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Furious Love

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by Sam Kashner

Payn, Graham and Sheridan Morley, eds. The Noël Coward Diaries. Boston: Little, Brown, 1982.

  Perelman, S. J. Don’t Tread on Me: The Selected Letters of S. J. Perelman. New York: Penguin Books, 1987.

  Read, Piers Paul. Alec Guinness: The Authorized Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.

  Redfield, William. Letters from an Actor. New York: Limelight Editions, 1984.

  Server, Lee. Ava Gardner: Love Is Nothing. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2006.

  ———. Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don’t Care. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2001.

  Sherry, Norman. The Life of Graham Greene, III, 1955–1991. New York: Viking, 2004.

  Smith, Liz. Dishing Liz Smith. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.

  ———. Natural Blonde. New York: Hyperion, 2000.

  Spinetti, Victor, with Peter Rankin. Victor Spinetti, Up Front… London: Portico, 2008.

  Spoto, Donald. Elizabeth Taylor. London: Time Warner Book Group, 1995.

  Stanley, Louis. The Dorchester: Sixty Years of Luxury. London: Pearl & Dean Publishing, 1991.

  Sterne, Richard L. Richard Burton in Hamlet. New York: Random House, 1967.

  Steverson, Tyrone. Richard Burton: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1992.

  Taraborrelli, J. Randy. Elizabeth. New York: Warner Books, 2006.

  Taylor, Elizabeth with Richard Meryman. Elizabeth Taylor. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.

  ———. Elizabeth Takes Off. New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1987.

  ———. My Love Affair with Jewelry. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.

  Thomson, David. The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. New York: Knopf, 2002.

  ———. The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood. New York: Knopf, 2005.

  Tynan, Kenneth and John Lahr, editor. The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan. New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2001.

  Walker, Alexander. Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Taylor. New York: Grove Wiedenfeld, 1990.

  Wanger, Walter and Joe Hyams, My Life with Cleopatra. New York: Bantam Books, 1963.

  Warhol, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.

  Warhol, Andy, and Pat Hackett. Popism: The Warhol Sixties. New York: Harvest Books, 1980.

  Waterbury, Ruth. Elizabeth Taylor. New York: Appleton-Century, 1964.———. Richard Burton: His Intimate Story. New York: Pyramid Books, 1965.

  Williams, Gareth. Valleys of Song: Music and Society in Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1998.

  Williams, Tennessee. Memoirs. New York: Doubleday, 1975.

  York, Michael. Accidentally on Purpose. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.

  Zeffirelli, Franco. Zeffirelli. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986.

  ARTICLES

  Braddon, Russell, “Richard Burton to Liz: ‘I Love Thee Not…’” Saturday Evening Post, December 3, 1966.

  Brossard, Chandler, “Richard and Liz,” LOOK, June 27, 1967.

  Burton, Richard, “His Liz: ‘A Scheming Charmer,’” Life, February 24, 1967.

  ———, “Travelling with Elizabeth, by Her Husband Who Loves Her in Spite of It,” Vogue, April 1971.

  ———, “Dauntless Travellers: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Burton…” Vogue, October 1971.

  Denby, David, “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” Premiere, February 1, 1991.

  Disney, Dorothy Cameron, “Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton: Why This Marriage Can’t Be Saved,” Ladies’ Home Journal, October 1973.

  Elkin, Stanley, “Miss Taylor and Family: An Outside View,” Esquire, November 1964.

  Ferguson, Ken, “Richard Burton,” Photoplay, November 1984.

  Fleming, Ann Taylor, “Elizabeth: Act II,” Vogue, October 1987.

  Harris, Radie, “Broadway Ballyhoo,” Hollywood Reporter, August 9, 1984.

  Kamp, David, “When Liz Met Dick,” Vanity Fair, September 2006.

  Kashner, Sam, “A First-Class Affair,” Vanity Fair, July 2003.

  Lehman, Edward, diaries, published in Talk Magazine, April 2000.

  Pepper, Curtis Bill, “I Don’t Want to Be That Much in Love Ever Again,” McCall’s, January 1974.

  Sischy, Ingrid, “Interview Loves Elizabeth Taylor,” collection of articles and interviews, Interview Magazine Collector’s Edition, February 2007.

