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Joan Crawford & Jack Palance are newlyweds from hell in "Sudden Fear!"

Joan Crawford had one of her best vehicles of the '50s in "Sudden Fear." This slick "woman in jeopardy" film noir paired Joan opposite Jack Palance, both formidable in their roles as newlyweds. Then Crawford finds out Palance is only after her money, with the help of vixen Gloria Grahame. The cast is great, plot is clever, suspense is far-fetched fun, & production top notch. My look at 1952's "Sudden Fear":

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by Anonymousreply 289November 30, 2024 5:33 AM

Two of the most terrifying faces ever to grace the big screen

by Anonymousreply 1October 25, 2024 10:19 PM

Loved it and that scene when she imagines being thrown out the window scared me more than most horror movies.

by Anonymousreply 2October 25, 2024 10:22 PM

This film is great fun. Crawford is practically drooling over Palance while looking every inch a bull dagger. dyke.

by Anonymousreply 3October 25, 2024 10:34 PM

Here's an excellent, free copy of "Sudden Fear" from YouTube...

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by Anonymousreply 4October 25, 2024 10:34 PM

One of my favourite noirs and a wonderful performance by Joan.

I remember someone on here recounting that Joan was initially outraged the studio paired her with a non-traditionally handsome leading man, with her screeching "How can you do this to A Queen?!"

by Anonymousreply 5October 25, 2024 10:56 PM

I love how Joan's lingerie provider gets its own credit in the opening titles.

by Anonymousreply 6October 25, 2024 11:35 PM

This was on TCM just last week. I forgot which host introduced the movie, but the host said Crawford and Palance got along quite well on the set and both enjoyed the experience.

by Anonymousreply 7October 25, 2024 11:39 PM

Didn't Joan fuck him?

by Anonymousreply 8October 25, 2024 11:45 PM

I LURVE a good Joan Crawford melodrama, but I've tried to watch a few times and cant get into it. Maybe I'll get drunk and try it again tonight.

by Anonymousreply 9October 26, 2024 12:00 AM

R9 it's great after you get to the first twist and Joanie is a woman-in-peril!

by Anonymousreply 10October 26, 2024 12:21 AM

Excellent, but FEMALE ON THE BEACH is my favorite JC film.

by Anonymousreply 11October 26, 2024 1:02 AM

Jack Palance is all cheekbones, cat like appearance. Strange looking.

by Anonymousreply 12October 26, 2024 1:04 AM

Joan's last Oscar nomination.

She's wonderful in this - getting to play a heroine who takes charge. This was a change of pace for her as she played a lot of Bitch roles in the late '40s and '50s.

by Anonymousreply 13October 26, 2024 1:05 AM

I actually enjoyed most my dramatic performances both in films and at home when I’d slap everybody.

by Anonymousreply 14October 26, 2024 1:09 AM

I actually feel like Joan would have met her match with Palance off-screen, like he would have made her back down in a way no other man could.

by Anonymousreply 15October 26, 2024 1:26 AM

Supposedly Joan disliked Palance, but I think she still would have had hate sex with him. Bette Davis claimed Crawford would—and did—bed everyone. Except for Bette, who rejected her advances.

by Anonymousreply 16October 26, 2024 1:27 AM

With Touch Connors, Ado Annie, and Bert Pierce!

by Anonymousreply 17October 26, 2024 1:28 AM

I love how Joan is in her frilly nightie phase in the '50s. Supposed to look more fem, to offset her butch hair and makeup...

by Anonymousreply 18October 26, 2024 1:35 AM

The fashions of the 1950s flattered JC but she had ongoing hair and eyebrow issues, too severe

by Anonymousreply 19October 26, 2024 1:44 AM

Yes, she was a 50 year old newlywed... I believe it was a comedy.

by Anonymousreply 20October 26, 2024 1:45 AM

If Joan had a softer hairstyle and tamed eyebrows she would have still looked great as she aged.

by Anonymousreply 21October 26, 2024 1:45 AM

Yes, less makeup would have only helped. Here's Joan, still sporting those ankle straps, in a key scene!

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by Anonymousreply 22October 26, 2024 1:51 AM

Where's the love for Gloria Grahame? She's wonderful in this. ("Kiss me. HARD.")

by Anonymousreply 23October 26, 2024 1:53 AM

I luv you OP

by Anonymousreply 24October 26, 2024 1:53 AM

Most women can't wear shoes with ankle straps

by Anonymousreply 25October 26, 2024 1:56 AM

OP covers Humoresque alert !

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by Anonymousreply 26October 26, 2024 1:56 AM

Thanks for the Humoresque shout out review. One of Joan's very best vehicles! And one of her last stellar leading men in John Garfield!

by Anonymousreply 27October 26, 2024 2:03 AM

Gloria Grahame's sarcasm offers some comic relief between Joan and Jack's glowering! Also, I wanna know more about that house on Fire Island!

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by Anonymousreply 28October 26, 2024 2:07 AM

OP, I needed this thread tonight. Thank you.

Gloria Grahame is a delectably evil little minx in this!

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by Anonymousreply 29October 26, 2024 2:09 AM

Joan and John on fire

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by Anonymousreply 30October 26, 2024 2:21 AM

Sudden Fear is also on Tubi as well as YouTube. I think the three stars, Crawford, Palance, and Grahame make this triangle sizzle...

by Anonymousreply 31October 26, 2024 2:24 AM

Holy shit…I don’t remember this.

This looks like prime, hardened middle-aged Joan.

by Anonymousreply 32October 26, 2024 2:24 AM

The montage of Joan’s character setting up Gloria Grahame’s is pretty delicious. Grahame ends up sentenced to death and shrieks in agony and disbelief. It’s so good.

by Anonymousreply 33October 26, 2024 2:25 AM

Cunty Joan was always the best Joan.

by Anonymousreply 34October 26, 2024 2:30 AM

The scene where ever-efficient Joan reviews her death plan list the way it's SUPPOSED to go is great fun, with her tormentors perishing in agony is a hoot!

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by Anonymousreply 35October 26, 2024 2:30 AM

Which scared her more, the wind up toy dog or being in the closet, take after take?

by Anonymousreply 36October 26, 2024 2:36 AM

[quote]The fashions of the 1950s flattered JC but she had ongoing hair and eyebrow issues, too severe

Yes, it's odd that she looked so much younger ten years later with her softer, lighter hair and new facelift.

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by Anonymousreply 37October 26, 2024 2:48 AM

I have to laugh at the idea that Joan uses her playwriting skills to imagine how she can get rid of Jack and Gloria on schedule.

by Anonymousreply 38October 26, 2024 2:52 AM

Eyebrows and hair issues r37

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by Anonymousreply 39October 26, 2024 2:53 AM

The genre cliche of Joan stepping on the tail of a cat when she is trying to hide from Jack.

by Anonymousreply 40October 26, 2024 2:55 AM

R39

Who is that harlot?

