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Title
Mike Todd Jr. and Elizabeth Taylor to produce film
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1958
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Taylor's third husband and Mike Todd Jr.'s father died in an airplane crash on March 22, 1958.; "Busman's Holiday," written by William Roos, is based on the real-life story of a New York bus driver, Bill Cimillo, who grows tired of the scenery along his route and takes off to Florida. The film was never made.
Photograph caption dated June 18, 1958 reads, "Mike Todd Jr. and Elizabeth Taylor at press confab announce that Liz will star in 'Busman's Holiday' film; Mike Jr. talks like his late dad: 'We'll spend as much as it takes!'" The press conference is at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00105574
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 10739
CARL0005205506
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33887
Subject
Taylor, Elizabeth,--1932-2011
Todd, Michael,--1909-1958--Family
Beverly Hills Hotel
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Motion picture producers and directors--United States
Press conferences--California--Beverly Hills
Hotels--California--Beverly Hills
Microphones
Beverly Hills (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Group portraits
Portrait photographs

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