I'm rather late in the comments, it's been 16 yrs. First x I watched JC as a kid on TV 📺"whatever happened to baby Jane", I must have been 6, remembering the address where I watched the film 📽️ my sister's were chatting about who did what and so forth. I thought maide Norman was Blanche's sister. By the time I discovered JC was a movie 🎥 Star ⭐ with a longevity of films, with her arched eyebrows and perfect features she was a stunning woman. Her looks metamorphic through the years, kept with the times. I bought the VHS 📼 video of this movie when the range of classic movies were a collection at video shack at 49th Street and Broadway, NYC. Actually no, I purchased at Alexander's in the Fordham road region in the Bronx, 39 years ago. It was just B4 the holidays where I was to join my eldest sister and her 🪖 army soilder husband in Colorado springs, Co, for thanksgiving 🦃 and also about the same time Madonna's "the virgin tour", was also released on 📼 VHS, that one was purchased at Crazy Eddie's. Lolol I'm crazy for remembering all this. What's amazing was how a lil clip of a famous classic Hollywood Star, bring on the memory of almost 40 years ago. The only thing I'm really concerned now is my soul, but hey fir a few secular moments let's hear it for Joan Crawford and Clark Gable Hollywood ⭐ great looking couple of 1931. 🔙💙🌌
This reminds of my ex boyfriend and mine first date, we lip-synced the movie together, and of course I was Joan! He was such an amazing good looking guy, but of course I messed up, that had to be been about 1997😂
Joan Crawford in her heyday (in this scene) was the most beautiful creature ever to grace this earth. Look at the perfection of that face. George Hurrell said "she had no bad angles.. Joan adored the camera and it adored her". True enough.
Not only is she stunningly beautiful, but she sings with earnest purity and substance. Had her voice been trained professionally, I believe she could have sung a great deal more. But this is the highlight of Joan's singing on screen scenes.
Joan Crawford is an ICON of Beauty, Style, and Fashion. Her acting is relatable, and her energy flows on screen. I can only imagine how it felt to be on set, watching her work her magic, looking gorgeous the whole time!!!
@VTMCompany Yes. The lovely "Fifth Avenue/Boston Brahmin" accent of earlier times .. It's about as close to The Queen's English as we come in the States. That Joan mastered that accent and made it hers is a testament to her talent, intelligence, and perseverence. Joan (Lucille LeSueur/Billy Cassin) will always have my respect and admiration for pulling herself out of that "cowtown" in Texas and taking herself to the pinnacle of Hollywood stardom. She is the American dream.
ive always thought her singing was really excellent. every register of her voice was nice, her musicianship was perfect. had she invested in it she could have been a singer i mean look at Marlene Dietrich, who is my favorite star
Sprechgesang - Talk - Singing....but we all Joan. This melancholy ballad is on the soundtrack of Grabo's Inspiration (1931). What I wouldnt give to get an original Iconic George Hurrell portrait of Joan from this film.
I love Joan Crawford. Flawless beauty and flawless soul. However, I am a Stanwyck freak who would like to think of her as a queen of the early talkies because of her open contract status. She was given this independence while most of the other famous actresses were tied to contracts with one studio. I also think that the freedom she had made her ambiguous at award time.
Only as a point of fact there was only one official Queen of the Screen by a special vote from a particular orginasation, late '30s. Myrna Loy....... Clark Gable was her King. From that time on Clark referred to Myrna as Queenie. They having made numerous films together and being good friends. BTW....Myrna and Joan were best friends from the silent screen days and when Joan and Myrna were together in the chorus at Graumen's Chinese Theatre in the 20's.
supposedly she must have been sad that carole lombard took her place as the love in gable's life, but wide-hearted enough to accept that. it must be harsh and hurtful that she cannot possess the one man she truly loved in her life (she said gable is her one love). gable followed lombard right toward her grave, buried next to her. crawford was settled with alfred steele whom she was buried next.
