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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 401437" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>I might need to make a CLEOPATRA marathon one day. I'd like to see the 1934 Claudette Colbert version, too. </p><p></p><p></p><p>The movie practically bankrupted Fox in the early-60s. It took years of big hits -- such as THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) -- before the studio was debt free and operating in the black. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Apparently, they could get more insurance for Marilyn than they could for Liz. But I seriously doubt they took Marilyn's name in the hat as a serious contender. </p><p></p><p></p><p>One biography says this movie "had all the ingredients for success, yet was a resounding failure". </p><p></p><p>As a side note, I hear one Fox executive was interested in Oscar nominee Dorothy Dandridge playing Cleopatra, but she was not seriously considered because she was black.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 401437, member: 7"] I might need to make a CLEOPATRA marathon one day. I'd like to see the 1934 Claudette Colbert version, too. The movie practically bankrupted Fox in the early-60s. It took years of big hits -- such as THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) -- before the studio was debt free and operating in the black. Apparently, they could get more insurance for Marilyn than they could for Liz. But I seriously doubt they took Marilyn's name in the hat as a serious contender. One biography says this movie "had all the ingredients for success, yet was a resounding failure". As a side note, I hear one Fox executive was interested in Oscar nominee Dorothy Dandridge playing Cleopatra, but she was not seriously considered because she was black. [/QUOTE]
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