I will say this about classic Hollywood: They had to figure out how to make actors say bad words without actually saying them. The insults were much more imaginative as a result.
It treated the audience like they had some intelligence. Like ridiculous "love" scenes. Once, simply smoking let you know what happened. I'm not saying I love lack of personal expression, I don't! In the same vein, it's usually how a director chose to convey an action that ends up being the scenes you'll enjoy most and give it flair, artistically 😸
"And by the way, there's a name for you ladies but it isn't used in High Society, outside of a kennel". This has to be the best insult in movie history.
@@lindagurrera685 30s movies were full of great lines. Screenwriters in those days followed the maxim "Always assume your audience is at least as intelligent as you are".
The real villain of this movie was never Joan, Crystal Allen, but Rosalind Russell, who played Mrs. Howard Fowler (Sylvia). With friends like her, you don't need enemies like Crystal.
And if she had straight-out called them bitches, like any actress could easily do these days, it wouldn't be half as good. Nobody wants such censorship back again, but it might be admitted that when there was some, it forced a greater level of cleverness to make the same point.
@@dmhandy Yeah, the other ladies had their foibles, but Joan was just pure evil. And she STOLE this movie. If not for GONE WITH THE WIND that came the same year, I'd've bet my money on Joan Crawford for Best Actress.
@@vincentsartain3061 - 1939 was the greatest year in American cinema. There were a lot of great movies that year. By the way, Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress in "Jezebel."
I loved this film. All the Actresses were wonderful. But Joan Crawford is my favourite. She has some marvellous lines in this film. Her dress in this scene is really something! The remake years later was awful. They shouldn't have bothered. But they can't leave well alone.
What version with Elizabeth Taylor? There was a 1956 remake ,The Opposite Sex , starring June Allyson as the wife whose name was changed to Kay & Joan Collins as Crystal. In this version when the two women meet,Crystal's cattiness lands her a backhand from the wife. Lol. Also the men are present in this version Leslie Neilson is the husband. It also stars Delores Gray , Ann Miller, Ann Sheridan & Agnes Moorhead( Endora from Bewitch). Then in 2008 there was another remake with Debra Messing, Meg Ryan Jada Pinke, a black /lesbian character. That's too much for me & I am black.Lol.
@@neonmoon82 no it wasn't...I saw that show live in Broadway and Nixon ruined that character with that horrible accent and voice pitch. Issac Mizhari gowns for the show were beautiful. Jennifer Tilly was fine as Crystal but overall not a great show.
The very thing Joan desired came to be. She wanted to be remembered and cherished. She wanted respect and she’s got it 100 times over. She’s one of the greatest stars ever to grace Hollywood and she will never be forgotten. The name of “Joan Crawford” will stand the test of time.
@@jonathanmcvay4499 There is plenty of evidence that she at the very least severely exaggerated and at worst flat out lied about some things. Most likely the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Crawford was one of the film actresses you couldn't look away from, IMO. Naturally there are many other factors: hair, makeup, lighting, etc., but Crawford had that difficult-to-define quality, fascination maybe, but something beyond physical beauty.
Agree. I think this may actually be her best performance. She's obviously good in Mildred Pierce, but she doesn't suit the role as perfectly as she does this one. Her line delivery is smart and cutting, and the way she flips back and forth between speaking on the phone to her suitors with a low, velvety seductive voice and sniping at other women in the room with her shows she really integrated the lines and performs them as second nature. That doesn't come through in roles in which she plays a more fragile person, such as Mildred and Baby Jane.
@@farrellmcnulty909 Crawford had the last word by saying, “It will be ready tomorrow, Mrs. Prowler.” Russell made it hysterical by falling head first into the dumpster.
Yes Joan definitely owned this movie and I loved her dressed in this scene. In fact I love all of the fashion glamorous style in this movie,especially the Fashion Show Scene.
@@augustinecubero6011 I understood that she was referring to Ms. Russell...I'm hearing impaired, they all speak so quickly I can't quite make everything out...wish I had a copy of the dialogue. One of my favorite movies...
LOVE Norma Shearer, Joan, Roz, Mary Boland. Actually the whole cast including the beauty shop operators and health club personnel, salespersons and dude ranch people. Marjorie Main as Lucy is hysterical. Wonderful movie.
