Cleopatra VII was the last pharaoh of Egypt. She has been remembered often in fiction for her relationships with the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, and the general Mark Antony. Caesar is totally grossed out. Ptolemy's estranged sister and co-regent, Cleopatra Elizabeth Taylor , gives the Roman leader a better gift: herself, wrapped up in a rug.
List of cultural depictions of Cleopatra - Wikipedia
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Elizabeth Taylor, After Her Bath, Cleopatra (1963)
The Egyptians give Caesar a fancy gift. Caesar seems embarrassed he forgot to bring something in exchange. Someone sends Caesar another gift. Dang, he really should have thought about bringing a bottle of wine.
This complex and controversial drama about party politics with a big-name cast was directed by Otto Preminger. It was based upon Allan Drury's highly influential and best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning political potboiler of The movie was both praised for its daring homosexual subplot and also condemned for its datedness. In one scene, it stereotypically portrayed a NYC gay bar Club with the voice of Frank Sinatra singing on the jukebox and the effeminate bartender beckoning for a horrified homosexual character to enter.