The Love Story of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: Hollywood's Most Iconic Couple

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  • @sarahholland2600
    @sarahholland2600 2 роки тому +104

    Melvyn Bragg's book on him, called 'Rich' is fantastic. I could read it over & over. I'm still a huge fan of Richard Burton to this day. Talent, charisma, intelligence, brooding good looks.

  • @deborahrobben7721
    @deborahrobben7721 Рік тому +50

    The most romantic couple of the century! They will never be forgotten!

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Рік тому +5

      he used her

    • @CristinaF210
      @CristinaF210 9 місяців тому +2

      @@melisagalvalizi6982 agreed that wasnt love he never loved her he was a drunk, maybe he loved her only when drunk out of his mind, drunk for her money, and dont get me started on Liz...

    • @CristinaF210
      @CristinaF210 9 місяців тому +1

      oh hes a sweetheart especially when he told everyone on set he just f $%£" Elizabeth Taylor in the back of his cadillac what a guy
      my God no idea what Liz saw in him, must have been the booz

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 9 місяців тому +3

      Last century. And, yes, he did use her in the beginning. Then he got trapped.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@CristinaF210They were co-dependent alcoholics. She, at least, acknowledged that she was an addict. He never really did that.

  • @Lolabelle59
    @Lolabelle59 2 роки тому +61

    Love both of them, for themselves and together. Rest in peace.

  • @raquelvlogzz1183
    @raquelvlogzz1183 2 роки тому +54

    Richard and Elizabeth didn't care what nobody say.They lived life to the fullest.

    • @glamourgirl-n9b
      @glamourgirl-n9b 9 місяців тому +4

      My kinda people. Elizabeth had gonads as large as Burton’s and he loved it! Never trying to dim her light with male insecurity, but to brighten it, as he stood by her side. A giant in his own right.

    • @ZahraF9398
      @ZahraF9398 5 місяців тому +4

      Two capricious people who did not adhere to any moral principles and betrayed their wives. Although they were great actors, they failed in their personal lives. They had confused freedom with unrestrainedness.

    • @Alexaalexa701
      @Alexaalexa701 4 місяці тому

      *what anybody said

    • @uneqejam
      @uneqejam 3 місяці тому

      And they went to Hell because of it!!....✝️

    • @1mommymodel
      @1mommymodel 3 місяці тому

      @@ZahraF9398though I understand your point I don’t think it would be necessarily more moral to deny their feelings and lye to their spouse perhaps making them miserable therefore their loves ones around them as well, things certainly could’ve been done better but maybe everyone else was better off just as it turned out, like hopefully Burtons former wife found someone who could and would be faithful to her and maybe she was happier for it…. Even in the most absurd circumstances in life we can’t play judge as we think God would when we aren’t but we should go to him during all complexities of life and ask him for humble guidance

  • @barbarabrooker2502
    @barbarabrooker2502 2 роки тому +119

    Richard Burton to this day is my favorite actor. A real talent who brought literature and stories to life. Never has there been a voice like his+

  • @fob1xxl
    @fob1xxl 2 роки тому +354

    Taylor and Burton WERE the most Iconic REAL couple of the screen. They loved, they fought, they made up and they'd try again. Two huge personalities that were THE MATCH for publicity. EVERYONE FED OFF THEM ! It was amazing to watch as it was happening. They were like magnets to eachother. They truly lived their lives to the fullest. Very few of us would ever experience that kind of love and passion. How really lucky they were.

    • @mishima7083
      @mishima7083 2 роки тому +11

      I can see as I had same love...

    • @fob1xxl
      @fob1xxl 2 роки тому +16

      @@mishima7083 ME too ! For 40 years until they passed away in 2017. Everyone has always told us how very lucky we were. If you've never experienced it, you couldn't possibly understand.

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 2 роки тому +6

      I believe you.

    • @astraluna6is9
      @astraluna6is9 2 роки тому +4

      Agree

    • @rivaridge7211
      @rivaridge7211 2 роки тому +26

      fob1xxl - Great celebrity, adrenalin and passion (mixed with love) does not always make for a happy marriage - or a full life. Elizabeth confided to a friend (after the couple divorced - for the second time) that she was "so tired of playing Virginia Woolf - and had enough.") Richard and Elizabeth both struggled with alcoholism and, on one outing, (while Burton was on "the wagon") Elizabeth ordered a bottle of whiskey for her husband - telling him that he was "boring" while sober. (Richard gave as good as he got when it came to Elizabeth). The point is that these things take a physical and mental toll, and the famed Hollywood couple would pay a big price. Mr. Burton would pass on at age 58 in 1984 - a frail shadow of himself from his acting heyday. Elizabeth, to her great credit, spoke openly about her addictions to alcohol and pain medications (during her later years) and became a shining light for many of those going through the same struggles. May they both RIP.

  • @shuffleaccount1985
    @shuffleaccount1985 2 роки тому +58

    this was a wonderful step back in time to two people who loved each other but could not live together

    • @meman6964
      @meman6964 5 місяців тому +3

      Perhaps if sober, alcohol ruins all

    • @Katerina-hl5lq
      @Katerina-hl5lq 4 місяці тому

      Oh please mama and paps do take notice of what I d said 20:15

  • @FenyxBlaiseAsche
    @FenyxBlaiseAsche 2 роки тому +38

    The energy of the acting talent these two lovebirds had respectively could have lit up an entire country.

  • @mariezimri1290
    @mariezimri1290 Рік тому +37

    I always felt they died loving each other more than anyone one else ever in their lives.

