#mike todd

[gatabella]

Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd wedding, Mexico, February 1957

#elizabeth taylor #mike todd #wedding #bride

[film-classics]

Movie: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Throughout the entirety of the film, a simple gold necklace with a dainty heart-shaped pendant is a staple of Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt (Elizabeth Taylor). The understated glam of the pendant and the simple elegance of her costumes designed by Helen Rose allows Elizabeth's performance to really shine through, especially since she is known for flaunting her legendary jewelry collection.

Her real-life third husband, film producer Mike Todd, had the necklace made for Elizabeth, along with an identical one for his mother, as a Valentine's Day gift. Elizabeth was photographed wearing it on February 12, 1958 during a press trip to Europe and the 1958 Golden Globe Awards.

The sentiment Elizabeth felt for the necklace was clearly attached to the fact that she received it shortly before Mike died in a plane crash on March 22, 1958. She wore the necklace constantly for almost two years after he died, including his funeral, her wedding to Eddie Fisher and as part of her costume in Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). It wasn’t until 1960 when Taylor landed on the set of Cleopatra (1963) in Rome that the necklace became less of a mainstay in her daily jewels.

Not much is known about the necklace's current location, but Elizabeth may have bequeathed it in her will, just as her former mother-in-law passed it down to her granddaughter, Liza Todd, Elizabeth's only daughter with Mike Todd since it is not part of any of the auctions to benefit the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation throughout the years as well as the Christie's live auction, The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor: The Legendary Jewels after her passing.

#Elizabeth Taylor #Liz Taylor #Liz #Margaret Pollitt #Maggie the Cat #Cat on a Hot Tin Roof #Mike Todd #hollywood #old Hollywood #jewelry #jewellery #necklace #costume design #movies #movie #film classics #classic films #classic movies #classic Hollywood #gold necklace #Helen Rose #15 Iconic Movie Necklaces from the 50s and the 60s

[citizenscreen]

Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd at the El Morocco nightclub on February 14th, 1957.

#elizabeth taylor #mike todd

[fayegonnaslay]

Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd in Paris, 1952.

#liz taylor #old hollywood #old hollywood lovers #old hollywod glamour #classic actress #candid #paparazzi #red carpet #mike todd #elizabeth taylor hilton wilding todd fisher burton warner fortensky #elizabeth taylor

[vintage-every-day]

Elizabeth Taylor, her sons, Liza and Mike Todd by Toni Frissell, 1957.

#vintage #old hollywood #golden era #elizabeth taylor #mike todd

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Elizabeth Taylor with Mike Todd & Richard Burton

#Elizabeth Taylor #Richard Burton #Mike Todd #Old Hollywood #Classic Hollywood #Old Hollywood Glamour #Classic Hollywood Glamour #Conrad Hilton

[oldshowbiz]

1956.

The Saul Bass Plagiarism Suit.

#mike todd #around the world in 80 days #saul bass #feuds

[20th-century-scrapbook]

This ad for Trans World Airlines appeared in Playbill on February 10, 1958, about six weeks prior to Todd's fatal plane crash.

#1958 #Mike Todd #elizabeth taylor #TWA #advertising #1950s #irony

[voguefashion]

Elizabeth Taylor and husband Mike Todd at the 10th Cannes Film Festival in 1957.

Elizabeth’s diamond antique tiara was a gift from Todd: “When Mike gave me this jewel, he said to me: ‘You are my queen, and I think you should have a tiara,’” Taylor said in her book My Love Affair with Jewelry.

#elizabeth taylor #mike todd #cannes film festival #cannes #1957 #style #fashion #1950s

[gatabella]

Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd, 1957

#elizabeth taylor #mike todd

[annoyinglyperfectartisan]

Around The World In 80 Days, 1956

#mike todd #shirley maclaine #david niven #cantinflas #red skelton #marlene dietrich

[midwesternartlovertraveler]

This is a clip from the Merv Griffin Show. Evelyn Keyes had just written her autobiography Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister. She was married to John Huston and Artie Shaw and she lived with Mike Todd. Talk shows were so much more interesting back in the 1970s. The guests were always so interesting, intelligent, and entertaining.

#old hollywood #movie stars #actress #evelyn keyes #author #writer #truman capote #merv griffin #steve allen #artie shaw #john huston #mike todd #Youtube #1970s #1977

[citizenscreen]

Mike Todd (June 22, 1909 – March 22, 1958)

#mike todd #elizabeth taylor

[ohbsessed]

Elizabeth Taylor photographed at Grossinger’s Catskills Resort Hotel, 1959.

Though she was with Eddie Fisher at the time, she continued to wear her 29.4-carat “Ice Skating Rink” diamond ring from Mike Todd, as well as his wedding ring (taken from the wreckage of the plane crash that tragically ended his life the prior year).

#Elizabeth Taylor #Liz Taylor #Old Hollywood #1959 #1950s #vintage #vintage hollywood #classic hollywood #Grossingers Catskills Resort Hotel #1950s fashion #Elizabeth Taylor jewelry #ice skating rink diamond #Eddie Fisher #Mike Todd

[oldhollywoodholla]

Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd at the premiere for ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ (1956)

#Elizabeth Taylor #Mike Todd #*Mine

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Elizabeth Taylor

#Elizabeth Taylor #Mike Todd #Eddie Fisher #Old Hollywood #Classic Hollywood #Old Hollywood Glamour #Classic Hollywood Glamour #Conrad Hilton