Furious Love (61 page)

“go into semiretirement…not to be pleased.”: Ibid.

155…once, for instance, on shipboard”: Ibid., 154.

CHAPTER 7: MARRIED LOVE

“I can't say it in words…”: Franco Zeffirelli,
Zeffirelli
(New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986), 216.

“We live in a blaze of floodlights…”: Bragg, 242.

“Monty has even more problems…”: Patricia Bosworth,
Montgomery Clift
(New York: Bantam Books, 1979).

“Though we were linked romantically…”: Taylor,
Elizabeth Takes Off
, 63.

“Monty, Elizabeth likes me…”: Bosworth, 395.

“a phony actor”: Ibid.

“If Monty doesn't work soon…”: Ibid.

“she would pay…”: Ibid., 396.

“the first person to take her seriously…”: Bosworth, 395.

“The world is round, get over it”: Conversation with Elizabeth Taylor.

“The truth is”: Kelley, 274.

“Mabel” or “Mabes,” “Lumpy,” “Twit Twaddle,” etc.: Letter from Richard Burton, B-T Archive.

“Well, they got an earful”: Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor
, 131.

“I think you should go…”: Kelley, 277.

“Martha completely took me…”: Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor
, 158.

“There is no deodorant…”: Ibid., 124.

“Richard and I are going…”: Ibid., 127.

“more interested in illicit…”: Ibid.

“Is Liz Legally Wed?”:
Movie Mirror
, 1965, Elizabeth Taylor clipping file, Academy Library.

“Liz Confesses: Burton's Ruining Me…”:
Photoplay
1964, Ibid.

“Richard Burton to Liz: I Love…”:
Saturday Evening Post
,
The Taming of the Shrew
clipping file, Ibid.

“Is that Maria's mother?…in that way” anecdote: Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor
, 148–49.

“Elizabeth Taylor Seeks” and “…Slash Taxes as Briton”: Elizabeth Taylor clipping file, Academy.

“I love America,”: Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, 128.

“The marriage…”:
Life
, February 24, 1967.

“Will you please stop…” bush baby anecdote: Zeffirelli, 200–01.

“I wondered if I was going to…”: Ibid., 212.

“a Hollywood baby…a rich sheik”: Ibid., 212–13.

“We had invested $2 million…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 212.

“four children, dogs, cats…”: Cottrell, 301.

“Where are the bosoms?”: Ibid.

“didn't give a damn”: Zeffirelli, 214.

“It was all very Douglas Fairbanks…”: Ibid.

“Why can't we take on one death-defying…”: Jenkins, 162.

“Elizabeth was very shy…”: Cottrell, 302.

“maids, secretaries, and butlers…”: Michael York,
Accidentally on Purpose
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991), 132.

“[her] morning was given over…”: Zeffirelli, 215.

“French hours” to “‘one-shot Liz'…”: Ibid.

“We'll have to start…ordinary lead one” anecdote: Victor Spinetti with Peter Rankin,
Victor Spinetti
,
Up Front
(London: Portico, 1998), 180.

“I never gaped at anybody…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 213.

“Albee was very flattering…”: Ibid.

“Wonderful! A bus trip” anecdote: Spinetti, 182–83.

“the exquisite softness…”: undated note from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor, B-T Archive.

“I would sometimes find…”: York, 132, and authors' interview with York.

“Richard bringing Elizabeth…” to “They gave me my chance”: Interview with York.

“That M. Nichols really gets…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 212.

“one of the most brilliant…”: Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor
, 161.

“I'm not sure I like…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 212.

“the Jews of Britain…”: Brenda Maddox,
Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor?
(New York: M. Evans, 1977), 181.

“During the war…”: Taylor,
Elizabeth Taylor
, 90.

“My great-grandfather…”: David, 148.

“I was born a Jew”:
LOOK
, January 28, 1964.

“You're not Jewish…”: David, 148.

“Dear Sheba”: Burton's undated note to Taylor, B-T Archive.

“Isn't it awful to have to tolerate…” anecdote, Zeffirelli, 218.

“It was one of those moments…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 227.

“Sept. 24. [Monty's] companion…”: Ibid.

