Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 414103" data-attributes="member: 8">What a lovely surprise because the trailer looked awful.RAIN (1932)[ATTACH=full]54953[/ATTACH]Since I only know Joan from her more exploitative films (and sadly, not very good ones) I&#039;ve often wondered what it was that made her such a Hollywood icon in the first place.Naturally, since film and Hollywood were still regarded as very special entities, the idealisastion of the actors in those films seems more like a natural process.I&#039;m sure that many of these actors were indeed very talented, but at the same time I suspect that some of them got screen legend status simply because they were in&nbsp; the film.I&#039;ve never seen the 1922 stage play this film was based on but the interactions between the various characters still have that same theatre quality.But there are also moments that are better captured on film than by a live audience, and Joan Crawford brings sufficient vulnerability to her role of the brazen hussy with a dark past. She&#039;s also a lot of fun when she has to do the kicking and screaming parts.The story builds towards the transformations of the two feuding characters, but the fact that each transformation happens in a single scene it feels more &quot;plot&quot; than &quot;character&quot;.On the other hand I think that makes it look creepier, and Walter Huston&#039;s last scene has a whiff of The Night Of The Hunter.One of things that always fascinates me about these very old movies is the language and the delivery thereof.I&#039;m sort of used to how it happened in British films but this kind of old-fashioned American language is really something else. Many words and expressions I had never heard of before, I guess they&#039;re no longer in usage or the meaning/mood of these words have changed.It&#039;s a beautifully restored version released by the Mary Pickford Company and distributed by VCI. Criterion may be the most well-known distribution company that specializes in high quality DVD releases but it&#039;s certainly not the only one. The demand for physical media hasn&#039;t stopped, it has changed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 414103, member: 8"] What a lovely surprise because the trailer looked awful. RAIN (1932) [ATTACH type="full"]54953[/ATTACH] Since I only know Joan from her more exploitative films (and sadly, not very good ones) I've often wondered what it was that made her such a Hollywood icon in the first place. Naturally, since film and Hollywood were still regarded as very special entities, the idealisastion of the actors in those films seems more like a natural process. I'm sure that many of these actors were indeed very talented, but at the same time I suspect that some of them got screen legend status simply because they were [I]in[/I] the film. I've never seen the 1922 stage play this film was based on but the interactions between the various characters still have that same theatre quality. But there are also moments that are better captured on film than by a live audience, and Joan Crawford brings sufficient vulnerability to her role of the brazen hussy with a dark past. She's also a lot of fun when she has to do the kicking and screaming parts. The story builds towards the transformations of the two feuding characters, but the fact that each transformation happens in a single scene it feels more "plot" than "character". On the other hand I think that makes it look creepier, and Walter Huston's last scene has a whiff of [I]The Night Of The Hunter.[/I] One of things that always fascinates me about these very old movies is the language and the delivery thereof. I'm sort of used to how it happened in British films but this kind of old-fashioned American language is really something else. Many words and expressions I had never heard of before, I guess they're no longer in usage or the meaning/mood of these words have changed. It's a beautifully restored version released by the Mary Pickford Company and distributed by VCI. Criterion may be the most well-known distribution company that specializes in high quality DVD releases but it's certainly not the only one. The demand for physical media hasn't stopped, it has changed. [/QUOTE]

Verification

Who played Sue Ellen in Dallas?