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

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  • The most talked about couple of the 1960's: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton, made dozens of films together, and even walked down the aisle, and, out the divorce court twice! This is the tale of this legendary couple.
    Director & Writer : Bertrand Tessier
    Elizabeth Taylor movies: • The Last Time I Saw Pa... , • The Last Time I Saw Pa...
    Richard Burton movies: • Video
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  • @helengabr5743
    @helengabr5743 Před 9 měsíci +46

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

    • @mp7140
      @mp7140 Před 8 měsíci +4

      I think it was not love. More like opssesion.

    • @kathleengill994
      @kathleengill994 Před 26 dny

      The real Hollywood love story was Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

  • @fob1xxl
    @fob1xxl Před 2 lety +337

    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 Před 2 lety +11

      I can see as I had same love...

    • @fob1xxl
      @fob1xxl Před 2 lety +15

      @@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 Před rokem +6

      I believe you.

    • @astraluna6is9
      @astraluna6is9 Před rokem +4

      Agree

    • @rivaridge7211
      @rivaridge7211 Před rokem +22

      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.

  • @sydludwig1826
    @sydludwig1826 Před 2 lety +219

    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 Před 2 lety +6

      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 Před 2 lety +6

      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 Před 2 lety +3

      Wait you saw both of them together?

    • @sydludwig1826
      @sydludwig1826 Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @rampageclover9788
      @rampageclover9788 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @shuffleaccount1985
    @shuffleaccount1985 Před 2 lety +43

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

  • @raquelvlogzz1183
    @raquelvlogzz1183 Před rokem +29

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

    • @user-er6zk5mt6u
      @user-er6zk5mt6u Před 3 měsíci +3

      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.

  • @sarahholland2600
    @sarahholland2600 Před 2 lety +90

    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.

  • @helenwinslett3201
    @helenwinslett3201 Před rokem +153

    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 Před rokem +12

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

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 Před rokem +9

      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 Před rokem

      @@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 Před rokem +2

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

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Před rokem +4

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

  • @rramyar5558
    @rramyar5558 Před rokem +129

    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 Před rokem +1

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

    • @lindakahler4799
      @lindakahler4799 Před 10 měsíci +1

      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 Před 10 měsíci +3

      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 Před 4 měsíci

      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 Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @josieteresi6653
    @josieteresi6653 Před 2 lety +82

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

    • @aruglaempire2518
      @aruglaempire2518 Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @angelamina7483
      @angelamina7483 Před rokem +1

      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!!!!

  • @deborahrobben7721
    @deborahrobben7721 Před 11 měsíci +38

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

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Před 8 měsíci +5

      he used her

    • @CristinaF210
      @CristinaF210 Před 3 měsíci +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 Před 3 měsíci +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 Před 2 měsíci +2

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

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 2 měsíci +3

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

  • @loretta6971
    @loretta6971 Před rokem +32

    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 Před 8 měsíci +2

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

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 Před 2 měsíci +1

      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.

  • @Saral_Lekhi
    @Saral_Lekhi Před 2 lety +76

    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 Před rokem +3

      Agree, just unbelievable

    • @betsylalich4570
      @betsylalich4570 Před rokem +5

      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 Před rokem +4

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

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před rokem

      She was a very down to earth person.

    • @lindakahler4799
      @lindakahler4799 Před 10 měsíci +2

      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

  • @barbarabrooker2502
    @barbarabrooker2502 Před rokem +114

    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+

  • @Lolabelle59
    @Lolabelle59 Před 2 lety +42

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

  • @tinafarrar2527
    @tinafarrar2527 Před rokem +33

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

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před rokem +3

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

    • @penelopekelly3393
      @penelopekelly3393 Před 3 měsíci

      Welshman always atractjve

    • @janel342
      @janel342 Před 3 měsíci

      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

  • @KSP30
    @KSP30 Před 2 lety +131

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

    • @TheRickie41
      @TheRickie41 Před 2 lety +11

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

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 Před 2 lety +10

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

    • @debrahouston2884
      @debrahouston2884 Před 2 lety +9

      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 Před rokem

      @@TheRickie41 I don't think so.

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Před 8 měsíci +1

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

  • @Asterion67
    @Asterion67 Před 2 lety +189

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

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 Před 2 lety +22

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

    • @jimnewcombe7584
      @jimnewcombe7584 Před 2 lety +17

      ...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 Před 2 lety +9

      Everyone feels that way in the infatuation phase.

    • @FreedomofSpeech865
      @FreedomofSpeech865 Před 2 lety +6

      @@trawlins396 so true, then reality sets in

    • @lesleybrown1583
      @lesleybrown1583 Před 2 lety +10

      it was lust!There is NO love without Jesus!

