ELIZABETH TAYLOR CLEOPATRA UNSEEN TEST ON SHIP 1962

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8x10 Glossy Photograph. This is an actual photograph recently printed from a negative in a photography lab. Please know that my e-Bay name will only appear on this scan, not the actual photograph. Buyer pays Postage and S&H. Inside USA $6.00, International $15.00. I will ship up to five photographs in one envelope for one shipping charge. I accept PayPal, Checks and Money Orders. Personal checks delay shipping 2 wks. *Your bid is a contract - Place a bid only if you're serious about buying the item. If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item. This is a private auction your name is not shown to other bidders. A private auction prevents others from seeing what you purchase on e-Bay.* Be sure to check out my other auctions by clicking on view sellers other items. Thanks for bidding! . More than 400 costumes were prepared for the production, together with sets, ... Elizabeth Taylor is Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen who seduces Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Trivia for Cleopatra (1963) * A clerical error on the part of the Academy cost Roddy McDowall an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. * Adjusting for inflation, this is the most expensive movie ever made to date (mid-1999). Its budget of $44 million is equivalent to 270 million 1999 dollars. * Elizabeth Taylor had 65 costume changes for this film, a record for a motion picture. The figure is exceeded by Joan Collins, who had 85 costume changes in the TV movie "Sins" (1986) (mini). Coincidentally, Collins was set to star as Cleopatra before Taylor was signed. * In 1958 Joan Collins was cast in the title role, but after several delays she became unavailable. Collins had previously starred in a similar role in Land of the Pharaohs (1955). After Collins' departure, Audrey Hepburn was considered as a replacement by producer Walter Wanger. Wanger then offered the role to Elizabeth Taylor. He called her on the set of her latest film, Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) and related the offer through Taylor's then husband Eddie Fisher who had answered the phone. As a joke, Taylor replied "Sure, tell him I'll do it for a million dollars." This then unheard-of sum was accepted and in October 1959 Taylor became the first Hollywood star to receive $1 million for a single picture. * Soon after shooting began in England, Elizabeth Taylor became ill and could not work. As her presence was required for almost every scene production soon closed down. Director Rouben Mamoulian finally resigned on January 3, 1961. He was followed by stars Peter Finch and Stephen Boyd, who had to honor prior commitments. * Taylor's illness prevented her from working again in England's weather for at least 6 months. Tfore the production moved to Rome. The sets and the footage already shot were scrapped. (See also Carry On Cleo (1964)). * Various employees of Rome's Cinecitta studios w this was filmed stole several millions of dollars worth of equipment and props while production took place. * A group of female extras who played Cleopatra's various servants and slave girls went on strike to demand protection from amorous Italian extras and their bottom-pinching fingers. The studio eventually hired a special guard to protect the extras. * Rex Harrison had a clause in his contract stipulating that whenever a picture of Richard Burton appeared in an ad, so would his. A large sign was put up on Broadway showing only Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. After Harrison's lawyers complained, the studio fulfilled the contract by placing a picture of Harrison on one corner of the billboard. * The original list of choices for the role of Marc Antony were Stephen Boyd, Richard Johnson, Michael David, Peter O'Toole, Peter Finch and Laurence Harvey. Boyd was cast as Antony while Finch was cast as Caesar. However, both men had to leave the project due to the lengthy delays and their obligations to other projects. Boyd was replaced by Richard Burton and Finch was replaced by Rex Harrison. * Filming began in 1960. * John DeCuir rebuilt the massive set of Al... read more

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