Joan Crawford - Top 10 Best Performances
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2022
- Yes, One of the Greatest Stars in Cinema: Joan Crawford.
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What no love for Autumn Leaves? That movie is phenomenal and I swear it’s one of Joan’s fiery performances that I love.
AND... VERA MILES as the JEZEBEL!!
I loved Autumn Leaves! She particularly liked it herself.
Let us not forget her performance (along with Cliff Robertson) in the 1956 movie "Autumn Leaves" which I view as spectacular in its own right!
Imagine in 1956 hearing Joan call another character "slut". Certainly took me by surprise
Joan Crawfird never gave a poor performance! She was a 1A professional !
I just finished one of her biographies, and she would not agree with you. She had a few performances that she was very displeased with, but I would say overall she was a great star and a remarkable actress.
@@richardmayora1289 She was very displeased with "johnny Guitar", for example, altough the movie have today a Cult Status.
Joan was a very harsh critic of her own work. I think it may be what she used to motivate herself to improve her acting skills.
@@richardmayora1289She didn't like Johnny Guitar or Rain and those two movies have really good performances by her. The thing is that she was very auto critical
the ultimate star, the most iconic actress of all times, very underrated
Like a deliberate attempt to discredit her achievement as a woman in a male dominated industry.
Unfortunately, the designation of most iconic actress probably belongs to Marilyn Monroe, but Joan was an definitely an icon nonetheless.
I agree. No one can touch her in terms of star iconography, pop culture mythology, beauty, glamour, style, mystique, scandals, feuds, and durability/staying power across film eras spanning silent films and talkies. You simply cannot remain indifferent in front of her as she demands your undivided attention. In short, her fame and iconography transcend Hollywood and shall remain eternally enshrined in the pop culture, à la Graucho, Elvis, Monroe, Chaplin, Temple (as in Shirley), Dean (as in James). 'Icon' is an understatement.
Humoresque is melodrama elevated to high art....like Italian opera.
Outstanding performance 👏
Possessed is a film no Crawford fan should miss!
Both of them! 😊
@@tomc8115100%!
Her best performance by far is Sudden Fear. Strange Cargo is her most underrated and her best with Gable. Her acting in that film is simply
brilliant!
Strange Cargo is a movie that gets better upon re-watching. It's both powerful and subtle. Compare it to her first pairing with Gable - Dance, Fools, Dance - which is good, but you really get to see how JC grew as an actress.
I have almost 50 of Joan's movies. My personal Top 10 Best Joan Performances would be;
1. Possessed (47)
2. Sudden Fear
3. Humoresque
4. Mildred Pierce
5. A Woman's Face
6. Strange Cargo
7. Daisy Kenyon
8. Mannequin
9. Dancing Lady
10. Johnny Guitar
I do think Joan should rank among the Top 10 Movie Stars. Joan first appeared as Norma Shearer's body double in 1925, and her last movie was in 1970. That's a hell of a career for someone that started in the silent era. I do personally rank Joan above Bette Davis. I feel Joan showed more range throughout her career than Bette. Plus I consider Joan to be the Queen of Film Noir.
I agree with your #1 choice - POSSESSED
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Whether you believe the allegations by 1 out of 4 kids or not, there’s no denying Joan’s tremendous durability, beauty & talent. The Ultimate Star 🌟
* 2 out of 4, Christopher II too. Had Joan "owned' you as a child publicity-asset and image-laundering adoptee, straitjacketed you as a young boy nitely into bed long term, and (per JC dinner party guest witness, actress Natalie Schaeffer) forcefed you a giant box of bonbons, to punish for eating 2 (a pediatrician and/or social worker would have been horrified, moved to revoke her custody), your idolatry of her would be tempered by her Hyde side. Great actress, horrid mother to her first two adoptees.
The two older children were abused, the two youngest were not abused. The two youngest were about three when the two older children were sent to boarding school. So the two youngest never saw the abuse of the two oldest children.