I don’t recognize her, and we’ve never met!

by Anonymousreply 41October 26, 2024 2:58 AM

[quote]Yes, it's odd that she looked so much younger ten years later with her softer, lighter hair and new facelift.

I think that was mostly due to the daily Pepsi douches.

by Anonymousreply 42October 26, 2024 3:18 AM

Jack Palance would have made a wonderful Dracula.

by Anonymousreply 43October 26, 2024 8:00 PM

R8 Is the Pope Catholic?

by Anonymousreply 44October 26, 2024 8:40 PM

R43 it looks as though he did.

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by Anonymousreply 45October 26, 2024 9:09 PM

Which other Joan movies are similar to this one please?

by Anonymousreply 46October 26, 2024 9:18 PM

Maybe Female on the Beach but she plays a tougher character in that.

by Anonymousreply 47October 26, 2024 9:20 PM

This movie has so many wonderful scenes for Joan it's no surprise that she was Oscar nominated.

by Anonymousreply 48October 26, 2024 9:22 PM

Shirley Booth won this year for Come Back, Little Sheba

by Anonymousreply 49October 26, 2024 9:26 PM

Joan and Bette Davis competed against each other that year for the Oscar. Bette was nominated for The Star.

by Anonymousreply 50October 26, 2024 9:44 PM

"The Damned Don't Cry" and "This Woman is Dangerous" both have a bit in common with "Sudden Fear," in the sense she's fighting for her life with a tough, shady leading man. David Brian, in both cases! My take here...

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by Anonymousreply 51October 26, 2024 9:45 PM

R8- Women don't fuck ( unless the hetero man is into getting fucked by a woman who dons a strap on) they get fucked.

by Anonymousreply 52October 26, 2024 9:46 PM

According to Jack Palance, Joan Crawford and Gloria Grahame did not get along and got into a physical altercation at one point during the filming. The fight started after Grahame sat on the edge of the set during one of Crawford's close-ups and very loudly sucked a lollipop in an attempt to anger Crawford. It worked, and Palance noted that the all-male crew watched the fight for a few moments rather curiously before stepping in to break it up.

by Anonymousreply 53October 26, 2024 9:50 PM

Thanks R51 I love your site!

by Anonymousreply 54October 26, 2024 9:52 PM

Reply 54, Thank you, or as Joan would say, Bless you!

by Anonymousreply 55October 26, 2024 10:01 PM

In Joan's first memoir, she said that Palance was quoted that he found her individual greetings to the crew each morning phony. Crawford wrote that she meant every one of those greetings, dammit! As for Gloria sucking a lollipop, did it belong to Jack? Joan seemed to forget when she was clacking her knitting needles like Madame Defarge during dear Norma's close-ups on "The Women."

by Anonymousreply 56October 26, 2024 10:05 PM

Thanks OP , I'm one quarter of the way with this and savoring it. Joans acting in this is really good, I loved how she played the genuinely interest love starved write. The way she would look at him when he said his calculated flattery. She ate that up!

by Anonymousreply 57October 26, 2024 10:16 PM

A classique! A CLASSIQUE!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 58October 26, 2024 10:23 PM

She has a great scene on a staircase. Two actually. One where she deliberately falls to show her ankle is injured. But the earlier one is when she catches Jack leaving town and asks him to stay.

by Anonymousreply 59October 26, 2024 10:36 PM

[quote]r16 = Except for Bette, who rejected her advances.

And Lassie.

by Anonymousreply 60October 26, 2024 10:41 PM

r22/Rick, the story is that she had small feet and preferred them as her foot wouldn't slip out of the shoe while filming a scene.

by Anonymousreply 61October 26, 2024 10:49 PM

Speaking of Joan's lists...

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by Anonymousreply 62October 26, 2024 11:03 PM

I once won a door prize in a video store because (to the host's shock) I could actually answer the trivia question: "In what TWO movies did Joan Crawford play someone with the last name 'Hudson'?"

MARY!!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 63October 26, 2024 11:28 PM

Is Sudden Fear Joan's version of Helenesque?

by Anonymousreply 64October 26, 2024 11:31 PM

Another memorable list got published by Life mag, JC's "rider" of her various needs while promoting "Strait Jacket" and Pepsi. It puts rock stars to shame!

by Anonymousreply 65October 26, 2024 11:35 PM

I remember that, Rick.

by Anonymousreply 66October 26, 2024 11:41 PM

Joan wanted Clark Gable, and then Marlon Brando, for Sudden Fear. She had to settle for Jack Palance. To add insult to injury, he wouldn't even sleep with her. It infuriated her that he was sleeping with her younger co-star, Gloria Grahame. Joan was not used to be rejected by her leading men.

by Anonymousreply 67October 26, 2024 11:41 PM

JC's choices for Lester were unrealistic to say the least... one was too old and one was too hot. By this point, Joan expected either the director, producer, or co-star to sleep with her to feel in control. Wasn't "Touch" Connors up to the task?

by Anonymousreply 68October 27, 2024 12:31 AM

One of her best films.

by Anonymousreply 69October 27, 2024 12:33 AM

His nose obviously was receding from her in terror.

by Anonymousreply 70October 27, 2024 12:46 AM

Myra's play sounds like a stinker.

Lester Blaine: [Quoting Myra's play] When I wake in the morning, when I go to sleep at night, I think of you. You're like the air which surrounds me, the sky which spreads above me, the earth beneath my feet. When I hear music, when I see beauty, when I breathe in the sunlight, I think of you. You are the sister I never had, the mother I have almost forgotten, the wife I have always dreamed of. There isn't a relationship you can name which exists between a man and a woman of which I wouldn't say let it be you. Let it be you.

by Anonymousreply 71October 27, 2024 6:14 AM

It's was no Over The Teacups or The Most Happy Fella!

by Anonymousreply 72October 27, 2024 6:37 AM

She needs another hit the way Rockefeller needs another million!

by Anonymousreply 73October 27, 2024 6:48 AM

Jack is off book in the opening rehearsal scene but he isn't savvy enough to get out of the shadow of his leading lady.

by Anonymousreply 74October 27, 2024 9:06 AM

This one, Autumn Leaves, and Female On The Beach I get mixed up on. They’re like the same movie with different men and and locales.

by Anonymousreply 75October 27, 2024 9:23 AM

Yes, Joan and her leading men in the '50s was adversarial. And Joan always won because she's bigger and stronger!

by Anonymousreply 76October 27, 2024 1:45 PM

I wonder if Myra Hudson ever wrote anything for Helen Lawson?

by Anonymousreply 77October 27, 2024 1:46 PM

Would this be Joan's ALL ABOUT EVE?

by Anonymousreply 78October 27, 2024 2:23 PM

It was a shame she left that perfectly good shite silk scarf in the gutter

by Anonymousreply 79October 27, 2024 2:26 PM

*white!

