Lizabeth Scott - Iesbian actress who murdered her male fiancé? Hollywood hated her!
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- Lizabeth Scott - Iesbian actress who murdered her male fiancé? Hollywood hated her!
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“The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb. I felt nothing all the time, and it had started to feel normal. It should have scared me, but it didn’t.”
- Elizabeth Scott
That's how many ppl who are depressed say that they feel like.
I've also heard it described like there's a dark cloud always following them.
Nowadays, there are many effective medications so that people no longer have to suffer like they used to.
Internal medicine resident ( PGY3) here.
Psychiatry isn't my specialty, but l do have more than a basic understanding of the specialty.
This is also how people with psychopathy describe their experiences.
Psychopathy
RIP 🌹
Wow did not know this about her. Competition in Hollywood. Always unsettling when someone not who they appear. You will know them by their fruits.
She reminds me of a vintage version of Cara Delevigne
It’s the brows and cheekbones 😍
Me too
Big time❤
Now, I can't NOT see it, lol
She's much prettier in my opinion. Resembles Veronica Lake
Kirk Douglas had the nerve to judge someone after his reputation... including what he did to an underaged Natalie Wood.🙄
SAY THAT! Natalie's sister Lana Wood has been SUSPICIOUSLY quiet since Kirk died. I would not be surprised if she was given hush money. 🤫
It’s usually those with the least room to judge that do it the most
@@danavixen6274More than likely that or her life was threatened.🤔
Exactly. He's so disgusting.
What’s Kirk Douglas to with her not heard about this
she looks like lauren bacall
My thoughts exactly!!!
That's who I thought it was in the thumbnail
Thought the same thing! 🤔
I agree with you. She does look like Bacall and her voice is also as husky as Bacalls. Both were beautiful ladies back then.
Lizabeth Scott was always compared to Lauren Bacall since they shared some physical attributes and their voices were unusually deep for women. Both women had been tagged with an image moniker: Lauren Bacall was known as "The Look" and Lizabeth Scott was called "The Threat" which derived from a critic's description of Scott: "She's the Threat, to the Body, the Voice and the Look." "The Body" (Marie McDonald), "The Voice" (Frank Sinatra) and "The Look" (Lauren Bacall). Even though they sounded alike there were differences in accent, diction and timbre between Scott and Bacall. Bacall's accent is pre-World War II, upper-middle-class New York metropolitan, often mistaken for Mid-Atlantic due to the broad "A" and non-rho-tic pronunciation of words containing "R." Unlike Scott's inherited low tone, Bacall originally had a naturally high tone with a nasal timbre and fast tempo, but had trained herself to pitch her voice lower and slow down her delivery. Despite Bacall's "mannered toughness" and Scott's "breathy theatricality" both women had what they called at the time a "smoky voice." But more notable than any actual similarity between Bacall and Scott were the people, institutions and events they had in common: the Walter Thornton Agency, Harper's Bazaar, Irving Hoffman, Charles Feldman and the Famous Talent Corporation, Humphrey Bogart, and the "Second Red Scare" (1947-1954). Also, both actresses made Bogart's personal list of the nine "most potent" kissers "in movie love scenes" in which he participated. Lizabeth Virginia Scott (born Emma Matzo September 29, 1922 - January 31, 2015) in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Lizabeth Scott, was disclaimed by the film critics as a second -- rate Lauren Bacall but though they have similar qualities in my opinion they are quite different in their acting abilities. I never like to compare actors or actresses to say who had more talent. Its unfair to the actors. Lizabeth might not be so well known today since she made her last film in 1957 titled Loving You costarring Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott did a cameo in 1972 in a film titled Pulp. Also Lizabeth never married but she did do interviews later on about her career mostly in film noirs. Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but one. In addition to stage and radio, she appeared on television from the late 1940s to early 1970s. In the last twenty years since film noir has become more popular so too has Lizabeth Scott she has been gaining a belated reputation as a superior actress. Her unmannered projection of the now archaic tough girl is direct and vibrant, elevating it from the confines of its times. Scott's style of acting, characteristic of other film actors of the 1940s -- a cool, naturalistic underplay derived from multiple sources -- was often depreciated by critics who preferred the more emphatic stage styles of the pre-film era or the later method styles. Unlike her predecessors at Paramount, Lizabeth Scott was not contracted to the studio but to the company's leading independent producer Hal B. Wallis, who, like David O. Selznick before him made a lucrative business of loaning out his contractees to other producers with substantial profit for himself. This breakdown of the omnipotent studio's star system worked to Lizabeth Scott's strong disadvantage. Paramount was disinclined to promote a free-lance player who was so tenuous a part of its set-up. Compounding her plight was her rebellious individuality. She had little use for the conventional homage usually paid to the establishment in the film industry, and rarely kowtowed to the ranking institutions, gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper. With rare exceptions, Lizabeth Scott was stereotyped on the screen as the corrupt chanteuse who had no desire or will to change her sinister ways, and was doomed to find a worthwhile good guy to love her only when it was too late and she had already passed the point of redemption. She worked best in tandem with such strong screen personalities as Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Charlton Heston. In 2003, film historian Bernard F. Dick interviewed Scott for his biography of Wallis. The results was an entire chapter titled "Morning Star." In the chapter, the author observed that during the interview, Scott (then 80 or 81 years old) was still able to recite her opening monologue from The Skin of Our Teeth, which she had learned six decades earlier. Lizabeth Scott died of congestive heart failure at the age of 92 on January 31, 2015.
They had to act, dance, sing, EVERYTHING, not like today.
True. I don't think we've ever heard Ellen DeGeneres sing.
Lizbeth Scott was a beautiful sexy woman back the the studio ran these stars lives now there are no stars there TikTok reality stars ruins the magic of Hollywood now it HOLLYWEIRD shame
You've been really doing some classic yet unknown actresses so many didn't appreciate. I LOVE these back stories. I feel you truly found joy in analyzing the wonder of unsung heroes. As a Scorpio, you honor them in their death.
I agree whole heartedly. Well said Laura. I always thought the same thing.
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I love her movies! I think because Lizbeth was not a push over for men like Burt Lancaster, who most actress chased, she got a reputation as a b word. Thank You another fabulous story! Your content is fantastic!😊💐
My thoughts exactly she didn't play the Hollywood game and they ostracized her. Rene Zelleweger is another actress not liked by the press and lives outside of Hollywood.
I would have chased Burt Lancaster too, LMBO
@@TheHappinessHelper_XO He was a wife beater and a mean drunk.
She lived across the street from me. She was always kind and caring and had a beautiful little garden. 🙏
reneemoreno8030 I wish they would get her name right. She was known as Lizbeth, not Lizabeth.
People can have many faces. I live in a unit complex where two people do terrible vicious things- because they didn't want to share power and were stopped from destroying the amenity and value of the building...so they got shouting and written slander campaigns against the people trying to improve the buildings, sabotage, damaging cars, etc etc AND also convinced some gullible people that they were the good saintly people. They were sweet as candy & helpful- even as they used these new "friends" to cause trouble and take the blame in the building too.
I work with people who would do anything to reach the top, but outside work they seem nice.
@@Crimson11100thats how people are everywhere.
This whole thing is all fabricated. Lizabeth wasn’t a lesbian; she confirmed it. She never murdered anyone. This chick who does these always gets things wrong bc she doesn’t do her research and she makes her own judgements.
I love old movies, mostly those made before I was born. When I see Lizabeth Scott in a film she reminds me of Lauren Bacall. Similar looks. Always learn something new from Karine's interesting explorations of elite individuals.
My thoughts exactly ❤
I thought she looked a bit like Lauren Bacall too.
They are mesmerizing and amazing compared to the garbage they produce today for billions of dollars or whatever they spend on trash.