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Christina was born June 1939.
Joan’s 3rd husband Phillip Terry lived in the home July 1942-Dec 1945. He denied ever seeing abuse.
Joan’s twins were born Jan 1947. The twins denied ever seeing abuse.
Christina was sent to boarding school Feb 1950. During all this, Joan’s secretary Betty Barker was constantly in the Crawford home. Barker denied ever seeing abuse.
@@virginiaschaefer9693 - Fabricated lies 😑
Campy, by today's standards.
Whoever narrated and edited this video is absolutely phenomenal!!! You captured the essence of truly who the real actresses Joan Crawford is. Thank you for sharing so many brilliant Easter eggs 🪺 and gems 💎 throughout the video. You did an incredible job!!! Thank you!!! We love Joan Crawford she is our very favorite Actress of all time!
_Letty Lynton_ (1932) is the one Joan Crawford film that to this day remains unavailable due to a copyright dispute.
Joan striving to be her best in everything is what I admired most about her. I was a fan of hers even back in the Sixties.
Joan was a true definotion of a mobie star and was a total professional. She was dedicated to her art throughout her career and championed lots of young actors, writers and producers. When you watch her movies, Joan is the one you watch, the one who stands out in every scene. She had a tough childhood and worked her way out of poverty to become one of Hollywood ls greatest stars but she never forgot her loyal fans saying " No studio or studio head made me a star. It was the fans who brought tickets to watch my movies. They made me a star." Joan was humble and kind. In every movie she made, she knew all the crew and technicians by their first name.
ANY scene Joan is in, she STEALS that scene. THAT is a TRUE STAR!❤
She could make a bad movie good and a good movie great. You just couldn't take your eyes off her.
She easily should have 2 or 3 Academy Awards as a lead actress, and perhaps 2 in a supportive role.
She was an impeccable actress, easily in the Top 10.
Love It!!!
I agree 💯
Crawford was a great actress, among several other great actresses in the thirties, forties and fifties.
Joan will always be Queen of the movies to me. Hollywood Royalty. ❤️🌺
She’s my girl!! The GOAT!!! ❤️🙌⭐️
I've enjoyed many of her films, and will continue to do so. You can watch them over and over again and it never gets old. And it's all because of her, Joan🤗⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A thoughtful and fair overview of a determined human being. She was always fully invested no matter what material she performed, excellent or questionable. In Autumn Leaves, she plays a work-at-home transcriptionist just scraping by. The physical business of typing, gathering, and collating paperwork as she prepares to meet a deadline while engaging in neighborly small talk makes this scene believable and sets the story in motion. In an interview, she reflected that her most significant regret was not getting further than the sixth grade. Yet she performs these small but pivotal moments with poise and knowledg
I think the performances that I like best are in The Damned Don't Cry and Flamingo Road. She ~looked~ her most beautiful in Humoresque and I am convinced that George Stevens got his inspiration for the Taylor/Clift kiss in A Place in the Sun after seeing Joan swoon in the balcony as she watches Garfield play his violin. That balcony close up of Joan overcome by watching Garfield (overcome is the right word, in more ways than one) is phenomenally beautiful. Right up there with Garbo's final scene in Queen Christina.
I LOVE The Damned Don't Cry also. I was shocked by his opinion of it (?)!
Joan is gorgeous in Damned. Joan may have invented the concept of an older woman as a cougar! 😃
Yes, JOAN CRAWFORD was a brilliant Movie Star/ACTRESS and her TV roles are just as good and should also be reissued just as her movies are.
Hi, Robert. Yes, I concur. I just recently found some old General Electric Theater t.v. episodes from the 1950's on RUclips. Also, check out Zane Grey Theatre t.v. episodes. I wasn't even born yet in the 50's, but became a fan of Joan Crawford movies and t.v.later on! Wonderful, glamorous and talented individual. She was a fighter...She was a true star!!!
I honestly adore Joan,she is such a beautiful, talented and elegant woman.
