BUtterfield 8
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| BUtterfield 8 | |
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| Image:Butterfield8 movieposter.jpg Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Daniel Mann |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by | John O'Hara (novel) John Michael Hayes Charles Schnee |
| Starring | Elizabeth Taylor Laurence Harvey |
| Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
| Cinematography | Charles Harten Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | Image:Flag of the United States.svg November 4, 1960 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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BUtterfield 8 is a 1960 MGM film directed by Daniel Mann, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey. The screenplay was adapted by John Michael Hayes and Charles Schnee from the 1935 novel by John O'Hara.
The unusual spelling (capitalized "B" and "U") comes from the pattern of old telephone exchange names in the United States - a modern number would use 2-8-8 rather than BUtterfield 8. The eight main characters were all part of this exchange.
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[edit] Plot summary
Unlike the plot of the novel in which the protagonist is a call girl posing as a model, the movie casts Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model who falls in love with Weston Liggett (Laurence Harvey), the hard drinking son of a working class family who has married into money. Their tumultuous relationship then engulfs their loved ones and ends in tragedy for Gloria but hints at redemption for Weston.
[edit] Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Gloria Wandrous
- Laurence Harvey as Weston Liggett
- Eddie Fisher as Steve Carpenter
- Dina Merrill as Emily Liggett
- Mildred Dunnock as Mrs. Wandrous
- Betty Field as Fanny Thurber
- Jeffrey Lynn as Bingham Smith
- Kay Medford as Happy
- Susan Oliver as Norma
- George Voskovec as Dr. Tredman
[edit] Production
Parts of this film were filmed on City Island, Bronx, New York, a nautical community where many films are shot.
Elizabeth Taylor and her then-husband Eddie Fisher hated the film, referring to it as 'Butterball Four'.[1]
[edit] Awards
It won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Elizabeth Taylor) and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Color for 1960. It was also nominated for the Best Actress - Drama Golden Globe for the same year's releases.
[edit] References
- ^ Fisher, Eddie with David Fisher, Been There, Done That, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999.
[edit] External links
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