Rare Two Mules article with reference to Elizabeth Taylor’s involvement

Rare Two Mules article with reference to Elizabeth Taylor’s involvement

Some longtime friends of The Archive will no doubt be aware of what has come to be known as the ‘58lbs of treasures’ box - an incredibly generous gift that was donated to the Archive by an old friend of mine James Elliott (full story HERE). 

Well I like to return to it fresh every so often, and always seem to find something of interest for scanning and posting on the Archive. Just the other week I was sorting through it again - in order to try and get more of it catalogued, and came across this 4 page original article. 

What caught my eye was the sub heading about Elizabeth Taylor. As fans will already know, Taylor was originally meant to co-star with Clint in Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) after the couple struck up a friendship on meeting during the shooting of Where Eagles Dare, alongside Taylor’s then husband Richard Burton. Not many pieces make reference to this, and while this article doesn’t delve too deeply it offers some kind of explanation and detail. It also reveals a couple of stories featuring Taylor’s replacement Shirley MacLaine. So I thought it was interesting enough for the Archive. The one major problem is the source. I have absolutely no idea from which magazine this originally appeared and there are no real clues, no title at the head or footer of each page - so I’m completely in the dark. I suppose we can only be thankful that it has survived - and of course I owe my thanks to James for that.