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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 271923" data-attributes="member: 5079">Although the films themselves aren&#039;t necessarily great -- sometimes, not even good -- they&#039;re the epitome of star vehicles.&nbsp; Joan carries them on her shoulders but they also, circularly, enhance her appeal.&nbsp; As easy as it is for some to snipe that she was too old for FLAMINGO ROAD, I can&#039;t think of a younger actress of the era who could have pulled it off.&nbsp; (Tierney? Gardner? Turner? Meh.)It&#039;s really only the outliers of her 30&#039;s shop-girl roles that are intriguing; or, at least, her shop-girls should have been a lot closer to Crystal Allen.&nbsp; It&#039;s been too long since I&#039;ve seen RAIN for me to have an opinion on it, but it&#039;s one of the few films of the era I should revisit.&nbsp;&nbsp; The only film of Joan&#039;s earlier era that I haven&#039;t seen but want to is STRANGE CARGO (1940).&nbsp;&nbsp; The publicity stills allude to a sultry, almost Jean Harlow in RED DUST quality that I don&#039;t think Joan otherwise demonstrated.&nbsp; Whether the film will live up to that ...[ATTACH=full]27304[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 271923, member: 5079"] Although the films themselves aren't necessarily great -- sometimes, not even good -- they're the epitome of star vehicles. Joan carries them on her shoulders but they also, circularly, enhance her appeal. As easy as it is for some to snipe that she was too old for FLAMINGO ROAD, I can't think of a younger actress of the era who could have pulled it off. (Tierney? Gardner? Turner? [I]Meh[/I].) It's really only the outliers of her 30's shop-girl roles that are intriguing; or, at least, her shop-girls should have been a lot closer to Crystal Allen. It's been too long since I've seen RAIN for me to have an opinion on it, but it's one of the few films of the era I should revisit. The only film of Joan's earlier era that I haven't seen but want to is STRANGE CARGO (1940). The publicity stills allude to a sultry, almost Jean Harlow in RED DUST quality that I don't think Joan otherwise demonstrated. Whether the film will live up to that ... [ATTACH type="full" alt="9406e580426b8b3d91c158877d4d07da.jpg"]27304[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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