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Why on earth is Elizabeth Taylor lassoing her director?

October 30, 2018 by

This article features the research of Dr. Don B. Graham. It’s a blazing hot afternoon in the small town of Marfa in West Texas, 1955. Tensions are running high. Rock Hudson groans at James Dean’s bravado and juvenile rebellious attitude—Hudson hated Dean and said so explicitly on multiple occasions. Elizabeth Taylor became very close with […]

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