Wonderful acting. What a true beauty and talent she was!! Still talking about her 40 years after she passed. Sge made a true impact on film, being a star and a true stin pioneer as a person. Were all still in a way memorized by her perseverance and star power and sheer will power and class.
She had some guns. I think she called it her "daily dozen" or something. At times she was ripped. Phenomenal thighs. For being so tiny she was broad shouldered and hipped and was naturally thick but she worked so hard to keep trim that her figure at times was just awesome. Very athletic. And Paulette Goddard - what a babe. She almost got Gone with the Wind.
I saw Paulette Goddard's screen test as "Scarlett" in GWTW. She was quite good. But Vivien Leigh was pure perfection in the role. David Selznick knew what he was doing when he replaced Goddard with Miss Leigh.
Paulette was runner up for role. scarlett needed to be cat like. Her and vivien had that quality in their eyes. But Vivien also had more steel and dramatic chops required fir thst great role
Bette seemed to have looked down on her because she didn’t come from the theater like she did. As much as I like Bette Davis, she was at times a bit too hammy while Joan on the other hand, despite her glamorous movie star persona, was a more natural actress and her movies have aged much better than her rivals.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 I agree 100 percent, I actually like Joan's acting much better because as you said she was more natural. I honestly dont think the reason why Bette didnt give Joan the credit she deserved as a great actress, is because Bette knew she was a great actress, and I think that was Bette's hidden insecurity and mental manipulation to put that out there about Joan, so people would see her as the superior actress......Bette knew Joan was great and without any of the technical training that Bette had, and thats what really had Bette bothered
@@TahariBlue Later on in life, Bette did admit that she respected Joan’s professionalism and that she wasn’t the worst actor she ever worked with(that position belongs to Faye Dunaway). She even felt sorry for her when her daughters book got published and her reputation destroyed.
Am glad Bette did that - a shame she didn't say that when Joan was living and could have appreciated that praise, but of course Bette wouldn't have given her that satisfaction. The irony was that Joan admired Faye Dunaway who ended up playing her in "Mommie Dearest".
@@TahariBlue Both Bette and Joan would have done well with just cutting the shit and kicking back and jamming as actresses. They were both beautiful and talented, why not just enjoy it.
There's something about Joan which leaves you wanting more. Norma sheerer was alright. Pretty. But that was it. Joan was undisputed queen of Hollywood but she was so under rated. Especially in Britain. Queen forever!!!!
Joan Crawford,she was no beauty Queen but she definitely did have Sex Appealed. And she was a fabulous Actress on the screen. Even Betty Davis admitted to saying the same thing.
I stand by my belief that Norma did very well because of her husband. Had she not been Mrs. Irving I very much doubt she would have been so successful. Highly overrated.
I think this isn't fair to Shearer. There's a scene in this movie where she's talking with her husband on the phone - knowing he's cheating on her - and she keeps her tone light but her eyes are DEVASTATED. She gets a lot of flack for being Thalberg's wife but she had the chops on her own.
I always like how she knew she was beat and just rolled with it. You know Crystal will find another willing chump in no time flat. And more power to her.
She’d probably have to go out of town to find another rich sap though. All the women in New York high society know about her and will more than likely warn every rich man about her before she gets a chance to sink her claws into one of them.
In ever scene she is in-- Mary Boland's performance just draws the camera and the audience towards her....while she doesn't really 'steal' the scene; she Dominate's it, until her lines are performed-- than, the camera can relinquish her, but the eyes still look-out for her physical and silent antics. A great treasure of acting ability.
And remember the opening sequence in this movie where two dogs-undoubtedly female-were barking furiously at each other. The ending came full circle to the beginning.
It's from all that face slapping she did in films. I saw a clip of her guesting on a comedy show where she slapped the host (obviously part of the act). He asked why she did it and she smiled into the camera and said "Don't you know? I have to do that in every movie "
One of my favorite films of 1939. Too bad it didn't win any awards but it has 92%/88% rating and while budget was $1,688,000 and the box office was $2,270,000 then they did something right. "I've had two years to grow claws, Mother -- Jungle Red!"
