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Post by tom on Dec 29, 2021 18:21:38 GMT -6
Our admin and fearless leader Stephanie has resolved to review all Joan flicks in 2022. Anyone got Joan related NY resolutions? I'm going to resolve to look at more Joan flicks from her latter days. After the pre-code era apart from those I've seen already like Strange Cargo and The Gorgeous Hussy. Recommendations welcome!
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Post by Kinky Boots on Jan 9, 2022 1:31:57 GMT -6
A Woman’s Face is a must see! Humoresque is perhaps her finest performance IMO. The Damned Don’t Cry is wall to wall Crawford and very entertaining. Queen Bee is a hoot and a half just slathered in Joan-ness🤣😂🤣
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Post by tom on Jan 9, 2022 10:34:27 GMT -6
A Woman’s Face is a must see! Humoresque is perhaps her finest performance IMO. The Damned Don’t Cry is wall to wall Crawford and very entertaining. Queen Bee is a hoot and a half just slathered in Joan-ness🤣😂🤣 Brilliant! Thanks for the suggestions. I've seen Damned and it may be my favorite post-MGM film thus far. A Woman's Face is high on my list for post-code Joanie flicks. How close is Queen Bee the novel to the film? I just watched Harriet Craig and I'm still mildly traumatized by JC being a villain and not the heroine! 😃 |
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Post by Kinky Boots on Jan 11, 2022 3:47:08 GMT -6
I never read the novel of Queen Bee so I cannot say, but the villain Joan plays in the film makes Harriet Craig look like Pollyanna. Embrace the trauma and luxuriate in all that is Joan😂 Maybe bookend Queen Bee with Sudden Fear where our Joan is at her sympathetic, lip-quivering best. Another underrated film performance IMO is Daisy Kenyon.
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Post by Admin on Jan 28, 2022 22:58:57 GMT -6
So far in 2022, I've reviewed "Lady of the Night," "Proud Flesh," and "Pretty Ladies" for the BOE site. I'm kind of on pace. (One film review per week will make my goal by the end of the year...) Thanks to Tom for being an inspiration for watching the early silent films!
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Post by Admin on Jan 28, 2022 23:05:27 GMT -6
p.s. My 2023 Resolution: To review all of the Joan bios. And then the year after, all of the books that Joan movies were based on... Gonna take me forever!  |
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Post by davidmorrocco on Jan 30, 2022 1:14:22 GMT -6
I really like your idea on the Joan bios. I would definitely be interested in that. 👍😊
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Post by Admin on Mar 25, 2022 22:33:00 GMT -6
I really like your idea on the Joan bios. I would definitely be interested in that. 👍😊 Unfortunately, writing is a bit tedious, even though I like to write. RE the initial film goal (not to mention the bios): I was very gung-ho at the beginning of the year (trying to do at least 1 film a week). But as the year has progressed, I've gotten way lazier. For one thing: Writing an intelligent review is kind of hard! And it takes a bit of time: 1-2 hours of re-watching the movie, then another couple of hours to sort out your thoughts... Often, when I get off work, I want more to just add photos and info to the BOE website instead of taking some quiet time to re-watch a movie... And then the books! I need to buckle down intellectually! |
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Post by Admin on Mar 25, 2022 22:53:04 GMT -6
Our admin and fearless leader Stephanie has resolved to review all Joan flicks in 2022. Anyone got Joan related NY resolutions? I'm going to resolve to look at more Joan flicks from her latter days. After the pre-code era apart from those I've seen already like Strange Cargo and The Gorgeous Hussy. Recommendations welcome! Humoresque (she looks fantastic and good story, though she doesn't appear for the first half hour) Possessed (subject matter is hard to watch because I think I acted like Louise myself in past years!) Flamingo Road (good story, though Joan is not exactly of "carney girl" age) Damned Don't Cry (good soap opera) Harriet Craig (good/sad realistic story; well acted by Joan and all) Sudden Fear (great) Johnny Guitar (Joan scenes intense and great) Female on the Beach (good soap opera) Queen Bee (good soap opera) Autumn Leaves (good realistic story; well acted by Joan and all) |
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Post by tom on May 20, 2022 12:19:12 GMT -6
p.s. My 2023 Resolution: To review all of the Joan bios. And then the year after, all of the books that Joan movies were based on... Gonna take me forever! The book resolution would be easier, I think. I'm trying to hunt down the source books for her lost films and many are fun and quick reads. To be honest, I'm reading for pleasure not with an eye toward analysis or review. I just finished The Taxi Dancer. The Duke Steps Out is slotted for my next vacation. |
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Post by tom on Dec 3, 2022 12:26:39 GMT -6
A Woman’s Face is a must see! Humoresque is perhaps her finest performance IMO. The Damned Don’t Cry is wall to wall Crawford and very entertaining. Queen Bee is a hoot and a half just slathered in Joan-ness🤣😂🤣 It took most of the year, but finally got to watch A Woman's Face. Liked it a lot. Great recommendation. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 29, 2023 21:29:39 GMT -6
Though I fearlessly made this resolution in late 2021, I have (as of October 2023) fallen far short!
By the end of 2022, I had only gotten through 1931's "Possessed."
As the end of 2023 nears (writing this in October 2023), I have just now gotten through 1946's "Humoresque."
When I first started the BOE site in 2004, I initially just sporadically wrote reviews for the Joan films that I liked the most: Rain, Dancing Lady, Strange Cargo, Sudden Fear, Johnny Guitar, Autumn Leaves. And then "This Modern Age," I really hated a lot, so I expressed that early, too!
After my 2021 resolution, I did NOT make my goal of reviewing ALL by the end of 2022. But I did start to go down the list of Joan films chronologically, and since then have at least posted 2 reviews per month to the BOE site.
Going down the chronological list has been a discipline! Even though I love Joan and I like to write: You don't always feel like sitting down and watching something for 2 hours and then writing seriously about it. You might love the artist, but if the film is mediocre (as some of her silents and MGM talkies and post-MGM films are), it's an actual chore to tease out the critical reasons WHY something is or is not good. (I guess the same goes for her good films---we all emotionally know why we like them. But it's harder to WRITE about why.)
So, yes, I poke my way along the Joan-film review trek!
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