No only their hairdo
Me too, I always got the two mixed up and thought they might be sisters because they looked so much alike and acted so much alike.
I miss how classy everyone looked back then. Whether you were poor or rich, you held yourself with dignity.
Agreed.
Any enemy of Kurt Douglas is a friend of mine! 😮😂😊
"Kurt?" I love it!
Yeah. A lot of nasty dirt is,coming out about him.
@@user-eu3qy8uf7f Well, let's not be curt about "Kurt."
Kirk (not Kurt) Douglas wasn't mentioned in this video.
@@appledoreman I think toddler meant Burt Lancaster.
Her modern doppelganger, Cara Delevingne.
I like Lizabeth Scott, but I did not think was a beauty, I think she's attractive, but had a strong almost masculine look. As far as the movie Martha Ives she was good but could never steal a movie from Barbara Stanwyck. Even in the one scene they had together, Barbara being the queen thespian that she was, barely even acknowledge her in the scene, which made Liz look beneath her in the scene, Barbara hands down owned that movie
This is very true. Scott couldn't hold a candle to her. Nobody could.
I loved Stanwyck and in my opinion she was the BEST actress for years. She was also the highest paid for years. But she lived quite modestly.
look at her again. she was nobodies doll baby. she was a woman. quite a lot of men are afraid of a real woman and stick with kupie dolls.
I literally used to skip school to watch the Turner Classic Movies channel and follow all the video old Hollywood gossip and never in my life have I heard the lesbian killed my boy fiancé story! I am unprepared for this! I needed popcorn!
I love your voice as you tell the stories.
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Same here ❤
Very… noirish. ❤
Her description at the beginning for the negative traits is reminding me of Amber Heard 🤐 also your biographies are always a treat and so entertaining!
Hollywood hated her says it all and made me interested in her. She wanted a private life and shunned gossip columnists a mistake in Hollywood. You'll probably find a lot of those actors had a dark past.
It seems she may have poisoned anyone who got in her way.
But nothing found upon autopsy with fiancée?
@@ElizzzaB Probably didn't know what to test for, especially back then.
I loved Lisabeth Scott. Her movies are mesmerising! The letter with the boyfriend was somewhat manipulative that he left her a fortune she didn't get, but takes nothing away from her talent.
I loved her also, 'Too late for tears,' a noir, being one of my favourites.
Yep. A highly underrated actress with a lot of class.
She's beautiful, but I do actually get the feeling that she is wicked...
...or unhappy.
See _The Strange Love of Martha Ivers._ Scott _looks_ like a female Fatale, but the wicked one is Stanwyck.
I've always loved her in film noirs. She had that air of sultry mystery, sort of like a Lauren Bacall.
Beautiful woman, she reminds me of Veronica Lake.
I can see it 😍
Uhuh!!!
Was Veronica Blake a lesbian
Exactly Lauren Bacall, Lizabeth Scott and Veronica Lake, all 3 have very stunning similarities. Hair, features, voice etc.
Hello lovely Karine!! I really enjoy your channel!! I’m of the age where I grew up on old black& white movies from Hollywood. Nothing against the movie stars of today, but I’m partial to the old Hollywood glam- and the sometimes dark side of that era. Thanks for your unbiased coverage of a lot of my favorite stars of yesterday. Have you ever thought of doing a video on Jose Ferrer? I’d love to hear your take on his life and career!! Thanks for all you do!! Sending love & blessings to you and your family!!😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏
Lizabeth Scott was one of a kind. The fact she was the lead in almost all of her films except for three says a lot.
Too Late for Tears is one of my favorite movies but I wouldn’t call her a good actress. Her costar said she could have any part she wanted because she was married to the director.
@lanazak773 she was never married, maybe they meant in an intimate relationship with the director. And I agree, she wasn't a great actress...
@@evepeabody4738 she was not a lesbian. Bi ike many . Not a murderer either
Sounds like she was a complete narcissist! Wow!