    • @lgempet2869
      @lgempet2869 Рік тому +5

      Yes, I would agree w/you in that they both had issues they were trying to work-out together as “iron sharpens iron.” However, I really believed she loved her 3rd husband, Mike Todd as well, who passed away in a plane crash shortly after their marriage. He was loving, kind, & spoiled her mercilessly w/jewels, etc. She stated in many interviews how wonderful their relationship was & how horribly devastated she was when she lost him.

  • @sydludwig1826
    @sydludwig1826 3 роки тому +233

    I was 23 and not well acquainted with Elizabeth or Richard, but my mom had tickets to Private Lives in LA in late 1983. I went with her to see the play and it was delightful, funny and charming. I was so glad I got to see Richard perform before he died. Since then I've watched many movies with Elizabeth in them and enjoy them. May they both Rest In Peace.

    • @delilasloan8914
      @delilasloan8914 3 роки тому +7

      I'm sad that I will never get to see Richard on stage..how was it? I am very familiar with the play

    • @sydludwig1826
      @sydludwig1826 3 роки тому +7

      The play was great. They were both funny and there was a scene where they were eating grapes, and the grapes had seeds and they were spitting them out in between there lines. They had a wonderful chemistry. Initially I was
      Just tagging along with my mom, but I was so surprised that I loved the play. ;)

    • @rampageclover9788
      @rampageclover9788 2 роки тому +4

      Wait you saw both of them together?

    • @sydludwig1826
      @sydludwig1826 2 роки тому +10

      @Rampage Clover Yes, both of them starred in the play together. ;)

    • @rampageclover9788
      @rampageclover9788 2 роки тому +4

      @@sydludwig1826 I didn't know they were still together at the end of Burton's life

  • @KSP30
    @KSP30 3 роки тому +137

    Beautiful yet very sad. Wish they could have been together in a healthy way. Rest In Peace to both.

    • @TheRickie41
      @TheRickie41 3 роки тому +11

      There is no health in passion, alas... may they r.i.p., they are together now...I suppose.

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 3 роки тому +13

      k P - there's no healthy way in cheating.

    • @debrahouston2884
      @debrahouston2884 2 роки тому +11

      My thoughts and sentiments exactly.
      But until they both had conquered the bottle, they were not yet ready for the 3rd, best and gentler round.
      Alcohol Addiction (any addiction) will strangle the opportunity you have together. I know...My mother lived it; my oldest sister lived it and so did I...The bottle (the drug, whatever its name) is all consuming.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому

      @@TheRickie41 I don't think so.

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Рік тому +2

      @@debrahouston2884 she conquered the bottle, burton had way too many demons

  • @rramyar5558
    @rramyar5558 Рік тому +142

    Without intending to judge, I must say that the life of these two outstanding artists has been more interesting than any romantic book or dramatic movie. Their memory is alive

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +2

      Thars just giving your opinion. That's not "judging".

    • @lindakahler4799
      @lindakahler4799 Рік тому +3

      You must read the book of love letters. Richard s last wife would not let Elizabeth visit the grave after the funeral. It was on private property. Elizabeth's son decided that after her death he would publish the letters as sort of a kick in the shins for keeping Liz away. The letters are beautiful.

    • @lindakahler4799
      @lindakahler4799 Рік тому +4

      Elizabeth destroyed the last letter because it was too personal. A friend sold the Krupp diamond to Richard and made jewelry for Forbes to give to Elizabeth. He let me try on the $30k diamond and emerald bracelet Forbes commissioned for her birthday. I will never wear anything that expensive again. It was gorgeous

    • @helenlauer9545
      @helenlauer9545 10 місяців тому +1

      Amazing; they seem as superficial as any two people could possibly be and still claim to be hugely rich. Taylor got engaged socially in wonderful ways when she was older. But as a couple -- all glitz and glam and little else, so far as I could see. Of course, i'm nothing and worthless as others have commented. Still opinion is opinion; if we all agreed what would be the point of commenting at all?

    • @gladysperez6899
      @gladysperez6899 10 місяців тому

      Vida de chismes de esa época pero de novela nada ..

  • @josieteresi6653
    @josieteresi6653 3 роки тому +85

    WELL DONE DOCUMENTARY! WHAT A STORY OF TWO SOUL MATES AND MORE

    • @aruglaempire2518
      @aruglaempire2518 2 роки тому +6

      Two famous alcoholics and drug addicts are the "more".

    • @angelamina7483
      @angelamina7483 Рік тому +2

      Ruined by alcohol money egoism.
      Or in other words : Stupidity
      While children in Africa dig their diamonds for a dollar a day and 10/12 hours of work
      What a story those children!!!!

  • @helenwinslett3201
    @helenwinslett3201 2 роки тому +168

    The passion that Taylor and Burton had for each other ran thru their veins. They never loved anybody else the same way and they took that love to their graves.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому +15

      Pity they didn't love God this way but THINGS and lust.

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 Рік тому +10

      Helen, Liz said if Mike Todd hadn't died in a plane crash, she would have been married to him forever. The fact that they eventually divorced (She and Richard) tells you that they did indeed love other people afterwards.

    • @issbelvillastella5063
      @issbelvillastella5063 Рік тому

      @@melianna999 jesus?the son of mary,the h0rny one who went to bed with gabriel,got pregnant by him and told the 1d1ot joseph it was his kid? god ,the one who allows babies to be born sick? your god is a little mother.

    • @tundrawomansays694
      @tundrawomansays694 Рік тому +3

      @@melianna999 🎶I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints-the sinners have much more fun…”🎵

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому +4

      @@tundrawomansays694
      Saints laugh louder. And they happy for ever

  • @Saral_Lekhi
    @Saral_Lekhi 2 роки тому +83

    She was too beautiful. Overtly gorgeous but she had almost a raw rustic passion to balance it. She remained a nice person and a fiesty girl who loved to live and laugh. U can see how wise and truthful and uncomplicated she is in her head. Her interviews are so interesting to hear. I wish there were way more!

