BUtterfield 8

BUtterfield 8 is a 1960 film about a promiscuous model (Elizabeth Taylor) who fears that she is on the verge of crossing the line from slutitude to prostitution, until she and one of her paramours (Laurence Harvey) fall in love. Their tumultous relationship then threatens to engulf their loved ones--making eight characters in all. Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill, Susan Oliver, and Mildred Dunnock co-star.

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1960 - Film - Elizabeth Taylor - Slut - Prostitution - Laurence Harvey - Eddie Fisher - Dina Merrill - Susan Oliver - Mildred Dunnock

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The movie was adapted by John Michael Hayes and Charles Schnee from the 1935 novel by John O'Hara. It was directed by Daniel Mann.

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John Michael Hayes - Charles Schnee - 1935 - John O'Hara - Daniel Mann

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It won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Elizabeth Taylor) and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Color. One likely factor was the film's use of various Jewish shiboleths (such as "Use it in good health") which appealed to the heavily Jewish Motion Picture Academy, but went unnoticed by mainsteam audiences.

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Academy Award for Best Actress - Best Cinematography, Color - Shiboleth

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The unusual spelling (capitalized "B" and "U") comes from the old way telephone numbers were listed in the United States - a modern number would use 2-8-8 rather than BUtterfield 8. The eight main characters were all part of this exchange.

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Telephone - United States

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