Elegant Cinephile on Instagram: "Criss Cross, 1949 Yvonne De Carlo’s turn in Criss Cross (1949) revealed a starlet stepping out of ornament and into legend. As Anna, she embodied the archetype of the femme fatale, velvet shadows wrapped in satin gowns, each movement laced with danger and desire. De Carlo knew the stakes. “I wanted to prove I wasn’t just a decorative player,” she later admitted, and in Criss Cross she did exactly that. Opposite Burt Lancaster, her performance was less about words

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