Melvyn Bragg's book on him, called 'Rich' is fantastic. I could read it over & over. I'm still a huge fan of Richard Burton to this day. Talent, charisma, intelligence, brooding good looks.

this was a wonderful step back in time to two people who loved each other but could not live together

Love both of them, for themselves and together. Rest in peace.

Taylor and Burton WERE the most Iconic REAL couple of the screen. They loved, they fought, they made up and they'd try again. Two huge personalities that were THE MATCH for publicity. EVERYONE FED OFF THEM ! It was amazing to watch as it was happening. They were like magnets to eachother. They truly lived their lives to the fullest. Very few of us would ever experience that kind of love and passion. How really lucky they were.

Richard and Elizabeth didn't care what nobody say.They lived life to the fullest.

The passion that Taylor and Burton had for each other ran thru their veins. They never loved anybody else the same way and they took that love to their graves.

I was 23 and not well acquainted with Elizabeth or Richard, but my mom had tickets to Private Lives in LA in late 1983. I went with her to see the play and it was delightful, funny and charming. I was so glad I got to see Richard perform before he died. Since then I've watched many movies with Elizabeth in them and enjoy them. May they both Rest In Peace.

The most romantic couple of the century! They will never be forgotten!

Richard Burton deserved an award every stage or movie he was in!

There will never be another Hollywood love story like this one. I hope they found each other on the other side ❤❤

She was too beautiful. Overtly gorgeous but she had almost a raw rustic passion to balance it. She remained a nice person and a fiesty girl who loved to live and laugh. U can see how wise and truthful and uncomplicated she is in her head. Her interviews are so interesting to hear. I wish there were way more!

Without intending to judge, I must say that the life of these two outstanding artists has been more interesting than any romantic book or dramatic movie. Their memory is alive

WELL DONE DOCUMENTARY! WHAT A STORY OF TWO SOUL MATES AND MORE

The energy of the acting talent these two lovebirds had respectively could have lit up an entire country.

Richard Burton to this day is my favorite actor. A real talent who brought literature and stories to life. Never has there been a voice like his+

I always felt they died loving each other more than anyone one else ever in their lives.

Ahhhhh..... The Golden couple... Two beautiful people, literally! Always loved them both,,, as actors & as a couple... and frankly, as people. Both talented beyond perfecftion...

I think The Sandpiper was cast so well with these two. Love her

Beautiful yet very sad. Wish they could have been together in a healthy way. Rest In Peace to both.

How bittersweet this is. They always had such passion for one another. They broke each others heart. But loved each other forever in a way that never fades even to the end of time itself.

I know what she meant how “after Richard all the others were really just there to hold my coat”. Nothing could compare to not being with your other half. Tumultuous or otherwise your heart mind and soul don’t understand such minor details. Someone might as well tear you in two and you can try to go on but everything will just be shades of gray because it knew what it was to reach the heights and the depths. It’s transformative. Like a near death experience nothing will ever be the same. It doesn’t always mean a happy ending. In this dimension, at least.

They were twin souls, destined to be together forever. I know EXACTLY the kind of love they experienced.

Taylor and Burton were soul mates no doubt about it , I am sure they will meet again ...

Thanks CCC for that wonderful coverage! Elizabeth Taylor was so beautiful and talented. Her friendship with Michael Jackson and her support for people victim with HIV-AIDS were amazing.❤

I don't think the world will see a couple like Burton and Taylor for a couple of centuries more. Both were Iconic actors, and their love was something written in the stars. When you see Taylor looking at him, she seems in awe of him. And while Burton and Taylor eventually remarried, its painfully obvious when you read his biography, that he considered his time with Taylor as the best days of his life. I do not think they ever stopped loving eachother.

Not everyone’s love can be a fairy tale but two different kinds of people do fall in love. I hate how people say stop “romanticizing their love”. Their love was whatever they felt and did and it’s in the past but if someone would just read about their relationship you would know the truth. Substance abuse and infidelity would ruin any relationship.

Burton should have received an Oscar either for Who's Afraid of VW or Night of the Iguana or perhaps both

The most beautiful women ever. Her eyes were deep lavender. I saw her as she was coming out of Halston in NY.

So fortunate to have spent my lunch with him when he offered me and a friend to share his table at thr Royal Forresters pub in Bracknell! He was filming in Bracknell at the time! He had beautiful eyes and was extremely gracious and charming! I remember he said to me “what a capacious handbag “

This was a great documentary - short - but great! It revealed information I had not known before. This gave detailed insight to their marriage(s) and what drove them to divorce. I have seen quite a few documentaries, on Elizabeth, Richard and their marriage, that I almost didn't click on this one. I am so glad I did. As a side note; Richard Burton should have won the Best Actor Academy Award for "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf".

Elizabeth Taylor was and will be definitely the most beautiful woman the world ever known as far as I'm concerned.

I believe these two were the true love of each other’s lives. But both were difficult to live with so it did not last.