A lot of actors are, it's that sort of profession. Burt Lancaster was no saint!
MALIGNANT NARCOPATH
I’m sorry but not everyone loved Lucille Ball. Also, all this bad press for Scott reminds me of so many women ruined by Hollywood. Frances Farmer, comes to mind.
True. Lucille Ball had a very nasty side too. She was a female comedic genius and businesswoman. Her first husband also but he was a player.
Strong women get maligned. Gods forbid she took up for herself or be strong. The casting couch was a well known device and even tho it was common most knew it would not lead to major roles. It always makes me laugh when folks talk about witches and witchcraft. If yall only knew how many of your doctors and teachers and nurses etc are pagan. They aren't evil if they practice. People can be good and bad and has NOTHING to do with magick.
@@user-eu3qy8uf7f I know that I'm in the minority here, but I've never found Lucy funny. I don't deny her talent, esp in the few dramatic turns she had with films like Lured. But for humor, I'll take Lily Tomlin or Carol Brunett over Lucy. Everytime
@@waynej2608 I agree in the,sense that her comedic genius was that it worked because she had the ability to choose the right folks to bounce off of.
Funny in her own right. Absolutely not.
But throw in Vivian Vance, Ricki and Frawley she could shine brightly that way.
In all her interviews she came off as rather dull except with Johnny Carson.
Her physical comedy was all her own and she was master at that.
But you are right. Burnett and Tomlin are much better.😊
Gracie Allen was funniest of all, and adorable.
Wow, Karine! This one I have never heard of! Crazy lady - if you'd call her that,for sure!!
Bankhead preferred women as well. So did Stanwyck! What going on?!😂😂❤
I have a theory since men were just taking it most times, I assume they found more comfort with women 🤔😅
Kirk Douglas was enough to put you off men ... what he did to Natalie Wood !!
Stanwyck had an 11 year affair with much younger Robert Wagner. It was all totally hidden.
Yup, brownie.
@@ljTauruswarrior and his son had a sex addiction. Translation: cheater.
@KarineAlourde, thank you for another fantastic video! You always introduce us with people I never knew existed. Keep up the good work!
Great job, it's amazing how much detail you always dig up/
Thank you for your compassion towards those in the deep past and now who feel that they deserve the least empathy❤
First time here in Miss Scott, but she does look familiar in old movies used to watch. Thanks for all you give us watching
I get the impression that Scott was Hollywood's attempt at creating the next Lauren Bacall. Similar looks, hair style, raspy-like voice.
It’s Amazing how you find these celebrities from way back - so interesting hearing their bios. She sort of reminds me Lauren Bacall. ❤
Of course she didn't want her man to blab... She was busy being naughty, messing with married men and doing whatever to get a part. To me, that's a no. Its different if the woman had no clue the man was married but when they know and they don't care? I know today a lot of females seem to think that it's better to be a side chick but I'm older so I can't get behind that line of thinking. I do have to wonder, when she was sleeping her way to the top and taking other women's parts, would she appreciate it if it was done to her? Probably not. Can't stand hypocrisy either.
I agree with you 100 percent
Most of the glamour shots at the beginning are from Dead Reckoning with Humphrey Bogart which was her big chance to become the next Lauren Bacall
In some of her photos she looks similar to Lauren Bacall. I also thought she looked a little bit like Grace Kelly in a couple photos.
I think she was just ruthless, and very private. An era where men expect a beautiful woman to be beautiful and obedient. Everyoen in Hollywood saw what Wallace did for her and maybe expected her to play the doting wife. She didn't. I think she really was a lot like her film noir personalities. I think she was just one of those people who had super bad trust issues, rarely feels lonely and rarely falls in love. I'm very similar and that freaks people out. Though I will admit whatever she did with Kurt Douglas...I'm guessing she must be super vain and super hard to please, no one has time for that.