Thanks so much for the video ❤❤❤
Thank YOU So Much for watching!!! I LOVE HER!!
Joan Crawford was the BEST actress of all time and she did extremely great acting in ALL of her roles she played but i think Rain , Mildred Pierce ,Humouresqe, The Women and Possessed ( 1947) are her top 5 best acting .
I always heard Norma’s last name pronounced “Shear-er.”
He also mispronounces "Isolde," but it's still an enjoyable video. 🙃
I caught that too. (“How’s that again??” sez I to myself 🤔)
But as the other commenter mentions, the narration is overall real pleasant to listen to. Sexy voice!
You're correct
I would rank Joan Crawford's "Possessed" as number one of her movies. So spell binding I have watched it over 100 times.
Thank you for putting Sudden Fear at third. Joan was involved in every aspect of this film and few people remember now that this was a BIG hit film with lines around the block. If you think Crawford couldn't act, just watch the scene in Gloria Grahame's apartment. She's holding a gun and catches a glimpse of herself in the mirror and her face conveys a half dozen different emotions by expression alone; shock, self disgust, grief and more.
Oh 1000%! I LOVE that moment with Joan and the gun.
Yes!!!! Her face said it all!!! And the scenes: hiding in the closet with the little toy coming toward it. OMG. And the chase scene on the apartment balconies....Her driving down the hill before the car crash...My heart was beating so fast!!! OMG, masterful piece on cinema.
It’s Norma Shearer with the stress on the first syllable.
She also gave a superb performance in Autumn Leaves and she had great chemistry with the young Cliff Robertson in his first film.
Joan Crawford was a really good actress. I have watched many of her films.
AUTUMN LEAVES, SADIE MCKEE, FEMALE ON THE BEACH, THE BEST OF EVERYTHING, ETC... SO MANY!
She was so talented! Love her❤
Sudden Fear my favorite film ! ❤😊
My favorite was definitely Mildred Pierce
This was hilariously well done even for a jaded Crawford fan such as myself.😊THANK U!!!
As far as Rain film. It was a “.heavy” film. No wonder it didn’t do well. She was FANTASTIC! What an entrance!
Superb love joan
❤ One of the greatest ever! ❤
Of those I've seen...Across to Singapore, Paid, Grand Hotel, The Shining Hour, Strange Cargo, A Woman's Face, The Damned Don't Cry
Love me some Joan, especially on a rainy Sunday. Another great one is “Autumn Leaves”
Can’t wait to see your review on Barbara Stanwyck
Ohhhhh just you wait...I absolutely LOVE Barbara Stanwyck!
Autumn leaves is incredibly touching. Romantic. And even a brew of bitch. Very high on my list on here. I think number three .
The lady was great! The “MD people” will never know how incredibly good, loving and what a brilliant artist she really was! Thank you for your attempt at waking others up!! ❤️💐🌹🙌
Would like to see top 10 performances of Susan Hayward
Oh Yes, Coming Soon!!! :)
Thanks for including Rain. I love her in it.
My fav person ever, thank you for this gem, wish someone prepared me for the humoresque ending I wasn’t ready, devastated me, she should’ve won an Oscar 100 percent for it
I don't understand why anyone wants to know the ending of a movie they've never seen before isn't that the whole purpose not knowing what's going to happen?
Harriet Craig is my absolute favorite of hers, seen it at least 25 times!
Nice video. I was surprised by Harriet Craig! I really liked that film!
Oh, "Harriet Craig," is Fantastic! It's puzzling on why it's forgotten, sometimes.
Joan Crawford was the movie stars 🌟 Movie Star 🌟
WOW....THIS IS AMAZING!!!! TOTALLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING!!!
This video gives Joan Crawford the recognition she truly deserves. I would rate Mildred Pierce as no 1 and Possessed, the runner up. Joan Crawford is still so underrated. She is a far better and more dedicated actress than Norma Shearer, studio politics denied Joan a lot of the roles she might have excelled in at MGM and although she loved working at the studio she did get better parts elsewhere.
