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...acting, Richard Burton's performance is a technician's marvel. His voice has gem-cutting precision and he can outroar Times Square traffic, though he lacks the liquid melody that Gielgud supplies as the voice of Hamlet's father's unseen ghost. His hands punctuate the speeches with percussive rhythm and instinctive grace. He is virile, yet mannerly, as sweet of temper as he is quick to anger, and his wary eyes dart from foe to friend with the swiftness of thought...
BECKET. In this stunning film version of Jean Anouilh's historical drama, Peter O'Toole is a brilliant King Henry II, Richard Burton a sober but solid incarnation of England's 12th century martyr...
...choice of "Cleopatra" both for Worst Picture of the Year and Worst Film of the Century. (The latter award, given for the century 1863-1963 was last presented in 1958.) Usually reliable sources said last night that stars Elizabeth Taylor (winner of The Timothy Cratchit Memorial Crutch) and Richard Burton (recipient of the Wilde Oscar) have already left Boston in a huff...
There are small things wrong with Burton's performance. He gets off to a rather slow start with the council scene, he rushes his advice to the players, his dueling, considering the number of times he has played the role, is remarkably unprofessional. But this is mere carping at a fascinating performance. As with the rest of this Hamlet, the good far outweighs the bad; and perhaps the best thing about the production is the rediscovery that Burton is a fine, fine actor and not merely whats her name's husband...
...long last, Elizabeth Rosamond Taylor Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher took on the Burton. After 24 months as the world's most famous lovers, the seemingly (or unseemlily) inseparable couple made it legal in Montreal at a Unitarian ceremony attended only by eleven of their dearest employees. It was a hush-hush, rush-rush affair, for which they secretly flew up from Toronto-where Dick is doing Hamlet-in a chartered Viscount. By 2:20 that afternoon, here came the bride, all dressed in yellow chiffon, topped by a nuptial hairdo that featured a 34-in., hyacinth-entwined coil...