Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar playing a prostitute in “Butterfield 8.” The story has the hardened call girl getting into a tumultuous affair with a married man, played by her husband Eddie Fisher. She did well in the nuanced role of a loose woman, which had parallels in real-life due to her unpopularity with the public following her marriage to Fisher, breaking up his marriage to Debbie Reynolds.
The dramatics were very engrossing thanks to the fine screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Charles Schnee, with tight direction by Daniel Mann (“The Rose Tattoo” 1955). Co-stars include Laurence Harvey, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Susan Oliver, Kay Medford, Betty Field, and George Koskovec. “BUtterfield 8” was successful at the box office for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It received one other Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.
This was Taylor’s final movie at MGM, who then moved to 20th Century Fox to make “Cleopatra.”
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
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My Review
Elizabeth Taylor won her first Oscar playing a prostitute in “Butterfield 8.” The story has the hardened call girl getting into a tumultuous affair with a married man, played by her husband Eddie Fisher. She did well in the nuanced role of a loose woman, which had parallels in real-life due to her unpopularity with the public following her marriage to Fisher, breaking up his marriage to Debbie Reynolds.
The dramatics were very engrossing thanks to the fine screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Charles Schnee, with tight direction by Daniel Mann (“The Rose Tattoo” 1955). Co-stars include Laurence Harvey, Dina Merrill, Mildred Dunnock, Susan Oliver, Kay Medford, Betty Field, and George Koskovec. “BUtterfield 8” was successful at the box office for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It received one other Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography.
This was Taylor’s final movie at MGM, who then moved to 20th Century Fox to make “Cleopatra.”