  • @FenyxBlaiseAsche
    @FenyxBlaiseAsche Před rokem +30

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

  • @andyroo9381
    @andyroo9381 Před 2 lety +114

    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".

    • @Dory8
      @Dory8 Před rokem +7

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

  • @Farbautisonn
    @Farbautisonn Před rokem +57

    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 Před rokem +1

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

    • @deborahrobben7721
      @deborahrobben7721 Před 11 měsíci +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 Před 8 měsíci +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 Před 6 měsíci +1

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

    • @joanmcdermott6798
      @joanmcdermott6798 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Then why did they divorce?

  • @nicoletanis3703
    @nicoletanis3703 Před 7 měsíci +5

    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.❤

  • @privatemailcall6011
    @privatemailcall6011 Před 2 lety +32

    Ahhhhh..... The Golden couple... Two beautiful people, literally! Always loved them both,,, as actors & as a couple... and frankly, as people. Both talented beyond perfecftion...

  • @richardshiggins704
    @richardshiggins704 Před 2 lety +104

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

    • @vernaburns1629
      @vernaburns1629 Před 2 lety +8

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

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @andyroo9381
      @andyroo9381 Před 2 lety +6

      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 Před 29 dny

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

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 29 dny

      ​@@andyroo9381Lll

  • @mariezimri1290
    @mariezimri1290 Před rokem +21

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

    • @lgempet2869
      @lgempet2869 Před rokem +4

      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.

  • @lorettanericcio-bohlman567

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

  • @renabunce8691
    @renabunce8691 Před 6 měsíci +12

    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 “

  • @nicoleboyle9255
    @nicoleboyle9255 Před 6 měsíci +9

    Great documentary!!❤

  • @debbieallport4514
    @debbieallport4514 Před rokem +20

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

  • @sashek8451
    @sashek8451 Před rokem +18

    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.

  • @user-bl7ow4rj4y
    @user-bl7ow4rj4y Před 9 měsíci +3

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

  • @mirabella2154
    @mirabella2154 Před 2 lety +23

    That was really intriguing.
    Thanks.

  • @ikotsk
    @ikotsk Před 2 lety +71

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

    • @TheRapnep
      @TheRapnep Před 2 lety +14

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

    • @rahelrubeni3530
      @rahelrubeni3530 Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @vogelfrau2425
      @vogelfrau2425 Před 2 lety +7

      Prefer Audrey Hepburn

    • @ikukootsuka744
      @ikukootsuka744 Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 Před rokem +5

      Vivien Leigh?

  • @anuski7717
    @anuski7717 Před 2 lety +29

    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 Před 2 lety +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 Před 2 lety +11

      @@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 Před rokem +94

    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 Před rokem +11

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

    • @justifiedfreely6715
      @justifiedfreely6715 Před rokem +8

      Where is she seen with grey hair and being shook with it ? She has plastic surgery on her face

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před rokem +3

      ​@@justifiedfreely6715 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 Před rokem +2

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

    • @lollypopdrop3961
      @lollypopdrop3961 Před rokem +4

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

  • @patty4709
    @patty4709 Před 2 lety +81

    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 Před rokem +1

      Lust doesn't last.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před rokem

      Thank you Captain Obvious.

    • @ZFern9390
      @ZFern9390 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @reneeoleari
    @reneeoleari Před rokem +35

    "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 Před rokem +2

      Were her eyes really violet?

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

    • @user-zj5hu9dm4f
      @user-zj5hu9dm4f Před 8 měsíci +1

      Handsome man Merveilleux couple

  • @joycefroney6162
    @joycefroney6162 Před 2 lety +25

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

  • @minnietrout814
    @minnietrout814 Před 2 lety +28

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

    • @CultCinemaClassics
      @CultCinemaClassics  Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @smith3329
    @smith3329 Před 2 lety +33

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

  • @mistieblue9
    @mistieblue9 Před 2 lety +16

    Very nice documentary here!
    Bravo 👏

  • @sjwilloughby-greene8214
    @sjwilloughby-greene8214 Před 11 měsíci +6

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

  • @senniewhite6301
    @senniewhite6301 Před rokem +18

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

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 29 dny

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

  • @joycerandall9800
    @joycerandall9800 Před rokem +23

    I believe Richard was the one man she truly loved.

    • @melianna999
      @melianna999 Před rokem

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

  • @pamelamays4186
    @pamelamays4186 Před 7 měsíci +6

    The original Hollywood power couple.

