The pre-Code drama stars Joan Crawford as the lead character, the prostitute Sadie Thompson.
Rain (1932): Lewis Milestone’s Version of Maugham, Starring Joan Crawford, Walter Huston (*AMOUR*)
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Autumn Leaves (1956): Robert Aldrich’s Melodrama, Starring, Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson
July 29, 2010 by
In the intense noir melodrama “Autumn Leaves,” Joan Crawford (in the last good decade of her career) plays Milly, a rich, older, career-oriented spinster. Upon meeting the younger and charming Burt (Cliff Robertson), she falls in love with him, not realizing his problems as a schizoid paranoid.
Daisy Kenyon (1947): Preminger Directs Joan Crawford in Melodrama, Co-Starring Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews
March 8, 2008 by
One of Otto Preminger's weaker films, largely due to the familiar potboiler melodrama, the miscasting of Danna Andrews in a lead role, and Joan Crawford's mediocre performance, “Daisy Kenyon” is nonetheless a typical woman's picture of its era.
Women, The (1939): George Cukor’s Cult Classic Comedy with All-Female Ensemble, Starring Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford
June 23, 2006 by
Claire Booth's stinging play, about the wisecracking cattiness of wives and mistresses of the upper class, was a smash-hit on Broadway. For many, it “confirmed” men's suspicions (and fantasies) of what women are talking about when there are no men around.
