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Post by tom on May 31, 2021 15:18:15 GMT -6
It's not an acting tour de force like Paid, Rain, etc. but this is perhaps one of my all-time favorite scenes in a JC movie. Of course, it has to have Gable in it. From Love on the Run (1936) with Gable, and eventually Donald Meek shows up as a wacky caretaker. ok.ru/video/260653714083Starts @ ~ 35 minute mark. Gable and JC dancing is adorable. You can tell they have great chemistry together. What's your favorite JC movies scene? |
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Post by davidmorrocco on Jun 1, 2021 8:23:51 GMT -6
1933 Dancing Lady. Staring Joan and Clark and Franchot. I like the gym room scene with Joan and Clark working out and I also like the scenes in Clark’s office giving Joan the lead roll In the dancing show. I love the whole movie. Mostly I love watching them together. Looking at them look at each other. They reek of sexual tension.
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Post by tom on Jun 2, 2021 14:28:40 GMT -6
1933 Dancing Lady. Staring Joan and Clark and Franchot. I like the gym room scene with Joan and Clark working out and I also like the scenes in Clark’s office giving Joan the lead roll In the dancing show. I love the whole movie. Mostly I love watching them together. Looking at them look at each other. They reek of sexual tension. That's a good one. "Whaddya know. He can actually smile!" Joan looks like a million bucks in that movie, and you are correct, the screen sizzles when Gable and JC are on it together. Once I became enamored of Joan's early career, just about the first thing on my to-do list was to watch all 8 movies she did with Clark. Ultimate Hollywood duo IMO. |
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Post by davidmorrocco on Jun 3, 2021 10:26:33 GMT -6
Tom; you’re so good that you remembered the exact scene. I was wondering why MGM didn’t make the movies in the late 1930’s and 1940’s in “Living Color”, or “Technicolor?” I know we don’t want to ruin the “Film Noir” effect, but why not the grand finales? Was it due to all the movie theaters didn’t have the equipment or projectors for them to be played in color?
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Post by tom on Jun 3, 2021 15:54:49 GMT -6
Tom; you’re so good that you remembered the exact scene. I was wondering why MGM didn’t make the movies in the late 1930’s and 1940’s in “Living Color”, or “Technicolor?” I know we don’t want to ruin the “Film Noir” effect, but why not the grand finales? Was it due to all the movie theaters didn’t have the equipment or projectors for them to be played in color? Good question! I prefer B&W to color, but I'm strange that way! I am going to guess, that there were two things involved, one, cost, since it seems that from the late 30s, many of her films had color sequences like The Women and Ice Follies, both 1939, just not a whole movie. Check out this color scene from Ice Follies. Hilarious spin on Cinderella. Although I have to say, JC is early - mid 30s here and she has some great looking gams!  Second, as you suggested, once she moved into Film Noir territory, I think they stuck w/ B&W for artistic reasons. From what I can see on IMDB, her first color movie was a cameo in It's a Great Feeling, and then Torch Song was in color per IMDB. |
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Post by tom on Jun 3, 2021 15:56:39 GMT -6
Another favorite scene of mine. Opening scene from Paid, 1930. She's definitely not playing a clothes horse here.
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Post by Admin on Jun 3, 2021 22:26:28 GMT -6
Another favorite scene of mine. Opening scene from Paid, 1930. She's definitely not playing a clothes horse here. I like it 'cause it's Joan, and because this is the precipice upon which her subsequent REAL acting career was launched. But, honestly, her actual acting here is kinda bad. BUT... Kinda good for a first try!  |
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