Melody and Malady: Humoresque, Deception, & the Musical Melodrama
Swanky apartments that boast sweeping panoramas of the Manhattan skyline swell with sound and emotion. Arenas in which the players...
Curtain Call: Trog, Wicked Stepmother, and the Inevitability of Conclusion
When compared objectively, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford boast impressive careers — Joan’s just shy of half a century, and Bette’s...
Confronting Senility on the Screen & in the Self
Bette Davis in publicity for “A Piano for Mrs. Cimino,” 1982 The year is 1982. The film, a made for TV vehicle filmed for CBS, is titled...
Caricatures of Contempt: Revisiting Torch Song and The Star
Torch Song, at face value, is easily overlooked as a run of the mill, low budget MGM musical production. Metro was in their golden era of...
Opposing reflections: musings on Joan Crawford and Bette Davis
For years, they remained two ships in the night, sailing silently by one another in trajectories that practically mirrored the other’s....
SOME THOUGHTS ON FEUD
Joan Crawford said it best herself: “Nobody can imitate me … because I’ve only been drawn on myself only.” That hasn’t stopped Hollywood...
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