. >> but more often than not, their vehicles were ill conceived overplayed efforts, such as hammersmithout and boom. and burton's choices for solo performances were just as erratic. for every master piece, there were two or three disappointments such as blue beard or exorcist 2. >> i do believe. >> reporter: lifestyle affected his career decisionses. he was the example of what was considered a man's man, a hard drinking womanizer, unashamed of scandal, but he was insecure and believed his superstardom came from his marriage to elizabeth taylor. this contributed to his alcoholism, which in turn contributed to the destruction of his marriage and a drop in the quality of his work. there was a period when he would appear in almost any production that would pay him over a million dollars. burton admitted he didn't recall making some of those films. and reading about his offscreen tirades only added to the picture of a wasted talent. while burton was still capable of exceptional work such as his role in equis, he was only a bankable star when reteamed with taylor, or while reliving past glori

book on tiffany wedding from the superimposed picture of a sapphire engagement ring on an image of hammersmitharms, the house in newport for which she herself had been right to jfk in 1953. she also allowed this picture at first elf and jfk at a party in newport to go opposite the title page at tiffany party's. it was her way of saying i think rather quiet week, but distinctly, to, this is who i yam. this is about something i love. and not all of her books are highbrow inquiries into the nature of art. and she wasn't ashamed to admit it. she wasn't ashamed to admit her involvement with these commercial products. steve rubin who was her boss at doubleday enemy 90s, before she died had one distinct memory of her and not as if she brought a project to him that he wasn't entirely sort of certain about any wasn't quite sure how to criticize it, he'd say jackie, this might lose money and she dropped her right away. so, she would definitely respond to that kind of stimulus from the doubleday higher-ups. okay, the next to last of these groups of her books that i'd like to talk about is a group of book