BUtterfield 8
O'Hara, John / Sloan, Sam / Taylor, Elizabeth
BUtterfield 8 is a realist novel. It is a loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. Reviews were mixed but the novel was a best-seller. It was adapted for a 1960 movie Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Laurence Harvey. A paperback edition published at the same time sold more than one million copies.This was the first movie by Elizabeth Taylor to win an Oscar. She ...