Lizbeth Scott
Okay we know Stanwyck was great, but what about Lizbeth Scott? she gave a great performance in this movie too. I cant believe she didn't become a huge star.
shareand what a shower scene, eh?
shareShe was lovely, and it's unfortunate that a scandal really curtailed her career too early.
shareITS LIZABETH BY THE WAY... THERE IS A LIZBETH SCOTT WHO IS A COMPOSER/SINGER IN THE MOVIES WHO IS STILL WORKING TODAY...
WHAT SCANDAL? ENLIGHTEN US, PLEASE. IF ITS TABLOID STUFF IT PROBABLY WASNT TRUE...I SEEM TO REMEMBER SOMETHING BEING PUBLISHED WAY BACK THEN BUT SHE SEWED THE PULP MAGAZINE....
LIZABETH STILL LIVES UP IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS AND DRIVES A JAG, HAS HER HAIR MOSTLY IN A PONY TAIL NOW. ITS GRAY BUT SHE IS STILL BEAUTIFUL, STAYS OUT OF THE LIMELIGHT BUT OCCASIONALLY GOES TO FILM NOIR CONVENTIONS. SHE WAS GRAND, AND NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN.
SHE WAS A STEADY OF HAL WALLIS, DIRECTOR/PRODUCER AND WHEN HE STOPPED MAKING MOVIES--HIS LAST WAS A ELVIS MOVIE & SHE PLAYED A DECENT PART--SHE DID TOO. HER INITIAL TRAINING CAME ON THE STAGE AND SHE WAS CONSIDERED A REAL PRO ON BROADWAY. MAYBE YOU WILL SEE HER IN STARBUCKS SIPPING A LATTE, STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED.....
Sorry for getting the name wrong - I was typing fast and not thinking.
I can't say if the scandal was true at all, obviously, but it did halt her career. Her initials and phone number were found in a madam's black book and when the police called the number, it was Lizbeth. Once "outed" as a lesbian, she basically stopped getting the good roles. I'm vague on the details but perhaps imdb has it in her bio. I hope she's doing well, nice to read your post.
Thanks for your reply, interesting what you said. Well, if she was in a madams black book, that could be for a number of reasons, including the obvious, or as a straight contact or referral. Its a known fact many A list actors, even those married, procured women though discreetly. Even the heads of major studios had contacts.... True story. Then you shift into, "once outed as a lesbian," which is of course something different. I doubt if both a madame connection or a lesbian connection could both be true, but hey you never know. Again, most of her movies were done with Hal Wallis and when he retired that was the end of her career. Wouldnt it be great if Tarintino was to do a new movie and ask her to be in it? He does that you know, asks stars of the past to be in his films. Oh well, I will keep looking for her in Starbucks. Nice to know she has so many friends...also important to know that many actors/actresses were gay/lesbian and in those days it was no secret to those in the business. Some chose to be silent, so they could not be outed, others were discreet, but still known to the film family. I hope she is doing well too, wasnt she the best? Her acting was so pure, so clear. As a 15 year old with hormones raging I drooled over her at the Lyric theatre in Blue Island, Illinois. Thanks for the memories...
shareShe really was marvelous, beautiful and that voice was to die for. I really am glad that she's still around. If you see her at Starbucks, you should tell her you're a fan. I'm sure she'd appreciate it.
shareI always thought she looked mannish and was not a great beauty, her voice was raspy and she was not a good actress. The part of Toni Matuchek in Strange Love was poorly written; very cliched, unlike the complicated and fascinating characters of Stanwyck, Douglas and Heflin.
shareI only recently saw this film, one that I'd missed out on.
Frankly I was disappointed all round, far fetched plot and poor characterisations.
As far as Lizbeth Scott was concerned I thought a very wooden and pseudo-vamp performance - extremely bad acting abilities.
Film that noir is rife with unusual people, even lead actresses. Lizabeth was one of a number of actresses with trombone voices and odd ways of speaking: Lauren Bacall, of course, Veronica Lake, even Lana Turner, had affects that were not of the usual girl next door.
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne
I was going to say that she's a dead ringer for Lauren Bacall: deep sexy voice, smokey bedroom eyes, knowing grin. Should have been a star.
shareI know you wrote this 5 years ago, but I JUST finished watching this movie on Hulu, and when Lizabeth first came on screen I thought she was Lauren Bacall. They look so much alike. Personally I think that Lizabeth is the more beautiful one of the two women. I thought she was great in the movie, too.
shareActually it was Scott who really gets on my nerves in this other-wise fine movie. I sometimes want to slap her in her "martyrdom" towards Sam and she consistently sounds like she needs a Dristan
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Scott looked feminine and beautiful, and had a lovely voice. She was an excellent actress. Her role in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" was well written, complicated, and fascinating.
shareScott had decided to retire from film before the story came out. Those "reports" were printed in a rag called Confidential. It's main claim to fame was printing "scandalous" stories about famous people, and it wasn't too particular about whether the stories were true or not. Howard Rushmore, the editor who wrote the piece about Scott, eventually ended up testifying against the magazine and stating that much of what they printed was not based in fact. Much info here, including a lengthy list of documented references at the bottom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizabeth_Scott
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Quit Shouting!!!!!
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