"Hammersmith Is Out" marked the ninth teaming of Taylor and Burton, although her romantic vis-à-vis in the film is actually Beau Bridges
As a vehicle, it's on a par with Crawford wielding an ax or Davis sporting a fright wig
Hammersmith is the Burtons on holiday; the slightly over-the-hill stars are making a home movie for their fans in which they good naturedly yet skillfully burlesque themselves
In a scruffy blonde wig, Liz plays a voluptuous waitress in a roadside diner The lady, a cartoon character named Jimmie Jean Jackson, is a gold-digger who latches onto Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges), a careless male nurse at the local nut house who's been promised wealth and power by Hammersmith (Burton), the star inmate
Jimmie Jean is another Taylor woman in the way who has trouble holding her man Liz has never been less sure of a character, and her approach changes almost, from scene to scene Now she has a Southern accent, now she doesn't Here she's a real dumb woman; there she's a wise lady who would give up all her wealth to be a mother She speaks with difficulty She squints and flashes those famous violet eyes Running through the Taylor repertoire, she titters, guffaws, sneers, pouts, smirks, and frowns She's vulnerable, bitchy, womanly, grasping, both hard and soft
Hammersmith is the Burtons on holiday; the slightly over-the-hill stars are making a home movie for their fans in which they good naturedly yet skillfully burlesque themselves
In a scruffy blonde wig, Liz plays a voluptuous waitress in a roadside diner The lady, a cartoon character named Jimmie Jean Jackson, is a gold-digger who latches onto Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges), a careless male nurse at the local nut house who's been promised wealth and power by Hammersmith (Burton), the star inmate
Jimmie Jean is another Taylor woman in the way who has trouble holding her man Liz has never been less sure of a character, and her approach changes almost, from scene to scene Now she has a Southern accent, now she doesn't Here she's a real dumb woman; there she's a wise lady who would give up all her wealth to be a mother She speaks with difficulty She squints and flashes those famous violet eyes Running through the Taylor repertoire, she titters, guffaws, sneers, pouts, smirks, and frowns She's vulnerable, bitchy, womanly, grasping, both hard and soft