Good Lord, what would Joan say about my language!

by Anonymousreply 80October 27, 2024 2:34 PM

R80: Nothing. Loretta Young, on the other hand would be browbeating you with her "swear jar".

by Anonymousreply 81October 27, 2024 3:23 PM

What [bold][italic]DID[/italic][/bold] Joanie think about All About Eve and Bette's performance?

by Anonymousreply 82October 27, 2024 3:38 PM

Dammit, DL -- bring the editing tools into the 21st century!

by Anonymousreply 83October 27, 2024 3:39 PM

R82: She was probably jealous. Such a great part with excellent writing and the younger leading man was believable and intrinsic to the plot in a way that Joan's Cougar romances were not. Of course, Joan probably thought that her role would be "Eve".

by Anonymousreply 84October 27, 2024 5:32 PM

The scene where she realizes that her husband and his mistress are planning to kill her is camp acting at its finest. The buggy eyes, hands running through her hair and placing her hands over her mouth. It’s almost as ridiculous as Doris Day’s breakdown scene in MIDNIGHT LACE.

by Anonymousreply 85October 27, 2024 5:51 PM

Here's Joan and Jack playing cat and mouse, with Joan stepping on some poor feline's tail with her fuck me shoe! This apartment house must have been a home for the deaf community, not a single light goes on during their ruckus!

by Anonymousreply 86October 27, 2024 6:06 PM

Here's the kitty scene!

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by Anonymousreply 87October 27, 2024 6:07 PM

Sudden Fear is always available for viewing on Tubi, it's worth watching if you enjoy old school films.

by Anonymousreply 88October 27, 2024 6:36 PM

Here's the Life article about her promotion tour for Strait Jacket and her rider list, of course vodka and Pepsi are included.

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by Anonymousreply 89October 27, 2024 7:11 PM

'MISS CRAWFORD IS A STAR IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD AND EVERYONE KNOWS SHE IS A STAR. AS A PARTNER IN THIS FILM, MISS CRAWFORD WILL NOT APPRECIATE YOUR THROWING AWAY MONEY ON EMPTY GESTURES. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE EMPTY GESTURES TO MISS CRAWFORD OR ANYONE ELSE TO PROVE MISS CRAWFORD IS A STAR OF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE."

by Anonymousreply 90October 27, 2024 7:22 PM

He sounds romantic enough. Just doesn't look romantic... We've got to convince the audience that this character could recite Three Blind Mice to Laura and she would think it was the romantic poem in the world. He has to be the kind of charm boy that makes every woman in the audience sit up and go MMM the instant he walks on that stage....I've watched him from every section in this theatre and I'm sorry but he's just not right for the part!

by Anonymousreply 91October 27, 2024 8:09 PM

...and Joan applied that rigorous critique to all of her leading men, especially the latter day charm boys!

by Anonymousreply 92October 27, 2024 8:45 PM

She could have made From Here To Eternity and (tried to) sample Burt Lancaster's delicious cock!

by Anonymousreply 93October 27, 2024 9:21 PM

Wasn't Joan up for Burt's part?

by Anonymousreply 94October 27, 2024 10:53 PM

Lol R94

by Anonymousreply 95October 27, 2024 11:00 PM

She´s wearing glasses so we know she´s smart and of a certain age.

One of my favourite movie cliches

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by Anonymousreply 96October 27, 2024 11:53 PM

[quote] In Joan's first memoir, she said that Palance was quoted that he found her individual greetings to the crew each morning phony. Crawford wrote that she meant every one of those greetings, dammit!

No dummy her. Joan knew that if the crew loved you, you would never have to be worried about be poorly lit or shot from an unflattering angle. I'm sure she was sincere, but it was also self-serving. I've heard other smart actresses, especially of a certain age, going out of their way to be nice to the crew and learn everyone's name.

by Anonymousreply 97October 28, 2024 12:32 AM

Barbara Stanwyck was also nice to the film crews.

by Anonymousreply 98October 28, 2024 12:33 AM

Barbara Stanwyck was Joan Crawford without the pretensions...

by Anonymousreply 99October 28, 2024 12:57 AM

I love the spinster specs

by Anonymousreply 100October 28, 2024 12:59 AM

Agreed r99.

by Anonymousreply 101October 28, 2024 1:08 AM

This hooty moment follows the superb scene where Joan's heiress/playwright finds out her young hubby plans on killing her for her money: Joan cowering on a day bed, imagining the various ways Jack Palance could kill her. Bug-eyed with fear, Norma Desmond-style!

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by Anonymousreply 102October 28, 2024 1:09 AM

Are you sure, r102?

by Anonymousreply 103October 28, 2024 1:17 AM

I'll try it one more time, for Myra's sake!

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by Anonymousreply 104October 28, 2024 1:20 AM

Mary Crosby is a shit actress.

by Anonymousreply 105October 28, 2024 1:22 AM

R105 is Mary Crosby, the other one.

by Anonymousreply 106October 28, 2024 2:23 AM

Say I exercised the dramatist's privilege of cast approval.

by Anonymousreply 107October 28, 2024 6:58 AM

What is that hair style she is wearing at r96? It looks like the "Ethel Mertz ," a beanie in a bed of fluffy curls. If there a name for that do?

by Anonymousreply 108October 28, 2024 7:49 AM

I love the intense eye contact while she wordlessly waits for him to light her ciggies. " I want you so deep in me!". I almost had to turn away to give them some privacy.

by Anonymousreply 109October 28, 2024 7:57 AM

Do you play stud poker?

by Anonymousreply 110October 28, 2024 9:56 AM

[quote] Joan knew that if the crew loved you, you would never have to be worried about be poorly lit or shot from an unflattering angle. I'm sure she was sincere, but it was also self-serving.

This is true. In her book, she explained building comradery with the crew was something she worked very hard at. Being from an abusive background building trust was difficult for her.

It started at the beginning of her career. During all those 1000s of test and publicity photos MGM took they discovered something strange - that she never took a bad picture. Because she was easy to light and make up it made the crew's life easier and she became one of "them".

by Anonymousreply 111October 28, 2024 10:53 AM

[quote] she never took a bad picture

Well, up until that last one in 1974...

