The VIPS 1963
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1960's
Grand Hotel at the Airport boasts an allstar cast including Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton (Whos afraid of Virginia Woolf) Rod Taylor (’The Time Machine’ Aussie Aussie Aussie!) Maggie Smith (Oh so Young) Orson Welles (Everything) Margaret Rutherford(Oscar thank you!) and Louis Jourdan (Gigi)
a bunch of varied High profile person are trapped at an airport with various things in their lives coming to a climax as a result including bankruptcy, Tax evasion , Lost of Property ,and Divorce/Elopement)
Love is found and lost but all is resolved,
Based on an actual event involving the time Vivian Leigh tried to do a runner on Laurence Olivier with Peter Finch perhaps around the same time Leigh was Slated to Film with Finch in 1954 in ” Elephant Walk” a film she started but to her erratic behavior due to her Bipolar Condition pulled out of. The Strange Irony about this of course is that Elizabeth Taylor Stepped in to Fill the Role.
Its melodrama without Douglas Sirk with many levels to follow, and Maggie Smith In one of Her first films roles after a Stage Career Almost Steals the Acting stripes from Taylor, but it holds your attention, watch it at least for Margaret Rutherford’s short lived Oscar Winning performance and the cute little scene she does with her real live husband , the film is a waiting room with more than just out of date magazines
Tags: Airport, Based off Play, Divorce, Elizabeth Taylor, Movie Star, Richard Burton, Taylor + Burton