I'm with you on that. Miriam is not what you would call a "plum roll" but Goddard makes the most of it; and "for some reason" you sit up and take notice.
Miriam is the most down-to-earth character in the movie, and Paulette Goddard is flawless. This is my favorite performance of hers...dame with a good heart.
This is a really magnificent movie. I first saw it in college and was blown away by it. The sexual politics are so outrageously dated that it's hard to take them seriously, but it's so brilliantly acted.
Most women of the time were quite content relying on men for money and security, and didn’t want to go to work hard labor all day, or get blown to bits in world war 2. Women loved masculinity in men and were happy being feminine. The suffragettes were mostly happily married heterosexual women who loved their hardworking husbands and just wanted to vote and have equal legal rights. Sadly butch, man hating feminists highjacked the movement, and now modern day women call selling booty pics for $5 on onlyfans “empowering” while screaming they don’t need a man, while MEN pay their bills! Not much has changed. It does beg the question, if a man is going to pay your bills, isn’t it better to be loved by him rather then just sell your body for nothing online? And if you view men of this time period in the same anti male modern way we all like to view women, you could even say “these poor oppressed men, forced to work long grueling hours for a woman at home and forced by women to be traditionally masculine work horses and risk their lives for others ” 😂 Funny how it’s NEVER ever sold to us that way.
What a distinctive classic beauty she was. Just wondering if human faces do evolve so much in 70-80 years.. Now people look so different from 70 yrs ago. They even talked with a very distinctive unique English accent back then.
It’s nice, but I still prefer Auntie Em’s “Almira, for years I’ve wanted to tell you exactly what I thought of you but, well, as a good Christian woman, I can’t.” I think Joan Blondell delivered a similar line in a Busby Berkeley Film “What shall I do?” “Sweetheart, as long as there’s a sidewalk you’ll have a living”.
I will say this about classic Hollywood: They had to figure out how to make actors say bad words without actually saying them. The insults were much more imaginative as a result.
Clean humor is definitely the hardest form of comedy. It takes a whole lot of wit and talent. Something “comedians” today lack.
Something writers don't have time for
It treated the audience like they had some intelligence. Like ridiculous "love" scenes. Once, simply smoking let you know what happened. I'm not saying I love lack of personal expression, I don't! In the same vein, it's usually how a director chose to convey an action that ends up being the scenes you'll enjoy most and give it flair, artistically 😸
You…you shopgirl!
And sometimes much more satisfying.
"And by the way, there's a name for you ladies but it isn't used in High Society, outside of a kennel". This has to be the best insult in movie history.
Especially since it was a way to sneak "bitch" past the Hays Office!
Haus of Gemini that is the classiest way of calling someone a bitch. Joan was masterpiece.
Truly brilliant for 1939 great
That was such a great line.
@@lindagurrera685 30s movies were full of great lines. Screenwriters in those days followed the maxim "Always assume your audience is at least as intelligent as you are".
She was the villainess, but with that response, can't help but love her!
love how Joan says "so long ladies", with this smile and closed teeth. thats the way a queen always should leave the battlefield ;-)
Ethically classic
Defeated? 🤣♥️
Absolutely!
Yes, especially when she KNOWS that she has been DEFEATED!!👍🏾12/12/2021.
right on!
The real villain of this movie was never Joan, Crystal Allen, but Rosalind Russell, who played Mrs. Howard Fowler (Sylvia). With friends like her, you don't need enemies like Crystal.
All these actresses were incredibly beautiful and stunning.
Paulette Goddard was a Beauty.
@@TubeHeiress. She was indeed. Quite beautiful.
Pure shade is what Joan Crawford threw at them! I loved it! She called them B***hes without using the word. Haha
And if she had straight-out called them bitches, like any actress could easily do these days, it wouldn't be half as good. Nobody wants such censorship back again, but it might be admitted that when there was some, it forced a greater level of cleverness to make the same point.
Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black
I love that.
@@dmhandy Yeah, the other ladies had their foibles, but Joan was just pure evil. And she STOLE this movie. If not for GONE WITH THE WIND that came the same year, I'd've bet my money on Joan Crawford for Best Actress.
@@vincentsartain3061 - 1939 was the greatest year in American cinema. There were a lot of great movies that year. By the way, Bette Davis won the Oscar for Best Actress in "Jezebel."
