The Bishop’s Wife tries hard to be an uplifting Christmas film like another post-war drama, It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), but falls a bit short in its attempt to pull at the heartstrings. The script is not as tight, and the direction not as consistent as Capra’s perennial holiday favorite, but there is enough here [...]
In Possessed Joan Crawford gives a strong and unsettling performance as a nurse who is obsessed with a former lover, David (Van Heflin), and can’t let go even after she marries the her employer (Raymond Massey), who had hired her to take care of his mentally unstable wife. When David begins dating her new daughter-in-law, [...]
I have been watching a lot of Joan Crawford movies, trying to pinpoint the point in her very long filmography when she went from being a glamour girl on the studio contract to a dramatic actress able to tackle juicy dramatic roles. I had thought that A Woman’s Face provided the actress with her first [...]
The Philadelphia Story is a film that I have seen countless times, and enjoy it more every time. Why is it the prospect of watching a Sandra Bullock rom-com sends shivers up my spine, but I can watch this film over and over again and enjoy it just as much, even more, with each new [...]
After watching Dishonored Lady (1947) the other day, I was reading a little about its background and found out about Letty Lynton, an obscure early Joan Crawford film. The details of the legal battle over the film, which has made it the hardest-to-find Crawford film, are long and complicated, but also fascinating. A brief summary: [...]
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The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
The Bishop’s Wife tries hard to be an uplifting Christmas film like another post-war drama, It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), but falls a bit short in its attempt to pull at the heartstrings. The script is not as tight, and the direction not as consistent as Capra’s perennial holiday favorite, but there is enough here [...]
Possessed (1947)
In Possessed Joan Crawford gives a strong and unsettling performance as a nurse who is obsessed with a former lover, David (Van Heflin), and can’t let go even after she marries the her employer (Raymond Massey), who had hired her to take care of his mentally unstable wife. When David begins dating her new daughter-in-law, [...]
Strange Cargo (1940)
I have been watching a lot of Joan Crawford movies, trying to pinpoint the point in her very long filmography when she went from being a glamour girl on the studio contract to a dramatic actress able to tackle juicy dramatic roles. I had thought that A Woman’s Face provided the actress with her first [...]
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story is a film that I have seen countless times, and enjoy it more every time. Why is it the prospect of watching a Sandra Bullock rom-com sends shivers up my spine, but I can watch this film over and over again and enjoy it just as much, even more, with each new [...]
Letty Lynton (1932)
After watching Dishonored Lady (1947) the other day, I was reading a little about its background and found out about Letty Lynton, an obscure early Joan Crawford film. The details of the legal battle over the film, which has made it the hardest-to-find Crawford film, are long and complicated, but also fascinating. A brief summary: [...]