Lizabeth Scott (1922-2015) was an American actress, known for her distinct voice and her many roles in the film noir genre of the 1940s and 1950s. Of her 22 films, she was the leading lady in all but one. We were able to find box office grosses on 20 of her movies. 1951’s Two of a Kind and 1952’s Stolen Face escaped us. Her IMDb page shows 31 acting credits from 1945 to 1972. This page ranks 20 Lizabeth Scott movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts and her movies not released in North America theaters are not included in the rankings.
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LIZABETH SCOTT VIDEO – PART 2
BEST POSTERS Bad for Each Other, foreign language one for Red Mountain, Stolen Face, very raunchy one for Variety Girl, You Came Along, Two of a Kind top-starring the wonderful Edmond O’Brien [ I loved the suggestive tagline “That kind don’t die in bed”!] an excellent one of Sir Maurice showcased in Pulp, Scared Stiff, the foreign language one for Loving You, Silver Lode [top-starring John Payne, one of my top 1950s cowboy idols – somebody should profile him] the foreign language one for Dead Reckoning and 1947’s Desert Fury.
In hindsight the latter was probably Lizabeth’s greatest billing coup being named before the then up and coming Burt. However the next year I Walk Alone came out and what we today would regard as sanity kicked in and it was Burt Lancaster/Lizabeth Scott – but with Burt’s also-newcomer pal Kirk billed after the pair and below the title!
BEST STILLS are in my view Lobby card for Red Mountain [ who do you think was the prettier – Laddie or Lizabeth?] with jane Greer in car [ Jane was the one actress to stand by big Mitchum when he was jailed for drug abuse] gorgeous colour solo of Liz presumably related to Paid in Full, TWO possibly posed ones with Elvis [greedy girl!] 2 also with Bogie, one with Chuck [a big collector’s item for me] “Who wears short shorts?” in Strange Love of Martha Ivers and with Burt and Kirk – did they come in pairs any bigger than that for her?
Great stuff – short but very sweet as the cliché goes. Every Scott whom I can think of is in The Big Boy’s index but Lizabeth, but optimistically as the saying goes “everything comes to him who waits.” Take care.
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1 HI STEVE Although she got top billing in her movies on only a couple of occasions the sultry, sexy-voiced Lizabeth Scott surprisingly got equal top star billing to the established Robert Cummings in her movie debut You Came Along in 1945. Her time at the top was short however and after supporting Elvis in the 1957 Loving You she was in only one more movie ever and that was years later, Pulp in 1972 top-starring Sir Maurice then enjoying the peak of his own career [Sleuth for which he was Oscar nominated came out the same year].
I remember Liz most as Laddie’s love interest in Red Mountain [another film seeking by innuendo to establish Alan’s affinity with Senator McCarthy’s Red hunters] and as Chuck’s leading lady in his debut movie Dark City and again in 1953’s Bad for each Other.
I’m surprised they made two flicks together because they didn’t get along and feuded throughout shooting. Indeed Chuck’s wife, Lydia Clarke who sadly died recently, had a small role in Bad for Each other and as she made just a handful of movies overall I often wondered if she chose that one to be with her husband because of the bad blood between Chuck and Lizabeth.
I’ve mentioned how marquees and posters at Belfast cinemas often spelled names of US stars wrong and many of the advertisements for the two Heston/Scott movies would say “Charles Heston and/or Elizabeth Scott”!
This is the shortest video from you that I can recently remember but I found it fascinating and I welcome it also because despite her brief heyday Liz was prolific in, and important to, movies while her career lasted so your presentation overall was worth 98% rating to me. Indeed I’ve already watched it twice.
Continued in Part 2.
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HI STEVE Although she got top billing in her movies on only a couple of occasions the sultry, sexy-voiced Lizabeth Scott surprisingly got equal top star billing to the established Robert Cummings in her movie debut You Came Along in 1945. Her time at the top was short however and after supporting Elvis in the 1957 Loving You she was in only one more movie ever and that was years later, Pulp in 1972 top-starring Sir Maurice then enjoying the peak of his own career [Sleuth for which he was Oscar nominated came out the same year].
