tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post7872728946449334630..comments2024-03-28T06:25:55.731-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Joan Crawfordpattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47876864744835463082015-01-20T20:20:34.895-05:002015-01-20T20:20:34.895-05:00A few years ago, my wife Sue and I had dinner with...A few years ago, my wife Sue and I had dinner with Joan Evans, who was Joan Crawford's goddaughter and named for her. She talked quietly about Crawford, telling how much she loved and admired her godmother. Joan Evans was here to work with Sue about reprinting her father's autobiographical account of growing up on a hardscrabble ranch near Billings, considered a Montana classic. Her father, Dale Eunson, and her mother, Katherine Albert, were screenwriters at MGM. John was the last of Sam Goldwyn's contract players. Joan Evans changed and warmed my whole perception of Crawford. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-88869977394458594752015-01-20T08:14:53.469-05:002015-01-20T08:14:53.469-05:00Joan Crawford is not an actress that audiences war...Joan Crawford is not an actress that audiences warmed to. I liked her performance in THE CARETAKERS.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81859674641758647732015-01-20T07:50:24.515-05:002015-01-20T07:50:24.515-05:00I admit, I've never been a Crawford fan. But ....I admit, I've never been a Crawford fan. But <i>...Baby Jane</i> is a fine film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-5779870464587889322015-01-19T16:52:14.089-05:002015-01-19T16:52:14.089-05:00Yes, THE WOMEN is one of her best parts. Ha. I hav...Yes, THE WOMEN is one of her best parts. Ha. I haven't seen that shoot-out in years, Roger. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14106698504870926532015-01-19T13:40:13.584-05:002015-01-19T13:40:13.584-05:00Mercedes McCambridge in Johnny Guitar out-overacts...Mercedes McCambridge in Johnny Guitar out-overacts Crawford. As with Davies in Baby Jane, she's at her best when acting is a kind of warfare.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81171428638505429202015-01-19T12:24:23.580-05:002015-01-19T12:24:23.580-05:00I really like her as the gold-digging second wife ...I really like her as the gold-digging second wife in "The Women" and as the career woman in love with a married man in "The Best of Everything". I think her style was often so over-the-top that the studios didn't always know what to do with her.Debnoreply@blogger.com