The 1963 film Cleopatra was a trailblazing project for a number of reasons. Elizabeth Taylor, who was already a well-established film star, snagged the lead role with ease as the movie’s producer, ...

It's been 50 years since the epic British-American-Swiss production Cleopatra, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, took the cinema world by storm. Cleopatra ...

Richard Burton, Rex Harrison and Elizabeth Taylor star in one of the greatest screen spectacles ever made - the story of the Queen of the Nile and her love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

The Hollywood epic began filming almost three years before it was released with a budget of $5 million. But by the time of its release in 1963, Cleopatra’s costs had ballooned to $44 million (an earth ...

Elizabeth Taylor stars as Egyptian queen who defied the Roman Empire 1963 film was a hit%2C won four Oscars%2C but was so costly it nearly bankrupted its studio Lavish production troubled by director ...

The Elizabeth Taylor extravaganza influenced designs for decades. Soon, a new remake may have us all wearing scarabs again. By David Belcher Sixty years ago this summer, production finally wrapped on ...