“Rest, perturbed spirit—”: Kelley, 256.

“What do you think…”: Jenkins, 155.

“What other young couple…”:
LOOK
, October 1966.

“Between scenes…”: Ibid.

“My real name, of course, is Richard Jenkins…”: Cottrell, 309.

“holding their Welsh cocks”: Ibid., 310.

“As soon as that bloody…”: Ibid.

“They can take…”: Ibid., 311.

“We were only sad…”: Ibid., 309.

“We had as much…” to “Elizabeth was not displeased”: Burton notebooks, Bragg.

“In one of her better performances…”: Hollis Alpert,
Time
, March 17, 1967.

“his first whiskery kiss” to “one long honeymoon”: Bragg, 227.

“Thy husband is thy lord…”: William Shakespeare,
The Taming of the Shrew
, Act V, scene ii.

“played it straight”: Zeffirelli, 216.

“deeply moved” to “my heart is there…”: Ibid.

“E. very ill from that bloody…” and following entries: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 226.

“the whole huge thing”: Bragg, 229.

CHAPTER 8: SEDUCED BY FAUST

“I am madly in love with her…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 235.

“I'm just a broad…”: Taylor, quoted in Spoto, 320.

“This boy…will be a great actor…”: Michael Munn,
Richard Burton
,
Prince of Players
(London: JR Books, 2008), 35.

“I have had many students…”: Cottell, back cover.

“bloody a few noses…was coming up”: Burton interview, Palmer's
In from the Cold.

“When he came to Oxford…”: Robert Hardy, interviewed in Palmer's
In from the Cold.

“I remember the shock of thrill…”: Cottrell, 299.

“her slow walk…”: Cottrell, 300.

“with thunder and slaughter…the undergraduate actors”: Ibid., 299.

“To praise most cordially…”: Ibid.

“Richard seemed to be…”: quoted in Palmer,
In from the Cold.

“Why me?”: Ibid.

“wolfish grin” anecdote: Kenneth Tynan and John Lahr, ed.,
The Notebooks of Kenneth Tynan
(New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2001), 415–16.

“Marlon's immorality…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 223.

“tacit connection between…”: Peter Manso,
Brando
,
The Biography
(New York: Hyperion, 1994), 631.

“everybody became sloshed…”: Bragg, 223.

“Richard likes you…”:
Hollywood Lawyers
, 105.

“supremely fine actress…”: Huston,
An Open Book
, 373.

“nearly half of the U.S. film…”: Cottrell, 314.

“They say we generate…”: David, 165.

“Kate came to stay…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 217.

“Oh don't worry…” Sir John Gielgud interview in Palmer's
In from the Cold.

“I'm just a broad…”: Taylor, quoted in Spoto, 320.

“I used to be considered…”: Authors' interview with Gianni Bozzacchi.

“I don't have to retouch…”: Ibid.

“Richard was not that vain…”: Ibid.

“You're really good, Gianni…”: Gianni Bozzacchi,
The Queen and I
(Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002), 4–5.

“When I take pictures…”: Author's interview with Gianni Bozzacchi.

“That's what the world…”: Author's interview with Gianni Bozzacchi.

“If Botticelli were living today…”: Bozzacchi,
The Queen and I
, 6.

“When you get injected…”: Author's interview with Gianni Bozzacchi.

“perfect, an exquisite little doll…”: Taylor,
Elizabeth Takes Off
, 51.

“Some beautiful people…”: Ibid., 51–52.

“I was glad to leave Dahomey…”: Piers Paul Read,
Alec Guinness
,
The Authorized Biography
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003), 472–73.

“a perfectly ordinary…”: Bragg, 234.

“Elizabeth and I love…”: Chandler Broussard, “On Location with Richard and Liz: Why They're Never Dull,”
LOOK
, June 1967, 67.

“You took your life in your hands…”: Ibid.

“‘Quicktake' Elizabeth”: MGM short feature, “The Making of
The Comedians
,” DVD special feature.

“when they are both off…”: Norman Sherry,
The Life of Graham Greene
,
III
, (New York: Viking, 2004), 422.