  Taylor, Elizabeth, “Richard Again,” Ladies’ Home Journal, February 1976.

  Taylor, Noreen, “Peter Glenville Talks About the Burtons,” Vogue, September 1967.

  Tynan, Kenneth, “Playboy Interview: Richard Burton,” Playboy, September 1963.

  “The Man Who Knows Tells the Story of a Tumultuous Epic: Cleopatra,” Life, April 19, 1963.

  ARCHIVES

  “B-T Archive”: Letters from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor, undated except where noted; private collection.

  Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Meryman, Elizabeth Taylor, original unedited manuscript, private collection.

  Richard Burton Archive, British Film Institute (BFI) Library, London, England.

  Richard Burton clipping file, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, California.

  Elizabeth Taylor clipping file, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, California.

  Clipping files for Ash Wednesday, Boom!, Cleopatra, The Comedians, Divorce His Divorce Hers, Doctor Faustus, Hammersmith Is Out, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Sandpiper, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Taming of the Shrew, Under Milk Wood, The V.I.P.s, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, California.

  Private Lives clipping file, Library of Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, New York, New York.

  DVDS AND VISUAL MATERIAL

  David Lewin’s interview with Richard Burton, Becket DVD, supplemental material.

  Michael Parkinson’s interview with Richard Burton, November 23, 1974, BFI Archive.

  Kenneth Tynan’s interview with Richard Burton, Becket DVD, supplemental material.

  Tony Palmer, director, In from the Cold, VHS.

  DVDs of Anne of the Thousand Days, Ash Wednesday, Becket, Boom!, Cleopatra, The Comedians, Divorce His Divorce Hers, Doctor Faustus, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Sandpiper, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Taming of the Shrew, Under Milk Wood, The V.I.P.s, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

  SEARCHABLE TERMS

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  ABC-TV, 344, 355

  Absolutions (film), 406–7

  Academy Awards, 13, 136, 206, 207, 217, 264, 288

  Burton losses, 131, 133, 176, 177, 205–7, 290, 291–92, 381, 405–6

  Burton nominations, 131, 152, 176, 209, 226, 279, 281, 285–86, 292, 313, 401

  campaigning for Burton, 285–86

  Hollywood during, 285

  post-Oscar parties, 290–91

  Taylor Best Actress Awards, 176, 206–7, 229, 281

  Taylor doesn’t attend, 206–7

  Taylor nominations, 9, 152

  Taylor party for losers, 292–93

  Taylor presents at, 285, 290

  Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? nominations, 177

  Aimée, Anouk, 206, 229

  Albee, Edward, 137, 138, 169, 170, 173, 206, 207, 264

  Alexandre de Paris, 19, 199, 200, 228, 325, 326, 347–48

  Algonquin Hotel, New York, 324

  Ali, Muhammad, 11

  All About Eve (film), 13, 14

  Alpert, Hollis, 181

  American Music and Dramatic Academy, 95, 106, 151, 232

  Andrews, Julie, 15, 246

  Anhalt, Edward, 74

  Annenberg, Walter, 273

  Anne of the Thousand Days (film), 252, 260–61, 263–67, 269, 271, 272, 278–79, 281, 288–90, 291