Shade Level: Legendary!
Best catty response EVER! Classy without being coarse or vulgar. Too bad we can’t copy such behavior and etiquette today.
It's the writing too.
@@chrsd2536 On leaving, I'd have said to the ladies, "You are terribly naughty and I disapprove of you." ...okay, I'm not good at this.
I loved this film. All the Actresses were wonderful. But Joan Crawford is my favourite. She has some marvellous lines in this film. Her dress in this scene is really something! The remake years later was awful. They shouldn't have bothered. But they can't leave well alone.
Elissa Schornstein all of the remakes were terrible. This film has been remade several times including a version with Elizabeth Taylor.
Several years ago they did the play on PBS with Cynthia Nixon as the lead and Jennifer Tilly in the Joan Crawford role. It was really quite well done.
Joan is absolutely gorgeous in that sparkly dress! I wish her 1930’s self was still around! She was stunning!
What version with Elizabeth Taylor? There was a 1956 remake ,The Opposite Sex , starring June Allyson as the wife whose name was changed to Kay & Joan Collins as Crystal. In this version when the two women meet,Crystal's cattiness lands her a backhand from the wife. Lol. Also the men are present in this version Leslie Neilson is the husband. It also stars Delores Gray , Ann Miller, Ann Sheridan & Agnes Moorhead( Endora from Bewitch). Then in 2008 there was another remake with Debra Messing, Meg Ryan Jada Pinke, a black /lesbian character. That's too much for me & I am black.Lol.
@@neonmoon82 no it wasn't...I saw that show live in Broadway and Nixon ruined that character with that horrible accent and voice pitch. Issac Mizhari gowns for the show were beautiful. Jennifer Tilly was fine as Crystal but overall not a great show.
Crystal to Mary: "If Steven doesn't like something I'm wearing, I take it off!"
Lol!
@@windstorm1000 THANKS for the TIP - Stephen's tip, anyone?
Everyone is stuck on the "outside of a kennel" line....what got me was the unbothered "so long ladies" that was pure shade.
Crystal knew there plenty other rich men to hook her claws into.
@@nina1522 exactly. She's down but not out.
@@windstorm1000 I loved that "I'm screwed" look on Joan's face when she discovers Buck isn't independent.
Joan started in film back in 1925 and here we are almost 100 years later still celebrating her ❤
The very thing Joan desired came to be. She wanted to be remembered and cherished. She wanted respect and she’s got it 100 times over. She’s one of the greatest stars ever to grace Hollywood and she will never be forgotten. The name of “Joan Crawford” will stand the test of time.
Sadly, too many people today only remember her as “mommie dearest.”
Love her! Joan is the quintessential American movie star ❤
@@kcirtapelyk6060 it’s so frustrating. Christina lied
@@heathernikki5734 we have no idea if Christina lied, embellished, or told the truth.
@@jonathanmcvay4499 There is plenty of evidence that she at the very least severely exaggerated and at worst flat out lied about some things. Most likely the truth is somewhere in the middle.
Crawford was one of the film actresses you couldn't look away from, IMO. Naturally there are many other factors: hair, makeup, lighting, etc., but Crawford had that difficult-to-define quality, fascination maybe, but something beyond physical beauty.
Yes. Called STAR QUALITY ⭐️
The Great Joan Crawford should have done more comedy. She's great.
Agreed --she has flair and timing. !!
Agree. I think this may actually be her best performance. She's obviously good in Mildred Pierce, but she doesn't suit the role as perfectly as she does this one. Her line delivery is smart and cutting, and the way she flips back and forth between speaking on the phone to her suitors with a low, velvety seductive voice and sniping at other women in the room with her shows she really integrated the lines and performs them as second nature. That doesn't come through in roles in which she plays a more fragile person, such as Mildred and Baby Jane.
@@DavidMichaelCommer The perfume counter scene at Blacks.
@@RaymondHng That was hysterical. Crawford was a way better screwball comedienne than anyone, including herself, gave her credit.
@@farrellmcnulty909 Crawford had the last word by saying, “It will be ready tomorrow, Mrs. Prowler.” Russell made it hysterical by falling head first into the dumpster.
