Mildred Pierce has always had a gay following. It’s Joan Crawford beating flour stew thickener without even looking as she argued with her husband, it’s Joan Crawford learning to be be a waitress ( and a good one) in a frantic bed tempered restaurant, and it’s Joan Crawford listening to Eve Arden’s sassy manager before getting her eyelashes slapped off her head by the most odious of movie daughters.
It’s a life as improbable as Crawford ‘s shoulder pads that’s why the gays love it so much.
It was worth going to see a restored version at the Picturehouse this lunchtime.
I wasn’t the only gay in the audience
Ah! The lovely Ann Blyth, aged just sweet 16 when she played Veda and now 95! We have a family connection, my Mother had Ann’s beautiful Hollywood dresses handed down to her as a teenager! just wish she had kept them! :) great classic film!
ReplyDeleteSuch classy ladies - what's not to enjoy?!
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Sorry - from Rachel, a long reader but not usual poster to your lovely blog!
ReplyDeleteThey filmed a remake of this here in the village, a few years ago. Not a good remake, I understand, but it was fun to see the film crew turn a little block here back in time to the, what 1940s?
ReplyDeleteThose were the days.
ReplyDeleteThose were some shoulder pads! xx
ReplyDeleteAnd why not? It is still a brilliant film, and wears well. So glad you had a good afternoon. Don't forget that Joan Crawford's life and career were Stephen Sondheim's inspiration for the wonderful number "I'm Still Here" from Follies.
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Lee
What a great film to see in a theatre!
ReplyDeleteWhere's a wire hanger when you need one, eh Joan?
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of beloved Joan Crawford movies, lesbians love "Johnny Guitar" with a very butch Joan and her rival Mercedes McCambridge.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great scene!
ReplyDeleteI love those '40s movies.
ReplyDeleteLayers of meaning, the need to get away from the home town.
ReplyDeleteJC was a very strange woman in real life.
ReplyDeleteShe adopted children and then abused them.
But she's very watchable!
Shoulder pads reminded me of a lovely artist Cecile Clayton Gouthro. She put out a call for shoulder pads, and women ripped them out of clothing,. She received bulging bags of them. Cecile made a garment out of them, a marionette. It was an art exhibit at the University of Manitoba. Jean in Winnipeg.
ReplyDeleteThere’s a few people here I’d like to slap
ReplyDeleteLong and hard
Lee
Go ahead x
DeleteI'm sure almost everyone there was gay. It seems we're the only ones who still worship La Crawford.
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