Throughout her adult years, Taylor's personal life, especially her eight marriages two to the same man , drew a large amount of media attention and public disapproval.
According to Taylor, it was the first film in which she had been asked to act, instead of simply being herself, and it brought her critical acclaim for the first time since National Velvet.
After briefly living in with the Chapman family, the Taylor family settled in , where the two children were enrolled in Hawthorne School.
He told her she would outlive him.