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Feb 25, 2015 - 3:33 PM
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philiperic
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I have a suspicion that the Lizabeth Scott "omission" was more an accident than an intention.
I can't imagine who, employed within the Academy, would have a paid and designated job to list, each day, the deaths of film people in the world, for the next year's show.
It's a big task, and I suspect that the actual final list is derived from industry-insider suggestions, highly-remembered and publicized deaths, fan suggestions throughout the year, and random entries here and there.
Of course, the final decision on who's going to be listed (out of the likely hundreds who finally qualify to be included) may rest on someone who is not as movie-wise as he/she should be.
But whatcha' gonna' do? Fame is fleeting, even in death, and sometimes we don't hear about a death until months or years later.
What I really strongly object to in these memoriam segments is the inclusion of audience applause, however fleeting or subdued, on the audio feed. Death should not be a time for a popularity contest, and neither should the placement of names/images within the segment. The order of people appearing within the final memorial film should be absolutely random, without the judgment of contemporary film history added on top.
Lizabeth Scott was not the only major omission, Manderley -- also missing were Polly Bergen, Elaine Stritch, Marian Seldes, Mona Freeman, Ed Nelson and most prominently, Joan Rivers ...
Why would it be so difficult for the Academy to keep a list of actors who died in the last 12 mos.?? Buy a subscription to Classic Images for $34. and you can find a comprehensive obituary section each month..
Who outside Hollywood knows these names --William Greaves, Sanford Reisenbach, Walter Marin, Pennie Dupont...?? But there are millions of viewers(and fans) who know many of the names I listed.
I too hate the applause during memoriams - that should be banned.
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Feb 25, 2015 - 11:31 PM
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Howard L
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Columbia Pictures borrowed Lizabeth Scott from Hal Wallis's company, and Humphrey Bogart was on loan from Warner Bros., for 1947's DEAD RECKONING. In this film noir, Scott plays a cabaret singer and widow of a paratrooper buddy of Bogart's character. Scott's role of "Coral Chandler" was originally intended for Rita Hayworth, but she had already been cast by her estranged husband, Orson Welles, for the role of "Elsa" in THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI. In DEAD RECKONING, Scott's singing was dubbed by Trudy Stevens. The film was one of the bigger productions scored by Marlin Skiles. The long-term effect of DEAD RECKONING would be to typecast Scott, a former stage comedienne, for her entire career.
You're gonna fry, baby, you're gonna fry!
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