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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 437682" data-attributes="member: 5079">As the years have gone by, my opinion of Joan (as an actress and star) have only increased.  Given my mood, she might just be my #1 favorite of the Golden Age.  There are a few reasons for this but perhaps the biggest is how Joan had clearly defined eras of her career.  Among her peers, I think only Dietrich is similar in having thematically consistent epochs.  Davis' focus was variety; she wanted to play as wide a range of characters as possible, but that means her career lacks the cohesion of Crawford's.  (Outside of Davis' run as a 60s Scream Queen.)Which begs the question: did Joan know what she was doing, or was this just happy coincidence? She was very savvy about her career, but did she predict Madonna by decades in creating image defining career arcs?</blockquote>