Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 25, 2018 3:43:17 GMT
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 appears 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?
Yes, Bette did have beautiful eyes! So cool that such a great song came from that! Best song of the year, in fact!
Do you not feel that Crawford could have pulled off Davis's role? Could the dialog have saved it perhaps. I don't know about the warm aspect, but could JC have been low-key and portrayed the sensible aspect of the character effectively?
Davis as a hootcie cootchie dancer, surrounded by dark characters and situations could have been an interesting classic. 
If you were to swap roles for them in one of their different movies, what would it be that you think would work?