Noir Alley screens Stolen Face, spotlights Lizabeth Scott

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TCM's Noir Alley screened Stolen Face (1952), the Terence Fisher film starring Lizabeth Scott and Paul Henreid, prompting viewers to discuss Scott's double role and the movie's doppelgänger plot. Posts called out an unscrupulous doctor, plastic surgery central to the story, and a Pygmalion-like makeover dynamic that leaves identity and desire tangled. Several first-time viewers said they had no memory of the film, while others praised Scott's husky voice and noted a childhood laryngitis as its cause. Commenters criticized the film's British accents, called the soundtrack overbearing, and flagged a train scene as a noir checklist item. Reactions also said the picture felt short and the ending overly convenient, and one viewer framed it as an interesting follow-up to Contempt (1963). Eddie Muller was named as part of the Noir Alley watching experience and participants enjoyed spotting costume touches such as an Edith Head gown during the screening.

Phyll Indablank

@phyllindablank.bsky.social

Speaking of Phil & stolen faces, here's some Phyll Indablank #noir fan fiction. 😉 #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty

383h ago

Angelique M8

I love that! The Edith Head gown suits you. #NoirAlley #TCMParty #StolenFace

QueenofNoirs4

Doc is going to get eaten alive! #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Tommy Krasker

@tommykrasker.bsky.social

Here for the #NoirAlley showing of #StolenFace. I was certain that I had seen every Lizabeth Scott movie (I mean, I’ve seen Paid in Full *three times*), but I have no memory of this one – so it’s entirely possible that I’m suffering from some kind of noir-induced amnesia. 🤷‍♂️ #TCMParty

324h ago

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul12

Omg you might be in a noir right now! #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Van Stanwyck6

Have you considered that you're just imagining that you're you and that in reality you're Robert Taylor? Which means Philip is Audrey Totter, so congratulations to you both! #TCMParty

Andrija Popovic3

Think this one was just recently put out by Hammer again as part of their 'definitive archival DVD' releases.

Kim Britt Knits 🧶2

I just watched this a couple of weeks ago. It’s a hoot.

Aldo Gandia

@aldobarkeeper.bsky.social

That gravelly voice that helped make Lizabeth Scott famous was the result of a severe childhood bout of laryngitis that permanently altered her vocal cords. #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty with a husky voiced dame

273h ago

CT Million

@ctmillion.bsky.social

#NoirChecklist for #StolenFace: -Obsessed protagonist who is… -An unscrupulous doctor who does… -Unscrupulous plastic surgery on... -Boozy floozy wife -Dual identity -Overbearing soundtrack -Lousy Britnoir accents -Train scene -Good girl vs bad girl… but they’re the same girl! #NoirAlley #TCMParty

222h ago

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul1

"Unscrupulous plastic surgery", 😄 classic!

bellacat22.bsky.social1

How apropos for today. #MaralagoFace

LithiumChaser1

Who's in this and how have I not seen it

Hello Andrew

@helloandrew.bsky.social

Ok, this one is new for me. I love doppelgänger movies. I love Lizabeth Scott. I love Hammer films. And most of all I love watching noir movies with you all, my gang! So let’s goooooooo! #NoirAlley #StolenFace #TCMparty #SummerOfDarkness

194h ago

Marcie808🧡🖤⚾️

@marcie808.bsky.social

This is Pygmalion except Eliza is a klepto #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty I really hope they go to Ascot so she can yell at the horses

183h ago

zeldabizarre.bsky.social3

Why she’s just a poor cockney flower girl!

samguy60.bsky.social1

That was so good that I‘m breaking my rule of not barging in on commenting on movies that I didn’t watch. Yes this deep thinking does cause ice cream headaches

Bruce Fulton

@dbfulton.bsky.social

Wait, Alice still wants to be with Phil after learning about all this lunacy? #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty

183h ago

Michael Campbell

@moviemikec.bsky.social

Not every #NoirAlley movie is a classic, but ai learn so much from these films and from @eddiemuller.bsky.social and everyone I watch with on #TCMParty #StolenFace

152h ago

🎞️🎥✨celluloidsoul10

Yeah it's true, there's never a bad movie experience when we're watching together! #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Pam Newman2

Yes,.. it's the same for me, each and every #NoirAlley, too. #StolenFace #TCMParty

Chris Sturhann

@chrissturhann.bsky.social

Shouldn't somebody have gotten their face stolen by now. #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty

173h ago

George S6

It is a bit of a slow build, isn’t it… Glad they got back to the prison, anyway! #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty

leeia6

At 38 minutes in? Yes, I would think so. #TCMParty #StolenFace #NoirAlley OTOH, Eddie spoke for a few moments so we may only be at 31-32 minutes in.

millerfilm2

Sounds like this should be a heist movie... #StolenFace #TCMParty #NoirAlley

Marci

@marcikay.bsky.social

Alternate Title for #StolenFace: Why Don’t You Stop Trying to Make Me Into Something I’m Not #TCMParty #NoirAlley

163h ago

millerfilm

@millerfilm.bsky.social

With a title like "Stolen Face," I am waiting for Nick Cage and John Travolta to show up... #StolenFace #TCMParty #NoirAlley

144h ago

Kat Martinez, MA

@violetbluebird.bsky.social

Thoroughly enjoyed #StolenFace but it reeled me in and then left me wanting more. It was too short! And the ending was too convenient. Grrr See all you Noiristas next time! #NoirAlley #TCMParty

132h ago

millerfilm8

Like in Hammer Horror, their movies have that "We ran out of film" modus operandi to them. They just end and that's it! #TCMParty #NoirAlley #StolenFace

CT Million6

Yes, bit of a bizarre ending! 😕 #StolenFace #NoirAlley #TCMParty

LithiumChaser

@lithiumchaser.bsky.social

Paul Henreid and Lizabeth Scott in Stolen Face by Terence Fisher (1952)