A misconception about Gloria Grahame (1923­–81) is reiterated whenever her career is assessed. Because the mercurial star’s characters, especially in her eight film noirs, oozed insolence, duplicity, ...

Carl Buckley (Broderick Crawford) needs the intervention of his beautiful wife Vicki (Gloria Grahame) to keep his job, so Vicki meets with Carl's boss Owens (Grandon Rhodes), and Carl's job is secure.

Gloria Grahame arrived at the 25th Academy Awards on the verge of superstardom. It was March 19, 1953, and the 29-year-old had spent the previous year melting away a tart-with-a-heart image that took ...