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Okay, this question is mostly (though not necessarily) for straight men... Oct 25, 2018 3:33:25 GMT

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Post by dirtypillows on Oct 25, 2018 3:33:25 GMT

Oct 25, 2018 3:25:01 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Oct 25, 2018 3:09:49 GMT dirtypillows said:

I love Bette in "Old Acquaintance". Usually her characters are a little bit strung, but her Kit in OA is so down to earth and likeable. I think I read once where Davis said her character in this movie was the one closest to her own personality in real life. Kit is extremely no-nonsense and warm and likeable. It's a very enjoyable movie. I highly recommend it.

Crawford was pretty butch! Ha!

"Davis just threw caution to the wind and looks magic and spontaneous." - I love how you've put this, Toasted Cheese. Davis was pretty obviously acting, but there is something so forceful and magnetic in her acting that, like you said, she just threw caution to the wind. She always seemed like she was having so much fun acting her role. She was a very gutsy lady! Hats off to her all the way!!!

The acting is obvious, put the delivery is key. These woman would have knew the histrionics in the dialog and script story were larger than life and phony, but Davis really knew how to milk it for all it was worth with her own brand of humor and talented nature. Those eyes really do it as well and she is just beautiful. Crawford perhaps seems less self-aware and takes is more austere and rigid about it all.

I know I haven't seen either film, but it would be interesting for a hypothetical argument, to see the roles reversed: Davis in Flamingo Rd and Crawford in Old Acquaintance. How do you feel that would have played out Mr. Dirty?

Oh, that would have been too funny! Bette as a hootchie cootchie dancer and Crawford as a low-key, warm and sensible author! I think it would have worked out badly as both roles were very opposite their respective temperaments! I do think Joan is very good in "Flamingo Road". It was the last time she appeared feminine; the next year in "The Damned Don't Cry", she became very manly, so much that her testicles descended to the floor!

Yes, Bette did have beautiful eyes! So cool that such a great song came from that! Best song of the year, in fact!