I love learning someone new on your channel. These icons had some tea, and I enjoy sipping on 😅😅. I feel like her favorite color would be blue, red, yellow, or black
45 seconds ago is CRAZY 🎉😭🤭
lol you’re first 🥳🥳♥️♥️
@@KarineAlourde do Barbara Hutton!
@@KarineAlourdeI would love a video on tichinia Arnold
I could listen to you all night. You talk like it was office gossip. Thanks for posting. I';m subscribed.
She looks like Lauren Bacall
So much that I had to do a double check on the name.
Thank you for your work Karine, it is very much appreciated.
she were not lesbian that is a rumour she did not kil him.
Love your work. 💜🙏
Thank you so much 💜💜
Never seen or heard of her. She resembles Katherine Turner, Veronica Lake and Lauren Becall. Maybe she was a witch or practiced voodoo.
She is actually he.A transgender.🙋
She is actually he. All celebrities are transgenders.That' s the price of glory.🙋
One of the best bio on this woman! You filled in the blanks about Scott’s alleged lesbian interest I came away believing she made so many enemies that people leaked it knowing it was not true! I still say she personified the film noire fem fatale. I fell in love with her expressive fem fatale eyes!
your vid is awesome. you bring the golden age of hollywood out from the cobwebs and give it new life..
you put together the most fascinating material, thank you.
Mysterious is the right word!
Fantastic,,, great job. Holds your interest from beginning to end again great job.
I absolutely love your channel and your videos too. So inspirational and sincere. I think Hollywood tends to make certain women if not all women in Hollywood like some toy or try to control and I feel like she wasn't going to just stand for in and everything. Her image was being tormented in the media because she wasn't going to let ts slide. It's kinda sounds similar to Marilyn Monroe. Another Gorgeous Actress that had a hard upbringing became successful and hollywood treated her like shit.
i learn a lot from your videos thank you Karine ♥
My favorite line from a Lizabeth Scot movie, " He took a powder, he flew, he flew to the Moon!"
A fem Fatale
Your videos are always fantastic
Great video! Very thorough and well narrated!
She was a good noir actress. They called her Hare-lip backstage.
Love your videos and appreciate the work you put into them ❤
Well done. Always was curious about her story, and wondered why her persona gave off a strange vibe.
Fun Fact: Emma Matzo aka Lizbeth Scottt, rented a room from my father's family home in Dunmore PA, before she went to Hollywood )
Wow! Interesting! Any news?
Oh wow a colorful golden age actress with an interesting tale ☺️ , Thank you for this video Karine 😊 (Kinda can relate to this lady a bit)
Wait you didn’t allegedly murder your male fiancé did you? 👀 lol and you’re welcome love 🫶🏽♥️
@@KarineAlourde oh no not that part my bad…The part of were she’s like a lesbian and people didn’t like her for some reason or another 🤷🏾♀️
@@capricornqueen90Lok I know, I was just messing with you ❤
@@KarineAlourdei would love a video of Jacklyn smith from Charlie’s angels
This was great Karine; I never heard of Lizabeth Scott. I would like to see you do Martha Mansfield.
I don’t believe anything Bette Davis’ daughter said.
Fascinating story as always!
We should have our entertainers today to go to etiquette schools today! 😂 boy they need it!
People are so uncool, so what she wanted her love life private. I think that is smart & understandable.
One of her photos looks as if she is "flipping the bird'. Saying fu. 😂😂
Good work
It reminds me of Bette Davis’ character in Dangerous with Franchot Tone 1935. She plays an alcoholic actress who left the stage thinking she was a jinx for her peers. I love Lizbeth Scott. Highly underrated actress who doesn’t seem to have been any different in her tactics to claw her way up to the top. I just watched a long like 6 separate reel interview with her. She really came across highly intelligent and with definite knowledge of how to manipulate the system and play the game. I say more power to her! She’s beautiful and warm and witty with a great capacity to laugh at herself and the hypocrisy of Hollywood then and now. ❤
The movie All About Eve is *probably* based on her - that's speculation, not history.
