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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 273098" data-attributes="member: 5079">I think you may need to be ready for the possibly that you&#039;ll never like Stanwyck.&nbsp; Not every performer &#039;clicks&#039; with every viewer.&nbsp; As I&#039;ve mentioned, I&#039;m fairly indifferent to Bette Davis.&nbsp; I think THE LADY EVE and BALL OF FIRE were among Stanwyck&#039;s best.&nbsp; If they didn&#039;t grab you, it probably doesn&#039;t bode well.To try to quantify what I like about Stanwyck, she was unusually versatile for actresses of the era.&nbsp; She could do comedy and drama with equal skill; she could carry an A-picture or elevate trash.&nbsp; She could be sexy in way that Davis or Hepburn couldn&#039;t, and be funny in a way Crawford and Davis couldn&#039;t.&nbsp; I read somewhere the opinion that Stanwyck was never quite as good as Davis was at her best, but never as bad as Davis was at her worst.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen anything close to a bad performance from Stanwyck, except maybe some clips of THE COLBYS but she was elderly at that point; on the other hand, her work in the THE THORN BIRDS, just a few years earlier, is some of the best screen acting I&#039;ve seen.Her peak ran in parallel with Davis from the late &#039;30s to the very early 50s, and I think her oeuvre during this period is just as good (if perhaps lacking in some of Davis&#039; &quot;prestige&quot;):STELLA DALLASTHE MAD MISS MANTONTHE LADY EVEMEET JOHN DOEBALL OF FIREDOUBLE INDEMNITYTHE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERSSORRY, WRONG NUMBERTHE FILE ON THELMA JORDAN<img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/5eF6P6NJp8rggt2LV9/giphy.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 273098, member: 5079"] I think you may need to be ready for the possibly that you'll never like Stanwyck. Not every performer 'clicks' with every viewer. As I've mentioned, I'm fairly indifferent to Bette Davis. I think THE LADY EVE and BALL OF FIRE were among Stanwyck's best. If they didn't grab you, it probably doesn't bode well. To try to quantify what I like about Stanwyck, she was unusually versatile for actresses of the era. She could do comedy and drama with equal skill; she could carry an A-picture or elevate trash. She could be sexy in way that Davis or Hepburn couldn't, and be funny in a way Crawford and Davis couldn't. I read somewhere the opinion that Stanwyck was never quite as good as Davis was at her best, but never as bad as Davis was at her worst. I've never seen anything close to a bad performance from Stanwyck, except maybe some clips of THE COLBYS but she was elderly at that point; on the other hand, her work in the THE THORN BIRDS, just a few years earlier, is some of the best screen acting I've seen. Her peak ran in parallel with Davis from the late '30s to the very early 50s, and I think her oeuvre during this period is just as good (if perhaps lacking in some of Davis' "prestige"): STELLA DALLAS THE MAD MISS MANTON THE LADY EVE MEET JOHN DOE BALL OF FIRE DOUBLE INDEMNITY THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS SORRY, WRONG NUMBER THE FILE ON THELMA JORDAN [IMG]https://media2.giphy.com/media/5eF6P6NJp8rggt2LV9/giphy.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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