Eleanor Parker in Scaramouche (1952).
Santa, baby! Errol Flynn, disguised as Santa Claus, takes the opportunity to sneak a kiss on ex-wife Eleanor Parker in Never Say Goodbye (1946).
Eleanor Parker (June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013) bequeathed many amazing performances to posterity, including one of the first candid portrayals of a woman who underwent an abortion. In Detective Story (1951), Mary McLeod is happily married to a police detective—until he discovers her previous relationship and pregnancy. Neither a victim nor a femme fatale, Parker's Mary powerfully engages the audience's sympathy not only with her regret, but also with her strength. More than two decades before Roe v. Wade, Parker's integrity in the role conveys the tragedy of the demands that society placed (and continues to place) on women, forcing them to conceal their problems, repress their pain, and assume all blame for sexual "transgressions."