Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

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Despite her precocious start, Universal production chief Edward Muhl was unimpressed by the young Elizabeth, and her contract was canceled after just six months. The setback was only temporary, however. In 1942 MGM picked her up and cast her opposite Roddy McDowell in Lassie Come Home.

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