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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 06:45 PM
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favourite Elizabeth Taylor movie? for me it would have to be "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf".
Edited on Wed Mar-23-11 07:12 PM by applegrove
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solara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 08:07 PM
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1. Maggie the Cat in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' -it's one of Paul Newman's good ones too
But.. Virginia Woolf is a very, very close second..

:hi:
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 08:20 PM
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4. Oh yeah, cat on a hot tin roof was great too.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 08:15 PM
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2. A Place in the Sun
She was the beautiful girl Montgomery Clift fell so hard for he plotted the murder of his pregnant girlfriend played by Shelley Winters.
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 06:52 AM
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12. You know, they took the story from Dreiser's "An American Tragedy"
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 09:27 AM
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16. I had forgotten that. I always associate it with a similar case my dad
talked about. When he was growing up in a small town in PA, basically the same story played itself out and was a huge deal at the time in the area.

Think I'll check out the Dreiser book. Thanks for the reminder!
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-11 01:55 AM
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23. Yep, a true story.
Happened at Loon Lake in New York. I once saw an Unsolved Mysteries episode about it, hosted by Robert Stack.

I called him Robert Starch, since I figured that starch in his undies was what was holding him up at that age.

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Moondog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 08:17 PM
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3. I really didn't care for most of her roles. But I loved watching her.
Absolutely mesmerizing.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 08:30 PM
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5. "Giant" with Rock Hudson and James Dean (1956).
I loved her in all of her movies, though. There was no one who could compare to her.
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NCarolinawoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 08:32 PM
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6. GIANT
I have seen it on television several times. I believe that was the beginning of her friendship with Rock Hudson.

It's quite an epic, and I usually don't like that kind of movie. Breathtaking.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 09:11 PM
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7. "Giant" and "Father of the Bride"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "WAOVW" are excellent as well.

I even like parts of Cleopatra.
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bookworm65t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 10:09 PM
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8. Me too, although exhausting
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 10:48 PM
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9. Suddenly Last Summer
and then, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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Lindsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 11:28 PM
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11. I loved a lot of her movies but my favorite was probably Giant.n/t
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 11:28 PM
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10. I love them all but "Virginia Woolf" is sheer genius......
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 07:00 AM
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13. 'Virginia Woolf'.. I would LOVE to spend an evening with George and Martha;
they really know how to party.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-11 01:58 AM
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24. I don't like movies where people scream at each other.
Don't like the insults.
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MissHoneychurch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 07:23 AM
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14. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Loved that movie. And Elizabeth Taylor played her role as Maggie just outstanding.
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 08:09 AM
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15. Life with Father
Edited on Thu Mar-24-11 08:10 AM by whistler162
not a big fan of over the top drama movies.
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 09:34 AM
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17. Cleopatra nt
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 11:21 AM
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18. Virginia Woolf proved her range and power - and brought her a lot of
critical acclaim. Many critics dismissed her as just a pretty face before that role, and she certainly proved them wrong.

She was a great actor and a great person.

mark
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 01:16 PM
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19. it was fun to see her in an old Little Women flick -
her star quality really shines through - and so lovely.

Not sure what my favorite is...
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 01:18 PM
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20. I second that.
I just love to see dysfunction like that. Dick Burton was great in that, too.
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VermeerLives Donating Member (287 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 08:26 PM
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21. "The Sandpiper"
I loved her in this film. Who can forget those lavender leather pants and the snug chartreuse sweater?? Also, the beautiful score with the best love song ever, "The Shadow of Your Smile", and the stunning cinematography of the Big Sur.

Cleopatra is another favorite.
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Biker13 Donating Member (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-11 12:35 AM
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22. "National Velvet"
But what can you expect? I'm a horse nut!

I do love "Cat", and "Who's Afraid..." though, just not with the same fondness!

Biker's Old Lady
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