17 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGL7QV4zyGo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Love stories like these. ❤️

15 minutes ago, Maxim said:

Love stories like these. ❤️

Amazing tales!!! 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG5tqXCpClh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

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.

Joan Crawford accepted her Best Actress Oscar for "Mildred Pierce" in bed - March 7, 1946

@Contessa Donatella

Today I saw something on IG that seemed to be saying that Faye Dunaway has a new Joan Crawford project in the works. Now I can't find the dadgummed thing. Has anyone read or seen anything? Your kind attention will be so appreciated.

On 4/1/2025 at 6:33 PM, Maxim said:

Joan Crawford accepted her Best Actress Oscar for "Mildred Pierce" in bed - March 7, 1946

@Contessa Donatella

What a Diva! I live!

Joan with her mother.

Didn't know about this song. LOL.

Lyrics - Junkies down in Brooklyn are going crazy
They're laughing, just like hungry dogs in the street
Policemen are hidin' behind the skirts of little girls
Their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave

Catholic school girls have thrown away their mascara
They chain themselves to the axles of Big Mack trucks
The sky is filled with herds of shivering angels
The fat lady laughs, "Gentlemen, start your trucks"

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave

no, no
(Christina) no, no, no, no, no
(Come to mother) no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...
(Christina)

Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave

Edited May 10May 10 by Maxim

 

"She played strong women but couldn't deal with one in real life." - alleged to have been said by Katharine Hepburn about Joan Crawford & intimating an alleged dalliance 

Edited June 23Jun 23 by Contessa Donatella