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 2 роки тому +3

      Agree, just unbelievable

    • @betsylalich4570
      @betsylalich4570 Рік тому +6

      Her interview with Johnny Carson, before his famous classic show came to an end, was wonderful.
      She was witty, funny, adorable, and intelligent. She also had regained her magnificent beauty, just before her 60th birthday. It is a joy to watch.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +4

      ​@@betsylalich4570 was that when she was wearing the blk leather jacket? She did look amazing there.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому

      She was a very down to earth person.

    • @lindakahler4799
      @lindakahler4799 Рік тому +4

      Funny Burton story. He was doing Hamlet and who was in the first row but Churchill. Hamlet is a very long play and is often edited. Well Burton is acting and Churchill is mouthing the words right along with him. Word for word. Suddenly one of the edits comes along and Churchill gets flustered. Burton tried his best to keep composure and continue. Richard said it was one of the worst nights ever

  • @franken-pattern
    @franken-pattern 3 місяці тому +3

    Yesterday, I bought a "White Diamonds" Elizabeth Taylor barbie doll and I'm SO excited to make her all of Lizs' most iconic outfits (from films, to things she wore in real life!) So inspiring! 💟💜💟

  • @helengabr5743
    @helengabr5743 Рік тому +67

    There will never be another Hollywood love story like this one. I hope they found each other on the other side ❤❤

    • @mp7140
      @mp7140 Рік тому +6

      I think it was not love. More like opssesion.

    • @kathleengill994
      @kathleengill994 6 місяців тому +3

      The real Hollywood love story was Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

    • @TonyGalla-kw4hw
      @TonyGalla-kw4hw 3 місяці тому

      ​@@kathleengill994I agree

  • @nicoletanis3703
    @nicoletanis3703 Рік тому +9

    Thanks CCC for that wonderful coverage! Elizabeth Taylor was so beautiful and talented. Her friendship with Michael Jackson and her support for people victim with HIV-AIDS were amazing.❤

  • @joycefroney6162
    @joycefroney6162 2 роки тому +34

    The most beautiful women ever. Her eyes were deep lavender. I saw her as she was coming out of Halston in NY.

    • @TheRapnep
      @TheRapnep 5 місяців тому +1

      No, her eyes were BLUE. People who worked with her said they were a deep shade of blue, but looked violet when wearing certain colors. And, she liked to do her own eye makeup and it was the way she did her eye makeup with colors that made them look more violet than blue. She was beautiful, no doubt, but her eyes WERE blue.

  • @ikotsk
    @ikotsk 3 роки тому +78

    Elizabeth Taylor was and will be definitely the most beautiful woman the world ever known as far as I'm concerned.

    • @TheRapnep
      @TheRapnep 2 роки тому +14

      Vivienne Leigh was more beautiful. So was Ava Gardner. JMHO

    • @rahelrubeni3530
      @rahelrubeni3530 2 роки тому +6

      Yes she was the most beautiful woman in the world God bless her soul ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹

    • @vogelfrau2425
      @vogelfrau2425 2 роки тому +8

      Prefer Audrey Hepburn

    • @ikukootsuka744
      @ikukootsuka744 2 роки тому +5

      @@vogelfrau2425 The two actress are very different type. I love Audrey Hepburn. She is so special!

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 2 роки тому +5

      Vivien Leigh?

  • @loretta6971
    @loretta6971 Рік тому +37

    How bittersweet this is. They always had such passion for one another. They broke each others heart. But loved each other forever in a way that never fades even to the end of time itself.

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Рік тому +3

      he broke her heart by cheating constantly, drinking,etc. He killed the mariage.

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 8 місяців тому +2

      A friend told me she read in one of her biographies that there wasn't a lot of emotional depth to him. A bit emotionally shallow. It's very challenging on a relationship when one person can't sustain a depth and evolving on a personal level nor as a couple. I tried having a relationship with my parents for decades with always dead ends because they had no emotional depth.

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 5 місяців тому +1

      @@ZFern9390 I think he did have emotional depths AND demons.

    • @meman6964
      @meman6964 5 місяців тому

      Alcohol kills relationships

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 4 місяці тому

      @@ZFern9390 He had great emotional depth. He was a great Shakespearean actor and was fantastic in reading great poetry. You can't do that without emotional depth.

  • @tinafarrar2527
    @tinafarrar2527 Рік тому +43

    Richard Burton deserved an award every stage or movie he was in!

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +4

      Especially Virginia Woolf. It's a tragedy that he didn't win for that.

    • @penelopekelly3393
      @penelopekelly3393 10 місяців тому +1

      Welshman always atractjve

    • @janel342
      @janel342 9 місяців тому +1

      And he pissed it all away. Seriously folks. God given talent and he failed to honour it. A disparate life.
      He sings Camelot like the brilliant Shakespearean actor he is and he has HIS HANDS IN his POCKETS

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 5 місяців тому

      @@janel342 desperate

  • @Asterion67
    @Asterion67 3 роки тому +193

    They were twin souls, destined to be together forever. I know EXACTLY the kind of love they experienced.

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 3 роки тому +23

      Valeria P. - Except it didn't last forever dear. Cheaters rarely last.

    • @jimnewcombe7584
      @jimnewcombe7584 3 роки тому +18

      ...filled with animosity, jealousy, cantankerousness and alcoholism: a Disney happy ending. I'd rather have spent a night with him than her, but that's for the love of poetry and bacchanalia. If she'd been Ava Gardner or Bardot, I'd have more the impression of amorous warmth; but with even the young Taylor I find something steely and unwelcoming in her eyes, as if "bitch" were tattooed across her forehead. Still, they retain a fascination, and I'm only speaking for personal taste, of course.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 2 роки тому +10

      Everyone feels that way in the infatuation phase.

