Her performance in this movie is AMAZING.its a low budget film but her acting in just.unbelievable.words r useless..i have so much respect 4 her..n dont believe her daughter.joan found out bout that book b4 she died n wrote christina n christopher outta the will cause joan found out they were working on the book 2gether...oh well i dont feel bad at all 4 christina..love u joan 4 everxoxoxoxo
@HollywoodHillsCookie The Wardrobe/Makeup tests were to see how the Actor/Actress will look & Move on film and what will work and what wont. Joan Crawford more than likely is showing how she will act while in those costumes & makeup to give the Producers and Director a better idea than just moving like a robot and standing like a statue. JC was a great actress and legend by this time and she always wanted to give more and to be better.
WOW! Even her wardrobe test is glamorous, no wonder Joan was addicted to film making, having people worship you has to feed your ego. The lighting that just features her eyes is straight from film noir movies. The black wig that she wears looks just like her Mildred Pierce hairdo, except not worn with a snood, but instead worn loose to the shoulders. It's a hoot when Joan takes off her false eyelashes in this screen test and just throws them on the floor like the Diva that Joan was.
@MarkLemonds Yes, Joan Crawford was always the consummate artiste actress--ever originally resourceful and creative with--and tour de force inspired by--the props, costumes, circumstances, characters at hand. She was a great, noble artistic spirit who left a half century of timelessly great, ambitious and versatile film work. She was a female Napoleon of Hollywood!
Don't forget that in the movie, she wears the wig and tacky clothes because her daughter wants to remember her the way she was 20 years before she went to the nut house.
The Lucy in the makeover scenes with that horrible (not to mention rather ridiculous) black wig, is THE second ugliest wig in cinema existence. The #1 spot will always be the Phyllis Detrichson(sp?) wig worn by Barbara Stanywck, which has the same idea going, but is also bleach blond (well, OK it's a B&W movie) in 'Double Indemnity.' and the wig is extremely phoney/fugly in every possible way. The damned thing was upstaging Ms. Stanwck at every turn, giving her a very good run for her money!
Just found this--pretty cool. I sense that Joan seemed kind of nervous through the testings. She just oozed presence and style, though--except maybe for Faye Dunaway, I can't think really of any other post-Hollywood Golden Age actresses who carried that style and presence into these later cinematic decades--and no pun intended in thinking of Faye with respect to Joan, but seems so true. I think Joan would've been a good fashion model had she not gone into acting.
You too can look like this at 60. Simply dunk your face in a sink of ice water and drink vodka instead of water. Also, use a small amount of moisturizer and never hit the children where the bruises can be seen.
I don't know about anyone else, but I believe Joan aged terrifically given the times without all the anti aging knowledge. I think Lauren Bacall was the most beautiful in all of Hollywood, but she didn't look nearly as good as Joan at 60, neither did Bette Davis. Joan smoked just as much as those ladies, but her features just aged very regally and classically.
I'm not a Joan hater, I love her work. However i really think she looks absurd when she's trying to look 29 when in fact she was 60ish. It's hideous and worse than a caricature of a Joan Crawford drag queen. I think this was an absolute desperate attempt to look glamorous in order to work. Partly our fault because the public loves youth over age (as much now as then), but also partly the industry's fault as well. It was almost painful to watch.
@mnorth1964 A plot line in this film was Joan's character trying to look younger and escape herself. The screen test didn't have anything to do with society dictating her look as an actress. It was for the part.
She must have really been self conscious of her neck area cuz in almost every movie, they have to have that shadow bar across the front of her neck in closeups.
don't attack me but had Joan been around these days- so many more proceedures for cosmetic surgery could have done wonders for her still beautiful face.
Davis, never one to hold back on the topic of Joan, compared Joan's rubber boobs to "the Hollywood Hills." You can see them here. Especially annoying to Bette was that Joan wore them all through "Whatever Happened..." She groused that Joan's character was supposed to have been starving to death, yet there they are. "Does she think the audience are (sic) idiots??" Oddly, at 1:20, Joan seems to be imitating her nemesis Bette.
@1:17, Joan totally worked that wig and that cigarette. I LOVE to imitate that gesture. Absolutely fabulous! She was sexy, bitchy and tough as nails. Can you imagine if "Dynasty" had debuted 15 years earlier with Joan in the role of Alexis Colby? I can only imagine the "mega bitch" persona she could have imbued into the character. Stop and think about it for a minute. Makes sense, doesn't it? :-)
WOW, I definitel wouldn't believe the age 29 but gosh - she did NOT looked like 59 years old lady! What a beauty she was!!!