Queen bee is sadly underrated. It was really the prototype for the Joan Collins character in Dynasty
I so agree on these! She was wonderful in A Woman's Face, and you are right, she really deserved a lot of respect for that role as it WAS a very brave and very nuanced performance. I also loved her in 'Autumn Leaves.' That wonderful scene where she is in the theatre and reminisces about all her lost opportunities for love.... just that look on her face where she doesn't utter a word was so heartbreaking. I also love what she had said about the film: "Everything clicked on Autumn Leaves. The cast was perfect, the script was good, and I think Bob [Aldrich] handled everything well. I really think Cliff did a stupendous job; another actor might have been spitting out his lines and chewing the scenery, but he avoided that trap. I think the movie on a whole was a lot better than some of the romantic movies I did in the past...but somehow it just never became better known."
You are absolutely correct about the theater scene in "Autumn Leaves". Her amazing face could express heartfelt emotion far more powerfully than any words! Thank you for drawing attention to that scene.
She has an incredible range and body of work . I like your choices . I would add Johnny Guitar and Autumn Leaves to the must see list.
I really love Joan in Autumn Leaves. It's honestly surprising to me how little people are talking about this movie in the comments, and the fact that it wasn't included in this list. Nevertheless its one of my all time favourites (and the soundtrack just makes me meltt!)
Ohhh I Understand, Completely! I love it too! It was a Hard Call, That's For Sure!
"Humoresque" is #1 for me- great to hear you praise it so highly. Everything just seemed to come together for Crawford here, regarding her acting skills, movie-star magnetism and beauty. Today, I think she could legitimately try for Supporting Actress, ala Brad Pitt in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"- big role, but definitely in support of a bigger lead role.
Fabulous piece
Other than my beef below, I respect your well prepared and presented work.
Watched Grand Hotel again recently, amazing how the other performances are of their time, quite sentimental melodramatic, but Crawford is so ALIVE. Especially the balcony scene with Barrymore trying to upstage her. Time has made him a bit of a ham in aspic, whereas Joan remains totally vibrant.
Agreed 110%! Everyone else's performance in that movie looks dated, as might be expected for a 90 year old movie. However, Joan's Flammchen still looks modern and fresh.
Fabulous commentary, and so enlightening. Thank you!
As a grandchild of both a WW2 veteran and Joan Crawford fan, the film Reunion in France has a special place in my childhood. My grandparents loved the film and would retell us scenes from it.
Forever a Crawford and Wayne devotee.
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I like JC movies from the 30s with the art deco sets, that glam B&W mirage of "life on Park Avenue" that was such a big hit with Depression audiences. Joan's always this ingenue who hits it big by hooking up with the rich guy from Monopoly. She was way beautiful back then, like a sculpture. The movies themselves were dumb escapist melodramas and comedies. I watch them for the 1930s vibe and eye candy. Grand Hotel, Possessed, Dancing Lady, No More Ladies, I Live My Life, The Women
Thank you very much for featuring Joan Crawford! ✨
Outstanding!
I personally like 'Susan and God', 'Humoresque', 'Queen Bee' and 'The Story of Esther Costello'. Plus her performances in 'Grand Hotel' and 'Berserk' were touching.
I love Joan Crawford ❤
Firstly, BARBARA PLEASE! 😂🤣 seriously, I rooted for “TINAAA” for a long time because that story spoke to my childhood, but it’s increasingly hard to take it seriously or believe it.
I watched Sudden Fear for the first time tonight…and right away the second. Her physical intensity and gut wrenching storytelling through the recording scene is mind blowing 😭❤
Oh, of course! We side with Tina the whole time and feel for her so much, I certainly did when I was a kid watching how this story unfolded in "Mommie Dearest". And indeed, once we discover more about Joan, the family dynamic, it's enough to make you wonder, how far did Joan go with abuse?