    • @FreedomofSpeech865
      @FreedomofSpeech865 2 роки тому +8

      @@trawlins396 so true, then reality sets in

    • @lesleybrown1583
      @lesleybrown1583 2 роки тому +10

      it was lust!There is NO love without Jesus!

  • @debbieallport4514
    @debbieallport4514 Рік тому +26

    Taylor and Burton were soul mates no doubt about it , I am sure they will meet again ...

  • @lorettanericcio-bohlman567
    @lorettanericcio-bohlman567 2 роки тому +28

    I think The Sandpiper was cast so well with these two. Love her

  • @richardshiggins704
    @richardshiggins704 3 роки тому +112

    Burton should have received an Oscar either for Who's Afraid of VW or Night of the Iguana or perhaps both

    • @vernaburns1629
      @vernaburns1629 2 роки тому +8

      Loved Night of the Iguana. Also, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 2 роки тому +8

      At one time he had more Oscar noms without ever winning.

    • @andyroo9381
      @andyroo9381 2 роки тому +5

      Elizabeth once said, in an interview, the reason Richard Burton didn't win Best Actor for "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" was because Hollywood was jealous of his talent.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 7 місяців тому

      His first nom, I think, was for My Cousin Rachel.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 7 місяців тому

      ​@@andyroo9381Lll

  • @patty4709
    @patty4709 3 роки тому +85

    I believe these two were the true love of each other’s lives. But both were difficult to live with so it did not last.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому +1

      Lust doesn't last.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому

      Thank you Captain Obvious.

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@melianna999their relationship was obviously not that superficial. Relationships are very complex and if both people aren't of emotional depth it isn't sustainable.

  • @Farbautisonn
    @Farbautisonn Рік тому +58

    I don't think the world will see a couple like Burton and Taylor for a couple of centuries more. Both were Iconic actors, and their love was something written in the stars. When you see Taylor looking at him, she seems in awe of him. And while Burton and Taylor eventually remarried, its painfully obvious when you read his biography, that he considered his time with Taylor as the best days of his life. I do not think they ever stopped loving eachother.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому +1

      written in the ...lust.
      Now they know ..if was it worth it.

    • @deborahrobben7721
      @deborahrobben7721 Рік тому +5

      They were the most passionate couple on the planet. They were truly in love! What a great couple! They are my favorite actor and actress of all time!

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Рік тому +2

      he married those women because he needed a nurse but he wanted to go back with elizabeth, unfirtunately he hurt her a lot

    • @dianemickey5441
      @dianemickey5441 Рік тому +2

      I didn’t think much of either of them 🤷‍♀️

    • @joanmcdermott6798
      @joanmcdermott6798 11 місяців тому +1

      Then why did they divorce?

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Рік тому +25

    I know what she meant how “after Richard all the others were really just there to hold my coat”. Nothing could compare to not being with your other half. Tumultuous or otherwise your heart mind and soul don’t understand such minor details. Someone might as well tear you in two and you can try to go on but everything will just be shades of gray because it knew what it was to reach the heights and the depths. It’s transformative. Like a near death experience nothing will ever be the same. It doesn’t always mean a happy ending. In this dimension, at least.

  • @reneeoleari
    @reneeoleari Рік тому +36

    "Night of the Iguana" - is my favorite Richard Burton Film (with Ava Gardner). Elizabeth Taylor is exceptional in everything she ever did. Intervention was good for Taylor (and all of us - as we got to appreciate her even more). I met Elizabeth Taylor (at a Fashion Show). I was a model (during her department store perfume line). She was stunning - even when along in years, and she was very kind.

    • @RH-td7vc
      @RH-td7vc Рік тому +2

      Were her eyes really violet?

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 Рік тому +1

      @@RH-td7vc Yes, a director who I met on a trip and knew her said it was true. Her eyes were violet.

    • @JocelyneMiniou
      @JocelyneMiniou Рік тому +1

      Handsome man Merveilleux couple

  • @jenniferjensen9434
    @jenniferjensen9434 2 роки тому +31

    What a life that woman led!! My goodness!! Charmed and tragic, sad and fun, lavish and trashy at times!! She exemplifies the good and bad of humanity and make believe. :)

  • @renabunce8691
    @renabunce8691 Рік тому +18

    So fortunate to have spent my lunch with him when he offered me and a friend to share his table at thr Royal Forresters pub in Bracknell!
    He was filming in Bracknell at the time!
    He had beautiful eyes and was extremely gracious and charming!
    I remember he said to me “what a capacious handbag “

  • @andyroo9381
    @andyroo9381 2 роки тому +117

    This was a great documentary - short - but great! It revealed information I had not known before. This gave detailed insight to their marriage(s) and what drove them to divorce. I have seen quite a few documentaries, on Elizabeth, Richard and their marriage, that I almost didn't click on this one. I am so glad I did. As a side note; Richard Burton should have won the Best Actor Academy Award for "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf".

    • @countfosco1
      @countfosco1 2 роки тому +7

      He did oratory not acting. But, yes, in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf he was superb.

  • @astraluna6is9
    @astraluna6is9 2 роки тому +35

    Undeniable love in their eyes for each other. Can you just imagine for a coupla minutes, what it would be like to sit down with these two, have a drink or 5, and talk about a simple topic as the weather? Then move on to what Shakespearean theater of let’s say the 17th century was like? I think about it often.🎭

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +1

      Especially with him. He seemed like an excellent conversationalist.

