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Butterfield 8

film by Mann [1960]

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Mann then helmed Butterfield 8 (1960), which won Elizabeth Taylor her first Academy Award, for her portrayal of a New York call girl. Despite her performance, the melodrama, a bowdlerized version of the John O’Hara novel, was widely dismissed by critics. It was a box-office success, however, partly…
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Oscar to Taylor for best actress, 1960

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…New York call girl in Butterfield 8 (1960), though she publicly expressed her dislike of the film. She met and fell in love with the British actor Richard Burton while they were filming Cleopatra (1963). Both were still married at the time, and their affair became a scandal. The couple…
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