It's always been pretty clear that the (hollywood version of) Joan would've had no time for me ... which turns down the Who fondest dial, which in turn reflects the inverse of the brilliant "I'd never join a club that would have me for a member ..."), to wit: I wouldn't want to apply to a club that wouldn't want me for a member (which would be ALL clubs, but that's not my point ...)
While Mildred Pierce is my favorite Joan Crawford performance, there are only two movies where she played a character I'd want to talk to in real life -- Grand Hotel and Humoresque. In her other early movies, she plays a brassy party girl, and in her later films, a neurotic harridan wearing that hard, hard mask of a face.
Myrna Loy, on the other hand, two posts north of here, well, hubba hubba, bub.
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
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It's always been pretty clear that the (hollywood version of) Joan would've had no time for me ... which turns down the Who fondest dial, which in turn reflects the inverse of the brilliant "I'd never join a club that would have me for a member ..."), to wit: I wouldn't want to apply to a club that wouldn't want me for a member (which would be ALL clubs, but that's not my point ...)
While Mildred Pierce is my favorite Joan Crawford performance, there are only two movies where she played a character I'd want to talk to in real life -- Grand Hotel and Humoresque. In her other early movies, she plays a brassy party girl, and in her later films, a neurotic harridan wearing that hard, hard mask of a face.
Myrna Loy, on the other hand, two posts north of here, well, hubba hubba, bub.
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