nice tribute to Jean Simmons on TCM's Classic Movie Blog--

Remembered best for the big blockbusters she graced, such as The Robe (1953-Henry Koster), Spartacus (1960-Stanley Kubrick), and The Big Country (1958-William Wyler), the classic film noir, Angel Face (1951-Otto Preminger), and the prestigious adaptation Elmer Gantry (1960-Richard Brooks), I’d like to shine a small light on some of her less well known films, celebrating the “intelligent gravity” that she brought to them and her capacity for unearthing something untidily human in each of her characters–even amidst the glossiest films of her time...