Possible Clues:

• Taylor's on-again, off-again romance
• Bought it having gone for one of these
• Richard of 'Cleopatra'
• Standing in stream to drink
• Richard -, Melancholy author
• See 17-Across
• 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure' director
• One of Taylor's husbands
• "Sleepy Hollow" director
• Richard nominated for seven Oscars