This was my favorite scene in Butterfield 8 where Gloria (Elizabeth Taylor) breaks down over a sad memory with her friend (then-husband Eddie Fisher) while looking gorgeous in a sexy black dress with gleaming white pearls. It was purely genuine. The Oscar for Best Actress fit Liz like a glove. That in spite of her disliking her role and the film. Plus, her illness she suffered after completing the movie drawing sympathy from the Motion Picture Academy. I find Butterfield 8 as one of those films that can be seen repeatedly if one likes/loves it.
This pivotal and dramatic scene in the movie left no doubt in my mind that Elizabeth fully deserved that Oscar win. Shirley McClain can blame Elizabeth's illness for her so-called Oscar loss, but that's BS! Elizabeth's performance was far superior to Shirley's in that boring film called the Apartment.
Despite all the naysayers, I think that Taylor is superb as Gloria. The movieitself doesn't come close to the greatness of the O'Hara novel, but Liz gives a wonderful, multi-faceted performance as the good-time girl looking for love in all the wrong places. Many have said that it was a consolation prize for her three previous losses, and a sympathy vote for her near-death experience, but I say it isn't so.
ET publicly said (years later) she felt is was a sympathy win. I think it was too. It isn't unusual to win for extenuating circumstances that have nothing to do with a particular performance. Sometimes it is even given when someone has paid their dues and is getting older. One of the reasons I wished Lauren Bacall would have won best supporting actress in The Mirror Has Two Faces is this kind of scenario but it didn't happen.
You probably know he had an affair with her after Todd died. He then married her after leaving his wife. His reputation plummeted, but Liz knew how to garner sympathy and this film was part of it. His role here as confessor and best friend ties into their real life relationship, as Liz sought out his comfort after Todd's death.
Se le ve una chica muy angustiada, su interpretación acongoja bastante, es muy realista, a mi me produce una sensación muy desagradable y de mucho pesar
How can anyone put a dislike on this clip it’s so raw and deep Liz Taylor did a phenomenal job on this film I know a lot of people my theater teachers included think that she was only a pretty face but let me tell you my teachers were some of the most pretentious and envious people I have ever met One even claimed her acting never took off because she was supposed to work on Red Headed Stranger but according to her Woody Nelson couldn’t stand to work with a women taller than him 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 I am like lady Woody Nelson is too stoned to give a fuck Liz Taylor was phenomenal actor this had to have been a hard part to play
Sometimes I think she relied on her beauty and didn't give all but when she did she was amazing. She pulled out all the stops on Virginia Woolf. I am still floored by that performance.
Hey People PLEASE listen I am 11 years old I have been addicted to Elizabeth Taylor since March 23 2011 with the little info givin in this clip you can make a movie called "Young Gloria"
Kiind of a crappy movie--idiotic/moralistic plot & script. I understand why Elizabeth HATED it. She delivers more than the movie warranted---- too professional an actress at that time,to do otherwise. She won the AA because her personal public "tribulations" robbed her of more deserving performances (Cat, Suddenly, Giant). The Academy was NOT about to give her Cat after "what she did to Poor Debs) A near death experience on Cleopatra resulting in a very visible tracheotomy scar==One she never had removed but wore with pride--didn't hurt either, The bar scene with (yawn) Lawrence Harvey where she digs her stiletto into his very expensive and very soft Italian Leather shoe, just over his big toe--is worth the price of admission. The confession scene above was what Elizabeth was better at delivering than almost anyone else. It was very "late 50's, early 60's" that High Drama. She made it seem relevant and certainly it WAS for T Williams!---so much so that Natasha Richardson's, arguably better performance as Catherine (Suddenly Last Summer) seems almost too "flat" by comparison.
She received her fourth consecutive Oscar nomination for this film BEFORE she took ill. It was her year to finally receive an Oscar. She was excellent in this film, and her performance was far better than the film. She had a few great scenes in this film, the most heartbreaking of which took place at the lunch booth with Laurence Harvey near the end of the film. I also was very moved by her reaction to the berating she received from him in the nightclub when she tried to give him back the mink coat. I loved her in this movie, though "Virginia Woolf" was far more "in your face". She deservede both Oscars.
