Article: `The Taylor-Todd Brawls Became the Talk of Hollywood' Series: LIZ: AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR

The brawls between Elizabeth Taylor and Mike Todd were the talk of Hollywood. Debbie Reynolds tried to stop one fight only to realize that for Liz and Mike the brawl was merely foreplay to a night of rough sex. Todd was so proud of the way he was able to manhandle Taylor that he made a series of tape recordings of their lovemaking sessions and frequently presented the tapes as mementos to friends and business associates. Part one of a five part excerpt from Liz: An Intimate Biography of Elizabeth Taylor by C. David Heymann. How sensitive and gentlemanly Mike Todd might have been depended largely on the other person involved. The first Mrs. Todd, the former Bertha Freshman, the mother of ...

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