Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on March 14, 2017

BUtterfield 8 Directed by Daniel Mann Written by Charles Schnee and John Michael Hayes 1960/USA Afton-Linebrook First viewing/Netflix rental Elizabeth Taylor is not bad here but was better in other, better, films. The Hayes Code is still in force.  Gloria Wandrous (Taylor) works as a “m   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 12, 2011

Daniel Mann's Butterfield 8 is one of the films that I recently discussed during a Turner Classic Movies podcast with Scott McGee when looking at the career of one of my favorite costume designers, Helen Rose. Because we weren't able to indulge in all of its wonderful wardrobe, I wanted...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on May 3, 2011

A Movie Haiku in memory of Elizabeth Taylor:Butterfield Eight Gin in the a.m.,the easy woman's mouthwash.Where the hell am I? This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now.   read more

MacGuffin Movies Posted by RBuccicone on April 18, 2011

Butterfield 8 (1960)      Elizabeth Taylor‘s sexuality seemed to be the guiding part of her career in the years surrounding 1960. She had done Cat on a Hot Tin Roof two years prior and would do Cleopatra two films after Butterfield 8  –a story of a woman who is a...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on September 25, 2010

BUtterfield 8(1960) film directed by Daniel Mann. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey. Taylor won an Academy Award for her performance. The film begins when sophisticated call girl Gloria, wakes up in Weston Liggett's apartment. She is heartbroken when she finds the $250 dollars   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on July 7, 2010

BUtterfield 8 is a portrait of two people eager to start their lives over again.   Elizabeth Taylor plays Gloria Wanderous, a model with a reputation for being, as she so succinctly puts it, “the slut of all time.”  Laurence Harvey plays Weston Liggett, a wealthy man who has been...   read more