@chuckina - I so agree, she seems to me like she lived every tiny drop of her fame...in my personal opinion : sometimes it was fortunately, sometimes unfortunately.
I'm surprised to see a lot of these negative comments about her. I think she looks great for age 59 and I think she aged extremely well looking better as she got older. The movie is a B movie but it's fun and she's doing what she can as an older actor.
I had to take out my calculator, because they were crunching some serious numbers in terms of the ages. I am shaking my head in disbelief as a result.
Anyway, I love Joan, and this was a real treat.
Where did that little dog go - I don't recall it in the movie.
The cigarettes and booze really aged her bad. She's almost delusional trying to play young and sexy with the long wig at 0:59 She's hoping the soft lighting over the avalanche of make up will make her look sexy at 1:27 and always with a cigarette burning. I love the way she wants to back hand whom ever is off camera at 2:14 while acting like she's 21 with the mouth open flipping the stiff wig thinking that will make a difference?
I love this...thank you for posting it.. its a fascinating insight into the actress at work. I love the bit where she takes off her false lashes and flings 'em away...she had those hand made for her every day you know.
You also see her knitting...she was a compulsive knitter...and crocheter ...always had to be doing something with her hands.
Love her open natural smile at the end... from all accounts she was a lot of fun...despite a lot of nonsense written by her daughter to the contrary.
Yes.. I bought it very cheaply on Ebay.... just put the title in and see what comes up... I think it is quite available. Its William Castle Director. Its a fab movie. You wll love it
Take a look on my Youtube page ... i did a musical about Joan...'Portrait Of Joan' you can see some of the numbers on there.
Joani was beautiful... even in her fifties. She looks larger-than-life but was only around five feet tall, I believe! One of my all-time faves!!! God bless you JC!
I wouldn't believe everything I read. I know people think James Dean and Marlon Brando were bisexual, yet there is unaccurate information to prove it.
Yeah, I've read about that too. But, Joan Plowright, his 2nd wife, claims the Brando story is fake, but Olivier did have a fling with Danny Kaye, that I do believe because Danny Kaye was gay. So maybe Olivier was the only one? Along with Patsy Kelly, and Talluah Bankhead.
actually and i am trying to say this as poliely as i can...if you do a serch on marlon brando there is a picture of him with the male member in his mouth, ive seen the picture myself and was shocked..but its there and its real and yes he was bi
@TwisterVision5 Yes and Marilyn ate hers. It's a true story. It was documented by Marilyn's psychologist and published I think fairly recently. Marilyn (paraphrased) said, "Oh Crawford. We went back to her house and went down on each other. She shrieked like a maniac and had a giant orgasm. She wanted to do it again, but I told her I didn't much like doing it with a woman. Then Joan got spiteful." Even JC's daughter says her mother had same sex affairs. Joan was definately bisexual.
Yup! Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor and soooo many more who are giant icons were so petite! I still die knowing that Judy Garland, who I think is beyond compare was 4 /11! Can you imagine!
Hard to believe his icon was barely five foot, as was Bette Davis and Judy was 4 11. They live more big and grand than any celebrity or actress of today can hope to achieve.
Love how devoted Joan is in these makeup tests. A pro!
This is fascinating stuff. Real insight. Thanks for posting.
Yes, well maybe she shouldn't have done the horror stuff in the 60s..BUT we who are her fans love her when she is serious and when she is campy. She's obviously having a good time here.
Too bad she didn't finish "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" but Olivia DeHavilland is stellar in that role!
This is great--thanks for posting. Joan looks better in these tests than in the movie. And what a pro she was! She took on the proper personality trait for each costume. She was one of a kind and still so fascinating to watch do anything.
She lived, breathed, saturated, engulfed, soaked every little drop of her fame. You gotta love her for it! It takes a hell of alot of gusto to pull it off and ahe did it brilliantly
This is so wonderful, it gives us a little insight into the working of Joan's mind. Stunning stuff...if I want to cheer myself up, I watch this...or read her book 'My Way Of Life', a camp classic. Hey come vist my totally Joan channel. Robbie.
Joan was never one of my favourites but she was good,it was her idea to have bushy eyebrows,she wanted to be different.They were her trademark.I always preferred Bette though :)
Joan Crawford was 59 when she made this film. She was supposed to be 29 when they did the flashback. There wasn't enough makeup in Hollywood to make her look 29.
