The cast features great female stars of the era, Joan Crawford, Rita Hayworth, Rose Hobart and Ruth Hussey. All would be worthwhile bedding down but for our money only one (1) would we like to continuely wake up to and that is Ruth Hussey. The others seem artificial or neurotic while she comes across as being NORMAL and who would be a good partner in and out of bed.
shareI think that's the point of the movie. Ruth Hussey's character is the only "sane" woman in the batch. I think it has more to do with the characters these actresses played in this particular film.
I love Crawford in this film. She never did anything remotely like this character before or after and I think she nails it beautifully. Her best comedy by far thanks to George Cukor.
jaddeo; Strangely though this film was a financial disappointment for the studio, M.G.M. and hastened CRAWFORDs' departure. I have always liked the film. Maybe it was just the wrong time for it. Thought the entire cast did a first rate job.
shareI couldn't agree with you more Xerxes - I LOVE this film and it's ashame it wasn't a box office hit for Crawford. It is really one of her best performances and a very classy film that should have led to more first rate films for her. She did do A Woman's Face right after - another great one - but then MGM just put her out to pasture. A dirty rotten shame - but thank GOD Warner Brothers resurrected Joan big time.
sharejaddeo; Yes, Jack Warner resurrected Ms. Crawfords' career and she continued to make good movies through to the mid 1950s'. Interesting Warner also turned too free-lancer Barbara Stanwyck at the same time he brought on Crawford. Seemed like he had enough of the "Queen" of the Warners lot, Bette Davis. The plum roles from 1943 on seemed to go to Crawford and Stanwyck.
shareYes, I think Bette dug her own grave with Jack Warner and he was glad to use Crawford and Stanywck as weapons against her. Davis had a great run at Warners but after all the nasty things she said and felt about Joan Crawford she must have gone nearly half mad to have "That Mannequin from MGM" as she referred to her, be her chiefest rival and inevitably eclipse her supremacey at Warners. Crawford is the phoenix rising from the ashes from 1945 to 1950 and Davis sinks further and further into a spiral she couldn't get out of. In fact, if it weren't for All About Eve her career from 1945 onwards would have really tanked.
sharejaddeo; It was not only Jack Warner the crews at W.B. had about enough of the 'prima donna' also. In fact Davis complained about that in one of her bios. Paraphrasing, "Yea, everybody loves Stanwyck because she plays up too the crew". Crawford also usually had better relationships with the crews.
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RexRexroth; No your post is on target for it is about the film. Did not know that 'Adrian' did not win a Oscar maybe because of his main competition 'Edith Head' who won eight (8)!
That was the great era of fashion design for film when each studio had its featured designer. You could tell from the Womens clothes alone without knowing who made the picture where it came from. We always played a game if we did not know the date of a film we would try to guess it on two (2) factors. Car models and the Womens styles!
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RexRexroth; There are several good books on the subject, though always thought that Orry-Kelly and Travis Banton stole from each other.
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RexRexroth; Patience, we will get back to you. In fact we were both at 'Borders Books' and saw some on HollyWood Costumes and thought of you. GOOGLE, books on HollyWood Fashion and we are sure you will get a immediate response. If not wait.
MONTGOMERY CLIFT, a fine actor until he got his injuries due to a unfortunate car accident. After that he was never the same, believe it happened during the filming of RAIN TREE COUNTY (1957), which was a big FLOP. His career would survive but not at the heights it had previously reached.
Rex - You are soooooo right! I love the costumes in this film. Adrian really dressed Crawford for character in this film. I especially love the ensemble she wears towards the end of the film when she goes to the train station. Simply stunning. Adrian was one of the greatest. While he loved designing for Garbo and Shearer he was particularly fond of Crawford because she played more modern women and it really gave him the opportunity to design clothes that could influence modern fashion and be seen, worn and copied by millions of women around the world. Susan and God is exceptional. Crawford realized how much she owed to people like Adrian and never forgot it. Even a simple frock like the one worn in Grand Hotel is sheer genius in depicting character. I love the over the top designs as well in her clotheshorse productions like I LIVE MY LIFE and NO MORE LADIES.
I wish more people can see SUSAN AND GOD for the design and Crawford's brilliant, comedic performance.
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Rex - WHEN LADIES MEET isn't one of the best although I love Greer as well. It has it's moments especially the big confrontation scene between Joan & Greer in the last half hour of the movie. It's one of those movies that's extremely talky and one really has to focus and concentrate on the dialogue which is actually very good. Joan got pissed off midway through filming this movie because while she was getting along with Greer very well all of a sudden the academy award nominations came out and MGM promoted Greer who got a nomination for Blossoms in the Dust and they totally ignored Crawford's great performance in A Woman's Face. Needless to say this soured Joan a bit on Greer not because she didn't like her but because she felt, once again, MGM was promoting other actresses over her the way they did with Norma Shearer. She liked Garson but felt like she hadn't paid her dues. I can understand Crawford's frustration.
I adore JOAN!!!!
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smjensen312-1; Read or heard about those incidents ourselves. Before AMC went 'BAD' Robert Dorian used to provide a-lot of insider info. Don't watch the station now, wonder why it still is on.
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