by Sam Kashner
The Battle of Sutjeska, 320–23, 372
Becket, 73–74, 87, 96, 131, 133, 185, 196, 269
best work of, 269
Bluebeard, 327–35, 337–42
Boom!, 211–20, 238–40, 272, 288
box-office rankings, 112, 131, 162, 196, 236
Breakthrough, 406
Brief Encounter, 386, 387
brother Graham as stand-in, 51
Candy, 234, 255
Circle of Two, 406
Cleopatra, 2, 15, 58–60, 112, 436
The Comedians, 196–204, 209, 228–30
The Desert Rats, 1
Divorce His Divorce Hers, 344–57
Ellis Island, 430
Equus, 401
Exorcist II: The Heretic, 401
Hammersmith Is Out, 316, 323
Ice Palace, 139
influence of Taylor, 73, 74, 87, 131
Jackpot, 388, 396
The Klansman, 381–82, 388
The Last Days of Dolwyn, 19, 42–43, 48–49, 145
Laughter in the Dark, 235–36, 240–41
The Longest Day, 31
Look Back in Anger, 122–23, 140, 236, 345
Lovespell, 406
Massacre in Rome, 357, 370
The Medusa Touch, 406
Under Milk Wood, 313–16, 323
My Cousin Rachel, 1, 15, 122, 133
Night of the Iguana, 76–88, 112, 131, 174, 185, 193, 211, 237, 269
1984, x, 424–25, 427–30
poor choices and, 234, 406
Raid on Rommel, 297–300, 317
retirement contemplated, 154, 251–52, 267–68, 281
The Robe, 1, 15, 133
roles reflecting life, 118, 129, 131, 146–49, 161, 202–3, 215, 264, 266, 310, 356
The Sandpiper, 113–19
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 120–31, 133, 168, 176, 185, 205, 215, 265, 269
Staircase, 248–50, 269, 272, 288
The Taming of the Shrew, 161, 164–72, 178–82, 185, 205, 211
Villain, 300–301, 305, 317–18
The V.I.P.s, 42–45, 47, 50–51, 53–54, 55–56, 112, 113, 168, 225
The Voyage, 367, 377
Wagner, 409–10
Where Eagles Dare, 235, 252, 255, 272, 298, 387
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 107, 129, 138–52, 185, 205
The Wild Geese, 406
STAGE CAREER:
Camelot, 15–16, 24, 36, 96, 98, 140, 407, 409, 436
desire to play King Lear, 353, 406, 409, 414, 429
Doctor Faustus, 112, 114, 185–89, 209, 211
drinking and performing, 97–98, 398
The Druid’s Rest, 19, 149
Equus, 398, 399–400
fears and quirks, 90–91, 98–99, 417
films versus, 205, 207, 230–31
Hamlet (1953), 90, 96–97
Hamlet (1964), 16, 73, 87, 89–106, 113, 133, 153, 195, 207
The Lady’s Not for Burning, 121
launching of, 90
Measure for Measure, 186
Under Milk Wood (reading, 1982), 411, 412–13
Oxford mentor, 114, 185–86
Private Lives, 413–24
Shakespearean roles, 121–22, 185, 186
Burton, Sybil, 1, 39, 48–50, 114, 119, 134, 153, 240, 376, 436
Burton’s affair with Taylor, 26–27, 29, 30, 42, 43, 47, 50–52, 75, 264
Burton’s womanizing, 18, 27, 49–50, 121
divorce from Burton, 55, 60, 80
filming of Cleopatra and, 15, 25, 26
marriage to Jordan Christopher, 133–34, 195
BUtterfield 8 (film), 12, 113, 177, 178, 269, 342, 400, 436
Byrne, Gabriel, 412–13
Caine, Michael, 310–12, 332, 334
Callas, Maria, 222–24
Camelot (play), 15, 24, 36, 96, 98, 140, 436