"Night of the Iguana" - is my favorite Richard Burton Film (with Ava Gardner). Elizabeth Taylor is exceptional in everything she ever did. Intervention was good for Taylor (and all of us - as we got to appreciate her even more). I met Elizabeth Taylor (at a Fashion Show). I was a model (during her department store perfume line). She was stunning - even when along in years, and she was very kind.

The heart wants what the hearts wants regardless of the people

The original Hollywood power couple.

*Two people may love each other for life, but may not find complete fulfillment because of human frailty.*

There's 1,000 reasons why this was a bad idea. But you can feel the chemistry even now.

What a life that woman led!! My goodness!! Charmed and tragic, sad and fun, lavish and trashy at times!! She exemplifies the good and bad of humanity and make believe. :)

She was stunning a couple of years after he died, she was on the cover of everything.

Liz finally came into her own, and in later life she survived cancer, seemed comfortable in a larger body, shaved her head and allowed her hair to go grey. She finally seemed happy as herself, and I greatly admire her for that. How difficult it must be to be such a beauty icon growing older.

Passion, lust, romance, envy…..they all crumble without respect.

Undeniable love in their eyes for each other. Can you just imagine for a coupla minutes, what it would be like to sit down with these two, have a drink or 5, and talk about a simple topic as the weather? Then move on to what Shakespearean theater of let’s say the 17th century was like? I think about it often.🎭

Married to all these men yet she died alone...What a life...

from what i've read, they were both alcoholics and they had to split up because they made each other worse. in burton's diaries he said he would try to quit and taylor would say, "Have a drink, you're so dull when you're sober." Pretty toxic situation.

What a shame they never had children together....they would probably have looked stunning......I used to live near his sister Cissie in Wales.....she was lovely. and so proud of him.......she still lived in the bungalow he bought her...Such talent chucked away down the neck of a bottle.....

My god, am not born in her era but am so interested to her love story so beautiful and exciting ❤❤

Now this is a “power couple”! I’d marry him twice too!

That was really intriguing. Thanks.

That commentator/former acting colleague gave an impression of Elizabeth Taylor pretty much fading away and having no life after Burton's death----when the exact opposite is true. She kicked her booze/pill habit, lost 60lbs, (regaining her glamorous beauty) saw a resurgence of her acting career for awhile, wrote a bestselling book (called Elizabeth Takes Off) AND founded a fragrance empire which is still going strong and making bank for her descendants. Not to mention her steadfast support of Awareness and fundraising for Aids, which was a big deal at the time. It should also be noted that---as much as she adored Richard, he was the SECOND greatest love of her Life, AFTER Mike Todd. In fact, she said in her book how Burton once told her that, had Mike Todd lived, she (Elizabeth) would still be married to him and he (Richard) wouldn't never have had a chance.

Pareja perfecta, íconos del amor. Talentosos y bellos.

Another excellent video. The narrator, biographers and behind-the-scenes people are always so well-suited to telling the subjects' love stories. And of course the photographs and clips are wonderful. Elizabeth and Richard were truly an iconic couple. I vaguely remember the start of their love story (I was very young). They were always in the Press, on TV, or at the movies. I never realized, until this doc how much they were a part of my life! Even though they are both gone, their love is still felt. Speaking of their love story, I saw Debbie Reynolds dancing like a bullfighter on the cover of "Life" (at least that's how I remember it). My mother had to explain divorce and why the Pope was so mad at them. As much as I love your series of iconic lovers, I think you glossed over Eddie's "betrayal" of his family and Elizabeth's responsibility in it; you mentioned Richard's distress in leaving Sybil & his daughter. Just sayin'🤗

Great documentary!!❤

This is an excellent film. I only wish it was longer. Engrossing!! 👏👏👏

Amazing and so glorious 😲…but so…..very….sad too! 😢

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt of Golden Era. Orginal powerfull couple. The same thing with Vivien Leigh and Laurence Oliver who were the first powerfull couple in Hollywood history.

There was a certain aristocracy in Hollywood back in the day. It's greatly missed by me today.

Ron Berkley was Richard Burtons makeup man for 20 years. Berkley is a very old name and title, Richard was always tickled that he, a poor boy from a coal mining family in poverty, ended up with a practically royal employee from one of the oldest families in England....

Mike Todd was the love of her life. If he hadn’t died, the Burton affair never would have happened. Eddie Fisher was no Mike Todd.

I believe Richard was the one man she truly loved.

I knew a Taxi driver who picked up Elisabeth Taylor in Stuttgart Germany back in the 70s at the airport. She was with another female. She was very nice and cordial. He saw all of her films and asked her questions about them. She told him everything she could. When he let her off, she thanked him and give him the best tip he ever had in his life. He said American celebrities tip good but not as good as that. German celebrities give a better than average tip, but nothing like the Americans celebs. 28:54 Personal friends of their's said, in "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf, they weren't acting."