Joan owned this movie.
True I fast forward to her scenes mostly
Yes Joan definitely owned this movie and I loved her dressed in this scene. In fact I love all of the fashion glamorous style in this movie,especially the Fashion Show Scene.
The little girl wasn't bad - and the model in the corset shop.
Lucy Fisher omg that other blonde girl was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life
Lucy Fisher woops thought u were talking abt her fellow perfume counter lady
I. LOVE. THIS. MOVIE.!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
WITH JOAN CRAWFORD ACTING WASN'T JUST A CAREER IT WAS HER LIFE.
Her on-screen presence is extraordinary!
great ensemble casting. the speed in Russell's speech is incredible. You get a sense of the real Lucille LeSueur in this part.
Teixeira25ify,
Lucille LeSueur: A girl from the wrong side of the tracks, who wants the good life and uses what shes got to get it.
The speed in Crawford's speech?
@@annedavis6090 rosalind Russell she said...the one that just fall down from inside the closet.
@@augustinecubero6011 I understood that she was referring to Ms. Russell...I'm hearing impaired, they all speak so quickly I can't quite make everything out...wish I had a copy of the dialogue. One of my favorite movies...
@@annedavis6090 Rosalind Russell
I've always loved this scene! That was the perfect way for her to walk out.
Great acting Joan! And Norma S is so gorgeous!!
LOVE Norma Shearer, Joan, Roz, Mary Boland. Actually the whole cast including the beauty shop operators and health club personnel, salespersons and dude ranch people. Marjorie Main as Lucy is hysterical. Wonderful movie.
JOAN CRAWFORD!!!🤩🤩🤩 I LOVE HOW SHE CALLS SHADE ESSENTIALLY SAYING. “ITS JUST A ROOM FULLA BITCHES”!! WITHOUT SAYING “BITCHES”
Legendary scene with some Hollywood greats... Crawford was flawless
Paulette Goddard screen presence in this flick is out of this world. Love her.
It's probably my most favorite Joan Crawford scene of all. And she never looked better.
watched last night for the first time. I loved it
Wow, look at that dress Joan's wearing...beautiful.
She was one of the best. She made you believe she was the real character. The BEST!
Damn Joan Crawford drop the mic and left the building.....Fierce ❤️❤️❤️🎤
MILDRED is FIERCE
All hail the legend, Joan Crawford!
I’m in love with Joan’s dress 👗😻😻!!!!!!
Wish we'd gotten more films with Crawford & Russell. They completely stole this film and should have won the Oscar joint that year!
Agreed! And 1939 was quite the year for films.
love Joan!
omg.....LEGEND. should have been called The Woman. She just slays......#nevahaflaw.
Wonderful acting. What a true beauty and talent she was!! Still talking about her 40 years after she passed. Sge made a true impact on film, being a star and a true stin pioneer as a person. Were all still in a way memorized by her perseverance and star power and sheer will power and class.
Crawford slaying . I will always love this movie . the speed of the dialogue , everything fablous
Joan Crawford’s dress. STUNNING!!!!!
Whoa Joans dress is beautiful
Joan’s dress in this is beautiful!
She had some guns. I think she called it her "daily dozen" or something. At times she was ripped. Phenomenal thighs. For being so tiny she was broad shouldered and hipped and was naturally thick but she worked so hard to keep trim that her figure at times was just awesome. Very athletic.
And Paulette Goddard - what a babe. She almost got Gone with the Wind.
I saw Paulette Goddard's screen test as "Scarlett" in GWTW. She was quite good. But Vivien Leigh was pure perfection in the role. David Selznick knew what he was doing when he replaced Goddard with Miss Leigh.
she did have the most call-backs, there's a compilation video on CZcams highlighting the various screen tests.
Paulette was runner up for role. scarlett needed to be cat like. Her and vivien had that quality in their eyes. But Vivien also had more steel and dramatic chops required fir thst great role
Joan an underrated incredible actress, and Bette knew it
Bette seemed to have looked down on her because she didn’t come from the theater like she did. As much as I like Bette Davis, she was at times a bit too hammy while Joan on the other hand, despite her glamorous movie star persona, was a more natural actress and her movies have aged much better than her rivals.
