tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post4577710227188133014..comments2023-12-22T15:36:34.148+00:00Comments on Hestia's Larder: Hestia is Elizabeth Taylor.....Day 5: CareerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-89464811105543333972014-03-09T12:00:46.219+00:002014-03-09T12:00:46.219+00:00I especially love that anecdote about how she beca...I especially love that anecdote about how she became the first actor to earn a million dollars :) Though of course, then she had to do it, darn! You haven't said anything about her shoes, yet, which is something I can imagine you also having in common :DInner Whispershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04577110987784585986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-79529688092711960712014-03-04T16:53:23.967+00:002014-03-04T16:53:23.967+00:00I believe you have the author correct. I do rememb...I believe you have the author correct. I do remember that the book has a harder edge to it, and you really get a feel for the poverty of Velvet's family; the movie is a little bit whitewashed in the usual Hollywood way, but it captured some of the grit of the original.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-89814268815427768882014-03-04T16:30:11.531+00:002014-03-04T16:30:11.531+00:00so many fab films........check out A Place In The ...so many fab films........check out A Place In The Sun for some youthful smouldering and The V.I.Ps has a place in my heart......some excellent hat action!!xYoung at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585882466695145340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-85083035777856219032014-03-04T14:54:53.359+00:002014-03-04T14:54:53.359+00:00I've not read the book - Enid Bagnold, isn'...I've not read the book - Enid Bagnold, isn't it? I might tootle in to the library and see if they have a copy. I may wear large sunglasses and white gloves to do so. :-DAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-74883439555103657462014-03-04T14:53:46.916+00:002014-03-04T14:53:46.916+00:00I am rather looking forward to my Elizabeth Taylor...I am rather looking forward to my Elizabeth Taylor film collection arriving. Although I'm pretty sure that I'll be entirely alone in the house before I can watch any of it :-D<br />Alison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-84726709850365196822014-03-04T14:21:50.972+00:002014-03-04T14:21:50.972+00:00Ah, National Velvet in particular. Loved the book,...Ah, National Velvet in particular. Loved the book, loved the movie. For all her delicate looks, Liz was a very tough cookie. Also sounds like you. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4776380217462070463.post-5140701830966027782014-03-04T12:55:08.548+00:002014-03-04T12:55:08.548+00:00A splendid crop of films though, like you, I have ...A splendid crop of films though, like you, I have never seen Butterfield 8. I did like her in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and she was very demure (but stunningly beautiful) in Ivanhoe.Aniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978191634506926045noreply@blogger.com