OMG THAT TINY BODY and that huge face - Joan was so different by 1964 and here she looks happy when she acted she never looked anything other than tense,
Joan's part was originally going to be played by Joan Blondel . . . Glad Joan went for this "cult classic" . . . It shows Joan's over the top performance . . . Kinda' Mildered Pierce meets Blanche Hudson!
This is just fabulous footage to see, and you wonder how such a strong woman could be intimidated by Lucille Ball on her show not much later. Joan was the perfect star, and is always thoroughly watchable like all the greats. Hey visit my channel for some great stuff.
I find this kind of sad in a way. Appearing in B-movies like this affected what would of been a long top notch career. Imagine Garbo appearing in stuff like this, that mystic we have of her today would be gone. Joan should of given up acting and gone out gracefully once she left Warner Bros. in the mid 50s. Everything she made after that with the exception of Baby Jane, was pretty bad, all B-movies. She was a great actress and this was beneath her. Sorry, that's how I feel.
I know what you mean, but the actors did not get paid well back in the old days. It makes no sense to stop working just because you don't get the script that you love.
Actually Joan was the highest paid women in America at one point. She just liked to spend money. Again I hate to bring up Garbo because they were both so different, but Garbo retired in 1941 and never made another movie but was worth over 50 millions dollars when she died. Garbo invested her money Joan spent it. Joan was worth less then 2 million when she died. Joan just wasn't smart with money and she paid the price, forcing her to make stuff like this in her old age.
i know! what i was trying to say is that i was like omg! rofl! at your comment! not like omg! how could you say such a thing to such a wonderful lady!i
Those eyebrows and the Max Factor lipstick smear were all part of her image. However, if you look at some of her silent era as well as here early-mid 30s, she didn't have that smeared Max Factor lipstick at first because in reality, Joan has no lips. So MGM decided to create the lipstick effect supplied by Max Factor which made her one of the iconic images of Hollywood in the late 30s and mid-40s. Another Max Factor trademark is Lucille Ball's eyebrows, which are stenciled by Max Factor.
Man, they just don't make 'em like this anymore. She's really acting throughout this entire mundane hair/wardrobe test. She just can't help but be the ultimate professional; what an actress!
Fascinating. But this was not a screen test as normally understood. Crawford obviously had the job and the film wouldn't have existed without her. This was more like an adjunct to storyboards; testing costumes, makeup etc. in advance of actual shooting. Normal procedure for any film. Although I must confess when she bent down to pick up dog I first thought she was checking for dust under the furnature.
As Lucy Marlowe just out of hospital she resumes her look of 20 years before, a sort of 40's film noir harridan gone to seed, just out of an asylum for the criminally insane. She'd caught her husband in bed with another woman so hacked them up with an axe. This is exciting stuff to see, Joan is wonderful, high camp and over the top. You have it all here, the Joan of then trying to look like the Joan of the 40's, the swagger, the confidence, the hair. The knitting & poodle are the real Joan!
I remember her playing a 25 year old housewife on "Secret Storm" in the 60`s. Joan was then in her 60`s and filling in for her sick daughter. I wish someone had that footage but I don`t think it was recorded. She is at her all time worst-obviously drunk and reading off cue cards
Her performance in this movie is AMAZING.its a low budget film but her acting in just.unbelievable.words r useless..i have so much respect 4 her..n dont believe her daughter.joan found out bout that book b4 she died n wrote christina n christopher outta the will cause joan found out they were working on the book 2gether...oh well i dont feel bad at all 4 christina..love u joan 4 everxoxoxoxo
giavannira 3 months ago 2
Very talented lady.
freefalln329 4 months ago
I like that she's desperately emotion throughout a wardrobe test. A little too much vodka, Joan?
HollywoodHillsCookie 5 months ago
@HollywoodHillsCookie The Wardrobe/Makeup tests were to see how the Actor/Actress will look & Move on film and what will work and what wont. Joan Crawford more than likely is showing how she will act while in those costumes & makeup to give the Producers and Director a better idea than just moving like a robot and standing like a statue. JC was a great actress and legend by this time and she always wanted to give more and to be better.
NFitalianGuy 3 months ago
She's very sexy!!! I love her!
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
interesting.
septube26 6 months ago
29 ? I did not buy 49...She did not like any woman "replacing" her...and they said...Cause ya in the chair..thats why ! ;p
Dahlingable 6 months ago
the poodle looked terrified.
MrsEuniceMurray 7 months ago
she looked younger with minimal makeup tests.
papaosj89 8 months ago
She was born to entertain us.
