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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 274179" data-attributes="member: 5079">I poked around Youtube last night looking for Joan&#039;s final acting role in THE SIXTH SENSE (1972), but could only find the edited for syndication 30 minute version; so I skipped it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Instead I watched two TV appearances from the early 50s.&nbsp;&nbsp; Being made in &#039;53 and &#039;54, I had hoped these would fit in thematically with Joan&#039;s Warner&#039;s era or even the tough-as-old-boots image she adopted in the mid-50s.&nbsp; &nbsp; Unfortunately, not.&nbsp; Every so often Joan seemed to have aspirations to being &quot;noble&quot;.&nbsp; There&#039;s nothing technically wrong with her performances -- sometimes she&#039;s quite good here -- but if I wanted Greer Garson, I&#039;d watch Greer Garson.&nbsp;&nbsp; On the plus side, she looked better than she did in movies of the same period; minus the severity of her hairstyle.[MEDIA=youtube]2vOoRmUJCBY:1016[/MEDIA]This one was a bit better, aside from the shoddiness of having the steering wheel on the wrong side.&nbsp; Joan abandoning a kid into the clutches of a presumed killer to save herself was kind of funny, even if certainly unintentional.[MEDIA=youtube]wWTcxGDeuFU:714[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 274179, member: 5079"] I poked around Youtube last night looking for Joan's final acting role in THE SIXTH SENSE (1972), but could only find the edited for syndication 30 minute version; so I skipped it. Instead I watched two TV appearances from the early 50s. Being made in '53 and '54, I had hoped these would fit in thematically with Joan's Warner's era or even the tough-as-old-boots image she adopted in the mid-50s. Unfortunately, not. Every so often Joan seemed to have aspirations to being "noble". There's nothing technically wrong with her performances -- sometimes she's quite good here -- but if I wanted Greer Garson, I'd watch Greer Garson. On the plus side, she looked better than she did in movies of the same period; minus the severity of her hairstyle. [MEDIA=youtube]2vOoRmUJCBY:1016[/MEDIA] This one was a bit better, aside from the shoddiness of having the steering wheel on the wrong side. Joan abandoning a kid into the clutches of a presumed killer to save herself was kind of funny, even if certainly unintentional. [MEDIA=youtube]wWTcxGDeuFU:714[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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