How to Be a Movie Star (70 page)

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"paralyzingly potent": William F. Nolan,
John Huston: King Rebel
(Sherbourne Press, 1965).

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"She's fearless": Grobel,
The Hustons.

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"more reporters on the site": John Huston,
An Open Book
(Da Capo Press, 1994).

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"a lot of rows": Grobel,
The Hustons.

336 "But ... there was nothing": Grobel,
The Hustons.

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they'd also flown in the wife: LAT, October 15, 1963.

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"ever really loved": AP report, as in the
Hartford Courant,
February 5, 1964.

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fans waited for hours:
Record American,
March 23, 1964;
New York Journal-American,
March 23, 1964; various articles, Richard Burton, John Springer files, NYPL.

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a crowd of people suddenly burst through:
Boston Globe,
March 24, 1964; AP reports, as in the
Hartford Courant,
March 24, 1964.

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"Why, I used to handle":
Record American,
March 23, 1964.

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"rooted to the spot":
Esquire,
November 1964.

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"For God's sake":
Ladies' Home Journal,
December 1974.

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"Rarely has poetry drawn": NYT, June 22, 1964.

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"I knew that eighty-five percent": Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor.

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"a pile of crap": Ernest Lehman unpublished memoir, "Fun and Games With George and Martha: The Virginia Woolf Papers," Ernest Lehman Collection, USC.

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"A wild idea," "Don't let Taylor": Unpublished memoir by Vincente Minnelli, Minnelli Collection, AMPAS.

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"To have found": Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor.

9. Rewriting the Rules

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"On a day": Unless otherwise noted, Ernest Lehman's observations of the making of
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
come from his unpublished journal, "Fun and Games With George and Martha: The Virginia Woolf Papers," Ernest Lehman Collection, USC, hereafter Lehman journal.

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"star power first": To be clear, this quote came from a personal interview with Nichols.

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–47 Nichols had complained "bitterly": Lehman journal.

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"I don't like to go into rehearsals": Associated Press report, as in the
Hartford Courant,
September 20, 1964.

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"His invention is as resourceful": NYT, October 24, 1963.

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Virginia Woolf
was breaking down the last strictures: See files in the Production Code Administration Collection, AMPAS. Also Leonard J. Leff and Jerold L. Simmons,
The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code
(University Press of Kentucky, 2001).

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"I don't know why you want": Lehman journal.

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Elizabeth pulling down $100,000 per week: Interoffice Warner Bros. memo from P. D. Knecht to Hal Holman, November 1, 1965, JWC, USC.

352 "When I first read the script": Interview with Roy Newquist that was used as part of a
McCall's
magazine article in June 1966. The interviews, much of which did not make it into the article, were played separately on Kenneth Banghart's CBS radio program. This quote is taken from a recording of that program. (Hereafter Newquist-Banghart.)

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"I want the audience drawn":
Saturday Evening Post,
October 9, 1965.

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"What are those ravishing shadows": LAT, July 28, 1965.

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"Yes, but are you worried": Lehman journal.

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"My job is":
Hartford Courant,
March 29, 2006.

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–55 "If Mike wants me": LAT, July 28, 1965.

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"a lot of cream": Lehman journal.

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"the physical progression": Newquist-Banghart.

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"I can't
act
until you say":
Saturday Evening Post,
October 9, 1965.

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"Elizabeth can keep in her mind":
Saturday Evening Post,
October 9, 1965.

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"I had a character": Interview on
Larry King Live,
January 15, 2001, CNN transcripts.

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"wonderful words to wrap": Interview on
Larry King Live,
May 30, 2006, CNN transcripts.

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"It's a matter," "You cannot believe": Newquist-Banghart.

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"advance publicity was not calculated":
Hartford Courant,
August 22, 1965.

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"We finally decided":
McCall's,
June 1966.

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"Why should we help support":
Hartford Courant,
March 29, 2006.

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"bothering them": Lehman journal.

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"If you want to turn": Interview with Michael Daves by Stephen Bogart, Icons Radio Hour, available online.

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"It's easy to say you're tired":
Saturday Evening Post,
October 9, 1965.

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"She has the larceny":
New York Post,
September 1, 1967.

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"It's the most enjoyable": Newquist-Banghart.

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"We're in trouble": Lehman journal.

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"natural ego": Newquist-Banghart.

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"I never had a better time": Interview on
Larry King Live,
May 30, 2006, CNN transcripts.

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"decidedly erotic": Lehman journal.

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–69 "We both had to pull out all the stops": Interview on
Larry King Live,
May 30, 2006, CNN transcripts.

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they were the only actors who could draw audiences:
Hartford Courant,
August 3, 1965.