  • @astraluna6is9
    @astraluna6is9 Před rokem +32

    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 Před rokem +1

      Especially with him. He seemed like an excellent conversationalist.

  • @granddame1000
    @granddame1000 Před rokem +19

    The heart wants what the hearts wants regardless of the people

  • @jenniferjensen9434
    @jenniferjensen9434 Před 2 lety +30

    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. :)

  • @pukachelle
    @pukachelle Před rokem +19

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

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před rokem +2

      She was stunning her whole entire life.

    • @maggiemae7539
      @maggiemae7539 Před 10 měsíci

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

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před 10 měsíci +1

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

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 29 dny

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

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 29 dny

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

  • @corra7
    @corra7 Před rokem +12

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

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před rokem +1

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

  • @melisagalvalizi6982
    @melisagalvalizi6982 Před 8 měsíci +4

    That commentator/former acting colleague gave an impression of Elizabeth Taylor pretty much fading away and having no life after Burton's death----when the exact opposite is true. She kicked her booze/pill habit, lost 60lbs, (regaining her glamorous beauty) saw a resurgence of her acting career for awhile, wrote a bestselling book (called Elizabeth Takes Off) AND founded a fragrance empire which is still going strong and making bank for her descendants. Not to mention her steadfast support of Awareness and fundraising for Aids, which was a big deal at the time. It should also be noted that---as much as she adored Richard, he was the SECOND greatest love of her Life, AFTER Mike Todd. In fact, she said in her book how Burton once told her that, had Mike Todd lived, she (Elizabeth) would still be married to him and he (Richard) wouldn't never have had a chance.

  • @diamondgoddess2534
    @diamondgoddess2534 Před 2 lety +14

    Very well done! Thank you. 💎

  • @zyxmyk
    @zyxmyk Před rokem +15

    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 Před rokem +2

      They both were not very intelligent. Good match.

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před rokem +3

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

    • @meghanmisaliar
      @meghanmisaliar Před rokem +4

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

    • @gypzs9
      @gypzs9 Před 11 měsíci +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 Před 2 měsíci

      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!

  • @nealwhaley63
    @nealwhaley63 Před 2 lety +55

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

  • @omvedaomega8935
    @omvedaomega8935 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Such a beautiful story💔

  • @Explorer24904
    @Explorer24904 Před rokem +10

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

  • @Redheadedlady55
    @Redheadedlady55 Před 2 lety +3

    ~Enjoyed this very much.

  • @mikehinton9079
    @mikehinton9079 Před 2 lety +8

    Humble beginning from South Wales to global superstar

  • @pamfrank3962
    @pamfrank3962 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @miriammerritt3438
    @miriammerritt3438 Před rokem +13

    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.....

  • @queencharlotte3793
    @queencharlotte3793 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Woouuwww....what a life....😢😢😢❤❤❤

  • @annkow9154
    @annkow9154 Před 2 lety +45

    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.

    • @kang0528
      @kang0528 Před 2 lety +9

      Well Leigh and Olivier lasted 20 years, longer

    • @debrahouston2884
      @debrahouston2884 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @kathrynj.hernandez8425
      @kathrynj.hernandez8425 Před 2 lety +9

      Pitt and Jolie...meh.

    • @SL-ze6su
      @SL-ze6su Před 2 lety +8

      The comparison of Richard burton with brad pitt made me giggle

    • @mishima7083
      @mishima7083 Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn Před 2 lety +32

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

    • @sylviacarlson3561
      @sylviacarlson3561 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @olhamagno1182
    @olhamagno1182 Před 10 měsíci +5

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

  • @birgitpeters7975
    @birgitpeters7975 Před 5 měsíci +2

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

  • @dillianrivera9478
    @dillianrivera9478 Před 2 lety +17

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

  • @user-sf3fe4bh2q
    @user-sf3fe4bh2q Před 9 měsíci +5

    Though Richard was a drunkard he was a very charismatic man!

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 29 dny

      He died early promarily because of his alcohol abuse. Drinking destroyed him physically.

  • @irisbeyer2537
    @irisbeyer2537 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Well done!!! Thanks.

  • @ellenmuseum
    @ellenmuseum Před 2 lety +565

    Ironic that coal miner's son bought worlds biggest diamond

    • @rachel-rb4bp
      @rachel-rb4bp Před 2 lety +16

      🤣🤣

    • @kirk1007
      @kirk1007 Před 2 lety +39

      Yes IT IS. Great observation

    • @homirasharif3516
      @homirasharif3516 Před 2 lety +25

      Wow...great observation !!! How iconic for him 😉

    • @elzbietapaulina9808
      @elzbietapaulina9808 Před 2 lety +15

      Yeah really amzing observation 😏

    • @suspendeddisbelief401
      @suspendeddisbelief401 Před 2 lety +1

      All part of the script. This 'stuff' is not real. It's to sell. Sell books, films, 'icons'€€€€. Hollywood sure is for the gullible.

