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Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler as Richard Burton

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler as Richard Burton

Elizabeth Taylor in 1947, age 15.

Elizabeth Taylor in 1947, age 15.

My two favorite classic actresses. Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor together.

My two favorite classic actresses. Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor together.

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, Hollywood, 1950.

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, Hollywood, 1950.

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift goof around during a break in filming A Place in the Sun.

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift goof around during a break in filming A Place in the Sun.


Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, Hollywood, 1950.

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, Hollywood, 1950.



Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, Hollywood, 1950

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, Hollywood, 1950



Contact sheets from LIFE photographer Peter Stackpole’s shoot on a Paramount lot with Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in 1950.






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Contact sheets from LIFE photographer Peter Stackpole’s shoot on a Paramount lot with Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in 1950.

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor (all of 17 years old) and Montgomery Clift pose together at Paramount Studios during a break in filming A Place in the Sun.

Unpublished. Elizabeth Taylor (all of 17 years old) and Montgomery Clift pose together at Paramount Studios during a break in filming A Place in the Sun.

Don’t ever phone if you can possibly come yourself. Don’t ever leave if you can stay.

—Helen Ellswirth