But he ran to her after his wife died and she took care of him while he grieved and she admitted in a interview that they dated for decades covertly but knew that they were more like soul mates but would not make it as a married couple as both so headstrong so they shared alot of time instead. She says he is the only one she viewed as a strong man in every way. I'm sure if she truly pursued him and wanted him to marry her, he would of married her but they would of ended up divorced. She says what they had instead was something so amazingly special she would cherish for the rest of her life .
the thing with gable and crawford was more than crush but flaming love affair when she was married to douglas fairbanks jr and him to an elder socialite for money. gable wanted to marry joan but hindered by money then since he was only an rising starlet. then crawford shifted to franchot tone while gable was hitting on with lorretta young and jean harlow.
@paulj0557 I like Stanwyck too but I soured on her when I found she betrayed Joan late in life. She certainly like Joan well enough when they had their torrid affair in the 30s and 40s. No one even came close to Crawford's flawless beauty.
@Rouben19 It wasn't "faux British". Quality, well-born society people on Beacon Hill in Boston and in New York come by it generationally and it's still used. You need to do your research.
These ladies of the silver screen were all as tough as old boots - they had to be, when dealing with people like Mayer and Warner. Dont judge them by the standards of today
clark gable rarely just embraces a woman in the movie without previous feuds. and joan crawford never slaps gable as hard as she does in all the other flicks. the slap in "love on the run" is far from a slap.
moreno? It's documented fact that Ball despised Crawford. Lucille Ball made Crawford's life miserable when she guest starred on "Here's Lucy" in the 1960s. It's my feeling that Lucille Ball was, in truth, not a very nice woman. Her interview with Dick Cavett (here on TH-cam) will attest that she was a homophobe.
@queerfish1 ditto to your words......there was quality and creativity then and now it is rubbish. The clothes, the sets ......the illusion was complete. Today it is like fast food, tasteless and no nutrition.
I think Bette, Joan, and Lucy were all beautiful in their hey-day - but it didn't always shine through with Bette because she played a diverse amount of roles that required her to alter her appearance. In their later years, I believe that Bette aged the best.
Bette and Joan both great actresses and women - had a habit of over using that unattractive MOVIE ACCENT that falls somewhere between faux british and midwestern twang ...
Her voice wasn't so bad --- not so good either but I've heard worse. I think she did better than other actors who tried to sing and probably shouldn't have -
Ball wasn't "strictly professional" when she made Viv Vance keep twenty extra pounds on her so Lucy would look thinner. Both Ball and Crawford were superb narcissists. The problem with anyone compared to Crawford in the 1930s beauty-wise paled in comparison. Bette was homely and Ball was average.
Ball is not in the same league. She made very little of herself in movies and it required one of the sillier sit-coms to vault her into a mediocre form of camp fame. Crawford was no great shakes either, except for her very early movies where she has some bit of wit and beauty. After that she devolved into semi-grotesque self-caricature. Bette Davis is a true actress; not beautiful but far from homely! She's arguably have been the best actress of the period. See Meryl Streep's tribute.
I'm rather late in the comments, it's been 16 yrs. First x I watched JC as a kid on TV 📺"whatever happened to baby Jane", I must have been 6, remembering the address where I watched the film 📽️ my sister's were chatting about who did what and so forth. I thought maide Norman was Blanche's sister. By the time I discovered JC was a movie 🎥 Star ⭐ with a longevity of films, with her arched eyebrows and perfect features she was a stunning woman. Her looks metamorphic through the years, kept with the times. I bought the VHS 📼 video of this movie when the range of classic movies were a collection at video shack at 49th Street and Broadway, NYC. Actually no, I purchased at Alexander's in the Fordham road region in the Bronx, 39 years ago. It was just B4 the holidays where I was to join my eldest sister and her 🪖 army soilder husband in Colorado springs, Co, for thanksgiving 🦃 and also about the same time Madonna's "the virgin tour", was also released on 📼 VHS, that one was purchased at Crazy Eddie's. Lolol I'm crazy for remembering all this. What's amazing was how a lil clip of a famous classic Hollywood Star, bring on the memory of almost 40 years ago. The only thing I'm really concerned now is my soul, but hey fir a few secular moments let's hear it for Joan Crawford and Clark Gable Hollywood ⭐ great looking couple of 1931. 🔙💙🌌
This reminds of my ex boyfriend and mine first date, we lip-synced the movie together, and of course I was Joan! He was such an amazing good looking guy, but of course I messed up, that had to be been about 1997😂
i'm a big Crawford nut. that singing piano scene is one of the best scenes of her career. the movie is maybe the best of the young Crawford movies.