  • @fattanehfarahi.F.F
    @fattanehfarahi.F.F Před 10 měsíci +3

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

  • @tracieday8661
    @tracieday8661 Před rokem +15

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

  • @christineparis5607
    @christineparis5607 Před 2 lety +14

    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....

  • @gailjames6489
    @gailjames6489 Před rokem +9

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

    • @gypzs9
      @gypzs9 Před 11 měsíci +3

      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.

  • @rampageclover9788
    @rampageclover9788 Před 2 lety +14

    They loved each other but weren’t good for each other

  • @cynsmi
    @cynsmi Před 2 lety +25

    Just the most amazing looking couple.

    • @trawlins396
      @trawlins396 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @sheilapendley1716
    @sheilapendley1716 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank You!

  • @lemonhead162
    @lemonhead162 Před rokem +4

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

  • @Annie-pz8yd
    @Annie-pz8yd Před 2 lety +11

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

  • @jomama5186
    @jomama5186 Před 2 lety +19

    Very nicely done.

  • @FreedomofSpeech865
    @FreedomofSpeech865 Před 2 lety +17

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

  • @maryellengrayberg9146
    @maryellengrayberg9146 Před rokem +5

    RIP Liz & Richard.🙏

  • @penkakostadinova5108
    @penkakostadinova5108 Před 7 měsíci +4

    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! 😀

  • @vickitaylor680
    @vickitaylor680 Před rokem +12

    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.

  • @susanacordovana3379
    @susanacordovana3379 Před 5 měsíci +8

    Pareja perfecta, íconos del amor. Talentosos y bellos.

  • @11cabadger
    @11cabadger Před měsícem

    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'🤗

  • @kevinhealey6540
    @kevinhealey6540 Před rokem +3

    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."

  • @monikalorenz547
    @monikalorenz547 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Beide grosse Künstler...!!!!!!!

  • @carlettagoodrich-mann1377
    @carlettagoodrich-mann1377 Před měsícem

    Thanks for the review.

  • @audreydaleski1067
    @audreydaleski1067 Před rokem +12

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

  • @dorothyreid3607
    @dorothyreid3607 Před rokem +7

    You could see their love and desire for each other in the movie The Sandpiper, you could almost feel the lust they had for each other it seemed to ooze out of them. Very few people find that kind of love they did.

  • @annresnik6059
    @annresnik6059 Před rokem +6

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

    • @melisagalvalizi6982
      @melisagalvalizi6982 Před 8 měsíci +4

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

  • @maryettamoody5079
    @maryettamoody5079 Před 5 měsíci +1

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

  • @carolynkingsley4421
    @carolynkingsley4421 Před rokem +22

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

    • @dcgallin
      @dcgallin Před rokem

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

    • @annetteelliott1494
      @annetteelliott1494 Před rokem +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......

  • @heatherwhatever7714
    @heatherwhatever7714 Před rokem +8

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

  • @PortofinoArts
    @PortofinoArts Před 2 lety +9

    Outstanding doc!

  • @gillesdufaux5519
    @gillesdufaux5519 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Thanks a lot

  • @lordemed1
    @lordemed1 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Richard Burton, on being married to Elizabeth Taylor-"Every night was like a one-night stand."

  • @ahothabeth
    @ahothabeth Před 2 lety +33

    ​George and Martha from Edward Albee "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" - IMHO A must see film.

    • @mirabella2154
      @mirabella2154 Před 2 lety +7

      Absolutely. A masterpiece.

    • @soohila4225
      @soohila4225 Před 2 lety +3

      Yaaaassss it is so good

    • @tomvalveede6808
      @tomvalveede6808 Před 2 lety +3

      I love when they fight and she so slowly and sarcastically says,
      "You're So Good to Me!!!
      She is great! I've Loved her since l was a little boy!

    • @marcusashley3428
      @marcusashley3428 Před 2 lety +4

      Her best work

    • @sandrasanders706
      @sandrasanders706 Před 2 lety +2

      @@marcusashley3428 My vote is for Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. My fav role of Ms. Taylor.

  • @buddyvilla7393
    @buddyvilla7393 Před rokem +4

    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.

  • @walterandrade9143
    @walterandrade9143 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Maravilhoso...esplêndido...inesquecível !!!

  • @glenyssites4175
    @glenyssites4175 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Loved em both ❤