Bombeni 8 months ago 2
WOW! Even her wardrobe test is glamorous, no wonder Joan was addicted to film making, having people worship you has to feed your ego. The lighting that just features her eyes is straight from film noir movies. The black wig that she wears looks just like her Mildred Pierce hairdo, except not worn with a snood, but instead worn loose to the shoulders. It's a hoot when Joan takes off her false eyelashes in this screen test and just throws them on the floor like the Diva that Joan was.
darlinkula1 8 months ago 2
i like how JC stays in character for each of her outfits.
MarkLemonds 9 months ago 2
@MarkLemonds Yes, Joan Crawford was always the consummate artiste actress--ever originally resourceful and creative with--and tour de force inspired by--the props, costumes, circumstances, characters at hand. She was a great, noble artistic spirit who left a half century of timelessly great, ambitious and versatile film work. She was a female Napoleon of Hollywood!
JudgeJulieLit 8 months ago
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ooh i havent seen this film.... but i want to now!
playgirlc 9 months ago
Don't forget that in the movie, she wears the wig and tacky clothes because her daughter wants to remember her the way she was 20 years before she went to the nut house.
WonderGirl732 9 months ago
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2:14..christina must have been nearby
jonkr385 10 months ago
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jonkr385 10 months ago
that creepy music goes well with her scary face
jonkr385 10 months ago
2:43 her legs were amazing for a woman her age!
diana9676 10 months ago 2
Love ~-3
fangsteen 10 months ago
The Lucy in the makeover scenes with that horrible (not to mention rather ridiculous) black wig, is THE second ugliest wig in cinema existence. The #1 spot will always be the Phyllis Detrichson(sp?) wig worn by Barbara Stanywck, which has the same idea going, but is also bleach blond (well, OK it's a B&W movie) in 'Double Indemnity.' and the wig is extremely phoney/fugly in every possible way. The damned thing was upstaging Ms. Stanwck at every turn, giving her a very good run for her money!
rem2267 11 months ago
A Superstar doing a shit role.
youpumpertube 11 months ago
@youpumpertube Tell that to Barbra Streisand re "Little Fockers" and "Meet the Fockers". How about her in a musical of "Strait Jacket"? :)
fkd1963 10 months ago
Damn, love those Eyebrows
Kasbahkabaret 11 months ago
Lucy at 29 YIKES!
hudstar2011 11 months ago
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@jlb554344 fucccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc u raped bitch fucing u old fuc penis u keep talk tu me fuc u ol penis
hoi2000d 1 year ago
hush, hush sweet lucy ...
chop, chop sweet lucy
chop off his head and hers!
VTMCompany 1 year ago
I meant also the movie.
windstorm1000 1 year ago
and I'm tellin' you, that bitch beat me!! NOT SPANKED BUT BEAT MY ASS!! I do a perfect imitation of her. I'll show you at lunch on Mon.
mybestchanel 1 year ago
@tuxarocha Not anymore. Now I prefer to be called Clark.
mybestchanel 1 year ago
There is no actress like Miss Crawford today.
tuxarocha 1 year ago
UGLY LESBIAN SLUT!!!
Motaro76 1 year ago
Just found this--pretty cool. I sense that Joan seemed kind of nervous through the testings. She just oozed presence and style, though--except maybe for Faye Dunaway, I can't think really of any other post-Hollywood Golden Age actresses who carried that style and presence into these later cinematic decades--and no pun intended in thinking of Faye with respect to Joan, but seems so true. I think Joan would've been a good fashion model had she not gone into acting.
italoman9 1 year ago
Joan, of course, is one of the most memorable American movie stars. Even in trash like this she made you sit on the edge of your seat!!
windstorm1000 1 year ago
@windstorm1000 - it's a screen test not a feature movie...
spirituallydead 1 year ago
You too can look like this at 60. Simply dunk your face in a sink of ice water and drink vodka instead of water. Also, use a small amount of moisturizer and never hit the children where the bruises can be seen.
mybestchanel 1 year ago
@mybestchanel are you christina?
tuxarocha 1 year ago
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mybestchanel 1 year ago
I cant believe she is at her 60s here! she looked the best and she aged gracefully!
glamourous888 1 year ago
@MsRisque no, but your mother is
jlb554344 1 year ago
those eyebrows are spooky
pnull 1 year ago
I don't know about anyone else, but I believe Joan aged terrifically given the times without all the anti aging knowledge. I think Lauren Bacall was the most beautiful in all of Hollywood, but she didn't look nearly as good as Joan at 60, neither did Bette Davis. Joan smoked just as much as those ladies, but her features just aged very regally and classically.
