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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 271798" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>For me, whether she sought the role or it was pushed on her,  it fits into the artifice and vanity of Crawford's imagery.   Her entire persona during this period is a demimonde between glamourous and seedy, earthy and phony.   I find it to be one of the most interesting phases any of the Old Hollywood actresses went through, even though the movies themselves aren't necessarily great.  It's not just that it's my favorite era of Crawford, truth be told she doesn't interest me too much outside of 1945-1952.  With one or two exceptions, I have no interest in her 1930s work and, except for BABY JANE, even less interest in her post- SUDDEN FEAR career.</p></blockquote><p></p>