“I hardly find him…”: Read, 472.

“I can show you…” dialogue from
The Comedians
, DVD.

“Have you seen Richard Burton?” anecdote: Bragg, 235.

“E. is looking gorgeous…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 234.

“I am madly in love…”: Ibid., 235.

“I would never have dreamed…”:
LOOK
, 69.

“Well, I must say…”: Ibid.

“Do not burn the bridges…”: Kelley, 261.

“He was always very aware…”: Mike Nichols, Palmer's
In from the Cold.

“…we heard that E. had won…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 240.

“and never tiring of it…he needs that Oscar”: Sammy Davis Jr.,
Hollywood in a Suitcase
(New York: William Morrow & Co., 1980), 26–27.

“I drank steadily…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 221.

“Elizabeth joined us…”: Ibid.

CHAPTER 9:
BOOM!

“[We are] a lovely charming decadent…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 243.

“People don't like sustained…”: Taylor, quoted in Alpert, 188.

“I can't say the word ‘Bugger'…”: David Caute,
Joseph Losey
,
A Revenge on Life
(New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), 238.

“Call me Tom”: Bragg, 233.

“stupendously drunk…worse for wear” anecdote: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 241.

“overweight stars…”: Caute, 226.

“ice-skating rink…”: Taylor,
My Love Affair with Jewelry
, 36.

“SHE OUTLIVED SIX…”:
Boom!
promotional booklet.

“Elizabeth Taylor is seriously considering…and not with crutches”: Ibid.

“a picture-postcard sea”: Graham Payn and Sheridan Morley, eds.,
The Noël Coward Notebooks
(Boston: Little, Brown, 1982), 655.

“please feel completely free…”: quoted in
Boom!
promotional booklet.

“Our credo might have been…”: Taylor,
Elizabeth Takes Off
, 87.

“tighten up those muscles…”: Ibid., 80.

“Creating a life with him…”: Ibid., 87.

“My working relationship…”: quoted in Caute, 226.

“very old and slightly…” and following entries: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 244.

“never lost his eye”: Cole Lesley,
The Life of Noël Coward
(New York: Knopf, 1976), 508.

“before it's too late”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 245.

“I'm supposed to leap…”: quoted in Mark Shivas, “Was It Like This With Louis XIV?”
New York Times
, October 15, 1976.

“a den of thieves” anecdote: Steverson, 168.

“looking infinitely sexy” anecdote: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 245.

“Not too bad…”: Ibid., 238.

“canary, and not mustard” and description of yacht: Alpert, 186.

who relieved themselves all over the rugs: Kelley, 269 and Cottrell, 315.

“We are lunching with somebody…”: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 260.

“Not bad for an old woman…”: Ibid., 261.

“And possibly Ari Onassis…”: Ibid., 260.

“how beautiful his eyes were”: Ibid., 261.

“eyes in the back of her bum…a bit of a bore”: Ibid.

“half a million pounds…get the money”: Ibid., 265.

“How can he possibly…”: Ibid., 241.

“How many nominations…” anecdote: Ibid., 242.

“touching it and staring…”: Ibid., 263.

“When I got there…”: Gielgud's interview, Palmer's
In from the Cold.

“A terrible day…” anecdote: Burton notebooks, Bragg, 243.

“She is a nice fat girl…”: Ibid., 238.

“The Burtons seem to revel…”: Cottrell, 319.

“amazing how a couple…”:
London Evening Standard
, quoted in Cottrell, 319.

“lost faith in faith”: Greene,
The Comedians
, DVD.

“a character assassination…”: Graham Greene and Richard Greene, ed.,
A Life in Letters
(Canada: Knopf, 2007), 293.

“a country of voodoo…”: Ibid.

“You must at some time…deserted film for the stage”: David Lewin interview with the Burtons, Palmer's
In from the Cold.

“
Doctor Faustus
is…”: quoted in Cottrell, 319.

“
Doctor Faustus
becomes…”: Pauline Kael,
Going Steady
, 41.

“absolutely the right…”:
Los Angeles Times
, March 15, 1968.

“Her vivid personal imagery…”: Ibid.