  • @minnietrout814
    @minnietrout814 2 роки тому +29

    This is an excellent film. I only wish it was longer. Engrossing!! 👏👏👏

    • @CultCinemaClassics
      @CultCinemaClassics  2 роки тому +3

      We have more of these iconic couples documentaries… stay tuned… or available immediately in the members lounge 👉ua-cam.com/channels/ycDFnpMeWzaITQSD1dWsOA.htmljoin

  • @user-bl7ow4rj4y
    @user-bl7ow4rj4y Рік тому +3

    excellent presentation of material, illustration, excellent presenters. Respect to the authors.

  • @nealwhaley63
    @nealwhaley63 3 роки тому +58

    Passion, lust, romance, envy…..they all crumble without respect.

  • @carolynkingsley4421
    @carolynkingsley4421 Рік тому +24

    A great love story, one that will be told and retold. There has been nothing in this generation to equal it.

    • @dcgallin
      @dcgallin Рік тому

      With celebrities you mean? People fall in love lime that all the time, we just don't know their stories...

    • @annetteelliott1494
      @annetteelliott1494 Рік тому +2

      I read somewhere that Mike Todd was her great love, he died in a plane crash......be as it may, Richard was a great actor and is synonym with Liz.... ..The Sandpiper was a lovely romantic movie with them starring together......

  • @Annie-pz8yd
    @Annie-pz8yd 2 роки тому +13

    Elizabeth Taylor was a real beauty...
    I've always thought...

  • @dillianrivera9478
    @dillianrivera9478 2 роки тому +18

    These two were soul mates what a love they are United again

  • @smith3329
    @smith3329 2 роки тому +36

    There's 1,000 reasons why this was a bad idea. But you can feel the chemistry even now.

  • @anuski7717
    @anuski7717 2 роки тому +35

    Not everyone’s love can be a fairy tale but two different kinds of people do fall in love. I hate how people say stop “romanticizing their love”. Their love was whatever they felt and did and it’s in the past but if someone would just read about their relationship you would know the truth. Substance abuse and infidelity would ruin any relationship.

    • @oliverford5367
      @oliverford5367 2 роки тому +2

      The fact that they divorced twice limits how much we can consider them "soulmates". It's hardly the 73 years of marriage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for example

    • @santangelogaia19
      @santangelogaia19 2 роки тому +12

      @@oliverford5367 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were together stuck by royal duties... They never divorced because they could not without causing scandals 😂😂😂 Elizabeth and Richard were free of any duty

  • @rdlewis3616
    @rdlewis3616 2 роки тому +99

    Liz finally came into her own, and in later life she survived cancer, seemed comfortable in a larger body, shaved her head and allowed her hair to go grey. She finally seemed happy as herself, and I greatly admire her for that. How difficult it must be to be such a beauty icon growing older.

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle 2 роки тому +12

      She had skin cancer, basal cell. I've had it, wouldn't exactly call myself a survivor.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Рік тому +3

      ​@Justified Freely Right after her brain tumor surgery while her hair was growing out. That's when we learned her hair was really white and she had been dying it for years. Her dad was prematurely gray so, I'd say, she took after him.
      I was disappointed that she didn't just leave her hair gray/white. It was okay like that.

    • @eyeswideopen7777
      @eyeswideopen7777 Рік тому +2

      She was in a wheelchair for most of her life. That's what I heard.

    • @lollypopdrop3961
      @lollypopdrop3961 Рік тому +4

      Age,,,, Happens to all of us; if you’re lucky!

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 Рік тому +3

      She was born with scoliosis and had chronic pain for years.

  • @pukachelle
    @pukachelle Рік тому +22

    She was stunning a couple of years after he died, she was on the cover of everything.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +2

      She was stunning her whole entire life.

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 Рік тому

      @@meghanmisaliarno way! She ended up looking like the painting in the attic of Dorian Grey!

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +1

      @@maggiemae7539 no she didn't. When?? Even as older woman she was beautiful.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 7 місяців тому

      She went to rehab for her addictions in 1984. And, yes, it did help her renew her appearance.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 7 місяців тому

      ​@@maggiemae7539At the end...there was some truth to that.

  • @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607
    @annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 6 місяців тому +4

    They’re arguing in Heaven & loving every minute ❤

  • @buddyvilla7393
    @buddyvilla7393 Рік тому +7

    Richard Burton was on a hot streak in the 1960 s. Beckett ,Night Of The Iguana,The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,Virginia Woolf,Anne of a Thousand Days even films which most critics would call average The Sandpiper,and The VIPs Richard always stood out!!If my memory serves Richard got into Oxford when he was only 15!!! There was a quota on Welshman at Oxford so his mentor /professor changed his name from Jenkins to Burton. It’s hard to believe but English was Richards second language!!! Richard also was a Bombadeer in the RAF during the Second World War. When asked by a journalist what he learned in the RAF Richard replied”Fear”!!!! To his credit he was able to quit drinking. But could never quit those damn ciggies. When he died Richard Harris was here in San Diego in a revival of Camelot. Harris the Irishman and Burton the Welshman were great pals and partners in nocturnal debauchery. When Harris was ambushed by a local TV crew here in San Diego and asked if he had a comment about the death of Richard Burton he replied” he’s not dead he’ll never be dead to me”. Nor to his thousands of friends and millions of fans from San Diego to New York to London and Cardiff to Melbourne and Perth to Sough Africa and literally all over the world.

  • @annkow9154
    @annkow9154 3 роки тому +46

    Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt of Golden Era. Orginal powerfull couple. The same thing with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Oliver who were the first powerfull couple in Hollywood history.

    • @goldHydrangeas
      @goldHydrangeas 2 роки тому +9

      Well Leigh and Olivier lasted 20 years, longer

    • @debrahouston2884
      @debrahouston2884 2 роки тому +2

      Honestly, if Vivian Leigh had not had her mental problems, she and Olivier would have lasted, I believe...

