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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

James, Elfred, 68–69, 71, 75

Jamison, Kay Redfield, 391

Jane Eyre
(film), 437

Jaws
(film), 386

Jenkins, Edith “Edie,” 177, 179

Jenkins, Edith Thomas, 65, 66, 67, 257

Jenkins, Graham, 51, 52, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 72, 78, 88, 118, 125, 179, 221, 232, 248, 336, 424–25, 430, 431, 433

Jenkins, Gwen, 50, 195, 247, 273, 392

Jenkins, Ifor, 49, 50, 51–52, 56, 65, 118, 195, 255, 274, 379, 384, 392

accident and paralysis, 247–48, 258, 271, 272–73, 401, 431

death of, 335–36

Jenkins, Richard “Dic” or “Dadi Ni,” 51–52, 53, 65–67, 69, 72–73, 85–87, 270, 315, 385

Jenkins, Thomas, 65, 67

Jenkins, Verdun, 65, 66, 178, 179, 333, 434

Johns, Glynis, 314

Jones, Ernest, 173

Jones, James Earl, 196, 229, 437