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by Anonymousreply 112October 28, 2024 12:54 PM

She was one of George Hurrell’s favorite actors to photograph.

by Anonymousreply 113October 28, 2024 1:22 PM

^ Nude

by Anonymousreply 114October 28, 2024 1:25 PM

Let's play the match game.

by Anonymousreply 115October 28, 2024 1:44 PM

I've never thought much of Joan as an actor, but having just watched this for the first time and noticing she spends the better part of the last half of the film acting alone, she does a pretty good job of it (with some noticable exceptions). I had an on-camera acting teacher tell me once that acting by yourself on-screen is the most difficult and pointed out Diane Lane's performance in Unfaithful as a masterclass in it.

by Anonymousreply 116October 28, 2024 8:26 PM

Palance also gives off major BDE

by Anonymousreply 117October 28, 2024 8:30 PM

I like people who make up their minds and stick to it, whatever the odds.

by Anonymousreply 118October 28, 2024 8:31 PM

Actually, Jack was fucking his co-star Gloria Graham who's also terrific in the film

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by Anonymousreply 119October 28, 2024 8:35 PM

Fun fan trailer

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by Anonymousreply 120October 28, 2024 8:53 PM

It's been such a delightful breakfast, Miss Hudson. Let's keep it that way.

by Anonymousreply 121October 29, 2024 11:03 PM

Gowns by Sheila O'Brien

Hair by Concrete

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by Anonymousreply 122October 30, 2024 1:21 AM

One of her better performances. She was able to drop most of her JOAN CRAWFORD mannerisms. Her best are A Woman's Face. That was before JOAN CRAWFORD. Then Humoresque. When she was able to drop all of her JOAN CRAWFORD mannerisms.

by Anonymousreply 123October 30, 2024 1:35 AM

What do you consider JC mannerisms?

by Anonymousreply 124October 30, 2024 10:27 AM

She's keeping an eye on us from heaven I'm sure

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by Anonymousreply 125October 30, 2024 11:16 AM

She´s forcing us to sit on plastic covered clouds and since she got mad at the dust, Petrus is in a very bad mood.

by Anonymousreply 126October 31, 2024 12:22 AM

Crawford mannerisms? Stiffness, shoulder pads, exaggerated enunciation, going bug-eyed, sucking in cheeks, fiddling with her accoutrements, thinking her eyebrow movements speak volumes, a smile two inches too big, you know them when you see them. That being said I love her.

by Anonymousreply 127October 31, 2024 2:03 AM

I'm going to show you a part of Chicago you never dreamed existed. Sports, the theatre, the Roman arena all rolled into one.

by Anonymousreply 128October 31, 2024 7:00 AM

"An acting school for wrestlers!"

by Anonymousreply 129October 31, 2024 12:22 PM

It's all part of the theatre that's why I knew you'd be interested.

by Anonymousreply 130October 31, 2024 12:35 PM

Why do I work? Why I suppose it's a desire to achieve. To earn my keep. To stand on my own two feet instead of my father's fortune. And to make my own place in the world. Does that make sense to you?

by Anonymousreply 131November 1, 2024 3:35 PM

"Rain" is on TCM this morning. Playing a whore again -- not a stretch for her.

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by Anonymousreply 132November 1, 2024 4:07 PM

"Oh, I wish Daddy could be here right now!"

by Anonymousreply 133November 1, 2024 4:09 PM

"Rain" should have been a no-brainer for Joan, but director Lewis Milestone left her to her devices and Crawford gives an amateur's idea of great acting. Even as the garish Sadie in her pre-redemption scenes, surprisingly. Here's my comparison of Joan's "Rain" and Bette's "Bondage."

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by Anonymousreply 134November 1, 2024 4:13 PM

Personal achievement. It's what we all want each in our own way. Though to be honest if I'd inherited all that money I'm not sure I'd have the character.

by Anonymousreply 135November 2, 2024 3:16 AM

Look. A lot of little cells and glands and molecules get together and spell out Lester Blaine. There's no other person in the whole that exactly duplicates you. Two billion one hundred and seventy-four people but only one Lester Blaine.

by Anonymousreply 136November 2, 2024 10:26 AM

... the whole world...

by Anonymousreply 137November 2, 2024 10:27 AM

I'll travel part of the way with you on that idea. Two billion one hundred and seventy-four million people in the world and only one Myra Hudson.

by Anonymousreply 138November 3, 2024 10:52 AM

Jack Palance is so sexy to me. My lust started with “The Big Knife” and has only increased after watching this. I don’t think Joan looked that bad in this movie. There were moments when I thought “wow, she’s beautiful.” She reminded me of an elegant egret.

by Anonymousreply 139November 3, 2024 1:34 PM

She was beautiful. Then she took on that sophisticated shop girl persona. It was downhill from there. She was her most beautiful when she was actually in love.

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by Anonymousreply 140November 3, 2024 3:35 PM

R140 will you please tell me when and why she adopted the shop girl persona? Was it The Women? Did the studio think that’s what the public wanted from her? How did that impact her beauty? I’m young-ish and don’t know a lot about her career outside of the Mommie Dearest/Feud highlights. I’ve seen most of her well-known movies. I think. I’m going to watch humoresque next.

by Anonymousreply 141November 3, 2024 6:05 PM

She should have worn glasses more. It softened her.

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by Anonymousreply 142November 3, 2024 6:11 PM

She did take on her frau look a bit after The Women. She wanted her female fans to think she was just like them. Only a little better. No studio ever worked on Joan's image. It was all her. She looks completely different in any pictures that she's in with Fairbanks Jr. I guess love can do that. He was beautiful.

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by Anonymousreply 143November 3, 2024 6:13 PM

The "shopgirl" thing happened well before The Women, the key word being "girl." Basically anything post Our Dancing Daughters through to Rain would be Joan's "shopgirl" period. She was long in the tooth by The Women and had already become a leading lady. She was primarily cast in more blue collar or middle class leading ladies and not Grand Dames ala Norma Shearer, but she wanted to be a Grand Dame, hence, her hate for Shearer.

by Anonymousreply 144November 3, 2024 7:33 PM

She had it in her contract that she needed to be referred to as a girl at least once in all her pictures.

by Anonymousreply 145November 3, 2024 10:07 PM

à la

by Anonymousreply 146November 3, 2024 10:09 PM

Always preferred Crawford as a working girl than her attempts at playing ladies with her faux British diction...

by Anonymousreply 147November 3, 2024 11:18 PM

[quote] No studio ever worked on Joan's image. It was all her.

She took advantage of what the studios could offer in terms of development and worked with the best. She was lucky, not the most gorgeous or talented. MGM had a field day with her. There was something alchemical about the way she looked on film. She could dance and had a wonderful speaking voice.

by Anonymousreply 148November 4, 2024 4:19 AM

That documentary The Ultimate Movie Star mentions the shopgirl phase, and then her telling Mayer - No more goddam shopgirls!

by Anonymousreply 149November 4, 2024 6:44 AM

She could dance

Could she?

