4K UHD Review: Mildred Pierce (Criterion Collection)
Based on the novel by James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce is the type of bleak, melodramatic film that its star Joan Crawford excelled in–tough as nails–a woman who could take care of herself, but is alluring enough to always have a man around (this is the 1940’s after all, she couldn’t be too independent). The […]
Blu-ray Review: Female on the Beach
Aging, but holding on to the glamour girl image that had made her a star in the 1920’s, the mid-fifties were an odd time for Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) Not quite ready for William Castle, she starred in Female on the Beach, in which she suffers the slings and arrows of emotional devastation, in luxurious surroundings. […]
Blu-ray Review: Strait-Jacket
[amazon_link asins=’B07CT95HP6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’35d3e940-c4cd-11e8-9a25-57e0fbb6ba5a’]By the 1960’s, Joan Crawford’s (Mildred Pierce) career was in serious decline. Her days as a Hollywood glamour girl were long past, and despite a brief resurgence in 1962’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? good leading roles for middle-aged actresses were few and far between. Crawford felt most of the […]
Blu-ray Review: Mildred Pierce (1945) (Criterion Collection)
Based on the novel by James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce is the type of bleak, melodramatic film that it’s star Joan Crawford excelled in–tough as nails–a woman who could take care of herself, but is alluring enough to always have a man around (this is the 1940’s after all, she couldn’t be too independent). The […]
Blu-ray Review: Grand Hotel
The Best Picture Oscar Winner of 1932, Grand Hotel was directed by Edmund Goulding (Dark Victory, The Razor’s Edge) and is based on the novel and play by Vicki Baum and the American stage version by William A. Drake. A soap opera of sorts, Grand Hotel interconnects a series of stories into a singular plot […]
Blu-ray Review: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (50th Anniversary DigiBook)
Largely regarded as a Camp classic largely because of the well documented feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Is actually a rather innovative horror film reminiscent of Psycho. Beyond that, the film dared to explore, what happens to child stars after the offers stop rolling in. As the film […]