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Butterfield 8 Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill Signed Banner

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia / Movie - Memorabilia Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 800.00 USD
Butterfield 8 Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill Signed Banner
"Butterfield 8" (1960), probably is known more for the back-stage drama of its stars, than the excellent movie itself. In real life, several years before production, singing heart-throb Eddie Fischer's best friend, the producer Michael Todd, who was also Elizabeth's Taylor's husband, died in a tragic plane crash. A year later, Eddie leaves his wife, America's sweetheart Debbie Reynolds, for the newly widowed Taylor! Then, they both star in the romantic tragedy "Butterfield 8", where Taylor plays the character of the high-class call girl Gloria Wandrous, who has an ill-fated affair with a married man, Weston Liggett (Laurence Harvey). Liggett in turn leaves his long suffering wife Emily (Dina Merrill) for Gloria (yes, art does indeed imitate life). But in the movie, everything does not end "happily ever after". Eddie Fisher (now married to Taylor in real life) plays Taylor's friend Steve who "knows her better than any man", but audiences understood that this movie was much more than just fiction. This is an extremely rare lobby "banner poster" from the film. It includes personal autographs of both Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher and the "long suffering wife" Dina Merrill. Autographs with Taylor and Fisher together are extremely hard to find. As is Merrill's! Comes with a COA. Banner is in good condition, with age patina and some normal wear. Folded in three sections. Banner is 36"x`4".