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Plate Section

1. Taylor looks atypically androgynous in a wardrobe test for
National Velvet
.

2. A cameraman greets Taylor portraying Velvet Brown before the Grand National Steeplechase.

3.
Giant
was sold as a steamy love triangle; in fact, it was a clarion call for social justice.

4. Sleeping
Giant:
James Dean and Taylor relax between takes. Taylor is justifiably exhausted: Her character is the moral anchor of the movie. (Taylor and her new daughter, Liza Todd, are on Look’s cover.)

5. Rock Hudson’s character is flattened in
Giant
, after raising his fists in support of racial justice. Taylor’s character transformed him from a bigot to a humanitarian.