@@Zva26 Being nominated and winning are 2 different things though. ET thought it was BC she nearly died and a sympathy win. She spoke out on it years later.
I don't think this movie is "junk." Far from it, and I don't know why it has this reputation. I think it is a great film with a wonderful, nuanced, and DESERVING performance from Miss Taylor.
This film marked Taylor's fourth consecutive Oscar bid. Her being so sick didn't hurt, but the fact that she was so great in "Giant", "Raintree County","Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", and "Suddenly, Last Summer" and was nominated for the last three probably put her over the top. Her performance in "Butterfield 8" was critically acclaimed at the time it opened in November, 1960. I remember reading that "Liz gives another Oscar calibre performance". Of course, her illness gave her an edge.
she's quoted as saying that she hated the character she played,which had a lot to do with why she hated the film.but i'm sure mike todd's death played a part in it as well
I think that if "Butterfield 8" had been her first nomination, I don't think she'd have won --- ill or not. She was excellent in it and gave a grand performance, but she had already proven herself in her three previous Oscar nominated performances. Ironic that the next time she was nominated (for "Virginia Woolf"), she was a winner-take all and won, and it was richly deserved and earned. No doubt about it:" given the right director, Taylor was a great actress.
For someone who hated this movie, Elizabeth Taylor didn't make you believe it for a second. That's a great actress for you.
Brilliant performance by Liz Taylor and what superb dialogues! This movie appears quite frequently on TCM, a must watch movie for die hard film buffs!
I can't find it anywhere online, it's not on youtube and it's not on netflix, it's not on apple TV, it's not on amazon prime
"I LOVED IT......EVERY HORRIBLE MOMENT OF IT ......." DAMN
They dont make movies like this anymore and what a shame that is this is a timeless classic
Can u please tell me where online can I get to watch this film
This was my favorite scene in Butterfield 8 where Gloria (Elizabeth Taylor) breaks down over a sad memory with her friend (then-husband Eddie Fisher) while looking gorgeous in a sexy black dress with gleaming white pearls. It was purely genuine. The Oscar for Best Actress fit Liz like a glove. That in spite of her disliking her role and the film. Plus, her illness she suffered after completing the movie drawing sympathy from the Motion Picture Academy. I find Butterfield 8 as one of those films that can be seen repeatedly if one likes/loves it.
This pivotal and dramatic scene in the movie left no doubt in my mind that Elizabeth fully deserved that Oscar win. Shirley McClain can blame Elizabeth's illness for her so-called Oscar loss, but that's BS! Elizabeth's performance was far superior to Shirley's in that boring film called the Apartment.
Despite all the naysayers, I think that Taylor is superb as Gloria. The movieitself doesn't come close to the greatness of the O'Hara novel, but Liz gives a wonderful, multi-faceted performance as the good-time girl looking for love in all the wrong places. Many have said that it was a consolation prize for her three previous losses, and a sympathy vote for her near-death experience, but I say it isn't so.
ET publicly said (years later) she felt is was a sympathy win. I think it was too. It isn't unusual to win for extenuating circumstances that have nothing to do with a particular performance. Sometimes it is even given when someone has paid their dues and is getting older. One of the reasons I wished Lauren Bacall would have won best supporting actress in The Mirror Has Two Faces is this kind of scenario but it didn't happen.
The issue addressed here is more timely than ever... I think ET elevates BU8 with scenes like this!
The fact that this scene hits me hard is terrible.
This scene makes me think of Roy Moore.
Elizabeth Taylor was so good in this. They all were, but what was Eddie doing in it...I can't figure that one out.
You probably know he had an affair with her after Todd died. He then married her after leaving his wife. His reputation plummeted, but Liz knew how to garner sympathy and this film was part of it. His role here as confessor and best friend ties into their real life relationship, as Liz sought out his comfort after Todd's death.
yes, it was the exchange for the upper east side of Manhattan
Se le ve una chica muy angustiada, su interpretación acongoja bastante, es muy realista, a mi me produce una sensación muy desagradable y de mucho pesar
well, i'd say only nicole kidman comes close in terms of grace and beauty.