Regardless, damn what an actress. So Glad you watched, "Sudden Fear"!! So Damn Great!!
What a talent! And what a voice (I mean yours, the author! Lol). I also love Humoresque and The Damned Don't Cry (not mentioned in the main list) which are absolutely unforgettable. Also, i would make "Sudden Fear" as #1, "Mildred Pierce", No 2, "Humoresque" at #3 and the lovely "Possessed" at #4
i want to highlight ''johnny guittar''. the strength of her performance in this film impressed me. it's not the kind of acting you'd find in a traditional western at the time with a female lead. also, ''the shining hour'' deserves more attention.
ruclips.net/video/6ZT8sj3XV2M/видео.html
For me JOHNNY GUITAR is possibly her best movie. That "love scene" with Sterling Hayden which is just as much a "hate scene" is really something.
Major error - Harriet Craig not only did not have or want children, this was ultimately the reason Walter left her.
I agree with your picks!!! Damn good actress!!! I like your channel!!!
It was Joan's idea to do Baby Jane - she went to Bette & specifically wanted them to do the film together.
Though a fan, I’d avoided ‘Strait-Jacket’ because of only being familiar with a couple clips shown in retrospectives--which always included going bonkers with an axe.
Then last week I caught the whole thing on a retro channel, and enjoyed it. A low-budget job, yeah, but found her performance quite good despite the naysayers.
Good direction and supporting cast helped too. If you haven’t seen it, give it a watch.
Oh--and our very listen-able narrator (great voice there, guy) asked for our personal fave JC role. That’s a tough one, but Sadie Thompson in “Rain” pushes thru to the #1 spot for me. It’s early Crawford, the talented newbie sinking her teeth into a tailor-made part and playing it to the hilt without going over the top. Kudos to the directing hand of Lewis Milestone too.
Thank You So Much!! Yes! Every time I revisit "Rain" and "Strait-Jacket," I'm Blown Away!
It's strange re Joan Crawford's reaction to the infamous hangers. Why would she have them in her house, if she detested them so much?🧐🤔🧐🤔
Yes! Good point
Did they have dry cleaning back in those days? Dry cleaning is usually delivered on wire and paper hangers could the hangers have been left there by the housekeeper?
I love classic movies, great video!
ITS TRULY TRAGIC THT ALL PEOPLE THINK ABOUT, IS THAT BOOK AND MOVIE ,THIS IS A WOMEN THAT CAME CAME THE WORST POSSABLY BEGGININGS ,BUT SHE BECAME AN ICON ! THROUGH SHEAR WILL ,SHE DEFF HAD BEAUTY AND BRAINS AND SHE WORKED HER ASS OF ,THAT IS AN AMAZING ACOMPLISHMENT ,CAN YOU TELL I LOVE LOL !!!!!!!!!
My favorite Joan Crawford movies are Mildred Peirce, I live my life, The Women, Susan and God, Possessed, Harriet Craig, Queen Bee, Stright Jacket, etc...
Thank You So Much for Watching!! Love it So Much!
Her great films, RAIN 1932; The Damned Dont Cry 1949; Humoresque 1947.
I love the slapping bit she did in "Its a Great Feeling" . Shows a whole other side to the lady.
Yes! Joan should have tried more comedic roles.
Excellent! One tip though; it's pronounced "Shear-er."
Joan is still one of my all time favorites .....Christina and all her made up trash never swayed me
Little info on her rivalry with Norma Shearer: it was a pretty one-sided feud. Joan felt very intimidated but Norma’s success, and was frustrated by her receiving what she thought of as better roles. Norma, meanwhile, never really said anything unkind about Joan, in fact going out of her to say nice things about her in interviews. It’s sad because they probably could have been friends of Joan hadn’t been so insecure. Great video by the way!
Awesome countdown and great commentary 😊 some absolute old Hollywood classics here. I love Joan, she has such an amazing presence on the screen ❤
I'm gonna seek out and watch Forsaking All Others now, I always kind of had it low on my list before. Thanks!
