Category Archives: Lizabeth Scott

Dark City (1950)

“Guys like you ought to be put away.” WWII still echoes in the 1950 noir film Dark City starring Lizabeth Scott and Charlton Heston. Dark City was Heston’s first major role and here he is cast against his later mould, … Continue reading

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Paid in Full (1950)

“You can build a career on being beautiful but not a marriage.” If I watch a tearjerker, then I want a film that gives enough unabashed, glorious lurid melodrama that we can wallow in it. Douglas Sirk was the master … Continue reading

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The Company She Keeps (1951)

 “Save it for the jail, sister. Better acoustics and more time.” In The Company She Keeps from director John Cromwell, gravelly-voiced Lizabeth Scott plays sunny, sweet parole officer, Joan Wilburn opposite Jane Greer as ex-con Mildred Lynch. In the film’s … Continue reading

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The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers (1946)

 “Don’t look back, baby. Don’t ever look back.” Young Martha Ivers shares a terrible secret with her two childhood friends, Sam Masterson and Walter O’Neil concerning the death of her Aunt. Years pass, and Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) is now married … Continue reading

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Too Late for Tears (1949)

 “So you’ve already started spending it.” Jane Palmer (Lizabeth Scott) and her husband, Alan (Arthur Kennedy) are out one evening, when a bag of money literally lands in the back seat of their car. Alan wants to turn the money … Continue reading

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Pitfall (1948)

 “People were born to have certain things.” In Pitfall middle-aged married insurance agent John Forbes (Dick Powell) is bored. He has a pretty, slightly nagging wife named Sue (Jane Wyatt), a precocious son Tommy, and a tidy little home in … Continue reading

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Easy Living (1949)

“You’re riding the gravy train too.” Easy Living is a drama with soap tinges set in the world of professional football. The film explores the options facing aging professional football player, Pete Wilson (Victor Mature) who plays for the Chiefs. … Continue reading

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