revival (1980), 407, 409
Candy (film), 192, 234, 255
Capote, Truman, 369–70
Caretaker, The (film), 219
Cartier, Claude, 332, 333
Cartier Jewelers, 260
Cat Ballou (film), 176, 290
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film), 7, 8, 76, 211, 269, 436
Cavett, Dick, 16, 408
Cazalet, Victor, 62
Céligny, Switzerland (Burton’s home), x, 39, 42, 118, 194, 247, 271, 388, 389, 400, 424, 430–32
Burton’s funeral in, x, 433
Chandler, Otis, 290
Chaplin, Michael, 292
Chasen’s restaurant, 9, 22, 25, 144, 194, 287
Chen Sam (Chenina Samin), 393, 397
Christian, Linda, 47
Christie, Julie, 117, 136
Christmas Story, A (Burton), 68, 164
Christopher, Jordan, 133–34
Churchill, Lady, 387
Churchill, Sir Winston, 387–88
Circle of Two (film), 406
Cleopatra (film), 9–31, 38–39, 46, 126–27, 318, 319, 436
Burton and Taylor meet, 2, 18, 19
Burton-Taylor affair, 21–31, 46, 57–60, 292
cast, 11, 15, 37, 101
cost, 10–11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 44, 45–46
costumes, 16, 19
Eddie Fisher on set, 19, 20
filming and sets, 2, 11–12, 13, 33–34, 39
Mankiewicz as director, 13–15, 17–18, 28–29, 46–47
press coverage, reviews, box office revenue, 56–60, 112, 153
records set by, 46
script, 13, 17–18, 25
Sybil Burton disrupts filming, 26
Taylor’s acting in, 20
Taylor’s earnings, 10–11
Taylor’s nude scene, 20, 115
Villa Pappa, 9, 21, 25, 29, 38
Cleopatra in Mink (Rice), 35
Clift, Montgomery, 37, 106, 113, 157–61, 175–76, 189, 249, 254, 328, 338–39, 379
Clouzot, Henri-Georges, 139
Coburn, James, 255
Coghill, Sir Nevill, 114, 185–86, 187, 188, 189, 232, 282, 310, 332
Cohen, Alexander, 104, 397–98, 406
Cohn, Art, 6
Columbia Pictures, 164, 189, 301
Comedians, The (film), 196–204, 209, 228–30, 232, 234
Connery, Sean, 212, 246
Cooper, Gary, 261, 322
Cowan, Warren, 35
Coward, Noël, 186, 202, 215–16, 218–19, 224, 239, 305, 414, 422
Cronyn, Hume, 13, 14, 101–4
Cukor, George, 290, 388
Cullum, John, 91, 97, 98, 415, 416, 417, 419, 420, 422
Curtis, Tony, 435
Cusack, Cyril, 168, 171
Dahomey (Benin), Africa, 200–204
Danning, Sybil, 330, 340
Darmanin, Peter, 397
“Dauntless Travelers” (Burton), 84
Davies, Bryn, 69–70
Davis, Bette, 14, 134, 138
Davis, Sammy, Jr., 114, 128, 197, 207–8
Day, Doris, 136
Dean, James, 157
Death of a President (Manchester), 8
de Grunwald, Anatole, 42–43, 47
de Havilland, Olivia, 122
Delaney, Frank, 125
Delon, Alain, 330
Delon, Nathalie, 329, 330, 341, 343, 349, 353, 359
Dempster, Nigel, 366
Dench, Judi, 345
De Niro, Robert, 287
Dennis, Sandy, 139, 143, 150–51, 162
Deschodt, Anne-Marie, 325, 326
Desert Rats, The (film), 1
De Sica, Vittorio, 367, 378
Diana, Princess of Wales, 34
Dick Cavett Show (TV show), 408
Dietrich, Marlene, 144
Diller, Barry, 355
Divorce His Divorce Hers (TV movie), 344–57
