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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 442031" data-attributes="member: 5079">I haven&#039;t seen many of Joan Bennett&#039;s films, perhaps just her four most famous.&nbsp; She moved from noir vamp (THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW and SCARLETT STREET) to Elizabeth Taylor&#039;s mom (the two FATHER OF THE BRIDE films) with surprising speed and good grace.&nbsp; Like a lot of actresses of her generation, she sustained her career in the 60s by turning to horror.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen very little of DARK SHADOWS and not enough to have any opinion on her work on that show.Curious that she was such a strong contender for Scarlett O&#039;Hara.&nbsp; Based on her brunette femme fatale phase it makes sense but, circa 1938, I believe she was still a blonde ingénue who was probably better suited to Melanie.&nbsp; I guess Selznick saw that potential in her earlier but I still think she lacked the fire of Leigh or Goddard.Overall, I think her sister Constance was the more dynamic actress but then I&#039;ve only seen a handful of her movies too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 442031, member: 5079"] I haven't seen many of Joan Bennett's films, perhaps just her four most famous. She moved from noir vamp (THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW and SCARLETT STREET) to Elizabeth Taylor's mom (the two FATHER OF THE BRIDE films) with surprising speed and good grace. Like a lot of actresses of her generation, she sustained her career in the 60s by turning to horror. I've seen very little of DARK SHADOWS and not enough to have any opinion on her work on that show. Curious that she was such a strong contender for Scarlett O'Hara. Based on her brunette femme fatale phase it makes sense but, circa 1938, I believe she was still a blonde ingénue who was probably better suited to Melanie. I guess Selznick saw that potential in her earlier but I still think she lacked the fire of Leigh or Goddard. Overall, I think her sister Constance was the more dynamic actress but then I've only seen a handful of her movies too. [/QUOTE]

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