she was a.ma.zing in 'johnny guitar'!

the harsh, defiant posture, the jet-black hair, the pale skin, the red lips, the overall contrasts of the film's color palette, and the intimidating stance as she's surrounded in nearly every scene by nothing but men, all reveal a woman of such supernatural backbone, she seems almost biblical.. i.e., not just a match to any man, but in fact a superior specimen.. one of the greatest proto-feminist roles hollywood has ever given us and an epic masterpiece of subtext to boot..

hurray for la crawford for having the intestinal fortitude to do this role justice in every way!

it wasn't the fall from her 16th-floor penthouse that killed her, it was the landing