Lizabeth Scott is the Real Star

Thanks I always loved her but could sense something different about her.

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Unless you read this somewhere beyond the IMDB biography information, I would think what you are saying is quite a stretch. First of all "society" wouldn't have been aware of her sexual orientation. Things like that were not reported in the press, like they are today.

Secondly, studios went to great lengths to protect their property, which pretty much defines actors/actresses who worked within the studio system. Each person was a "type" and the publicity machines went to work creating that image for the public. You had the girl next door, the mysterious woman, the exoctic type, the sultry type, etc. Great deals of money was spent to ccreate this image and an actress/actor was expected to play that role for the public.


Studios would also shape images through the use of rather innocuous casual dates between two stars, to more serious matters like put-up marriages to satisfy the heterosexual image, be it man or woman.

If Lisbeth's career was shortened for any reason ( and the lesbian thing is true) it could be she refused to play the game. When that happen A/A found themselves as being described as difficult, displeasing studio bosses/directors with clout, etc. Suddenly projects they were right for were unavailable and they found themselves finishing out their contracts in stinker projects, their careers languishing.

Another common ploy to bring actors to heel was to lend them out to other studios who either didn't have work for them and would put them in films agaiinst type, which the audiences responded to badly and that would be the end.

There was not the freedom we see today with celebrity's. A lot of yesteryear stars would be indebted to the sudios from the get-go, always trying to play catch-up. The studio would front promising actors money for wardrobes (picked/styled by the studio), homes/cars to create the right impression and an expense account. So immediately, when an actor worked, the money the earned was already spent. It would take a string of hits, before an actor could consider themselves independent and hope to have negotiation powers in the future.

As for actresses with questionable sexual mores, there were plenty and many considered to be some of the greatest actresses of their time (acting ability and/or crowd appeal). One must also remember, that many women saw acting as something to do before the married and had children. One of my favorite actresses of all time, Norma Shearer, went that route, as did the wonderfully talented and beautiful Grace Kelly.

Unless you read this somewhere beyond the IMDB biography information, I would think what you are saying is quite a stretch. First of all "society" wouldn't have been aware of her sexual orientation. Things like that were not reported in the press, like they are today.

Secondly, studios went to great lengths to protect their property, which pretty much defines actors/actresses who worked within the studio system. Each person was a "type" and the publicity machines went to work creating that image for the public. You had the girl next door, the mysterious woman, the exoctic type, the sultry type, etc. Great deals of money was spent to ccreate this image and an actress/actor was expected to play that role for the public.


Studios would also shape images through the use of rather innocuous casual dates between two stars, to more serious matters like put-up marriages to satisfy the heterosexual image, be it man or woman.

If Lisbeth's career was shortened for any reason ( and the lesbian thing is true) it could be she refused to play the game. When that happen A/A found themselves as being described as difficult, displeasing studio bosses/directors with clout, etc. Suddenly projects they were right for were unavailable and they found themselves finishing out their contracts in stinker projects, their careers languishing.

Another common ploy to bring actors to heel was to lend them out to other studios who either didn't have work for them and would put them in films agaiinst type, which the audiences responded to badly and that would be the end.

There was not the freedom we see today with celebrity's. A lot of yesteryear stars would be indebted to the sudios from the get-go, always trying to play catch-up. The studio would front promising actors money for wardrobes (picked/styled by the studio), homes/cars to create the right impression and an expense account. So immediately, when an actor worked, the money the earned was already spent. It would take a string of hits, before an actor could consider themselves independent and hope to have negotiation powers in the future.

As for actresses with questionable sexual mores, there were plenty and many considered to be some of the greatest actresses of their time (acting ability and/or crowd appeal). One must also remember, that many women saw acting as something to do before the married and had children. One of my favorite actresses of all time, Norma Shearer, went that route, as did the wonderfully talented and beautiful Grace Kelly.