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Joan Crawford


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For me, the period between 1939 and 1943 during her final years of MGM provided her with her  most diverse array of films.  It was the period between her shop girl years and the film noir older woman roles that dominated most of her Warner Brothers era.

The Women was a play on her shop girl persona by making her the heavy instead of the heroine to great effect.  The one silver lining of the Hayes Code was that writers and performers had to be creative within the strict limitations of the code.. and sometimes I think the lack of controls has made movies/concepts less creative.

A Woman's Face is her first crack at doing film noir to great effect.. playing a role that from what I understand was originally intended for Greta Garbo.

To me, her biggest departure was doing 'They All Kissed the Bride', which was originally meant for Carole Lombard to play before her untimely death.  While the script was changed to play to Crawford's strengths.. she certainly does well with the physical comedy parts in her rare attempt at a screwball comedy... that mostly lands.

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