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...half-acre billboard above Manhattan's Times Square, there are no names. There is no title. There is no need for one, for the billboard is instantly recognizable as 20th Century-Fox's proclamation of its $40 million movie Cleopatra, by far the most expensive picture ever made, which opens a few weeks hence. Nor do the two lovers need an introduction. The tabloids have taken care of that...
Overshadowed Antony. Hence, he was not exactly a virgin when he tumbled for Cleopatra. He was bored with Camelot, and 20th Century-Fox paid $50,000 to get him out of it; also, Writer-Director Joe Mankiewicz promised him "a playable part." Fox's $40 million movie has been seen by no one and will not be until its release in June. But judging by the script, Mankiewicz did indeed give Burton a playable part. Since most of the scripting took place as Cleopatra was being shot, Writer Mankiewicz?in his approach to each character?knew just whose brain, tongue...
Richard Burton tries to avoid seeing his own movies. Will he see Cleopatra...
Wanger's Cleopatra...
Married. Joseph Leo Mankiewicz, 53, pipe-chewing Hollywood director most recently involved with Cleopatra; and Rosemary Matthews, 33, a production assistant on the Cleo set; he for the third time; in Manhattan...