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by Anonymousreply 150November 4, 2024 11:07 AM

she was actually cute there.

by Anonymousreply 151November 4, 2024 3:42 PM

Crawford fans can look forward to what is arguably her best 1930s movie (and probably her best '30s performance) in the film Letty Lynton, which is set to be re-released after the copyright expires next year.

Joan's grandson Casey LaLonde has been pushing for a restoration for the past decade.

She's great in every scene. In the restaurant scene, nobody orders items from the menu as well as Joan: "Consommé... Chicken salad... Sherbet and COR-FEE".

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by Anonymousreply 152November 4, 2024 4:18 PM

You'll love my San Francisco...Is that a wedding ring?

by Anonymousreply 153November 4, 2024 7:09 PM

A friend of mine met Jack Palance. My friend asked how it was working with Joan Crawford. His reply: She could suck start a lawnmower.

by Anonymousreply 154November 4, 2024 7:29 PM

I'm looking forward to the restored Letty Lynton.

by Anonymousreply 155November 4, 2024 7:40 PM

she was so fucking beautiful in A Woman's Face

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by Anonymousreply 156November 4, 2024 8:31 PM

I don't think Jack liked Joan's lady-like airs...

by Anonymousreply 157November 4, 2024 10:06 PM

The skies are painted with a thousand sparks. They are all fire and every one doth shine. But there's but one in all doth hold his place.

by Anonymousreply 158November 6, 2024 1:18 AM

Julius Caesar, third act, scene two.

by Anonymousreply 159November 6, 2024 11:55 PM

So tickled that this cool thread is continuing past election day. Just what I needed to keep my sanity. Thank you, ricksrealreel. (Another fan of your website).

by Anonymousreply 160November 7, 2024 1:21 PM

Thank you, Reply 160! I've got nearly 20 posts on Joan Crawford on my blog, hope you've checked them out!

by Anonymousreply 161November 7, 2024 4:59 PM

"Sudden Fear!" is so much fun.

If you can get into classic melodrama you'll watch it ten times. Visually it is an expertly crafted film, and the last fifteen minutes deliver big time. Joan is at her very best in the perfect role for her and Palance and Graham are just as good. It all works.

by Anonymousreply 162November 7, 2024 5:08 PM

I bet here's one you don't know. Burn this night with torches and know my heart's well of tomorrow.

by Anonymousreply 163November 8, 2024 4:34 AM

That Joan loved her some Bill Shakespeare!

by Anonymousreply 164November 8, 2024 12:00 PM

He calls every night. He wouldn't be two hours late unless something had happened. I must go to him.

by Anonymousreply 165November 8, 2024 3:13 PM

IRENE!

by Anonymousreply 166November 9, 2024 5:55 AM

Your thread is grayed out, not sure why

by Anonymousreply 167November 9, 2024 8:53 AM

Here's a nice appreciation

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by Anonymousreply 168November 9, 2024 6:10 PM

Lester - Where have you been? I've been calling and calling. Why haven't you answered?

by Anonymousreply 169November 9, 2024 8:31 PM

Why is this wonderful thread grayed out?

by Anonymousreply 170November 9, 2024 8:33 PM

It's grayed out probably because the OP made a post in a political thread that pissed off the deranged Trump hating gals.

by Anonymousreply 171November 9, 2024 11:14 PM

Oh, no! I'm a Trump-hating gal, but that's not right. This thread got me through election day in one piece!

OP, your movie blog is fantastic. I love the post you had yesterday about the diva Columbo episodes (Janet Leigh and Anne Baxter). I don't know what you said on the other thread, but it can't be so bad. Gosh.

by Anonymousreply 172November 10, 2024 1:24 AM

I'll never understand why Joan considered Norma Shearer her great rival at MGM when Joan would have so clearly been up against Jean Harlow for the same starring roles. While I can't imagine Joan would have ever been considered for The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Marie Antoinette, Strange Interlude, Romeo & Juliet, Smilin' Through or even Private Lives, I can easily see her in Red Dust, Reckless, Hold Your Man, Red-Headed Woman and any number of Harlow vehicles. Joan must have really resented the Gable/Harlow films, which were just as popular has hers with Gable.

Did Joan ever speak publicly of Harlow, even after Harlow's death? Did anyone ever dare ask her about Harlow? I've never found any quotes.

by Anonymousreply 173November 10, 2024 2:01 AM

btw, just joining in, this is a fabulous thread!

by Anonymousreply 174November 10, 2024 2:01 AM

R141, women often worked as “shopgirls,” in part, to meet men with money. A woman who had grown up working class couldn’t just waltz into a job as a secretary; she would have to take her chances working behind a perfume counter, which is what Joan’s character in The Women did. Max Ophuls’s Caught (1949) is one of the few Hollywood films that focuses on this worked. In it, Barbara Bel Geddes plays a poor girl who dreams of being rich. She improves herself by learning middle class manners and becomes a model in a department store parading around in furs and evening gowns. One day, a man who works for a Howard Hughes-like millionaire shows up and selects girls for a yacht party. The opportunity to trade sex for access to money has presented itself. Bel Geddes meets and charms the millionaire himself, but he’s played by Robert Ryan so you know things are going to get scary pretty quickly.

by Anonymousreply 175November 10, 2024 2:11 AM

The best example of that is Barbara Stanwyck in Baby Face. Talk about a brilliant movie.

by Anonymousreply 176November 10, 2024 2:26 AM

^ I love Caught. Good movie.

by Anonymousreply 177November 10, 2024 2:46 AM

Except Barbara Bel is rather a plain Jane for Robert Ryan to become obsessed over.

by Anonymousreply 178November 10, 2024 2:51 AM

Caught trailer

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by Anonymousreply 179November 10, 2024 2:54 AM

Crawford's 1930s "shop girl" films were the perfect opportunity for MGM's costume designer extraordinaire to dress Joan in a simple Chanel little black dress (sometimes with a white collar) at the start of the film and then transform her in extraordinary gowns once her character found fame, riches and love, and often all three. Though Joan had far from a perfect figure, she knew how to wear what Adrian designed, and female audiences went wild.

I believe the white organza ruffled Letty Lynton gown inspired and sold more copies, both legitimate and fake, than any other woman's garment in film history. The wildly exaggerated ruffled sleeves brought on the craze for shoulder pads, which seemed to contrast a tiny waist and narrow hips, even when they were anything but.

