BUtterfield 8 (1960)

Director:

Daniel Mann

Writers:

John O'Hara (novel)
Charles Schnee (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

4 November 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

...the best-seller that tells Gloria's story...from first man to last!

Plot:

The romantic life of a fashionable Manhattan beauty who's part model, part call-girl--and all man-trap.

Plot Keywords:

Model | New York | Divorce | Moral Reformation | Telephone Time Service

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Butterfield 8 (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | UK:15 (1994) | UK:X (1960) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (w) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Afton-Linebrook

Trivia:

Average Shot Length = ~11.3 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.8 seconds.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Legget is Trap Shooting with his wife Emily, he changes from a single shot, breech shotgun to a Remmington Semi Auto 1100, that is not a breech break shotgun as it was in the initial shot in the scene.

Quotes:

Weston Liggett: I've been kind of busy.
Man: Yeah, I heard. I heard. That's the kind of busy-ness I wouldn't mind having - again!
Weston Liggett: What are you talking about?
Man: Oh, come on, Ligget, come on! Hunh? Gloria!
[Puts his arm around him]
Man: Hunh? Sure! Oh, she's... she's frantic! Isn't she like a rocket right off the Earth? Who should know better than yours truly? Ooohhh, mother, help me! I'd have left home for that. Nah... she's got a traveling itch; she's like a flea. Hop, hop, hop from one dog to another. She bites you, and she's gone. She picks you up and she drops you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mad Men: For Those Who Think Young (#2.1)" (2008)

Perfect Picture and Role for TAYLOR!

This is a very great film because Elizabeth Taylor,(Gloria Wandrous),"Night Watch",'73, played her role as a whore to perfection. Gloria was an abused child who had to over come the mental pain that she carried around in her mind. Eddie Fisher, "Nothing Lasts Forever",'84,was a very very close friend who allowed Gloria to crash at his pad and was like a brother to her and listened to her darkest secrets and fears! Laurence Harvey,"Life At the Top",65 was a playboy who was married to a very rich woman that seemed to tolerate his playing around with other women. There are a great deal of twists and turns as to just where Gloria is going to wind up! Elizabeth Taylor was very beautiful and at the height of her career. ENJOY!