    • @kathrynj.hernandez8425
      @kathrynj.hernandez8425 2 роки тому +10

      Pitt and Jolie...meh.

    • @SL-ze6su
      @SL-ze6su 2 роки тому +8

      The comparison of Richard burton with brad pitt made me giggle

    • @mishima7083
      @mishima7083 2 роки тому +5

      Burton and Taylor the best
      Others are too much suoerficial .notxsi good actors too
      Sorry I m Italian

  • @senniewhite6301
    @senniewhite6301 2 роки тому +24

    *Two people may love each other for life, but may not find complete fulfillment because of human frailty.*

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 7 місяців тому +1

      They were co-dependent addicts. So quite frail indeed.

  • @olhamagno1182
    @olhamagno1182 Рік тому +8

    My god, am not born in her era but am so interested to her love story so beautiful and exciting ❤❤

  • @joycerandall9800
    @joycerandall9800 Рік тому +25

    I believe Richard was the one man she truly loved.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому

      She" loved" seven. Many of them were someone else's husbands. Poor soul of her.

    • @meman6964
      @meman6964 5 місяців тому +2

      Michael Todd also

    • @EM-lz9kg
      @EM-lz9kg 28 днів тому

      MIKE TODD ALSO

  • @granddame1000
    @granddame1000 2 роки тому +23

    The heart wants what the hearts wants regardless of the people

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 8 місяців тому +1

      Yes it does!

  • @sjwilloughby-greene8214
    @sjwilloughby-greene8214 Рік тому +7

    I am so glad I watched this. I usually am more of a history buff, but this was well done. Thank you.

  • @11cabadger
    @11cabadger 7 місяців тому +3

    Another excellent video. The narrator, biographers and behind-the-scenes people are always so well-suited to telling the subjects' love stories. And of course the photographs and clips are wonderful.
    Elizabeth and Richard were truly an iconic couple. I vaguely remember the start of their love story (I was very young). They were always in the Press, on TV, or at the movies. I never realized, until this doc how much they were a part of my life! Even though they are both gone, their love is still felt.
    Speaking of their love story, I saw Debbie Reynolds dancing like a bullfighter on the cover of "Life" (at least that's how I remember it). My mother had to explain divorce and why the Pope was so mad at them.
    As much as I love your series of iconic lovers, I think you glossed over Eddie's "betrayal" of his family and Elizabeth's responsibility in it; you mentioned Richard's distress in leaving Sybil & his daughter. Just sayin'🤗

  • @mirabella2154
    @mirabella2154 3 роки тому +24

    That was really intriguing.
    Thanks.

  • @cor-z8m
    @cor-z8m Рік тому +14

    Now this is a “power couple”! I’d marry him twice too!

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +1

      Definitely. He was all man. 😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @mistieblue9
    @mistieblue9 2 роки тому +17

    Very nice documentary here!
    Bravo 👏

  • @fattanehfarahi.F.F
    @fattanehfarahi.F.F Рік тому +4

    My favorit couple of all time.I have loved them my hole life.Richard and Elizabeth for ever.❤❤

  • @audreydaleski1067
    @audreydaleski1067 2 роки тому +13

    This pair, so attractive, as was Joanne and Paul neuman.

  • @heatherwhatever7714
    @heatherwhatever7714 Рік тому +14

    My Godmother was her nurse in the hospital. She said how beautiful Elizabeth was without makeup. Those eyes....

  • @Roy-w2o3f
    @Roy-w2o3f Рік тому +12

    Married to all these men yet she died alone...What a life...

  • @lesleyduckworth2415
    @lesleyduckworth2415 Рік тому +2

    Dear Elizabeth your true talent should have been respected and admired a true beauty and great actress of our time.Les

  • @nicoleboyle9255
    @nicoleboyle9255 Рік тому +10

    Great documentary!!❤

  • @lemonhead162
    @lemonhead162 Рік тому +5

    Richard Burton was very handsome when he was young. Wow!

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Рік тому +10

    The original Hollywood power couple.

  • @tracieday8661
    @tracieday8661 2 роки тому +18

    There was a certain aristocracy in Hollywood back in the day. It's greatly missed by me today.

  • @gailjames6489
    @gailjames6489 Рік тому +12

    They weren't the only ones that couldn't get enough of each other, I think of Lauren Becall and Bogart.

    • @gypzs9
      @gypzs9 Рік тому +4

      And it was well written in Bacall’s autobiography that Bogart was an alcoholic. She cared deeply for him but he never grew past the alcoholic need and died, leaving her a widow at age thirty-two with two children. An unnecessary loss.

  • @mikehinton9079
    @mikehinton9079 3 роки тому +9

    Humble beginning from South Wales to global superstar

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 2 роки тому +15

    Ron Berkley was Richard Burtons makeup man for 20 years. Berkley is a very old name and title, Richard was always tickled that he, a poor boy from a coal mining family in poverty, ended up with a practically royal employee from one of the oldest families in England....

  • @miriammerritt3438
    @miriammerritt3438 Рік тому +18

    What a shame they never had children together....they would probably have looked stunning......I used to live near his sister Cissie in Wales.....she was lovely. and so proud of him.......she still lived in the bungalow he bought her...Such talent chucked away down the neck of a bottle.....

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Рік тому +3

      they adopted a girl

    • @JesusismyRock773
      @JesusismyRock773 6 місяців тому +2

      @@melisagalvalizi6982 It was when Elizabeth was with Eddie Fisher that they had Maria. I don't think the adoption went through with Eddie, but Richard adopted her with Elizabeth. She needed so many operations, but Richard said that she was doing very well at the time of his book.