  Anouilh, Jean, 73, 74

  Anstee, Paul, 93

  Archerd, Army, 295

  Around the World in Eighty Days (film), 5, 38

  Ash Wednesday (film), 357–58, 359, 360, 375, 376

  Asquith, Anthony “Puffin,” 45, 53

  Assassination of Trotsky (film), 324–25

  Aubrey, James, 287

  Auden, W. H., 114, 186

  Avedon, Richard, 37

  Aznavour, Charles, 255

  Bacon, Francis, 401–2

  Bacon, James, 83, 295

  Bailey, David, 172

  Baker, Josephine, 183

  Baker, Stanley, 51, 66, 134, 178

  Baldwin, James, 261

  Balfour, Neil, 387

  Ball, Lucille, 294–95, 298

  Bankhead, Tallulah, 411

  Barcher, Larry, 332

  Barnes, Billy, 213

  Bart, Peter, 115

  Battle of Sutjeska (film), 320–23, 372

  Beaton, Cecil, 325

  Beatty, Warren, 241, 251, 287, 387

  Beaumont, Hugh “Binkie,” 186

  Becket (film), 73–74, 87, 90, 96, 131, 133, 185, 196, 268, 269

  Bel Air, California, x, 1, 386, 414, 425, 437

  Bell, Jean, 388, 389

  Bell Inn, Wales, 271, 274–75

  Benton, Jim, 267, 274, 278, 306, 344

  Bergman, Ingrid, 38, 42, 212

  Berkeley, Ron, 24, 119, 167, 227, 321–22, 344, 350, 384, 406

  Berman, Pandro S., 63–64

  Besançon, Andrew, 247

  Betty Ford Clinic, 372, 424, 432, 435

  Beverly Hills Hotel, 286, 291, 360, 400

  Bible, The (film), 193

  Bloom, Claire, 18, 49, 120–22, 128, 167, 394, 427

  Bluebeard (film), 327–42, 375

  Blue Bird, The (film), 388–89

  Bogarde, Dirk, 134, 216, 324

  Bogart, Humphrey, 328

  Bolt, Robert, 53

  Boom! (film), 211–20, 238–40, 242, 269, 272, 288, 373

  Boorman, John, 401

  Bosworth, Patricia, 160

  Boyd, Pattie, 136

  Boyd, Stephen, 11, 15

  Boy with a Cart, The (play), 90

  Bozzacchi, Claudye Ettori, 198–99, 322, 344

  Bozzacchi, Gianni, 119, 197–99, 247, 315, 319, 322, 344, 359, 377–78, 382, 431

  Bragg, Melvyn, 56, 58, 106, 317

  Brando, Marlon, 157, 189–92, 233, 234, 255, 299, 324, 328, 357, 428, 429

  Breakthrough (film), 406

  Breslin, Jimmy, 302, 420

  Bridges, Beau, 316

  Brief Encounter (TV movie), 386, 387

  Britt, May, 207

  Brodsky, Jack, 27, 29

  Bronson, Charles, 114

  Brooks, Richard, 7

  Brown, Pamela, 73

  Browne, Roscoe Lee, 196

  Browning, Robert, 276

  Buchman, Sidney, 13

  Buda, Max, 225

  Budapest, Hungary, 327–35, 337

  David Frost interview in, 339

  Taylor’s 40th birthday ball, 331–35

  Bufman, Zev, 411, 413, 422

  Bujold, Geneviève, 261, 265, 266, 270, 288

  Bulgari, Gianni, 45, 99, 172, 175, 178, 235, 237, 332

  Burr, Robert, 104

  Burton, Jessica, 15, 42, 48, 60, 118, 119–20, 195, 377

  Burton, Kate, 15, 48, 60, 135, 195, 225, 247, 299, 304, 333, 339, 376, 390, 402, 412, 433

  Burton, Maria, 24–25, 36, 79, 80–81, 97, 115, 119, 127, 130, 171, 183, 195, 208, 282, 299, 322, 332, 333, 352–53, 376, 411, 412, 415, 433

  birth mother shows up, 163–64

  Burton, Philip, 64, 70–72, 75, 87, 95–96, 106, 134, 151, 166, 186, 232, 309–10, 329, 339

  Burton, Richard. See also Taylor, Elizabeth and Richard Burton romance

  on acting, 305–6, 318, 335, 372, 396, 427

  acting and talent of, 1, 15–16, 20–21, 71, 72, 73, 74, 93–94, 95, 97, 102, 104, 121, 123, 176–77, 193, 268, 318, 421

  alcohol, attempts at sobriety, 208, 283–86, 289–91, 293, 300, 302, 322, 324, 331, 334, 336, 338–39, 342, 345, 346, 349, 377, 390, 391, 393–94, 396, 398, 399, 402, 406, 428, 431

  alcohol, detox, 1973, 363, 367

  alcohol and alcoholism, viii, 1, 15, 21, 48, 50, 51–54, 59, 73–74, 82, 83, 85–86, 92, 96–98, 104, 120, 124–25, 127, 146, 162, 165, 190, 192, 202–4, 209, 217, 220, 226, 241, 251, 253, 258, 270, 271, 281–85, 302–3, 305, 306, 312, 317, 336–40, 353, 354, 358, 360–61, 374, 377–79, 392, 394, 408, 409, 410, 413, 420, 431

  alcoholism, final stage, 377–78, 381–82, 384, 392

  appearance, 18, 19, 24, 48, 55, 70, 71, 121, 134, 167, 186, 229, 244, 289, 294, 300, 303, 328, 331