@@kcirtapelyk6060 I agree 100 percent, I actually like Joan's acting much better because as you said she was more natural. I honestly dont think the reason why Bette didnt give Joan the credit she deserved as a great actress, is because Bette knew she was a great actress, and I think that was Bette's hidden insecurity and mental manipulation to put that out there about Joan, so people would see her as the superior actress......Bette knew Joan was great and without any of the technical training that Bette had, and thats what really had Bette bothered
@@TahariBlue Later on in life, Bette did admit that she respected Joan’s professionalism and that she wasn’t the worst actor she ever worked with(that position belongs to Faye Dunaway). She even felt sorry for her when her daughters book got published and her reputation destroyed.
Am glad Bette did that - a shame she didn't say that when Joan was living and could have appreciated that praise, but of course Bette wouldn't have given her that satisfaction. The irony was that Joan admired Faye Dunaway who ended up playing her in "Mommie Dearest".
@@TahariBlue Both Bette and Joan would have done well with just cutting the shit and kicking back and jamming as actresses. They were both beautiful and talented, why not just enjoy it.
This is the best filmed version. It is absolutly brilliant, as are all the actresses.
There's something about Joan which leaves you wanting more.
Norma sheerer was alright. Pretty. But that was it.
Joan was undisputed queen of Hollywood but she was so under rated. Especially in Britain.
Queen forever!!!!
Joan Crawford,she was no beauty Queen but she definitely did have Sex Appealed. And she was a fabulous Actress on the screen. Even Betty Davis admitted to saying the same thing.
Jxnxb Nxnxjxnx yes! I love Joan!
@@lastdays3148 tf are you talking about, she was definitely beautiful. Bette Davis said she wished she was half as beautiful. And i love them both.
I stand by my belief that Norma did very well because of her husband. Had she not been Mrs. Irving I very much doubt she would have been so successful. Highly overrated.
I think this isn't fair to Shearer. There's a scene in this movie where she's talking with her husband on the phone - knowing he's cheating on her - and she keeps her tone light but her eyes are DEVASTATED. She gets a lot of flack for being Thalberg's wife but she had the chops on her own.
i can't tell who is the most beautiful woman of all these actresses on this movie.
Cheers (also!) to the great film Director, George Cukor - one of the best ever!
Wow look at these dresses
I know I have watched this movie so many times because of the Glamour and of course the great Acting from everyone.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THEM especially Ms. Crawford! 👍👍❤👍👍
Between Joan and Roz. Hard to choose
Joan was so beautiful, I love all these actresses ❤❤❤❤
I always like how she knew she was beat and just rolled with it. You know Crystal will find another willing chump in no time flat. And more power to her.
She’d probably have to go out of town to find another rich sap though. All the women in New York high society know about her and will more than likely warn every rich man about her before she gets a chance to sink her claws into one of them.
In ever scene she is in-- Mary Boland's performance just draws the camera and the audience towards her....while she doesn't really 'steal' the scene; she Dominate's it, until her lines are performed-- than, the camera can relinquish her, but the eyes still look-out for her physical and silent antics. A great treasure of acting ability.
She was apparently an early mentor of Katharine Hepburn.
Mary Boland was in this scene? I honestly didn't notice her.
Who? Joan stole this scene. And every other scene she was in.
I love the way they speak
That dress! 😻
That DRESS!!!!!
LOVE every second of it.
OMG HER DRESS 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
The shade and that gown! ✅ Joan is QUEEN!
Joan. What a powerhouse!
Fantastic dialogue and even
Better acting !!
Don'tcha just LOVE Crawford's gown in this scene??
Damn she was gorgeous
Her dress was amazing.
That was probably the best movie line ever
The line was written by Anita Lois from the play by Clare Boothe Luce.
Frankly my dear.. I don't give a damn.
"Say, how much would you charge me to haunt a house?" Oliver Hardy to a local authority official, Pack Up Your Troubles.
there were so many great lines in this : "so chin up countess" "yeah both of them"
I mean Joan owned this movie
And remember the opening sequence in this movie where two dogs-undoubtedly female-were barking furiously at each other. The ending came full circle to the beginning.
Joan stole the picture playing the hard-as-nails shop girl.
