tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post158339885667804958..comments2023-11-24T07:20:02.991-05:00Comments on Classic Movies Digest: Joan Crawford: The Phoenix from the AshesRuperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15526556689348727001noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-67652077879942239322012-02-06T09:44:46.570-05:002012-02-06T09:44:46.570-05:00Nice, balanced piece. I'm always ambivalent a...Nice, balanced piece. I'm always ambivalent about Crawford. As a child watching the movies she made from the post war period on, her sharp angles and heavy makeup scared me. She looked plain mean, even if her character wasn't. I have to admire her determination and she was a talented actress, but that icy meanness still peeks out. I'm not scared of her anymore, just sad for her.Deb55https://www.blogger.com/profile/09502045071381822100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-52174659973072633362011-03-24T14:31:39.564-04:002011-03-24T14:31:39.564-04:00Joan was the ultimate "Hollywood Star" a...Joan was the ultimate "Hollywood Star" and lived her life as though the cameras were always on her. Hollywood long ago changed from its days of pedestaled actors to it's current lack luster, comparatively speaking~ groan. No offense to the many multi talented actors of today which most all seem to me as next door neighbors, not that that is such a bad thing ha~ Joan Crawford= Ultimate Movie Star~Gregory Jules Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520543907223018590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-60840718975203120762010-06-04T19:38:55.739-04:002010-06-04T19:38:55.739-04:00Forgive me, I'm just delving into your past po...Forgive me, I'm just delving into your past posts (new follower). I LOVE that you have featured 2 of my faves which many have never seen, Random Harvest and The Univited. As a sickly child, I saw a lot of old movies in the middle of the day when I should have been learning about Social Studies. I have found my movie trivia knowledge pays off much more than schooling in party games. And now.....to know that you share my love and adoration of Joan!! Huzzah my friend, Huzzah! She is an ENTITY! What a lovely, classy bitch.D.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02012190421578654870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-76414013709159705222009-12-02T18:20:47.173-05:002009-12-02T18:20:47.173-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-37249538971079782672009-05-28T10:54:37.248-04:002009-05-28T10:54:37.248-04:00Joan was the consummate actress. She worked extrem...Joan was the consummate actress. She worked extremely hard at her iconic image, she put the captiol M on "MOVIE STAR". I think some people forget how beautiful Joan was when she was young, what a serious polished actress she was. Joan had an easy relationship with the cameras, where so many other actresses of her time had to cross their fingers and hope fo the best,or a small miracle to make them look half as glamours as Joan appeared on screen. Having said all that, whats left to say is Joan left us an incredible cache of films. She starred with every handsome leading man there was around, married a couple of them. Later in her life Joan admitted that she loved playing real bitches. All of her strong bitchy woman films today are savored by all of her most devoted fans. The very same fans that know and admire the incredible depth Joan had as an actress. There isn't a film she made that can't be watched without feeling, now there was a real movie star.<br />jules gregoryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-1607789423516813132009-05-18T01:52:00.000-04:002009-05-18T01:52:00.000-04:00I like Joan a lot, my favorite being Grand Hotel w...I like Joan a lot, my favorite being Grand Hotel with Greta Garbo and others.Ashleyhttp://www.myspace.com/ashdolenznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-40373344076820402362009-04-29T15:20:00.000-04:002009-04-29T15:20:00.000-04:00Great article - Joan was a survivor then and is st...Great article - Joan was a survivor then and is still a survivor today! In my eyes, she is the biggest star we have every seen. I could go on and on... chekc out more about Crawford on my website legendaryjoancrawford.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-42275884650781272372009-04-26T20:15:00.000-04:002009-04-26T20:15:00.000-04:00I love Joan Crawford! I think one of my favorite J...I love Joan Crawford! I think one of my favorite Joan Crawford movies has to be Flamingo Road. Her character,Lane Bellamy, gets put through the wringer but emerges victorious at the end. Much like the lady herself. Her life was a Joan Crawford movie and she starred in it till the very end!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456948222396992366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-48017462724235596292009-04-24T21:19:00.000-04:002009-04-24T21:19:00.000-04:00I adore Joan in her silent movies, her pre codes a...I adore Joan in her silent movies, her pre codes all the way up to even the horror movies in the seventies. She was wonderful in this movie and I guess some people really can't stand her and some really love her but I think you are right on when you said she was a survivor rupert!ClassicJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18084603957211826254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-32984195426442853082009-04-24T11:47:00.000-04:002009-04-24T11:47:00.000-04:00Joan Crawford WAS the phoenix more than once, in f...Joan Crawford WAS the phoenix more than once, in fact about ever ten years she recreated her image from flapper to shopgirl to sophistocated woman to strong actress ... and then the older woman in love with a younger man in the fifties. Her sixties movies, while I appreciate them, are below her standards. But you correct she was the original survivor. Great piece! But your writing is always terrific!<br />Ed GuineaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-833161426229360042.post-25670144902852994222009-04-24T02:41:00.000-04:002009-04-24T02:41:00.000-04:00I preferred Joan pre-1940 and pre-code too... her ...I preferred Joan pre-1940 and pre-code too... her films with Clark Gable and Franchot Tone were much better than when her face became set in concrete. She was the female version of Fred MacMurray (The Constipated Bloodhound as one critic once wrote) A Woman's Face remains once of the standout films and was not as turgid as some later efforts although Flamingo Road is okay. These later films seem proof positive that some mother;s can devour their young. Even if they're not in her films!!! The Women was a great film, but Joan is only one part of a brilliant ensemble and does not dominate like a diva as she does in maniacal films like Mildred Pierce. It would have been nice if Richard Widmark had tossed her down the stairs in Kiss of Death instead of some poor old lady!!! One of the greats and her early photos by people like Hurrell stand the test of time. I would have loved to see her and Bette at 10 paces... the perfect end to any film....Davidhttp://www.dpriol.comnoreply@blogger.com