Was Joan the original clothes horse?

by Anonymousreply 180November 10, 2024 2:58 AM

Garbo wore some chic duds in her contemporary films.

by Anonymousreply 181November 10, 2024 3:01 AM

R173, Joan wanted to play the grand dame roles that Shearer played, despite not being right for them. Like many actors, Joan was a bit deluded about her capacity to pull off certain parts and told herself the reason she wasn't getting these "great parts" (many of Shearer's roles in the mid-30s were adaptations of stage properties) was because Shearer was Thalberg's wife. As you said, Harlow and Joan were much more similar types and then in the '40s Lana Turner became the Crawford type at MGM. Joan and Norma were never going to play the same parts, but I think that Joan told herself that they were since at the time Shearer's projects were 'prestige,' though now, most of them haven't aged all to well. Shearer was better in her early '30s roles when her characters had a bit more of an edge to them. Ultimately it was Greer Garson and not Joan who took over for Norma as the Grand Dame of MGM.

by Anonymousreply 182November 10, 2024 3:52 AM

But I haven't even got my lipstick on. A woman has to wear lipstick. I feel positively naked without it.

by Anonymousreply 183November 10, 2024 4:35 AM

r182, but what about Joan's perspective on Harlow? It's odd that her opinions on Harlow were never documented. Joan certainly talked about Garbo and Shearer and other MGM colleagues in interviews.

by Anonymousreply 184November 10, 2024 5:28 AM

R184, I assume because Harlow died so young and tragically, Joan didn't really say much either way. Had she lived and continued to serve as a rival for parts, Joan would have had plenty to say. I think there are some mentions of Joan's views on Harlow in some of her bios, but I suspect that, much like her perceived rivalry with Norma, it was much later that all of this info came to light and was promulgated and because of Jean's early demise, Joan's biographer's probably let it lay.

by Anonymousreply 185November 10, 2024 5:55 AM

Was Harlow really ever a rival of Crawford's? Crawford was a real beauty and photographed like a dream. Harlow was an abysmal actress when she started out--her scenes in Public Enemy, as critics have pointed out, are almost laughable--and her looks very meh. (Her figure was not athletic like Crawford's and her face like a pug dog's.)

by Anonymousreply 186November 10, 2024 12:34 PM

Joan should have been offered Sunset Boulevard

by Anonymousreply 187November 10, 2024 12:46 PM

How could Harlow not have been considered a major rival to Crawford, if for nothing else, regularly co-starring opposite the King of Hollywood, Clark Gable?

by Anonymousreply 188November 10, 2024 2:47 PM

What other brilliant roles could Joan have played to give her filmography the respect it deserves?!

by Anonymousreply 189November 10, 2024 3:03 PM

I've been running up and down these steps even since I was 12.

by Anonymousreply 190November 10, 2024 3:14 PM

[quote]Was Joan the original clothes horse?

Well, she was a certain part of a horse anyway.

by Anonymousreply 191November 10, 2024 3:36 PM

[quote]What other brilliant roles could Joan have played to give her filmography the respect it deserves?!

"Crawford's 50-Load Weekend"

by Anonymousreply 192November 10, 2024 3:37 PM

I still can't believe she roamed the highways drunk, letting any rough man have his way with her and use her like a filthy cumrag. She deserved better.

by Anonymousreply 193November 10, 2024 3:39 PM

R190 should be ...ever since...

by Anonymousreply 194November 10, 2024 3:39 PM

Hi, I was given a DL timeout. I have no idea why as I was never told why. PS, I am not a Trumpster. I'm also pretty even-handed about my comments, so I'm at a total loss. But thanks for keeping this thread going.

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by Anonymousreply 195November 10, 2024 8:08 PM

Oh, damn, R195, I got timed-out the other day, too! Very weird and unexpected. I was posting about sandwiches or whatever and BOOM! You do not have permission to post replies at this time.....AARGHHH!

Glad you're back. Been looking at your website some more. What an outstanding and thoughtful compilation of pieces on classic film and television. Just wonderful. Bravo to you for what you're doing.

by Anonymousreply 196November 10, 2024 8:14 PM

Reply 196, Thanks, much appreciated! Maybe I should stick to commenting about movies!

by Anonymousreply 197November 10, 2024 10:13 PM

That's pretty shitty

by Anonymousreply 198November 10, 2024 10:16 PM

Remember what Nietzsche said - live dangerously.

by Anonymousreply 199November 11, 2024 12:45 AM

So true! "This Woman Lives Dangerously" is one of my favorite Crawford films!

by Anonymousreply 200November 11, 2024 2:05 AM

R197, DL, like life, is arbitrary and unpredictable. You have to persevere. I’ve enjoyed all of your reviews, but Joan seems to bring out your best writing.

by Anonymousreply 201November 11, 2024 3:02 AM

Mrs Blaine, you're about to be dumped!

by Anonymousreply 202November 11, 2024 3:13 AM

[quote]So true! "This Woman Lives Dangerously" is one of my favorite Crawford films!

Oh. Is that the sequel to "This Woman Is Dangerous"?

by Anonymousreply 203November 11, 2024 4:55 AM

If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

by Anonymousreply 204November 11, 2024 5:03 AM

Thanks, r175. I watched [italic]Caught[/italic] tonight on Roku. I'd never heard of it before, but I liked it. The cast includes Curt Bois, who played the pickpocket in [italic]Casablanca[/italic].

by Anonymousreply 205November 11, 2024 5:13 AM

An old friend of mine married a San Francisco girl. It was in all the New York papers. Good picture of both of them, isn't it?

by Anonymousreply 206November 11, 2024 5:18 AM

I love Gloria Grahame needling Jack Palance over Joan Crawford in this movie... and am dying to know what happened at that house on Fire Island!!!

by Anonymousreply 207November 11, 2024 12:34 PM

R207 which movies should Joan have done?

by Anonymousreply 208November 11, 2024 2:05 PM

I think Joan and Clark could have been great in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" if it had been filmed in the mid-30s. Joan might have made a great Karen Holmes in "From Here to Eternity," if she'd dropped the '50s drag and her attitude, but turned it down over wardrobe... legend has it... And I think Joan would have been just as fun and looked better doing it, in "Dead Ringer," instead of Bette Davis.

by Anonymousreply 209November 11, 2024 4:53 PM

I love this film and most of Crawford's 50s output. I watch Sudden Fear, Harriet Craig, Female On The Beach, Johnny Guitar, Torch Song, and The Autumn Leaves at least once a year. They are just endlessly entertaining and watchable!

Very excited to hear about Letty Lynton getting a possible official release, too! I hope it is restored.

by Anonymousreply 210November 11, 2024 4:56 PM

You realize of course that your wife is s very wealthy woman.

I've never discussed it with her.

by Anonymousreply 211November 11, 2024 5:00 PM

Harriet Craig is a big dud. Joan's about 32 years too old for the part.

by Anonymousreply 212November 11, 2024 5:23 PM

*That* dress...

