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Richard Burton
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somnambule
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i´m glad you liked the excerpts from the book,alicia and nel
!!i love the behind the scenes pics you posted nel.thanks so much
!!the night of the iguana is such a great film with actors who are giving some of their best performances not only richard burton but above all also ava garder.one of the best roles in her whole carreer imo.just tremendous the 2 of them,and not to forget kerr and sue lyon.i like the picture in which burton is smoking a cigarette while he´s strangled in this hammock and liz stands next to him.she probably felt great empathy for him and gave him the cigarette to console him in his unfortunate situation
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i ´ve read that liz taylor and burton were always supervising each other on their sets.whixch sometimes led to amsuing results
..at least if one believes helmut berger´s account.burton was thrown from the set of ash wednesday after several severe fits of jealosy and chronically bad temper and spend the rest of his time in the hotel room with a bottle of jack daniels....berger and liz got along well.when theyx once wanted to go to a new year´s day party burton didn´t accompany them and was left alone once more with a bottle and a book..he hated nightclubs and parties.he later wrote an excuse to berger:"i am an anti-social,who generally loathes parties."there are really hilarious stories about the burtons and berger,but since the book is written in german there´s probably no use in scanning and posting them.but i ´ll post an excerpt from ava garnder´s account of the shooting of the night of the iguana (ava gardner-ava-my stroy)
ava gardner had the greatest sense of humour
and again the lonely welsh warrior-steppenwolf,whom i love the most
july 1953 in wales.(source:richard burton by paul ferris,scanned by me)
his first hamlet at the old vic 1953 (same source)
as king arthur in camelot,1980
and from ebay:
!!i love the behind the scenes pics you posted nel.thanks so much!!the night of the iguana is such a great film with actors who are giving some of their best performances not only richard burton but above all also ava garder.one of the best roles in her whole carreer imo.just tremendous the 2 of them,and not to forget kerr and sue lyon.i like the picture in which burton is smoking a cigarette while he´s strangled in this hammock and liz stands next to him.she probably felt great empathy for him and gave him the cigarette to console him in his unfortunate situation.i ´ve read that liz taylor and burton were always supervising each other on their sets.whixch sometimes led to amsuing results
..at least if one believes helmut berger´s account.burton was thrown from the set of ash wednesday after several severe fits of jealosy and chronically bad temper and spend the rest of his time in the hotel room with a bottle of jack daniels....berger and liz got along well.when theyx once wanted to go to a new year´s day party burton didn´t accompany them and was left alone once more with a bottle and a book..he hated nightclubs and parties.he later wrote an excuse to berger:"i am an anti-social,who generally loathes parties."there are really hilarious stories about the burtons and berger,but since the book is written in german there´s probably no use in scanning and posting them.but i ´ll post an excerpt from ava garnder´s account of the shooting of the night of the iguana (ava gardner-ava-my stroy)
ava gardner had the greatest sense of humour
and again the lonely welsh warrior-steppenwolf,whom i love the most
july 1953 in wales.(source:richard burton by paul ferris,scanned by me)
his first hamlet at the old vic 1953 (same source)
as king arthur in camelot,1980
and from ebay:
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thanks alicia!!what a sight!!!!i didn´t notice your pics until i posted mine because i was totally absorbed in the scanning process.4 more (same source as above ; sorry for the quality
richard and his father richard jenkins in pontrhydyfen,his hometown (i wish i could obtain this picture in a better quality)
"bitter victory" 1957
in august 1980 in ny´s shea-stadion
playing softball just for fun
richard burton and alec guiness in "the comedians"
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"richard burton was the perfect man." (from the notebooks of marlene dietrich)
dr. faustus
where eagles dare
his library in celigny.i think if i could call this my own i wouldn´t leave my house at all
and again an excerpt from his notebooks in 1970, which gives quite a good insight into the "can´t live with or without you" relationship liz taylor and richard burton had...rather sad too
the woman in the blond wig in the background is liz taylor hiding from the paparazzi
dr. faustus
where eagles dare
his library in celigny
.i think if i could call this my own i wouldn´t leave my house at all
and again an excerpt from his notebooks in 1970, which gives quite a good insight into the "can´t live with or without you" relationship liz taylor and richard burton had...rather sad too
the woman in the blond wig in the background is liz taylor hiding from the paparazzi
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^^ Thank you everyone!! Fantastic stuff! I consider him one of the great actors of the 20th Century- and a really handsome and well dressed guy, too- but I have never cared for Elizabeth, although she was a great beauty for a while there...But deep down, I always saw her as a spoiled brat who was half crazy much of the time...I don't think Richard, with his many personal problems, needed someone that unstable in his life...
I consider him one of the great actors of the 20th Century- and a really handsome and well dressed guy, too- but I have never cared for Elizabeth, although she was a great beauty for a while there...But deep down, I always saw her as a spoiled brat who was half crazy much of the time...I don't think Richard, with his many personal problems, needed someone that unstable in his life... 
Richard was a great actor, handsome and very talented.
