annagram Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Elizabeth Taylor has to be the most beautiful woman ever in films. She was at her loveliest in "Place in the Sun", "Ivanhoe" and "Rain Tree County". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvaG92260 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 hi ya annagram, i do agree that she was very beautiful i will not say THE most beautiful..but surely in the top 5 or 6...saying that i ADORE liz taylor....yes she was lovliest i thought in A Place In The Sun..of course she was still a girl then....but her acting and i thought as a woman in her PRIME..no dought had to be for me... A Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.....omgosh..She was GORGOUES...and what GREAT acting...of course there are other movies she may have acted in as well or maybe better...but i prefer to look at her in her prime at her best, as i do all the leading ladies then..... Ty for your thread on Liz...she sure does deserve it! AvaG Message was edited by: AvaG92260 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyishere Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I thought she looked the most beautiful in Elephant Walk, but she looked great in almost all her films to be sure. And a nice lady to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidash Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Loved her when she was in the more innocent mode--Father of the Bride, Lassie Come Home, National Velvet--which she states was her favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annagram Posted April 28, 2008 Author Share Posted April 28, 2008 She took over the part in "Elephant Walk" from Vivien Leigh who got sick and couldn't complete the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pktrekgirl Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I have always liked Elizabeth Taylor and think she gets entirely too much undeserved grief. Despite her money and fame, she has not had an easy life and has experienced alot of loss, not to mention bouts of ill health. And I think she should be given alot more credit and be subject to alot fewer comments from the peanut gallery about things like her weight or her marriages. She was a breathtakingly beautiful woman in her day, and made alot of very enjoyable movies. Personally, I think she did a fine job in almost all of her films - even if the script was lame, Liz gave it her best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hi there, Beda! I appreciated your comments on Elizabeth and I quite agree. She was a pro and had tons of charisma, even when the movie wasn't the greatest you always enjoyed watching HER. In fact, I think she always sold her own talents short and can sound quite hard on herself in interviews. My favorite ET movies include: The Sandpiper Butterfield 8 National Velvet Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Suddenly, Last Summer Elephant Walk A Place in the Sun Giant (I think she's the best thing in the movie) Jane Eyre (a small, unbilled role but she's so striking in it!) The Only Game in Town (talk about a bad movie, but she's still adorable) The V.I.P.s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annagram Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 She was also very good......and beautiful in Ivanhoe and Raintree County. Her mother pushed her into show business as very young child and these young stars always have difficult lives -------- look at Judy Garland just to mention one other one. She was a beautiful child in Jane Eyre as another poster mentioned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 From *Jane Eyre* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Ah...I love women of all stripes... But, Elizabeth Taylor in her prime, the Cleopatra era, was as beautiful as they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveRayMilland Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Being married seven times isn't EXACTLY the best thing in the world!!! But I don't know why people are always saying that she is bad. Mickey Rooney had eight wives! She is BREATH-TAKINGLY, BEAUTIFUL!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annagram Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 People were very upset with her after her third husband, Mike Todd died and she took up with his friend Eddie Fisher who was married to Debbie Reynolds at the time. People thought the Fisher/Reynolds marriage was a story book affair but actually they were having a difficult time of the marriage. She was labelled a home wrecker and then, of course, when she took up with Richard Burton it only made matters worse. They were in the papers and on the news on a daily basis for a very long time. I have always felt great sympathy for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annagram Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 Thanks for the beautiful picture of Liz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pktrekgirl Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 *Hi there, Beda! I appreciated your comments on Elizabeth and I quite agree. She was a pro and had tons of charisma, even when the movie wasn't the greatest you always enjoyed watching HER. In fact, I think she always sold her own talents short and can sound quite hard on herself in interviews.* *My favorite ET movies include:* *The Sandpiper* *Butterfield 8* *National Velvet* *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* *Suddenly, Last Summer* *Elephant Walk* *A Place in the Sun* *Giant (I think she's the best thing in the movie)* *Jane Eyre (a small, unbilled role but she's so striking in it!)* *The Only Game in Town (talk about a bad movie, but she's still adorable)* *The V.I.P.s* Hey there, MissG! I have not seen all of those movies (I'm embarrassed to say that I've not seen Giant...and I've not seen Jane Eyre or The Only Game in Town either.) However, the rest you list there are top notch in my book. Her and Monty in A Place in the Sun really cannot be beat (that movie is perfect, IMO, except for Shelly Winters' whining, which gets on my nerves so bad that even *I* am ready to throw her out of the boat...but that is a small nit )...and The Sandpiper and The VIPs are the best of the films done with our mutual side-fascination, Richard Burton. And Elephant Walk is a favorite of mine, because I love Dana Andrews too, and both of them are good in that film. My favorites not on your list are by far the Father of the Bride flicks. Although admittedly, those are mainly Spencer Tracy films more than anything else....Nevertheless, Liz is good in them, and they are quite rewatchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 and The Sandpiper and The VIPs are the best of the films done with our mutual side-fascination, Richard Burton. BIG "sigh". I probably should have included The Taming of the Shrew, which is in fact one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare and I really think Elizabeth is good in it; Richard, of course, was very comfortable with Shakesapeare. I bought the Taylor/Burton box set, but still haven't gotten around to watching the dvds. Maybe I will this weekend. SPOILER!!!!!! And Elephant Walk is a favorite of mine, because I love Dana Andrews too, and both of them are good in that film Ooooh...I am constantly "rewriting" that film in my head so she ends up with Dana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollywoodGolightly Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Coming up at 10:45am Eastern is Raintree Country, certainly one of the most ambitious projects Elizabeth Taylor was ever in, not counting Cleopatra of course. It's not an altogether successful movie, I suppose, but it has many worthwhile moments... *Raintree County* (1957) In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black. Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick Dir: Edward Dmytryk C-173 mins, TV-PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HollywoodGolightly Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Beautiful photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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