How can anyone put a dislike on this clip it’s so raw and deep
Liz Taylor did a phenomenal job on this film
I know a lot of people my theater teachers included think that she was only a pretty face but let me tell you my teachers were some of the most pretentious and envious people I have ever met
One even claimed her acting never took off because she was supposed to work on Red Headed Stranger but according to her Woody Nelson couldn’t stand to work with a women taller than him
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 I am like lady Woody Nelson is too stoned to give a fuck
Liz Taylor was phenomenal actor this had to have been a hard part to play
Ed Miller lol my autocorrelation changed Willy to Woody
Sometimes I think she relied on her beauty and didn't give all but when she did she was amazing. She pulled out all the stops on Virginia Woolf. I am still floored by that performance.
Hey People PLEASE listen I am 11 years old I have been addicted to Elizabeth Taylor since March 23 2011 with the little info givin in this clip you can make a movie called "Young Gloria"
Actually, it's not her best movie. But the operatic style and the casting makes it to one of my favourites.
I don't understand why this movie has such a low rating
remember what Gloria Swanson said in sunset
"I am big, movies got small"
which is so true these days about movies and acting.
Kiind of a crappy movie--idiotic/moralistic plot & script. I understand why Elizabeth HATED it. She delivers more than the movie warranted---- too professional an actress at that time,to do otherwise. She won the AA because her personal public "tribulations" robbed her of more deserving performances (Cat, Suddenly, Giant). The Academy was NOT about to give her Cat after "what she did to Poor Debs) A near death experience on Cleopatra resulting in a very visible tracheotomy scar==One she never had removed but wore with pride--didn't hurt either,
The bar scene with (yawn) Lawrence Harvey where she digs her stiletto into his very expensive and very soft Italian Leather shoe, just over his big toe--is worth the price of admission.
The confession scene above was what Elizabeth was better at delivering than almost anyone else. It was very "late 50's, early 60's" that High Drama. She made it seem relevant and certainly it WAS for T Williams!---so much so that Natasha Richardson's, arguably better performance as Catherine (Suddenly Last Summer) seems almost too "flat" by comparison.
She received her fourth consecutive Oscar nomination for this film BEFORE she took ill. It was her year to finally receive an Oscar. She was excellent in this film, and her performance was far better than the film. She had a few great scenes in this film, the most heartbreaking of which took place at the lunch booth with Laurence Harvey near the end of the film. I also was very moved by her reaction to the berating she received from him in the nightclub when she tried to give him back the mink coat. I loved her in this movie, though "Virginia Woolf" was far more "in your face". She deservede both Oscars.
@@Zva26 Being nominated and winning are 2 different things though. ET thought it was BC she nearly died and a sympathy win. She spoke out on it years later.
I don't think this movie is "junk." Far from it, and I don't know why it has this reputation. I think it is a great film with a wonderful, nuanced, and DESERVING performance from Miss Taylor.
BettinaBalser Agreed, and the content was way before its time.
@@jakelane5567 Way before its time? Naw.
@@songbirdy My point was I personally haven't seen a movie depicting childhood sexual abuse and prostitution from that era, much less before.
This film marked Taylor's fourth consecutive Oscar bid. Her being so sick didn't hurt, but the fact that she was so great in "Giant", "Raintree County","Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", and "Suddenly, Last Summer" and was nominated for the last three probably put her over the top. Her performance in "Butterfield 8" was critically acclaimed at the time it opened in November, 1960. I remember reading that "Liz gives another Oscar calibre performance". Of course, her illness gave her an edge.
she's quoted as saying that she hated the character she played,which had a lot to do with why she hated the film.but i'm sure mike todd's death played a part in it as well
I think that if "Butterfield 8" had been her first nomination, I don't think she'd have won --- ill or not. She was excellent in it and gave a grand performance, but she had already proven herself in her three previous Oscar nominated performances. Ironic that the next time she was nominated (for "Virginia Woolf"), she was a winner-take all and won, and it was richly deserved and earned. No doubt about it:" given the right director, Taylor was a great actress.
she was always great
What's wrong with them?
for an actress of her times,liz was outstanding.but compared to the way acting has changed today,she looks like a bad actress.
You're kidding?