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by Anonymousreply 213November 11, 2024 5:42 PM

R210, Female on the Beach is a scream. Love that one

by Anonymousreply 214November 11, 2024 6:11 PM

The '50s Joan movie that I found a dud was "Goodbye, My Fancy." The material was dreary and Joan didn't help here...

by Anonymousreply 215November 11, 2024 6:53 PM

I don't like to use my wife's connections but unfortunately, I don't have any of my own.

by Anonymousreply 216November 11, 2024 7:17 PM

Joan's slap in Queen Bee was the best slap ever filmed.

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by Anonymousreply 217November 11, 2024 11:34 PM

Dancing in the middle of the week. Made me feel like a debutant.

by Anonymousreply 218November 12, 2024 12:24 AM

I always got the impression that Joan on-set with her male co-stars post-1950 was exactly like the Cheri Oteri, office 'flirt' Adele and that her male co-stars response to her unsubtle advances was the same as Adele's colleagues...

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by Anonymousreply 219November 12, 2024 12:45 AM

You know you're spoiling me for any other husband.

by Anonymousreply 220November 12, 2024 2:36 PM

Is that what Joan said to Franchot between rounds of Shakespeare quotes?

by Anonymousreply 221November 12, 2024 5:10 PM

I love you. So, I don't care what I think of you.

by Anonymousreply 222November 12, 2024 5:39 PM

I can't think of anything more exciting than drinking champagne in a pretty woman's bedroom.

I can't think of anything more exciting than drinking champagne with you.

by Anonymousreply 223November 12, 2024 7:19 PM

That Myra had a way with words... no wonder she was a playwright!

by Anonymousreply 224November 12, 2024 10:29 PM

My husband on my death income 10,000 a year for life or until he remarries? Steve - I wouldn't do a thing like that to someone I love. Not for all the money in the world. I'm not going to hang onto any man from the grave. I'm astonished at you. Steve, all my life I've been rich. Nobody could give me anything. I had it all. But that wasn't enough. Then I met Lester. He filled my life completely. He gave me everything and took nothing. Only my love. And for the first time in my life I felt poor because that was all I had to give. And for the first time in my life I felt rich because he gave me so much in return.

Myra, you lambaste the daylights of any playwright who turned out dialogue like that.

by Anonymousreply 225November 12, 2024 11:25 PM

Junior and I are going to Sacramento tomorrow.

Oh that sounds very gay!

by Anonymousreply 226November 13, 2024 5:28 PM

Reading between the lines, sounds like Lester was into some kinky shit and was the first to give Myra the big O!

by Anonymousreply 227November 13, 2024 6:29 PM

"I'm Mrs. Lester Blaine!"

by Anonymousreply 228November 13, 2024 11:17 PM

Joan should have been Norma Desmond!

by Anonymousreply 229November 13, 2024 11:46 PM

Queen Bee is excellent too. Harriet Craig? Excellent. JC made entertaining films.

by Anonymousreply 230November 14, 2024 12:01 AM

I do hereby give and bequeath to my beloved husband Lester Blaine the income from all my play royalties. this income to be his in perpetuity and is not revocable on his remarriage after my death or during my lifetime should our marriage be dissolved. I'm not going to hang onto him from this side of the grave either.

by Anonymousreply 231November 14, 2024 12:14 AM

I wonder if the real Joan was so noble when her marriage to Phillip Terry dissolved!

by Anonymousreply 232November 14, 2024 3:02 AM

Upon my death all my real estate and investment holdings are to go to my husband as a small return for the happiness he has given me.

by Anonymousreply 233November 14, 2024 4:40 PM

Wonder if Myra Hudson was related to Blanche and Jane? "Baby Jane Hudson made the money that paid for this house, that's who! You don't think I remember anything, do you, Myra?!"

by Anonymousreply 234November 14, 2024 5:12 PM

R232, I wish I could remember where I read this, but some time ago, I read that Phil Terry walked away from his marriage to JC with a whole lotta cash. I'll see if I can find the source, but I remember this juicy nugget pretty clearly.

by Anonymousreply 235November 14, 2024 11:46 PM

R232, this is not the exact source I'm remembering re: Phil Terry whole lotta cash, but the third-to-last paragraph (right before the photos section) refers to his large monetary settlement with Joan.

So many fine reasons in this world to choose Ring Dings over spouses!

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by Anonymousreply 236November 14, 2024 11:51 PM

Jack said his stage name rhymed with Balance. People continued to say Puh-LANCE.

by Anonymousreply 237November 15, 2024 12:21 AM

It was so nice for Mrs. Blaine to ask me here tonight. (under her breath) I have to see you alone.

by Anonymousreply 238November 15, 2024 1:17 AM

"It's a precipice!"

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by Anonymousreply 239November 15, 2024 3:04 AM

I was feeling very gay last night!

by Anonymousreply 240November 15, 2024 3:37 PM

[quote]I wish I could remember where I read this, but some time ago, I read that Phil Terry walked away from his marriage to JC with a whole lotta cash.

No amount of money would be sufficient to compensate him for his suffering.

by Anonymousreply 241November 15, 2024 4:16 PM

I don't think JC had a lot of dough to part with at this point...

by Anonymousreply 242November 15, 2024 5:07 PM

This part of the loving bridegroom is beginning to crawl out of my ears.

by Anonymousreply 243November 15, 2024 9:21 PM

Sometimes when I'm with her it's all I can do to keep from saying be yourself. Wise up. Love you? I never loved you. Never for one moment. I'd like to see her face.

by Anonymousreply 244November 16, 2024 1:50 AM

[quote]I wish I could remember where I read this, but some time ago, I read that Phil Terry walked away from his marriage to JC with a whole lotta cash.

Apparently Phil and Joan remained quite friendly after their split.

Phillip Terry is the lead in one of my favorite Universal International horror titles "The Leech Woman" which I highly recommend.

by Anonymousreply 245November 16, 2024 3:36 AM

the leech woman

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by Anonymousreply 246November 16, 2024 5:03 AM

Attack of the Giant Leeches

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by Anonymousreply 247November 16, 2024 5:08 AM

And you thought you were playing it so smart. Not taking anything from her. No presents, no jewelry, no handouts, no nothing.

by Anonymousreply 248November 16, 2024 6:26 AM

Phillip Terry did a lot of Perry Mason episodes, too...

by Anonymousreply 249November 16, 2024 12:32 PM

Hi everyone!!

by Anonymousreply 250November 16, 2024 12:33 PM

Joan around this time ('57), giving an interview to a British telly journalist - doing it like no one does anymore!

