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My cousin rachel ending book5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Burton claims that de Havilland was impossibly arrogant after her Oscar triumph, insisted on having sole above-the-title star billing, and also would not allow anyone to call her by her first name, only as "Miss de Havilland". After negotiations with both Garbo and Cukor fell through (Garbo never made another film, and Cukor and Burton never worked together), Burton remained attached to the project, which was re-fashioned as a vehicle for Olivia de Havilland following her Oscar-winning success in "The Heiress". ![]() He claims that Garbo personally told him she would only do the film with him as her leading man. Richard Burton's posthumously-published diaries reveal that he accepted the role of Philip in this film because it was being planned as a comeback vehicle for Greta Garbo under the direction of his friend George Cukor, whom he regarded as one of the great Hollywood directors. ![]()
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