I remember Liz most as Laddie’s love interest in Red Mountain [another film seeking by innuendo to establish Alan’s affinity with Senator McCarthy’s Red hunters] and as Chuck’s leading lady in his debut movie Dark City and again in 1953’s Bad for each Other.
I’m surprised they made two flicks together because they didn’t get along and feuded throughout shooting. Indeed Chuck’s wife, Lydia Clarke who sadly died recently, had a small role in Bad for Each other and as she made just a handful of movies overall I often wondered if she chose that one to be with her husband because of the bad blood between Chuck and Lizabeth.
I’ve mentioned how marquees and posters at Belfast cinemas often spelled names of US stars wrong and many of the advertisements for the two Heston/Scott movies would say “Charles Heston and/or Elizabeth Scott”!
This is the shortest video from you that I can recently remember but I found it fascinating and I welcome it also because despite her brief heyday Liz was prolific in, and important to, movies while her career lasted so your presentation overall was worth 98% rating to me. Indeed I’ve already watched it twice.
Continued in Part 2.
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Dead Reckoning UMR Trailer Page now exists….”It’s alive……it’s alive!”
Added Steve’s Lizabeth Scott video to the page. Our thoughts on that video.
“Only seen three of her movies. #13 Pulp…of course I have seen a Michael Caine movie….that one is ok….but I thought Lizabeth was good in her supporting role. I have seen Dead Reckoning…I am sure many realized how closely she looked like Lauren Bacall…especially opposite Humphrey Bogart. #1 The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers….back in 2011…you and Flora convinced me to watch this one. Good movie….but that is all Barbara Stanwyck…..everybody else is in Barbara’s shadow in that one. So…a grand total of 3 seen…not too good. Voted up and shared.”
Hey Bruce!!!
Don’t feel too bad about only seeing three movies in Steve’s Lizabeth Scott video because I have seen only seen five Liz Scott movies that were in the video. Those five movies being DEAD RECKONING, LOVING YOU, SCARED STIFF, PITFALL, and THE STRANGE LOVES OF MARTHA IVERS. Elizabeth Scott wasn’t a bad actress but she could never outshine any of her powerhouse co stars either. She was just as much in Elvis Presley’s shadow in LOVING YOU as she had been Barbara Stanwyck’s shadow in THE STRANGE LOVES OF MARTHA IVERS. She may looked somewhat like Lauren Bacall but I don’t think like Liz Scott’s performance in DEAD RECKONING was better than any of Bacall’s performances in her movies with Bogie such as THE BIG SLEEP and TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT. As far as her role in SACRED STIFF goes, her talents were basically wasted because the movie was basically a showcase for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis especially Jerry. In closing, I would just like to say that I enjoyed Steve’s video and welcome the addition of the Lizabeth Scott page here at the UMR website.
Hey Greg K. Thanks for stopping by and checking out our Lizabeth Scott UMR page. Sometimes, Steve’s latest video will get me motivated to put together a page on his latest subject that….would be the guess with Lizabeth. Tally counts….Flora 9, you and Steve 5 and me with my 3. I have seen two of the 5 you have seen. I actually have a hard time keeping Dead Reckoning and Dark Passage from merging together in my memory. I think I need to add a Dead Reckoning trailer page, to help keep things straight in my head….lol.
Good breakdown on Bacall and Scott’s performances….I have to say I agree with your thinking. I have not seen Sacred Stiff….but I am a Dino fan…so one day I will check that one out….thanks for the mini-review. Good to see you here on UMR….I have read many of your comments on Steve’s You Tube channel. Good stuff!
My reply to Bruce’s video review copied from my video channel –
“Hi Bruce, I don’t think I’ve seen Pulp, but I am interested in giving it a spin. She does look a bit like Lauren Bacall. I’ve only seen 5 which is not much better than your tally.
Surprised you didn’t see Loving You, Elvis first color movie and the first he was top billed in. But musicals were never your thing. Thanks for the comment, vote and share, always appreciated.”
Hey Steve….I would say Pulp is an “ok” movie. It looks nice…as they filled it in some really nice places. Rooney might have the best part in the movie….with Caine and Lionel Stander being close seconds. Yep…musicals are my weakness in my movie watching degree. Good stuff.