Alexis Smith: The Star Who Got Away
The actress, as Peter Shelley admits, is ‘a somewhat forgotten figure in movie history.’ Hollywood tried to build her up, but she never ascended to the top echelon of movie stars.
‘Alexis Smith’
By Peter Shelley
BearManor Media, 246 Pages
Alexis Smith was often called “statuesque,” and that is how she first appears as Cecily Latham in “The Two Mrs. Carrolls” (1947). She is wearing a silvery snood and an immaculate white ensemble. As she approaches the impressive home of artist Geoffrey Carroll (Humphrey Bogart), she asks about his background and if he has money. She is as archly composed as Carroll’s wife, Sally (Barbara Stanwyck), is naive and ingenuous.
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