A Crisis
Involving a Daughter of Isis
by Alex Andy Phuong
During the late 1950s,
Twentieth Century Fox decided to remake one of
its earliest and most lavish silent films as a
way to earn some quick cash. Walter Wanger
served as the producer, and cast Elizabeth Taylor
as the titular role in Cleopatra, which
eventually made it to theaters starting in the
summer of 1963.
Within the actual movie,
Cleopatra describes herself as the Egyptian
goddess "Isis," and that millions of
people worship her.
However, during the making
of this scandalous film...
1. Elizabeth Taylor almost
died from health complications.
2. Taylor and Richard Burton were stalked by the
paparazzi.
3. Eddie Fisher suffered from public humiliation.
And when Elizabeth Taylor
saw the finished film, she too felt embarrassed
by being in such a ridiculous film made with an
even weirder production that had happened behind-the-scenes,
and then she ran to the nearest women's restroom
to vomit.
Did millions of people
really worship the Siren of the Nile? Or
was the bad press that this film received done
out of "duh-nial"?
Let the moviegoers decide
because they spent time and money at the box
office during 1963.
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