Word: lizabeth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that the movie's Deke Rivers is a clean-living Texas orphan, whereas Elvis is actually a clean-living Tennessee homebody with a real mom and pop. The big pitch in Loving You is that Deke, wide-eyed and unspoiled, is victimized by a predatory lady pressagent (Lizabeth Scott) and a scheming bandleader (Wendell Corey). But the harder the venal two try to cheapen and exploit this naive lad, the richer he gets. He just can't avoid...
...seriously. This is not a flaw, since Dead Reckoning is a great if unintentional comedy. Most of the humor comes from double meanings and the ensuing snickers from the audience. The snickers become howls when Bogart gives his deadpan comments on ludicrous situations. (After an all-encompassing embrace with Lizabeth Scott he notes, "I hate every inch of her." And he should know...
...action begins when Bogart, as an army captain, attempts to discover why his army buddy was killed. Noble Humphrey not only finds the killers, but also his dead chum's true love, night club singer Lizabeth Scott. He likes the way she sings. That she talks like a hoarse Lauren Bacall and sings like a wounded sea lion does not deter our boy Bogart...
Given this intriguing situation as well as an intriguing playmate, Bogart proceeds with some dialogue which is best noted for double meanings. He also proves his worth as a philosopher with such gems as the notion that women should be pocket sized, except at certain times. Lizabeth comments that all he wants a woman for is "love." Bogart leers innocently...
...huge, modern building in Manhattan (masonry by Kelly). where she lives alone with her poodle puppy Oliver. Her amusements range from photography (she develops her own negatives, sloshing around her bathroom in the dark) to word games. A favorite game is one devised by Alfred Hitchcock when he met Lizabeth Scott and got to wondering what would happen if other people dropped the first letter of their names: Rank Sinatra, Scar Hammerstein, Reer Garson. Orgie Raft, Ickey Rooney...