Possessed by 'Van Heflin'??????

Wasn't there anyone other than Van Heflin for the wonderful Joan Crawford to be possessed by, especially when she had the extremely attractive Raymond Massey at her beck and call. I love all the Crawford movies, but I just can't see her going out of her mind over Heflin who annoys me. It's not just looks, but he had no magnitism about him at all. I bet that's why she didn't get the academy award. And for the life of me I can't see why they picked Loretta Young for the Farmer's Daughter to get the award.