The Sandpiper

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton -- then Hollywood's most bankable couple -- appeared onscreen together for the third time in this romantic drama shot on beautiful locations along the Big Sur region of the California coastline. Laura Edwards (Elizabeth Taylor) is a free-thinking artist and ...more

Despite the participation of Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Vincente Minnelli and Dalton Trumbo (not to mention Eva Marie Saint and Charles Bronson), there's precious little to like in the tawdry bit of fluff called The Sandpiper. In fact, the movie is chiefly notable for its Oscar-winning theme song, "The Shadow of Your Smile," which while not a truly great song still managed to make a much more lasting impression than did the film itself. While "borrowed" from Somerset Maugham's Rain, ...more