One of the best scenes ever.
I love Joan’s dress
Now that's how you throw shade
Look at joans arms she was Jacked!!! I love her 😍 beautiful strong yet elegant
It's from all that face slapping she did in films.
I saw a clip of her guesting on a comedy show where she slapped the host (obviously part of the act). He asked why she did it and she smiled into the camera and said "Don't you know? I have to do that in every movie "
I need to grab a snack and sit back and watch this again! Love this movie!
One of my favorite films of 1939. Too bad it didn't win any awards but it has 92%/88% rating and while budget was $1,688,000 and the box office was $2,270,000 then they did something right. "I've had two years to grow claws, Mother -- Jungle Red!"
The shade ! The shade of it all !!
The top of Joan's dress is a bra. I love this era!!
Love love love Joanie! One of my all time favorite scenes!!
Absolute gold I quoted this scene many times classes way to say the b word
Outside of a kennel!! I gotta write that shit down!! Lmao
Joan is such a legend
I just wrote it down myself. LOL.
It's kidnapping! That's what it is! It's kidnapping! Rosalind Russell is such a gem
Love this movie. So entertaining. Quit the line-up of great actresses too. Love Norma Shearer.
She was on screen only 23 minutes but she stole the movie ( and had the best wardrobe).
One of my favorite scenes of all time!
That's how you throw shade, classic joan shade.
Paulette Goddard was always my favorite here for some reason haha
I'm with you on that. Miriam is not what you would call a "plum roll" but Goddard makes the most of it; and "for some reason" you sit up and take notice.
Yeah, when she's on screen she pulls your attention.
keloggs8495plus Kelli Green Rosalind Russell rules!
Miriam is the most down-to-earth character in the movie, and Paulette Goddard is flawless. This is my favorite performance of hers...dame with a good heart.
it's when she taunts Crystal with "Kama Ti Yi Yippie..."
Omg Joan was a great actress! She will always be my top favorite! 😍❤️
All of that in a Joan Crawford picture and nobody got slapped? I kept waiting for it. 🤣🤣🤣
That quote about the kennel is just legendary and only Joan could do it.
masterly, and the dress!, would love to see that movie again!
LOVE this movie!❤️
This is a really magnificent movie. I first saw it in college and was blown away by it. The sexual politics are so outrageously dated that it's hard to take them seriously, but it's so brilliantly acted.
The politics are actually still quite relevant, in my view.
Most women of the time were quite content relying on men for money and security, and didn’t want to go to work hard labor all day, or get blown to bits in world war 2. Women loved masculinity in men and were happy being feminine. The suffragettes were mostly happily married heterosexual women who loved their hardworking husbands and just wanted to vote and have equal legal rights. Sadly butch, man hating feminists highjacked the movement, and now modern day women call selling booty pics for $5 on onlyfans “empowering” while screaming they don’t need a man, while MEN pay their bills! Not much has changed. It does beg the question, if a man is going to pay your bills, isn’t it better to be loved by him rather then just sell your body for nothing online? And if you view men of this time period in the same anti male modern way we all like to view women, you could even say “these poor oppressed men, forced to work long grueling hours for a woman at home and forced by women to be traditionally masculine work horses and risk their lives for others ” 😂 Funny how it’s NEVER ever sold to us that way.
You only think its outdated.
Outdated? "T'was ever thus, my friend."
What a distinctive classic beauty she was. Just wondering if human faces do evolve so much in 70-80 years.. Now people look so different from 70 yrs ago. They even talked with a very distinctive unique English accent back then.
Such a classic brilliant film ! Superb acting
Joan Crawford a.k.a Shady Queen!
It’s nice, but I still prefer Auntie Em’s “Almira, for years I’ve wanted to tell you exactly what I thought of you but, well, as a good Christian woman, I can’t.” I think Joan Blondell delivered a similar line in a Busby Berkeley Film “What shall I do?” “Sweetheart, as long as there’s a sidewalk you’ll have a living”.
Love joans dress
A lot of people need to hear this line.
Those dresses sparkling ✨
Such a Good movie!😮SoOo glad I watched it. TCM. if you can find it, WATCH it 💅💋💄👑👗👠👜💳💰
Joan owned this movie everything lol yess