Dmytryk, Edward, 328–35, 337, 338–39, 341
Doctor Faustus
film, 189, 230, 231–32, 234, 269, 314
play, 112, 114, 185–89, 209, 211, 222
Donen, Stanley, 248
Dorchester Hotel, London, 12, 47, 50, 57, 74, 111, 120, 177–78, 197, 244, 306, 342, 424
Douglas, Kirk, 402
Dreyfuss, Richard, 406
Driver’s Seat, The (film), 371, 375
Druid’s Rest, The (play), 19, 149
Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 320–23
Dunaway, Faye, 287
Dunn, Michael, 216–17
Dunne, Dominick, 357–58, 360, 368–69
Duvalier, “Papa Doc,” 196, 199, 200, 202, 203, 229, 401
Dyer, Charles, 272
Eastwood, Clint, 235
Elephant Walk (film), 11, 265
Eliot, T. S., 87
Elizabeth, Princess of Yugoslavia, 167, 240, 387–88
Elizabeth Takes Off (Taylor), 217, 434
Elizabeth Taylor by Elizabeth Taylor (Taylor), 7, 152–53, 340
Elizabeth Taylor (Waterbury), 164
Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star (Kelley), 82, 416
Elizabeth Taylor in London (TV special), 74–75
Ellis Island (TV miniseries), 430
Equus (film), 401
Equus (play), 395–96, 398, 399–400
Evans, Dame Edith, 49
Exorcist II: The Heretic (film), 401
Farrow, Mia, 172–73, 242, 250
Father of the Bride (film), 4, 114, 137
Father’s Little Dividend (film), 114
Fellini, Federico, 28, 36, 197
Ferguson, Sarah, Duchess of York, 34
Fernández, Emilio “El Indio,” 79
Finch, Peter, 11, 13, 15
Finney, Albert, 423
Fisher, Eddie, 8–9, 10, 32, 33, 370
Burton and, 25–26, 27, 33, 37, 44, 54
Cleopatra and, 12, 19, 20, 24, 25
confronts Taylor about Burton, 26
Debbie Reynolds and, 7, 8, 9, 154
divorce, 32–33, 43, 80–81, 99
jewelry “gift” to Taylor, 40
Mike Todd and, 7, 9, 80
production company, 80
Sybil Burton and, 26
Taylor and, 7, 10, 12, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26–27, 32–33, 54, 107, 153, 208
threatens Taylor with gun, 33, 153
Flintstones, The (film), 436
Fonda, Henry, 357
Fonda, Jane, 117, 136, 287, 293, 388
Ford, Betty, 424
Ford, Paul, 196, 202
Fortensky, Larry, 436, 437
Fox, James, 212
Frankenheimer, John, 139
Freed, Arthur, 24
French, Hugh, 139, 141, 212, 250, 313, 344
French, Robin, 141
Frings, Kurt, 19
Frosch, Aaron, 80, 100, 105, 163, 192–93, 267, 269, 274, 278, 344, 361–62, 375, 400
Frost, David, 339
Fry, Christopher, 90
Gable, Clark, 339
Gardner, Ava, 76, 77–78, 82, 83, 85–86, 154, 226, 327, 388
Garland, Judy, 16, 289
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (film), 15
Giant (film), 13, 64, 92, 250, 436
Gielgud, Sir John, 16, 73, 90, 93, 94–95, 96, 97–98, 102, 121, 165, 186, 187, 195–96, 226–27, 282, 305, 409, 414
Gill, Brendan, 57
Gilroy, Frank D., 250
Gish, Lillian, 196, 202
Glenville, Peter, 74, 196, 199, 200
Gould, Elliott, 287
Grace (Kelly), Princess of Monaco, 167, 325–26, 327, 332, 333, 334, 385
40th birthday ball, 276–77
Graham, Sheilah, 124, 169
