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<blockquote data-quote="ginnyfan" data-source="post: 288982" data-attributes="member: 174"><p>When it comes to her career, in a way you can follow evolution of classic Hollywood through it, starting from 1943 up until early 1970s.</p><p></p><p>Liz was one of MGM's longest serving contract players, from 1942 until 1960, and she was certainly their biggest female star in the 1950s, along with Grace Kelly, and after 1956 and Kelly leaving, Liz was Metro's most valuable asset. She is that rare example of an actress who managed to evolve from a child/teen star to a full time adult superstar, the only other that comes to mind is Natalie Wood. What's interesting is that she made some of her best known, and best quality movies, on loans outs, as is often the case with other stars. A Place in the Sun (1951) was Paramount's, Giant (1956) at Warners and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) at Columbia. But it was at MGM where she was created, nurtured and groomed into a real superstar, so even though she was often unhappy with roles she got there, she would not be what she was, at any other studio, imo.</p><p></p><p>What's really fascinating to me, is her transition from teen star into an adult leading lady, which happened in 1949. In this same year, she was in Little Women, playing one of the sisters , and The Conspirator, where 16 year old Elizabeth played 38 year old Robert Taylor's wife. She went from teen in a silly blond wig to a seductive, gorgeous young woman in that recognizable 1950s Taylor hair-do. The transition continued next year, when she got married in Father of the Bride and then in 1951, in A Place in the Sun, where she would definitely arrive as a serious leading lady.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/nXh835N5" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/kgxngPsn/7356785762152956586.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://postimg.cc/fV2GpCNb" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/9fCc4ggy/MV5-BZThl-OWJi-ZTkt-Yjg2-ZC00-ZDFm-LThj-MDMt-Ym-Q2-ZTll-YWMw-Nm-U0-Xk-Ey-Xk-Fqc-Gde-QXVy-Njc2-OTM5-MTU-V1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/bs3ktCbL" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/2Sfwgg5p/elizabeth-taylor-in-father-of-the-bride-1950-album.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/HrNMSr6y" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/PqXM5ZZ2/montgomery-clift-elizabeth-taylor-a-place-in-the-sun-1951-directed-F4-P20-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ginnyfan, post: 288982, member: 174"] When it comes to her career, in a way you can follow evolution of classic Hollywood through it, starting from 1943 up until early 1970s. Liz was one of MGM's longest serving contract players, from 1942 until 1960, and she was certainly their biggest female star in the 1950s, along with Grace Kelly, and after 1956 and Kelly leaving, Liz was Metro's most valuable asset. She is that rare example of an actress who managed to evolve from a child/teen star to a full time adult superstar, the only other that comes to mind is Natalie Wood. What's interesting is that she made some of her best known, and best quality movies, on loans outs, as is often the case with other stars. A Place in the Sun (1951) was Paramount's, Giant (1956) at Warners and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) at Columbia. But it was at MGM where she was created, nurtured and groomed into a real superstar, so even though she was often unhappy with roles she got there, she would not be what she was, at any other studio, imo. What's really fascinating to me, is her transition from teen star into an adult leading lady, which happened in 1949. In this same year, she was in Little Women, playing one of the sisters , and The Conspirator, where 16 year old Elizabeth played 38 year old Robert Taylor's wife. She went from teen in a silly blond wig to a seductive, gorgeous young woman in that recognizable 1950s Taylor hair-do. The transition continued next year, when she got married in Father of the Bride and then in 1951, in A Place in the Sun, where she would definitely arrive as a serious leading lady. [URL='https://postimg.cc/nXh835N5'][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/kgxngPsn/7356785762152956586.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL='https://postimg.cc/fV2GpCNb'][IMG]https://i.postimg.cc/9fCc4ggy/MV5-BZThl-OWJi-ZTkt-Yjg2-ZC00-ZDFm-LThj-MDMt-Ym-Q2-ZTll-YWMw-Nm-U0-Xk-Ey-Xk-Fqc-Gde-QXVy-Njc2-OTM5-MTU-V1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [url=https://postimg.cc/bs3ktCbL][img]https://i.postimg.cc/2Sfwgg5p/elizabeth-taylor-in-father-of-the-bride-1950-album.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/HrNMSr6y][img]https://i.postimg.cc/PqXM5ZZ2/montgomery-clift-elizabeth-taylor-a-place-in-the-sun-1951-directed-F4-P20-M.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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