Hey bestie! I love your deep dive videos so much, your voice overs are super soothing.
Thanks for uploading. I wasn't familiar with this actress. Can you do, or have you done, a video on B. Smith?
the Golden Age of Hollywood also included cases and cases of Lysol for all the couches
Please consider doing a video on Muriel Smith. Beautiful singer she was the singing voice for Zsa Zsa Gabor in the 1956 movie Moulin Rouge plus she did some dancing in the movie. She also sings Bali Hai from South Pacific magnificently.
Isn't it ironic that everyone mentioned in this trash is dead and unable to confirm, deny or defend themselves?
70 years after Confidential Magazine scandalized her name, lo and behold here you are doing it again only worse.
She was a beautiful, sultry, talented actress sullied by the tabloids and hack writers. LEAVE HER ALONE.
Thank you!
You are right - I think she was ahead of her time, refusing to behave like other actresses were expected to. I always liked her, and as a young teen wore my hair exactly like her. Funny there is no one alive to confirm or deny this character assassination.
But she wasn’t a lesbian - her words not mine.
What's up Karine?! Have you considered making a video of the late Kobe Bryant? I don't know if you're into professional sports but feel his life would be a great topic for your channel.
She might she has made videos for athletes
She was married Spouse: Gerry Herzfeld (m 1958 - 1959), Stass Reed (m 1947 - 1948)
This was interesting and well done.
Never heard of her.... thanks for sharing!
W😳W !!!
I WOULD'VE BEEN SCARED TO WORK WITH HER....YO, I'M OUTTA HERE 🚪🏃🏻♀️💨💨💨 !!!
17:31 some people THRIVE off of that energy believe it or not...
She was in one of my favorite film noir movies, No Time for Tears. Amazing.
,●The last picture shown of her, she looked horrible!
●Her being cut throat finally caught up with her because just when she thought she was gonna inherit her fiance fortune, it didn't happen.
●I truly believe she killed her fiance after she found out she wasn't in his will!
The last picture was taken when she was 85 years old.
Cybill Shepherd was a dead ringer for her. But Scott was still alive when Shepherd was young, so they likely couldn't have gotten away with a biopic. 🤔
Can you please do margaux Hemmingway?
Who has the time to go through that aggravation
If Anna Nichole and Lauren Bacall had a baby. Seriously, though, Barbara Stanwyck eventually became a beloved household name. Not to mention, Lucy ❤
🎉🎭 Honestly, Drama classes around the country should watch your videos to learn about those in the entertainment industry from the past.
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You have a pleasant voice.
I liked her movies and she was mesmerizing, but there was something very odd, too. Not always natural.
It sounds like a bit of a one-sided view on Liz in my opinion. She was brilliant and very not-Hollywood (even Dietrich thought she was not 'another American girl'), which makes me believe all the gossip stemmed from the lack of actual information on her, given her privacy. All the women you have mentioned were incredibly and notoriously difficult or fastidious (as much as I love Missy and Miriam), so not surprised relationships were tense (especially with Bankhead in the building!), especially when a creepy producer is involved.
The whole Hollywood industry was a huge, filthy decadent mess. They had everything nicely covered up with polish and glamour!
She is so pretty and a great actress!
Your videos are excellent and much appreciated in an era where others are using AI! Thank you. The AI videos mispronounce words and show pictures that are wrong! Yours are genuine and accurate. Thanks again.
Here's the truth about Lizabeth Scott - Lizabeth Scott's screen image goes hand-in-hand with Film Noir. Lizabeth Scott was always compared to Lauren Bacall since they shared some physical attributes and their voices were unusually deep for women. Both women had been tagged with an image moniker: Lauren Bacall was known as "The Look" and Lizabeth Scott was called "The Threat" which derived from a critic's description of Scott: "She's the Threat, to the Body, the Voice and the Look." "The Body" (Marie McDonald), "The Voice" (Frank Sinatra) and "The Look" (Lauren Bacall).
