Lunch with Lizabeth (Scott) a Memoir by Todd Hughes

Is her lesbianism much explored?

Does he talk about the lesbian rumors?

Lizabeth who ??

I recently read Curtis Harrington's memoir and he mentions an early job as a messenger for Paramount's publicity department. He said there was a lot of gossip about who was and wasn't gay and rumors about Scott's lesbianism followed her to Hollywood from New York, despite her association with Hal Wallis.

Other tidbits he dropped were that ZaSu Pitts was friendly and approachable and Mitchell Leisen was not. He also found Alan Ladd quite sexy in person.

In this interview Hughes says Scott wasn't a lesbian.

Did she smell of jasmine?

Did he say she wasn't bisexual either?

"Part of the reason I was obsessed with her is because I thought she was gay. And it turns out that I'm just like everyone else, and you believe what you read on the internet. And she's not gay at all." - Todd Hughes

I'm nothing!

Bitch stole Frances Farmer's voice and Veronica Lake's hair.......

I thought he left the gay issue open with no definitive conclusion but a good discussion. Maybe I'll have to re read that part.

If the Internet line is a direct quote, it makes me less likely to check out the book. The rumors, headlines and lawsuit predate any online discussion by several decades.

R12 sorry I don't get what you are saying

The book is not an episode of the old Leonard Nimoy show In Search Of. . . In Search of . . . a Lesbian. The topic is addressed and he comes to a conclusion of sorts. The issue is interwoven within the bigger story and other themes that are well presented in the book.

If I remember correctly, Leonard Nimoy's Sapphic search led him to Nancy Culp happily retired on the isle of Lesbos, not Lizabeth.

R13, what I meant pertained to the quote at R8. Scott's a poor cautionary tale about believing Internet gossip when rumors followed her going back to the '40s, even before the Confidential outing. There probably was something to her being bisexual (or gay and ambivalent), but I should give the author the benefit of the doubt that his take is more nuanced than what I extrapolated from that quote.

Does this write about her films with any depth?

Liked Ms. Scott in "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers".

Though to my young ears at the time (was up late watching film on television) it sounded as if Ms. Scott had a lisp or some other speech impediment.

Cane face for days in this pic. The hair and lipstick look like they want to be on any other face but hers.

the YouTube promo for this somehow recalls a meeting with Lauren Bacall.

Oh it has been removed. Now there is a longer interview with the author.

R18

Great movie.

The book is not an indepth analysis of her movies though they are discussed.

There are many photos of her in the early-mid 60s looking lovely, but by 1972's "Pulp" she looked a horror show. What happened?

This couple are the same guys that did Dear Mom, Love Cher. They lived in Palm Springs and just moved to Mexico.

Lunch with Lizbeth? Spell Checker doesn't work for Lizabeth, I guess.

I just read this book. A quick read. It held my interest but at times his interest in Scott was so fervent that it creeped me out. And the author sure likes to name drop. In reading this book, I got impression she apparently maintain correspondence and friendships with a number of fans, though she always maintained boundaries. She did name the author in her will but left most of her sizable estate to family members from her Emma Matzo days in Scranton PA, none of whom he had any idea about, which re-inforced impression she was friends with him, but not to extent where she discussed family matters with him.

Alfred Hitchcock was on the syndicated Merv Griffin Show when the name of Lizabeth Scott came up.

He just said that the dropping of the first letter of an actress' name could result in some amusing results. He said the one that he liked most is: "Reer Garson."