  • @penkakostadinova5108
    @penkakostadinova5108 Рік тому +5

    How interesting! Richard was a theatrical actor and she was a cinema actress! He didn't catch her talents at first, but the camera picked them up! 😀

  • @FreedomofSpeech865
    @FreedomofSpeech865 2 роки тому +18

    Elizabeth was not unsure of herself, she knew damm well who she was married to.

  • @kevinhealey6540
    @kevinhealey6540 Рік тому +5

    I knew a Taxi driver who picked up Elisabeth Taylor in Stuttgart Germany back in the 70s at the airport. She was with another female. She was very nice and cordial.
    He saw all of her films and asked her questions about them. She told him everything she could. When he let her off, she thanked him and give him the best tip he ever had in his life.
    He said American celebrities tip good but not as good as that. German celebrities give a better than average tip, but nothing like the Americans celebs.
    28:54 Personal friends of their's said, in "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf, they weren't acting."

  • @SharonY515
    @SharonY515 9 місяців тому +4

    If Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton had a biological child together I can imagine the gorgeous eyes they would have had.

  • @diamondgoddess2534
    @diamondgoddess2534 2 роки тому +15

    Very well done! Thank you. 💎

  • @SteelTreeGone
    @SteelTreeGone 2 роки тому +7

    I remember when she was in a movie with mr Burt in They married 2 times was so in love, and he was still married, She had a wonderful time with him: and him with her Elizabeth was in alot of movies, and so was Richard

  • @IsabelYap-ik8hh
    @IsabelYap-ik8hh 3 місяці тому +1

    Very interesting Biography ...... She is the most beautiful woman

  • @annresnik6059
    @annresnik6059 Рік тому +7

    Amazing that Zev Bruffman saved Elizabeth Taylor! NEVER heard that before!

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Рік тому +5

      it wasn't exactly how he told it. Her family and friends gathered and intervened.

  • @cynsmi
    @cynsmi 2 роки тому +25

    Just the most amazing looking couple.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 2 роки тому +5

      Agree. If they would've had a son together he would've been gorgeous if he had her dark hair and his radiant green eyes. Burton was ultra masculine and she was ultra feminine. There has never been actor talented enough to play him in a biopic. MAYBE Daniel Craig.

  • @biancadirocco2605
    @biancadirocco2605 10 місяців тому +4

    J'ai découvert il y a peu ce duo dans le film...le chevalier des sables. Quel film magnifique!

  • @zyxmyk
    @zyxmyk Рік тому +20

    from what i've read, they were both alcoholics and they had to split up because they made each other worse. in burton's diaries he said he would try to quit and taylor would say, "Have a drink, you're so dull when you're sober." Pretty toxic situation.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому +3

      They both were not very intelligent. Good match.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +3

      ​@@melianna999 not true. He had an almost genius level IQ. Get your facts straight.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +6

      That's true. He wanted to quit but she made it hard for him. 😊

    • @gypzs9
      @gypzs9 Рік тому +3

      Ultimately, maybe a power struggle that can only be lost when addiction is involved. They had the best of love and the worst; they lived it in all the glory and pain. And now they both belong to the ages, as shall we all eventually.

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 8 місяців тому

      Ew! tasteless as hell when Burton told everyone the next day that he " f@$#&d her in the back of his Cadillac last night" Jesus! It was messed up out of the gate!

  • @birgitpeters7975
    @birgitpeters7975 11 місяців тому +2

    Dieser Beitrag über Richard und Liz war sehr aufschlussreich, sehr interessant. Danke dafür.

  • @ninarizzo7312
    @ninarizzo7312 9 місяців тому +1

    Two of the best and most beautiful and handsome actors ever!!! I thought they were perfect together! Loved them both to bits!❤❤❤❤💯🤗👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💔🙏🌹💔🙏🌹

  • @vickitaylor680
    @vickitaylor680 Рік тому +16

    Mike Todd was the love of her life. If he hadn’t died, the Burton affair never would have happened. Eddie Fisher was no Mike Todd.

  • @elsiemarina2572
    @elsiemarina2572 Рік тому +7

    I never knew that Burton was not initially attracted to Elizabeth! Also that he never thought much of her acting and said she was stone faced! Wow just shows how things can change.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Рік тому +5

      That's not exactly true. He thought she was sexy from the beginning.

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Рік тому +5

      he had a huge ego, she was a great film actress, he wasn't

  • @FreedomofSpeech865
    @FreedomofSpeech865 2 роки тому +21

    They were a force to be reckon with. I feel a bit sad for Sybil.

    • @SL-ze6su
      @SL-ze6su 2 роки тому +11

      It's sad but Sybil would go through this one way or another because he never intended to be faithful

  • @carlettagoodrich-mann1377
    @carlettagoodrich-mann1377 7 місяців тому +1

    What a love affair. Elisabeth and Richard created platforms for lifestyles we learned to enjoy.

  • @maryellengrayberg9146
    @maryellengrayberg9146 Рік тому +8

    RIP Liz & Richard.🙏

  • @susanacordovana3379
    @susanacordovana3379 11 місяців тому +8

    Pareja perfecta, íconos del amor. Talentosos y bellos.

  • @honestlyyours1069
    @honestlyyours1069 2 роки тому +28

    I well remember the "Liz and Dick" days - they were the ultimate beautiful couple and were so glamorous when they were together. The tabloids had a field day with arguably the most famous couple in the world. Everyone wanted to know more about them. I wish that they could have stayed together until his death. And I'm sure that Elizabeth Taylor took that last loving letter from him with her when she died.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Рік тому +1

      So she can SEE now how much was it worth it.