Very nice documentary here! Bravo 👏

Richard Burton was on a hot streak in the 1960 s. Beckett ,Night Of The Iguana,The Spy Who Came In From The Cold,Virginia Woolf,Anne of a Thousand Days even films which most critics would call average The Sandpiper,and The VIPs Richard always stood out!!If my memory serves Richard got into Oxford when he was only 15!!! There was a quota on Welshman at Oxford so his mentor /professor changed his name from Jenkins to Burton. It’s hard to believe but English was Richards second language!!! Richard also was a Bombadeer in the RAF during the Second World War. When asked by a journalist what he learned in the RAF Richard replied”Fear”!!!! To his credit he was able to quit drinking. But could never quit those damn ciggies. When he died Richard Harris was here in San Diego in a revival of Camelot. Harris the Irishman and Burton the Welshman were great pals and partners in nocturnal debauchery. When Harris was ambushed by a local TV crew here in San Diego and asked if he had a comment about the death of Richard Burton he replied” he’s not dead he’ll never be dead to me”. Nor to his thousands of friends and millions of fans from San Diego to New York to London and Cardiff to Melbourne and Perth to Sough Africa and literally all over the world.

Humble beginning from South Wales to global superstar

Though Richard was a drunkard he was a very charismatic man!

In 1985 she wasn't in a wheelchair it was much later. In fact in 1985 she had lost weight and was still tremendously beautiful. I was a preteen I wondered who she was🤔She seemed to be on every talk show.

My favorit couple of all time.I have loved them my hole life.Richard and Elizabeth for ever.❤❤

Elizabeth Taylor was a real beauty... I've always thought...

I am so glad I watched this. I usually am more of a history buff, but this was well done. Thank you.

You could see their love and desire for each other in the movie The Sandpiper, you could almost feel the lust they had for each other it seemed to ooze out of them. Very few people find that kind of love they did.

Richard Burton was very handsome when he was young. Wow!

They weren't the only ones that couldn't get enough of each other, I think of Lauren Becall and Bogart.

These two were soul mates what a love they are United again

They loved each other but weren’t good for each other

A great love story, one that will be told and retold. There has been nothing in this generation to equal it.

excellent presentation of material, illustration, excellent presenters. Respect to the authors.

My conclusion is that lust, greed, jealousy and competition could ruin any relationship. Let me not mention drugs and alcohol. Moreover, when chemistry prevails pure friendship in a romance it does not end up well. Who knows? If Richard was not such a womaniser, he could have stayed with Elizabeth and they could both be happier. But - that was just life.

Just the most amazing looking couple.

This pair, so attractive, as was Joanne and Paul neuman.

RIP Liz & Richard.🙏

They were a force to be reckon with. I feel a bit sad for Sybil.

My Godmother was her nurse in the hospital. She said how beautiful Elizabeth was without makeup. Those eyes....

Amazing that Zev Bruffman saved Elizabeth Taylor! NEVER heard that before!

​George and Martha from Edward Albee "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" - IMHO A must see film.

Burton was really derogatory towards Elizabeth according to these stories and to announce to everyone that he slept with her, is just beyond disappointing.

Elizabeth was not unsure of herself, she knew damm well who she was married to.

Such a beautiful story💔

How interesting! Richard was a theatrical actor and she was a cinema actress! He didn't catch her talents at first, but the camera picked them up! 😀

To see Darwin Porter here, you wouldn't think he's written biographies packed with lies that he knew to be lies, but apparently he was capable of accuracy on occasion.

It was nice that her and Carrie Fisher mom made up later in life over the Eddie Fisher debacle but idk how you could sleep with your best Friend's husband. That is just so foul. Elizabeth was beautiful and a good actress but she was sketchy as a person.

J'ai découvert il y a peu ce duo dans le film...le chevalier des sables. Quel film magnifique!

~Enjoyed this very much.

I remember when she was in a movie with mr Burt in They married 2 times was so in love, and he was still married, She had a wonderful time with him: and him with her Elizabeth was in alot of movies, and so was Richard

Very well done! Thank you. 💎

I knew that kind of love and it's so very scary thing you never get over it the expression that Love hurts is true it shakes you to the core of your soul we were not rich poor but we loved each other it's hard to explain I knew what Elizabeth went through she loved him more than he loved her but even in death they still wanted each other rest in peace Elizabeth and Richard

I knew a man once that saw ET & RB in a hotel restuarant in Toronto; he said her eyes were truly violet.....

I saw the film "Cleoparta" with Elizabeth Taylor as a child in 1970...In the summer of 1972 I recognize the beautiful lady in a big restaurant room of our hotel in Božava/Croatia... She ate breakfast with Richard Burton !! (. They visit this year the Leader Tito of Yougoslavia...

I never knew that Burton was not initially attracted to Elizabeth! Also that he never thought much of her acting and said she was stone faced! Wow just shows how things can change.

Beautiful women with a voice of a child.

Dieser Beitrag über Richard und Liz war sehr aufschlussreich, sehr interessant. Danke dafür.

Those pictures of her in a wheelchair after his death are misleading they were taken much later on in life .