasnt the star, would 1960s butterfield 8 be worth watching at. Mann then helmed butterfield 8 1960, which won elizabeth taylor her first academy award, for her portrayal of a new york call girl. Taylor won a golden globe for best actress for the latter. Not only were her films boxoffice hits, but she had received three consecutive academy award nominations, for raintree county 1957, cat on a hot tin roof 1958, and suddenly, last summer 1959. She wanted to leave the studio in order to film cleopatra with 20th century fox, but was denied until she completed butterfield 8. One of his early works which garnered a lot of attention, primarily because ohara dealt bluntly with matters of social class, sex, and ambition. Butterfield 8 directed by daniel mann and scripted from the john ohara novel. Sanremo 1960 sergio bruni 1960 facciate2 videodiscochannel. A manhattan call girl has a tragic affair with a rich married man. These included two film adaptations of plays by tennessee williams, cat on a hot tin roof 1958 and suddenly, last summer 1959. Based on a novel by john ohara, this drama stars elizabeth taylor as starr faithful, a nyc. Butterfield 8 1960 official trailer elizabeth taylor. With elizabeth taylor, laurence harvey, eddie fisher, dina merrill.
As one of many tributes to the film and its star, we have the butterfield 8 restaurant and lounge in new york city. However, glorias desire for respectability causes her to reconsider her lifestyle. Elizabeth taylor in butterfield 8 1960 butterfield 8 elizabeth taylor 1960 mgm butterfield 8 1960. Original movie poster for butterfield 8 1960 9631 butterfield 8 original french grande poster 47x63. Butterfield 8 1960 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Condescending playboy client liggett laurence harvey meets angered undeclared callgirl gloria elizabeth taylor, in her academy award role in a manhattan bar, inflicting pain on each other in their first scene together, in director daniel manns butterfield 8, 1960. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Rent butterfield 8 1960 starring elizabeth taylor and laurence harvey on dvd and bluray. Butterfield 8 1960 daniel mann september 10, 2015 beautiful gloria wandrous, a new york fashion model engages in an illicit affair with married socialite weston liggett.
Overview of butterfield 8, 1960, directed by daniel mann, with elizabeth taylor, laurence harvey, eddie fisher, at turner classic movies. Posts about butterfield 8 1960 written by monstergirl. I love watching films from old new york city, and taylor is taking us all around the town, so luxurious and extravagant. Butterfield 8 1960 official trailer elizabeth taylor movie youtube. Rent butterfield 8 1960 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Original mgm 30x40 poster for the daniel mann drama, butterfield 8 1960 starring elizabeth taylor, laurence harvey, and eddie fisher. Many people maintain that to be respected is far more important than even to be loved. Classic films reloaded butterfield 8 behind the scenes. Despite her performance, the melodrama, a bowdlerized version of the john ohara novel, was widely dismissed by critics. Butterfield 8 is a 1960 romantic drama starring elizabeth taylor, laurence harvey, and eddie fisher.
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