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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 370043" data-attributes="member: 7">I watched the 1955 film QUEEN BEE this morning. YouTube has uploaded a lot of old movies recently, and I&#039;ve been taking advantage of my free time to mark some off my watch list.I remember seeing QUEEN BEE on Amazon when I used to search for Joan Crawford movies years ago, and I&#039;ve always wanted to see it.This is definitely a &quot;Joan Crawford movie&quot; as she dominates the story. Even when she&#039;s not on screen, all the other characters are talking about her. Literally the entire plot revolves around her in some way. She&#039;s the &quot;queen bee&quot; of a upper-class Southern family, but you never learn why she&#039;s been allowed to rule over her husband and other relatives with such relentlessness.Crawford, as one would guess, chews the scenery and hams it up in multiple areas of this B&amp;W soapy melodrama. John Ireland and Barry Sullivan are good male leads, although I&#039;d say Betsy Palmer (later famous as &quot;Mrs. Voorhees&quot; in the original FRIDAY THE 13th) gives the other standout performance as Crawford&#039;s sister-in-law. Palmer has spoken openly about how Crawford was on set. Apparently Crawford originally pampered newcomer Lucy Marlow, but her opinion soured as filming continued to the point that little Lucy thought Joan enjoyed slapping her in one scene. Palmer guesses that Crawford might&#039;ve been jealous of Marlow as the director took time coaching her performance. I won&#039;t say QUEEN BEE is a good movie, but it&#039;s better than the material Crawford ended up doing. It kind of reads as a precursor to the &quot;grande dame guignol&quot; movies she languished in throughout the &#039;60s until her career dried up. I&#039;ll probably watch it again one day. [ATTACH=full]47243[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 370043, member: 7"] I watched the 1955 film QUEEN BEE this morning. YouTube has uploaded a lot of old movies recently, and I've been taking advantage of my free time to mark some off my watch list. I remember seeing QUEEN BEE on Amazon when I used to search for Joan Crawford movies years ago, and I've always wanted to see it. This is definitely a "Joan Crawford movie" as she dominates the story. Even when she's not on screen, all the other characters are talking about her. Literally the entire plot revolves around her in some way. She's the "queen bee" of a upper-class Southern family, but you never learn why she's been allowed to rule over her husband and other relatives with such relentlessness. Crawford, as one would guess, chews the scenery and hams it up in multiple areas of this B&W soapy melodrama. John Ireland and Barry Sullivan are good male leads, although I'd say Betsy Palmer (later famous as "Mrs. Voorhees" in the original FRIDAY THE 13th) gives the other standout performance as Crawford's sister-in-law. Palmer has spoken openly about how Crawford was on set. Apparently Crawford originally pampered newcomer Lucy Marlow, but her opinion soured as filming continued to the point that little Lucy thought Joan enjoyed slapping her in one scene. Palmer guesses that Crawford might've been jealous of Marlow as the director took time coaching her performance. I won't say QUEEN BEE is a good movie, but it's better than the material Crawford ended up doing. It kind of reads as a precursor to the "grande dame guignol" movies she languished in throughout the '60s until her career dried up. I'll probably watch it again one day. [ATTACH type="full"]47243[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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