370 "The tax thing":
Look,,
May 7, 1963.

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"Money is more valuable":
Hollywood Citizen News,
January 15, 1965.

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"A lot of grated parmesan":
Hollywood Reporter,
January 11, 1965.

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"How's the new baby?": Paddy Chayefsky to Eddie Fisher, January 23, 1962, Paddy Chavefsky papers, NYPL.

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royalties due from
Cleopatra:
NYT, April 23, 1964; LAT, April 22 and 23, 1964; Civil Case No. 66–73 and Civil Case No. 66–2066,
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation vs. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region (hereafter Fox lawsuit, NARA).

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"too ludicrous": NYT, April 24, 1964.

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"These two defendants": Case 66–73, Fox lawsuit, NARA.

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"This picture is too important": Lehman journal.

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Warners agreed to reimburse the costs: Memo from Mickey Rudin to Walter MacEwan, December 1, 1965, JWC, USC.

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"part of her efforts": Mickey Rudin to Peter D. Knecht, January 19, 1966, JWC, USC.

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–75 "I wouldn't put it in print": Interview on
Larry King Live,
January 15, 2001, CNN transcripts.

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"Wouldn't it be better":
Look,
May 7, 1963.

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the film version of
Hello, Dolly!:
Lehman journal.

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Production Code Administration had refused: Leff and Simmons,
The Dame in the Kimono;
NYT, June 25, 1966.

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"The Code is dead":
Motion Picture Daily,
June 27, 1966.

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"the public morality in film": NYT, June 25, 1966.

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"I'm not a masochist": Lehman journal.

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"I am told": ET to Ray Stark, November 1967, John Huston Collection, AMPAS.

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"Please let's at least write": Ray Stark to John Huston, April 25, 1966, Huston Collection, AMPAS.

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"The emotional climate": Marilyn Beck syndicated column, as in the
Hartford Courant,
April 4, 1967.

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"that woman": LAT, June 17, 1967.

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she gushed to Liz Smith: The article first ran in
Cosmopolitan
in September 1968 and was reprinted in the NYT, April 29, 2001, as well as Liz Smith,
Dishing
(Simon & Schuster, 2005).

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"We just stepped": NYT, March 3, 1968.

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"We get a great giggle":
Look,,
May 7, 1963.

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"What are you doing": Bragg,
Richard Burton.

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–84 "I'm much more broad-minded":
Look,,
May 7, 1963.

384 "pig out":
Cosmopolitan,
September 1987.

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"The lazy little bugger": Bragg,
Richard Burton.

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–85 off the coast of Sardinia:
New York Post,
August 30, 31, September 1, 1967.

Epilogue: How to Stay a Movie Star

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the Cartier diamond had become the Taylor-Burton diamond: NYT, October 24, 25, 27, 31, 1969; UPI report, as in the
Hartford Courant,
October 28, 1969. See also Taylor,
My Love Affair with Jewelry.

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"the nice little": Alexander Walker sourced this as "private information" in his book
Elizabeth.

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–88 "Nobody I know": NYT, October 24, 1969.

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"Doesn't look so vulgar": Walker,
Elizabeth.

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"You can't own a thing":
Cosmopolitan,
September 1987.

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Richard had had to outbid Prince Alfonso: NYT, January 26, 1969.

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"Absolute hell": Michel Ciment,
Conversations with Losey
(Methuen, 1985).

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"quite adoringly": Lehman journal.

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"Don't call me a secretary": LAT, December 16, 1976.

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Chen Sam:
New York,
August 8, 1994;
Variety,
September 2, 1996;
Parade,
October 13, 1996.

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"shrewdly [kept] Elizabeth":
New York,
August 8, 1994.

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Elizabeth Taylor Diamond Corporation: LAT, December 16, 1976.

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"increasingly imprecise": Thomson,
A Biographical Dictionary of Film.

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"You are such a terrific woman":
The New Republic,
February 7, 1983.

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"Liz Taylor's latest race":
Esquire,
November 1977.

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"I thought we would get married": Interview on
Larry King Live,
January 15, 2001, CNN transcripts.

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"I'm looking forward":
McCall's,
January 1977.

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"We didn't have any caviar":
Esquire,
November 1977.

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ET had never been a voter: Case 66–73, Fox lawsuit, NARA.

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"Virginia needs her!":
McCall's,
January 1977.

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"John [Warner] wanted":
New York,
August 8, 1994.

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"Genghis Khan": Harriet Meth, quoted in C. David Heymann,
Liz.

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"I think they [Washington]": Interview on
Larry King Live,
January 15, 2001, CNN transcripts.

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producer Zev Bufman: Heymann,
Liz.