Lizabeth Virginia Scott was born as Emma Matzo on September 29, 1922 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Lizabeth Scott, was disclaimed by the film critics as a second rate Lauren Bacall but though they do have similar qualities in my opinion they are quite different in their acting abilities. Lizabeth Scott's screen debut was in the film You Came Along (1945, Paramount Pictures) Scott had the starring role as Ivy "Hotcha" Hotchkiss, while the screenplay was written by conversational Ayn Rand and well directed by John Farrow. But it was her next film that she struck gold The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946, Paramount Pictures) and it was her first entry into realm of Noir. Of all her films the one that she will be remembered for will be Too Late For Tears (1949, United Artists) here she plays Jane Palmer a femme fatale in every sense of expression here displaying a complete lack of conscience and empathy as she murders anyone who gets in her way. She was so convincing as the seductive, husky-voiced scheming who is pathologically unable to understand the enormity of her crimes. One of her first victims was her poor husband who didn't have a chance. Even the presence of Dan Duryea a noted Noir villain himself could not even save himself against Scott. Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but one. In addition to stage and radio, she appeared on television from the late 1940s to early 1970s. As Film Noir became more and more popular so too has Lizabeth Scott she had been gaining a belated reputation as a superior actress. What set her apart from other film noir actresses was her unmannered projection of the now archaic tough girl which was direct and vibrant thus elevating it from the confines of its times. Scott's style of acting, characteristic of other film actors of the 1940s -- a cool, naturalistic underplay derived from multiple sources -- was often not appreciated by critics who preferred the more emphatic stage styles of the pre-film era or the later method acting styles. Unlike her predecessors at Paramount, Lizabeth Scott was not contracted to the studio but to the company's leading independent producer Hal B. Wallis, who, like David O. Selznick before him made a lucrative business of loaning out his contract players to other producers and studios with a substantial profit for himself.
When the breakdown of the studio's star system started in the early to mid-1950s this worked to Lizabeth Scott's disadvantage. Paramount was disinclined to promote a free-lance player who was so tenuously not a part of its set-up. Compounding her plight was her rebellious individuality and outspokeness. She had little use for the conventional homage usually paid to the establishment in the film industry, and rarely kowtowed to the ranking institutions, gossip columnists especially the two dragons of Hollywood: Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper. With rare exceptions in films as Paid In Full (1950, Paramount Pictures) here as the good sister who sacrifices everything even her own life for her self-centered younger sister played with verve by Diana Lynn. Usually Lizabeth Scott was stereotyped on the screen as the corrupt chanteuse who had no desire or will to change her sinister ways. Meaning that Scott was doomed to find a worthwhile good guy to love her but only when it was too late and she had already passed the point of redemption. She worked best in tandem with such strong screen personalities as Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Charlton Heston. In 2003, film historian Bernard F. Dick interviewed Scott for his biography of Wallis. The results was an entire chapter titled "Morning Star." In the chapter, the author observed that during the interview, Scott (then 80 or 81 years old) was still able to recite her opening monologue word for word from the play "The Skin of Our Teeth", which she had learned six decades earlier. Lizabeth Scott died of congestive heart failure at the age of 92 on January 31, 2015.
All About Eve was supposed to take place with the actress Elizabeth Bergner not Lizabeth Scott get your facts right
Wow! She had a very long life.
You gave an excellent critique of her that gives a different slant to her.
She seems to have been her very own person who lived life on her terms and who refused to get swallowed up by the systems she encountered and worked within. Nor the expectations of convention.
She looked out for herself and had a kind of inner strength that is rare and intimidating. And she couldn't be completely controlled and manipulated.
She won mostly, lost occasionally and had many chapters in her book of life.
I love film noir and I'm going to watch a couple of her movies this weekend.
THANK you. Excellent reporting.😊👳♂️
Very Intriguing Beautiful Lady