Wow... what a nice voice. She really was a triple threat.
Joan Crawford in her heyday (in this scene) was the most beautiful creature ever to grace this earth. Look at the perfection of that face. George Hurrell said "she had no bad angles.. Joan adored the camera and it adored her". True enough.
Shubael1809 That’s why Bette Davis was so jealous of her
Juan Perez Yep! And Franchot Tone loved Joan enough to marry, whereas Bette was just a fling for him.
She just wasn’t beautiful. Joan was a stunner!!✨
Cukor, I believe said that in his eulogy to Joan
This movie is effing AWESOME, my personal fave Crawford film. What a shame it's not on DVD.
Not only is she stunningly beautiful, but she sings with earnest purity and substance. Had her voice been trained professionally, I believe she could have sung a great deal more. But this is the highlight of Joan's singing on screen scenes.
Joan Crawford is an ICON of Beauty, Style, and Fashion. Her acting is relatable, and her energy flows on screen. I can only imagine how it felt to be on set, watching her work her magic, looking gorgeous the whole time!!!
Love how huge her name is in the opening credits! What a star! Love her!
voice like silk!
so niceee!
shes a triple threat she iss
love her!!! she's the queen...
Her and clark gable are goals and I wish it could've worked out between them to
Lovely! Nothing she couldn't do!
@VTMCompany Yes. The lovely "Fifth Avenue/Boston Brahmin" accent of earlier times .. It's about as close to The Queen's English as we come in the States. That Joan mastered that accent and made it hers is a testament to her talent, intelligence, and perseverence. Joan (Lucille LeSueur/Billy Cassin) will always have my respect and admiration for pulling herself out of that "cowtown" in Texas and taking herself to the pinnacle of Hollywood stardom. She is the American dream.
Diction
"a woman can do anything,go anywhere-so long as she doesnt fall in love"
ive always thought her singing was really excellent. every register of her voice was nice, her musicianship was perfect.
had she invested in it she could have been a singer
i mean look at Marlene Dietrich, who is my favorite star
I'm melting.
1:45!
And wonderful voice! marveloussss Joany!
@mysarcasmhurts "though love go past". I have the sheet music and play it on the piano often.
Sprechgesang - Talk - Singing....but we all Joan. This melancholy ballad is on the soundtrack of Grabo's Inspiration (1931). What I wouldnt give to get an original Iconic George Hurrell portrait of Joan from this film.
Bette, Joan, and Lucille, I loved them all!
I love Joan Crawford. Flawless beauty and flawless soul. However, I am a Stanwyck freak who would like to think of her as a queen of the early talkies because of her open contract status. She was given this independence while most of the other famous actresses were tied to contracts with one studio. I also think that the freedom she had made her ambiguous at award time.
Only as a point of fact there was only one official Queen of the Screen by a special vote from a particular orginasation, late '30s. Myrna Loy....... Clark Gable was her King. From that time on Clark referred to Myrna as Queenie. They having made numerous films together and being good friends. BTW....Myrna and Joan were best friends from the silent screen days and when Joan and Myrna were together in the chorus at Graumen's Chinese Theatre in the 20's.
supposedly she must have been sad that carole lombard took her place as the love in gable's life, but wide-hearted enough to accept that. it must be harsh and hurtful that she cannot possess the one man she truly loved in her life (she said gable is her one love).
gable followed lombard right toward her grave, buried next to her. crawford was settled with alfred steele whom she was buried next.