Nicely done! I’ve enjoyed two that didn’t make your list. “Harriet Craig”, which a few people have already mentioned, and, well…I know it’s a silly film but her last feature “Trog” is great, campy fun. Try to keep a straight face when she says, Please Trog, let me have the child? Trog…I WANT you to GIVE ME THE CHILD!” 😅
"Johnny Guitar". The hauntingly beautiful theme song of the same name, sung by Peggy Lee, lyrics & music by Victor Young.
Most beautiful!
It’s her accepting the Oscar from the bed for me❤❤❤
Love this
Thank God Joan's work is at last being appreciated as a performer and not through the key hole of her adopted daughter's fabrifications. A great actress and a generous friend she deserves more ot these tributes. Have been a fan for more than 60 years and still treasure her long replies to my fan letters in the 1960's.
*Norma’s last name is pronounced “Shear-er,” not “Shear-rear.”
I agree with you 100% on Joan's portrayal of Sadie Thompson in 'Rain'. That is some incredible acting going on there! She should have been given an Oscar for that. Love that film, as well as 'Mildred Pierce', for obvious reasons, and 'Johnny Guitar', 'Autumn Leaves', plus the seldom mentioned 'Story of Esther Costello'. What a woman, what an actress Joan was! I raise a toast (of ice cold Pepsi) to a remarkable lady!
I would have had Queen Bee and Flamingo Road in the top 10 just because they are so high-camp, but I'm not mad at this Top 10. She's such a STAR! 🌟
Great video! Thanks for posting.
So many great films! And so many I still need to watch! Not only is she an incredible actress, she’s a prolific one! Thanks for this. So well done and fun to watch!
I’ve never understood why people think she gave a good performance in ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.’ Her ridiculous demands completely undercut her performance. Joan and Bette are supposed to be two sisters who have been locked up in that house virtually alone for a good couple of decades and yet she’s dressed to the nines and made up to the hilt. For a character who is supposed to be disabled and a has been, where did she get the money for the clothing and makeup? Then, of course, the cherry on top of that overdone sundae was her insistence on wearing falsies during the beach scene. Name me one woman of that character’s age who would have bosoms sticking straight up when they’re lying on their back, slowly dying and I’m happy to say it was a Top 10 performance. But somehow I think you’re going to have a hard time trying to come up with one example. She could have been good in that film, but she let her vanity get in the way!
Yes, she was, by all accounts, a mentor to Ann Blythe during ‘Mildred Pierce,’ but then let her own insecurities get in the way on both ‘Baby Jane’ and ‘Straight-Jacket’ where she had a younger up and coming actress canned.
One performance that I did like her in, that wasn’t mentioned, was in ‘Autumn Leaves.’ I would have replaced’Baby Jane’ with that one.
A true movie star
You've given me some ideas on what to watch soon. I'd never heard of Rain, which sounds fascinating.
Rain was ahead of its time! I wish the copy I saw was better quality! The plot twist near the end still baffles me!
1) A woman’s face ( a savage, impressive performance). 2) Sudden fear( beyond words- a miracle) 3) Mildred Pierce (legendary). 4) Autumn Leaves( incredibly touching, romantic, and even a brew of bitch). 5) The Women( tiny part in an ensemble cast). 6) Paid ( Meaty early role Norma Shearer was forced to back out of due to pregnancy.everybody forgets this one) 7) Queen Bee ( bitch, bitch, bitch) 8) Grand Hotel ( small part) 9) Torch Song( not the best movie ever , but such a bitch) 10) Dancing lady( a deliberate comic performance. Natural, sassy, and very charming )……. …………………………………Note; Some of these movies are better than others, some are high camp( you can say Queen Bee is almost a character study) , some are earnest, funny, unintentionally funny. But all are excellent performances. I love that you mentioned Janie Barlow from Dancing Lady at the very end:)
Great video ❤❤❤❤