  Ava Gardner and, 77–78, 85–86

  background and family, ix, 18–19, 49, 51, 61, 64, 65–73, 86–87, 97, 110, 186, 359, 383

  beating by London thugs, 55–56, 104

  brothers and sisters (list), 65

  burial and memorial services, x, 432–34

  Claire Bloom and, 49, 120–22

  death, ix–x, 430–32

  depression, 105, 120, 122, 125, 146, 203, 208, 257, 278–79, 283, 289, 354, 387

  desire for knighthood, 282, 409

  diary, 2, 29–30, 124, 170, 173, 192, 203–4, 213, 227, 241, 245, 262, 263, 268, 284, 288, 292, 302–3, 305, 318, 321, 336, 414

  The Dick Cavett Show, 408

  directing, 113–14

  disasters of 1968, 241, 245–46, 247–48, 255

  Dylan Thomas and, 314, 316, 337

  earnings, 15, 44, 113, 119, 120, 139, 193, 196, 212–13, 214, 250, 292, 327, 388, 407

  engagement to Princess Elizabeth, 387–88

  entourage reduced, 402, 428 (see also specific individuals)

  epilepsy of, 92, 120, 159, 409

  fame, viii, 37, 89, 92, 96, 107, 123, 164, 222, 306, 340

  favorite foods, 66, 75, 126

  fears and phobias, 91

  final written words, 432

  gifts to family, 75, 118, 126, 177–79

  guilt over Ifor, 248, 271, 273, 335–36, 340

  Haitian property, 401, 428

  Hampstead, England, home, 50–51, 194, 240, 319

  health problems, 104, 233, 283, 306, 312, 320, 382, 407–9, 415, 428–29

  hemophilia, 91–92, 120, 159, 435

  homosexuality and, 16–17, 160–61, 248–50

  Jean Bell and, 388, 389

  Judiasm and, 174

  love of books, 171–72, 221, 272, 297, 358, 401–2

  love of poetry, 18, 86–87, 106–7, 121, 125, 142–43, 169, 174–75, 202, 332

  names for, 53, 65

  obsession with Faust legend, 189

  Oxford and, 53, 72, 112, 114, 185–86, 195, 281, 332, 343–44

  Pays de Galle, Céligny, x, 39, 42, 118, 194, 247, 271, 388, 389, 400, 424, 430–32

  personality, 1, 10, 18, 81, 96, 97, 152, 192–93, 204, 242, 329, 344, 424

  Philip Burton and, 64, 70–72, 87, 95–96

  purchases jet, 180

  receives CBE, 304–5

  Sally Hay and, x, 420–21, 424, 428, 429, 430

  Susan Strasberg and, 18, 122–23

  Suzy Hunt and, 394, 395, 396–99, 400, 401–2, 406–7, 409, 410

  Sybil Burton and, 1, 15, 25, 29, 30, 39, 42, 43, 47–52, 60, 118, 133–34, 240

  virility, 16, 18, 24, 49, 229, 302, 415

  voice, 18, 20, 33, 48, 70, 71, 74, 93–94, 100, 101, 102, 121, 159, 188, 227, 229, 231, 314, 316, 336, 356, 380, 386, 398, 415, 429, 432

  Welsh identity, ix, 1, 50, 66, 69–70, 71, 75–76, 102, 118, 125–26, 179, 314–15, 359, 417

  womanizing, 1, 17, 18, 21–22, 27, 49–50, 120–21, 122, 123, 208, 329, 340, 379, 382

  writings, 164, 227–28, 281, 359, 413, 434–35, 443–45

  FILMS, 268

  Absolutions, 406–7

  Academy Award losses, 131, 133, 176, 177, 205–7, 290, 291–92, 381, 405–6

  Academy Award nominations, 131,
152, 176, 209, 226, 279, 281, 285–86, 292, 313, 401

  Anne of the Thousand Days, 252, 260–61, 263–67, 269, 271, 272, 278–79, 281

  Assassination of Trotsky, 324–25

  “A Walk with Destiny” or “The Gathering Storm,” 387–88

 

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