BUtterfield 8 (1960)


BUtterfield 8
Release Date04 November 1960
Budget$2,000,000
Tagline...the best-seller that tells Gloria's story...from first man to last!
GenreDrama
CountryUSA
Filming Locations5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMelodrama, Romantic Drama
MoodOnly Human
ThemesInfidelity, Prostitutes
TonesSexual, Tense, Tearjerking, Poignant, Lurid
TagsExtramarital Affair, Friendship, Model [fashion], Moral Conflict, Promiscuity, Self Doubt

BUtterfield 8 is a 1960 Metrocolor drama film directed by Daniel Mann, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey. Taylor (28 years old) won an Academy Award for her performance. The film was based on a 1935 novel written by John O'Hara in the wake of the success of his critically acclaimed Appointment in Samarra.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Gloria Wandrous

Weston Liggett

Steve Carpenter

Emily Liggett

Mrs. Wandrous

Mrs. Fanny Thurber

Bingham Smith

Happy

Norma

Dr. Tredman

Tom Ahearne
Tom, the Bartender

John Armstrong
Doorman

Dan Bergin
Elevator Man

Joseph Boley
Messenger

Big man

Don Burns
Photographer

Whitfield Connor
Anderson

Vernon Dowling
Taxi driver

Virginia Downing
Clerk

Philip Faversham
Man

Joe Hamer
Gentleman at Bar

Victor Harrison
Irate man

Marion Leeds
Irate woman

Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Jescott

Robert Pastene
Tipsy man

Sam Schwartz
Doorman

Richard X. Slattery
State Trooper

Helena Stevens
Gossip

Leon B. Stevens
Policeman

Beau Tilden
Chauffeur

Madge West
Bit Role

Director

Writer

Charles Schnee

John Michael Hayes

Producer

Pandro S. Berman
producer

Kathryn Hereford
associate producer

Original Music

Bronislau Kaper
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Cinematographer

Charles Harten

Editor

Ralph E. Winters
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Art Director

George W. Davis
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Urie McCleary
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Set Decorator

Gene Callahan
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J.C. Delaney
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Costume Designer

Helen Rose
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Makeup Department

hair stylist

Robert Jiras
key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

John Clarke Bowman
assistant director

Hank Moonjean
assistant director

Angelo Laiacona
second assistant director

Sound Department

Franklin Milton
recording supervisor

Van Allen James
sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department

Felix Trimboli
first assistant camera

Editorial Department

Charles K. Hagedon
color consultant

Music Department

Robert Armbruster
conductor: orchestra

Production Company

Afton-Linebrook
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MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

CBS Television

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Warner Home Video
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Nothing's New Video

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)






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Films directed by Daniel Mann
Ada (1961)
BUtterfield 8
Hot Spell (1958)
Interval (1973)
Judith (1966)
Matilda (1978)
Maurie (1973)
Our Man Flint (1966)
The Revengers (1972)
Willard (1971)