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| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: November 4, 1960 |
Starring:
Betty Field, Dina Merrill, Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor, George Voskovec, Jeffrey Lynn, Kay Medford, Laurence Harvey, Mildred Dunnock, Susan Oliver
Summary:
A Manhattan call girl has a tragic affair with a rich married man.
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Alterations made on John O'Hara's 1935 novel by the scenarists (among other things, they have updated it from the Prohibition era, spectacularized the ending and refined some of the dialog) have given Butterfield 8 the form and pace it needs, but the story itself remains a weak one, the behavior and motivations of its characters no more tangible than in the original work.
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Daniel Mann's direction is maybe even worse that the Charles Schnee-John Michael Hayes script.
Jul 24, 2023
Elizabeth Taylor deserved the Oscar for her tragic performance, in a tale of sad, self destructive people.
To Taylor's credit, given all her character's faults , throughout the movie, she still retained my sympathetic rooting interest, for her, to hopefully, find happiness.
To Taylor's credit, given all her character's faults , throughout the movie, she still retained my sympathetic rooting interest, for her, to hopefully, find happiness.
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