But he ran to her after his wife died and she took care of him while he grieved and she admitted in a interview that they dated for decades covertly but knew that they were more like soul mates but would not make it as a married couple as both so headstrong so they shared alot of time instead. She says he is the only one she viewed as a strong man in every way. I'm sure if she truly pursued him and wanted him to marry her, he would of married her but they would of ended up divorced. She says what they had instead was something so amazingly special she would cherish for the rest of her life .
Steele became her great love
the thing with gable and crawford was more than crush but flaming love affair when she was married to douglas fairbanks jr and him to an elder socialite for money. gable wanted to marry joan but hindered by money then since he was only an rising starlet. then crawford shifted to franchot tone while gable was hitting on with lorretta young and jean harlow.
She sounds a little like Helen Morgan here.
@paulj0557 I like Stanwyck too but I soured on her when I found she betrayed Joan late in life. She certainly like Joan well enough when they had their torrid affair in the 30s and 40s. No one even came close to Crawford's flawless beauty.
Boy she sure did...shocking. Also, she was a horrible mother to her adopted son.
@Rouben19 It wasn't "faux British". Quality, well-born society people on Beacon Hill in Boston and in New York come by it generationally and it's still used. You need to do your research.
These ladies of the silver screen were all as tough as old boots - they had to be, when dealing with people like Mayer and Warner. Dont judge them by the standards of today
clark gable rarely just embraces a woman in the movie without previous feuds. and joan crawford never slaps gable as hard as she does in all the other flicks. the slap in "love on the run" is far from a slap.
moreno?
It's documented fact that Ball despised Crawford. Lucille Ball made Crawford's life miserable when she guest starred on "Here's Lucy" in the 1960s.
It's my feeling that Lucille Ball was, in truth, not a very nice woman. Her interview with Dick Cavett (here on TH-cam) will attest that she was a homophobe.
I dislike Ball but for the camp factor alone Bette Davis in All About Eve wins my heart every time.
It seems to me Ball was a bitch
@queerfish1 ditto to your words......there was quality and creativity then and now it is rubbish. The clothes, the sets ......the illusion was complete. Today it is like fast food, tasteless and no nutrition.
I think Bette, Joan, and Lucy were all beautiful in their hey-day - but it didn't always shine through with Bette because she played a diverse amount of roles that required her to alter her appearance. In their later years, I believe that Bette aged the best.
If you think Bette Davis aged the best you need glasses or a new prescription.
Bill Oviedo Seriously !!! What Koolaid was this man drinking ???
Bette and Joan both great actresses and women - had a habit of over using that unattractive MOVIE ACCENT that falls somewhere between faux british and midwestern twang ...
Her voice wasn't so bad --- not so good either but I've heard worse. I think she did better than other actors who tried to sing and probably shouldn't have -
Ball wasn't "strictly professional" when she made Viv Vance keep twenty extra pounds on her so Lucy would look thinner.
Both Ball and Crawford were superb narcissists. The problem with anyone compared to Crawford in the 1930s beauty-wise paled in comparison.
Bette was homely and Ball was average.
Ball is not in the same league. She made very little of herself in movies and it required one of the sillier sit-coms to vault her into a mediocre form of camp fame. Crawford was no great shakes either, except for her very early movies where she has some bit of wit and beauty. After that she devolved into semi-grotesque self-caricature. Bette Davis is a true actress; not beautiful but far from homely! She's arguably have been the best actress of the period. See Meryl Streep's tribute.
When I think of grotesque self -caricature I think of Bette Davis and not Crawford.
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Mid-forties onwards. She let herself grow bitter and hateful, and thus that made her into an old hag. A shame, really.
@@fliplinefungus You’re correct.
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Bette was quite pretty in The Petrified Forest, though. But that was about the only time.