Following an extensive casting search, Elizabeth Taylor signed on to portray the title role for a record-setting salary of $1 million. Rouben Mamoulian was hired as director, and the script underwent numerous revisions from Nigel Balchin, Dale Wasserman, Lawrence Durrell, and Nunnally Johnson.

Cleopatra: Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Rouben Mamoulian. With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown. Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Richard Burton as Mark Antony with Taylor as Cleopatra in Cleopatra (1963) After completing her MGM contract, Taylor starred in 20th Century-Fox 's Cleopatra (1963). According to film historian Alexander Doty, this historical epic made her more famous than ever before. [ 40 ]

Embellished in its entirety by monumental sets and costumes practically dripping in gold, Cleopatra exists as a testament to classic American cinematic aesthetics.

2023年5月23日 · Elizabeth Taylor’s megalomaniacal Cleopatra, Rex Harrison’s guileful Caesar, Roddy McDowell’s smug Octavian, and Richard Burton’s pathetic Antony — they’re all human. Romanticized and ...

Cleopatra, American epic film, released in 1963, that was perhaps best known for its off-screen drama, notably production overruns that nearly bankrupted Twentieth Century-Fox and the affair between stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The film traces the romances between the Egyptian queen.

2017年8月27日 · Queen Cleopatra of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome. T he story of the 1963 film Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor, begins in the 1950s, when lavishly produced period films were Hollywood’s answer to the rise of television.

2014年12月7日 · On June 12, 1963, 20th Century Fox unveiled the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton epic 'Cleopatra' at its premiere in New York.

Cleopatra : How DARE you and the rest of your barbarians set fire to my library! Play conqueror all you want, Mighty Caesar! Rape, murder, pillage thousands, even millions of human beings!

2020年10月17日 · An example of one of Elizabeth Taylor’s (Cleopatra) form-fitting, modern-cut dresses. Ancient Egyptians were also known to wear wigs; while they do make use of this historical fact in the film, Taylor’s hair would oftentimes also …