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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
John O'Hara (novel)
Charles Schnee (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 November 1960 (USA) more
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Tagline:
...the best-seller that tells Gloria's story...from first man to last! more
Plot:
The romantic life of a fashionable Manhattan beauty who's part model, part call-girl--and all man-trap. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Birthday Suits 11/07
 (From FilmExperience. 7 November 2009, 8:45 AM, PST)

Elizabeth Taylor Assures Fans She's Fine
 (From PEOPLE.com. 9 October 2009, 5:15 AM, PDT)

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La Liz's Best more (66 total)

Cast

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Elizabeth Taylor ... Gloria Wandrous

Laurence Harvey ... Weston Liggett

Eddie Fisher ... Steve Carpenter
Dina Merrill ... Emily Liggett
Mildred Dunnock ... Mrs. Wandrous
Betty Field ... Mrs. Fanny Thurber
Jeffrey Lynn ... Bingham Smith
Kay Medford ... Happy
Susan Oliver ... Norma
George Voskovec ... Dr. Tredman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Butterfield 8 (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
109 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Trivia:
Prior to the advent of digital technology, telephone exchanges were named instead of being numbered. Thus, Butterfield 8 (BU8 or 288) was the name of the exchange that provided service to ritzy precincts of Manhattan's Upper East Side more
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Continuity: During the car chase scene at the end, there are cars driving behind Liggett, visible through the rear window from inside the car. When the shot changes to a view of both cars on the highway, there is no-one behind him. more
Quotes:
Tom, the Bartender: Without her this place is dead. She's like catnip to every cat in town. more
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Featured in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V) more

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26 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
La Liz's Best, 5 April 2001
Author: Eric-62-2 from Morristown, NJ

Elizabeth Taylor hated making this movie (forced on her by MGM to fulfill the last part of her contract with the studio dating back to her days as a child star), and she hates it still. But whereas a lesser performer would have channeled that hatred into not trying at all on screen, La Liz instead channeled her hatred of the project by playing her part of call-girl Gloria Wandrous to the hilt, and in the process richly earned her first Academy Award (it is a far better performance than Shirley MacLaine's in "The Apartment", her chief competition that year). The story is cheap soap opera that really makes one snicker today when you see how they had to dance around the Production Code restraints of the day like never before, but watching La Liz in action is spellbinding. No other part reveals how in her prime she was the total picture of stunning beauty *and* a talented, gifted actress to boot.

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