    • @TheVeek192
      @TheVeek192 Рік тому

      Why would you wish anything about their relationship? You wanted them to stay together FOR WHAT EFFING REASON? For YOU?

  • @nandinishinde2258
    @nandinishinde2258 7 місяців тому +2

    Theirs was a larger than life relationship and they wanted it to be even larger in their own individual ways. They wanted it all- whatever,however difficult it made them feel for one another.They were two passions that electrified each other when in contact yet were unable to keep themselves in control for such a word had no meaning and didn't exist for them.Being actors was a means to an end of achieving all that they'd set themselves up for.Two great personalities that were caught up in a maelstrom till they spent themselves.

  • @omvedaomega8935
    @omvedaomega8935 Рік тому +4

    Such a beautiful story💔

  • @TralfazConstruction
    @TralfazConstruction 2 роки тому +8

    It's all there in Cleopatra (1963). When Cleopatra shreiks Antony's name it's all right there.

  • @berenikem.684
    @berenikem.684 2 роки тому +16

    I saw the film "Cleoparta" with Elizabeth Taylor as a child in 1970...In the summer of 1972 I recognize the beautiful lady in a big restaurant room of our hotel in Božava/Croatia... She ate breakfast with Richard Burton !! (. They visit this year the Leader Tito of Yougoslavia...

    • @lifesgood9528
      @lifesgood9528 2 роки тому +2

      WOW!!!!!

    • @josipbosnjak3112
      @josipbosnjak3112 Рік тому

      Woow and what is the name of restaurant ?

    • @berenikem.684
      @berenikem.684 Рік тому +2

      @@josipbosnjak3112, To je bio restaurant od tri hotela u blisini, tamo su turisti jeli... Nije posebno ime imao
      ((... Ona je vrlo visoko govorila, još ju vidim kako je sjedila kao kraljica u žutom kucnom manilu... a on malo prigrbljen na strani

    • @josipbosnjak3112
      @josipbosnjak3112 Рік тому +1

      @@berenikem.684 Hvala ti na odgovoru Berenike uglavnom jako lijepo sjecanje imas na taj lijepi par i jako sam ljubomoran a vjerujem i ovdje ostali koji nisu imali tu priliku da ih vidi skupa a pogotovo ja koji sam rodjen 1987. Godine i koji sam saznao za njih dvoje sasvim slucajno dok kada sam prvi put prije godinu dana pogledao film Cleopatra i njih dvoje su mi bili bas upecatljivi iako nisam jos tada znao da su imali nesto skupa i jos sam dugo nakon filma razmisljao o njima i samom filmu koji je bio odlican a tek kada sam saznao u medijima da su imali romansu u neku ruku sam dok dam gledao film dobivao dojam da su njih dvoje bas stvoreni jedno za drugo ili pa me i nije previse iznenadilo :)

    • @berenikem.684
      @berenikem.684 Рік тому

      @@josipbosnjak3112, smiješno je bilo tada, da su turisti iz Njemačke i Austrije čitali, istovremeno kad su oni bili očigledno u toj velikoj restoran - dvorani, bulevarnovine "Bild"sa pričom jedne tadašnje filmske svjesdice.... i nisu Elisabeth Taylor/Richard Burton preposnali !!?
      Ja sam bila tada 7 Godina, ali sam imala već tada izvrsnu memoriju lica
      O njima snam, da su se mrsili i ljubili, dva puta su se odvojili i tri puta opet oženili....
      Najbolje se vidi njihov bujni život skupa u komadu "Tko ima strah od Virginie Woolf"
      (((Jedan Fotograf je tada ruinirao njihovu privatnu sveru sa intimnim slikama poslje jedne bujne noći sa alkoholom i tučnavom...
      Ja oni su se iskreno volili : Nisu mogi bez ni skupa :D

  • @maryettamoody5079
    @maryettamoody5079 11 місяців тому +2

    Really good one about these twoa two gifted a two gifted actors

  • @leilaobeid2296
    @leilaobeid2296 2 місяці тому

    Amazing couple. ...most beautiful and handsome stars

  • @standupphilosopher7059
    @standupphilosopher7059 Рік тому +9

    In 1985 she wasn't in a wheelchair it was much later. In fact in 1985 she had lost weight and was still tremendously beautiful. I was a preteen I wondered who she was🤔She seemed to be on every talk show.

    • @EM-lz9kg
      @EM-lz9kg 28 днів тому

      Exactly that what I thought they jumped a. Huge part of her life she went v slim after rehab and had a wonderful love affair . Then she married Larry at 60 looking stunning - the wheelchair was right at the end of her incredible life late 7o’s

  • @lindaeubanks-ym7ve
    @lindaeubanks-ym7ve 9 місяців тому +2

    I knew that kind of love and it's so very scary thing you never get over it the expression that Love hurts is true it shakes you to the core of your soul we were not rich poor but we loved each other it's hard to explain I knew what Elizabeth went through she loved him more than he loved her but even in death they still wanted each other rest in peace Elizabeth and Richard

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn 3 роки тому +33

    Amazing and so glorious 😲…but so…..very….sad too! 😢

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 3 роки тому +3

      Redcoat's Renaissance - sad for their spouses you mean.

  • @deannharris2424
    @deannharris2424 2 роки тому +15

    This is sad. I do believe they would have gotten back together.

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 8 місяців тому

      My ex husband have been married twice and divorced twice . We swear we'll never get back together but at 55 I do sometimes wonder. 😪

    • @meman6964
      @meman6964 5 місяців тому +1

      Sober in recovery could have given them a new relationship

  • @caroledavies4851
    @caroledavies4851 6 місяців тому

    Fabulous couple beautiful sad love story ❤️ I do believe they really love each other till the end