Grand Hotel, Rome, 341
Granger, Stewart, 1, 287
Grant, Cary, 287
Greene, Graham, 196, 202, 228, 264
Gresham Hotel, Dublin, 126, 128
Grimes, Tammy, 329
Gstaad, Switzerland, 26, 28, 33, 35, 39–40, 80, 112, 166, 224, 268, 272, 274, 385, 389, 394, 396, 425
Guide for the Married Man (film), 162
Guinness, Sir Alec, 96, 196, 202, 203, 229
Haber, Joyce, 295
Hagen, Uta, 137
Haiti (Burton property), 401, 428
Hamlet
Gielgud’s at the Old Vic, 90, 102
great actors playing, 102
1953 production, 90, 96–97, 352
1964 production, 16, 73, 87, 89–106, 113, 133, 153, 158, 162, 195, 207, 309
Hammersmith Is Out (film), 300, 301, 316–17, 323
Hampstead, England, 50
Hanley, Dick, 25, 33, 119, 167, 193, 200, 249, 266, 267, 309, 322, 344, 379, 393
Hardt, Eloise, 77
Hardy, Robert “Tim,” 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 65, 134–35, 186, 195, 434
Harlech TV, 344, 348–49, 401
Harris, Richard, 409
Harrison, Rex, 15, 58, 131, 134, 162, 212, 213, 221, 248, 249, 272, 387
Hart, Moss, 16
Harvey, Laurence, 178, 179, 342, 346, 378–79
Hathaway, Harry, 297
Hay, Sally (Sally Hay Burton), x, 420–21, 424, 428, 429–33, 443
Haynes, Brian, 393
Hayward, Susan, 10, 11
Head, Bill, 286, 368
Head, Edith, 286, 291, 348, 368
Heatherton, Joey, 329, 330
Hecht, Ben, 13
Hellman, Lillian, 411
Hepburn, Audrey, 261, 325
Hepburn, Katharine, 14, 216
Here’s Lucy (TV series), 294–95, 298, 345
Heyman, Edward, 26
Heyman, John, 212, 344, 347, 355
Heyman, Norma, 212, 284, 291, 299
Hildyard, Jack, 55
Hill, Arthur, 137
Hiller, Arthur, 297
Hilton, Conrad, 4
Hilton, Conrad Nicholson “Nicky,” Jr., 4, 37, 379
Hoffenberg, Mason, 192
Hoffman, Dustin, 287, 289
Hollywood and moviemaking
alcoholic stars, 338–39
changing times and, 204–5, 287–88, 290, 306–7, 313
concept of movie star, 287–88
“ethnic” actors in vogue, 287
female stars, changing tastes in, 135–36, 229, 239
financing of films, 313, 316
generational shift and Burton-Taylor, 292–93
lower-budget films and, 251, 287, 296
studio system, 309, 310, 328
Taylor’s age and, 234
Hopkins, Anthony, 66, 395
Hopkins, John, 345, 355–56
Hopper, Dennis, 287
Hopper, Hedda, 8
Hordern, Michael, 264–65
Horne, Lena, 154, 327
Hotel Imperial, Vienna, 343
Hudson, Rock, 37, 64, 92, 249, 415, 435
Huie, William Bradford, 381
Hunt, James, 394, 397, 401
Hunt, Suzy, 394, 395, 396–99, 400, 401–2, 406–7, 409, 428
divorce from Burton, 409, 410
marriage to Burton, 401, 403
Hunter, Tab, 212
Hurt, John, x, 428, 430–32
Hussein, Waris, 344, 346–55
Huston, John, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 189, 193, 232, 234, 255, 351, 423
Ice Palace (film), 139
In From the Cold (film), 73
Ives, Burl, 7
Jackpot (film), 388, 396
Jacobson, Max (“Dr. Feelgood”), 17, 32
James, Cecilia “Cissy” Jenkins, 64, 65, 67–69, 70, 71, 75, 179, 304, 334, 335, 434