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<blockquote data-quote="darkshadows38" data-source="post: 50649" data-attributes="member: 19">i dunno who i think is the better actress to be honest. i love them both, there are plenty of films where they are not on the best. a good example of Davis not on her top form is in i think it was The Bad Seed&quot; i think the name of it is ? her 1st film from (1931) yes it&#039;s an early role but she&#039;s not very good in it. there&#039;s also a couple others around that time she wasn&#039;t very good in. honestly i&#039;d love to say that both of them did a lot of great films and they did. they just weren&#039;t always good in certain ones. now having said that i haven&#039;t seen them all yet. i just LOVE &quot;The Unknown &#039; (1927) with Lon Chaney Sr. Worth a watch by the way. i think both of them could ham it up as well. it just depended on the film i think. Davis did do a lot of better films because she wasn&#039;t stuck in just doing horror like Crawford was in the 60s&#039;.&nbsp; though i do love straight-jacket and a few others i love that era for her. but i can see why she hated it. no doubt Davis had a better agent as well. though she did her fair share of bad films as well. of Human Hearts (1934) may have been Davis&#039;s 1st film where she was nominated and i forget if she won that year or not?&nbsp; but honestly the film is terrible and though she was nominated i honestly don&#039;t think it&#039;s one of her best acting jobs. she wasn&#039;t in my book not very good in it. the make-up though was great though for the time. Mr. Skeffington is an over-long film that had fantastic make-up by i am guessing Ben Nye.&nbsp; though it&#039;s not among my favorites of hers but it has it&#039;s moments though such as that ending that is sad but pretty good i think. i love the fact that she didn&#039;t give a damn what she looked like on screen as long as it worked for the film. Crawford though was to into her own looks i think. what&#039;s funny is if you look up Davis&#039;s bio that she wrote she admits that when she 1st came to hollywood and before that she admired Crawford and idolized her. i wonder when that did change? the more i think about it the more i think i love Davis more because she can do more range and experiment with the roles. though i think the nanny is an awful film her look in it as fantastic.&nbsp; Davis also realized she couldn&#039;t play the young lover forever and did change at some point in doing films that didn&#039;t call for it. Crawford though could not accept the fact that he got old in the 60&#039;s. and that&#039;s why she retired from the industry well that and the scripts she was getting. she hated how she looked at the end of her life. refused to accept she wasn&#039;t 35 anymore. Davis i think accepted it and doing all the various looks i think helped her deal with that in her own way. but still i love them both though. even though both of them could be drama queens in their own ways.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="darkshadows38, post: 50649, member: 19"] i dunno who i think is the better actress to be honest. i love them both, there are plenty of films where they are not on the best. a good example of Davis not on her top form is in i think it was The Bad Seed" i think the name of it is ? her 1st film from (1931) yes it's an early role but she's not very good in it. there's also a couple others around that time she wasn't very good in. honestly i'd love to say that both of them did a lot of great films and they did. they just weren't always good in certain ones. now having said that i haven't seen them all yet. i just LOVE "The Unknown ' (1927) with Lon Chaney Sr. Worth a watch by the way. i think both of them could ham it up as well. it just depended on the film i think. Davis did do a lot of better films because she wasn't stuck in just doing horror like Crawford was in the 60s'. though i do love straight-jacket and a few others i love that era for her. but i can see why she hated it. no doubt Davis had a better agent as well. though she did her fair share of bad films as well. of Human Hearts (1934) may have been Davis's 1st film where she was nominated and i forget if she won that year or not? but honestly the film is terrible and though she was nominated i honestly don't think it's one of her best acting jobs. she wasn't in my book not very good in it. the make-up though was great though for the time. Mr. Skeffington is an over-long film that had fantastic make-up by i am guessing Ben Nye. though it's not among my favorites of hers but it has it's moments though such as that ending that is sad but pretty good i think. i love the fact that she didn't give a damn what she looked like on screen as long as it worked for the film. Crawford though was to into her own looks i think. what's funny is if you look up Davis's bio that she wrote she admits that when she 1st came to hollywood and before that she admired Crawford and idolized her. i wonder when that did change? the more i think about it the more i think i love Davis more because she can do more range and experiment with the roles. though i think the nanny is an awful film her look in it as fantastic. Davis also realized she couldn't play the young lover forever and did change at some point in doing films that didn't call for it. Crawford though could not accept the fact that he got old in the 60's. and that's why she retired from the industry well that and the scripts she was getting. she hated how she looked at the end of her life. refused to accept she wasn't 35 anymore. Davis i think accepted it and doing all the various looks i think helped her deal with that in her own way. but still i love them both though. even though both of them could be drama queens in their own ways. [/QUOTE]

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