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by Anonymousreply 251November 16, 2024 7:07 PM

You smeared my lipstick. I've got to fix it before somebody comes. Where's a mirror?

by Anonymousreply 252November 17, 2024 4:57 AM

If that dirty double-crossing dame thinks she can -

by Anonymousreply 253November 17, 2024 6:57 AM

Vlad she got that bitch as well for scheming behind her back. Just a pity she didn't give her a famous backhander

by Anonymousreply 254November 17, 2024 1:15 PM

Crazy about you, I could break your bones.

by Anonymousreply 255November 17, 2024 8:13 PM

Just watched it based on this thread. Loved the 50s San Francisco street scenes. The scene with Palance and the little wind-up dog was genuinely creepy and scary. Grand Guignol. The ending was too good to be true. Joan certainly knows how to suffer on screen.

by Anonymousreply 256November 18, 2024 1:29 AM

It’s a really good, entertaining film, and she is very good in it.

by Anonymousreply 257November 18, 2024 1:34 AM

Did any else gasp when she dropped the recording and it shattered?

by Anonymousreply 258November 18, 2024 2:58 AM

It's got to look like an accident. A nice foolproof little accident. An accident. An accident. An accident! AN ACCIDENT! AN ACCIDENT!!!!!!! ACCIDENT! ACCIDENT! ACCIDENT!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 259November 18, 2024 3:04 AM

R258, I loved watching her react to the shocking revelations on the recording and actually did think “oh no” when the recording smashed. The speed with which Joan’s thoughts moved is wonderful: darn, I’ve just destroyed the evidence, I better work up a plan to kill him.

by Anonymousreply 260November 18, 2024 4:25 AM

As noted above, Joan's look in this flick was so severe. She could have enhanced her beauty greatly during this period of her life if she had worn her hair a bit longer (to the shoulders) and used much less makeup. She didn't really need makeup--her facial architecture and huge blue eyes did everything for her. Her freckles were actually lovely. In the few photos I've seen where she wore mininal makeup, she looked astonishingly beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 261November 18, 2024 5:32 AM

Joan started to look quite severe with this movie and reached a peak in Female on the Beach but started to relax her looks again with Esther Costello.

by Anonymousreply 262November 18, 2024 6:06 AM

actually did think “oh no” when the recording smashed.

I like how the music stopped at that moment.

by Anonymousreply 263November 18, 2024 6:45 AM

Reply 261, Yes, Joan should have taken a less is more approach to aging, like her friend Barbara Stanwyck.

by Anonymousreply 264November 18, 2024 12:46 PM

R261 post some pics please

by Anonymousreply 265November 18, 2024 2:15 PM

R265, the linked photo is from the 1947 movie Possessed, where poor Joan lies strait-jacketed in the "psychopathic ward" of a hospital (my favorite film critic Molly Haskell got a good laugh out of that!), her face almost completely bare of make-up. I think she looks stunning.

Also wonderful for showcasing Crawford's natural beauty are the first scenes of The Damned Don't Cry, where her shoulder-length hair is styled naturally and her face bare. She was a completely natural beauty, for sure.

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by Anonymousreply 266November 19, 2024 12:00 AM

Hi, R265. It's me, R261, again. Thanks for putting up with my Crawford idolatry!

Here is a clip of a make-up-less Joan in The Damned Don't Cry. Holy mackerel, she is just so freaking gorgeous! Without an apparent stitch of make-up (although I'm sure she had some on--it was just very minimal).

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by Anonymousreply 267November 19, 2024 12:04 AM

I know it sounds crazy but I love it down by the bay in the winter. It's so quiet I can take walks along the waterfront.

by Anonymousreply 268November 19, 2024 12:20 AM

Lester, I flushed three times and it still wouldn't go down, I don't know what to do. I'm a playwright not a plumber.

by Anonymousreply 269November 19, 2024 12:24 AM

That picture looks like Urg the caveman lighting up a heater for Cro-Magnon girl.

by Anonymousreply 270November 19, 2024 2:32 AM

I'll only have seagulls for company, like a Russian novel.

by Anonymousreply 271November 19, 2024 6:34 AM

Why do you look at me like that?

I was just wondering what I'd done to deserve you.

by Anonymousreply 272November 19, 2024 7:00 PM

Thanks R266 R267 she looks great there

by Anonymousreply 273November 19, 2024 9:10 PM

You don't suppose she could suspect anything, do you?

Not the way I make love to her!

by Anonymousreply 274November 20, 2024 10:34 PM

Lester, do you have a small shovel or a bucket I can use? I've flushed and I've flushed and it won't go down!

by Anonymousreply 275November 20, 2024 10:59 PM

Ladies and Gentlemen: the Dell paperback cover of Edna Sherry's novel on which the movie was based:

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by Anonymousreply 276November 21, 2024 11:31 PM

Myra saving a girl from drowning is a plot point in the novel not in the movie.

by Anonymousreply 277November 22, 2024 3:51 AM

I love how Myra wears her mink coat to visit Irene's apartment in the daytime. Plus having a monogramed letterhead seems to be a thing of the past.

by Anonymousreply 278November 22, 2024 3:55 AM

Ah didn’t talk mid-Atlantic after a few cocktails.

by Anonymousreply 279November 22, 2024 4:12 AM

Yes, I point out in my review a lot of things Myra uses to further her revenge plot are accessories or style that are long a thing of the past.

by Anonymousreply 280November 22, 2024 2:41 PM

Worth watching many times over.....

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by Anonymousreply 281November 22, 2024 11:31 PM

Dinner and bridge.

by Anonymousreply 282November 23, 2024 7:24 PM

Irene, I'm sorry I didn't know you were going to wear white tonight. If it's going to be embarrassing for you I can run upstairs and change in a second.

Oh no. You look so lovely, Myra.

Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 283November 24, 2024 11:17 PM

Myra, I told you already, just grab a meat carving fork from the kitchen and break it up! It should flush if its in smaller pieces!

by Anonymousreply 284November 25, 2024 1:40 AM

Hello?...Ok...It was the landlady. The radio's too loud.

by Anonymousreply 285November 26, 2024 2:56 AM

Myra's mind is someplace else tonight. Come to the party, dear.

by Anonymousreply 286November 27, 2024 2:57 AM

Happy Heavenly Birthday, Gloria Grahame! Who is quite snappy as Irene, the other woman of "Sudden Fear!"

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by Anonymousreply 287November 29, 2024 2:33 AM

Exercise is good for it.

Is it?

Keeps the circulation going.

Alright Irene. I'll try it.

by Anonymousreply 288November 29, 2024 4:23 AM

Myra took quite a chance tumbling down the stairs. She could have broken her neck!

by Anonymousreply 289November 30, 2024 5:33 AM
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