MissSovietBones 1 year ago
I'm not a Joan hater, I love her work. However i really think she looks absurd when she's trying to look 29 when in fact she was 60ish. It's hideous and worse than a caricature of a Joan Crawford drag queen. I think this was an absolute desperate attempt to look glamorous in order to work. Partly our fault because the public loves youth over age (as much now as then), but also partly the industry's fault as well. It was almost painful to watch.
mnorth1964 1 year ago
@mnorth1964 A plot line in this film was Joan's character trying to look younger and escape herself. The screen test didn't have anything to do with society dictating her look as an actress. It was for the part.
Suthrngothic 1 year ago
@Suthrngothic Ok, I guess it's obvious I haven't seen the entire film.
mnorth1964 1 year ago
She must have really been self conscious of her neck area cuz in almost every movie, they have to have that shadow bar across the front of her neck in closeups.
SUPERDOOPERTUBER 1 year ago
Maybe they should have given her the role in "Bewitched"..Domestic hottie at her age!!!
pete0969wi 1 year ago
don't attack me but had Joan been around these days- so many more proceedures for cosmetic surgery could have done wonders for her still beautiful face.
etrax2000 1 year ago
awesome star
lol @baronochs
crawfordformula 1 year ago
The background music is perfect for this video. Dramatic with an edge of hysteria.
Leo9Lover 1 year ago
This is the definition of a great star. There are very few like her today.
jmuslvr 1 year ago 16
this is crap.. why should such a star have to lower herself to this.. oh joan
rhylmark 1 year ago
Thats how I feel every morning. God bless Joan.
baronochs 1 year ago
I love Joan only she could pull off playing a 29 year old in her 60's or was it 50's?
StaunchComic 1 year ago
This is awesome, never seen this one before .
TheMarilyn1969monroe 1 year ago
Davis, never one to hold back on the topic of Joan, compared Joan's rubber boobs to "the Hollywood Hills." You can see them here. Especially annoying to Bette was that Joan wore them all through "Whatever Happened..." She groused that Joan's character was supposed to have been starving to death, yet there they are. "Does she think the audience are (sic) idiots??" Oddly, at 1:20, Joan seems to be imitating her nemesis Bette.
defundthewar 1 year ago
Some stars aged relatively well. Kate Hepburn and Joan Crawford get old. yes....but they are still retain quite strong screen identities.
followthefleet1 1 year ago
OH, GREAT, NOW SHE GONNA BURN THE DOG.
passthepeas1 1 year ago
I love it....!
chuckinla, you are rigth.
escritormx 1 year ago
Classic example of Joan trying to play a young person with an old womans body!! BUT great video and LOVE Joan C.
slehonedaj 1 year ago
They all smoked in those days. Too bad. It killed so many of them, who might have lived much longer.
MrRedFredSaid 1 year ago
the 49 year old version was better looking than 29
papaosj89 1 year ago
i will never understand why people didn't like this movie, i loved it!
ilovemeryl 1 year ago
@ilovemeryl So did I. Especially the climax of the movie. Surprisingly creepy.
sugarshula64 1 year ago
@1:17, Joan totally worked that wig and that cigarette. I LOVE to imitate that gesture. Absolutely fabulous! She was sexy, bitchy and tough as nails. Can you imagine if "Dynasty" had debuted 15 years earlier with Joan in the role of Alexis Colby? I can only imagine the "mega bitch" persona she could have imbued into the character. Stop and think about it for a minute. Makes sense, doesn't it? :-)
Dexie78 1 year ago
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Dexie78 1 year ago
Fierce honey!, Fierce!
19ccj65 1 year ago
WOW, I definitel wouldn't believe the age 29 but gosh - she did NOT looked like 59 years old lady! What a beauty she was!!!
@chuckina - I so agree, she seems to me like she lived every tiny drop of her fame...in my personal opinion : sometimes it was fortunately, sometimes unfortunately.
Etheline 1 year ago
Hollywood did amazing things back then with lighting and makeup ONLY!
pettyofficer30 1 year ago
Delicious, or pathetic?
Absolutely sweet and tender, I think.
mariadelamor21 1 year ago
She was still so beautiful....but....
Why oh why did someone not take her aside and tell her that her eyebrows were not working in her favor?!!!!
Her face and cheekbones were amazing....Not to mention her knock-out figure at 59 years of age!!!! It is her brows that make her look old!
Great post!
Thanks
BrentAudi 1 year ago 3
@BrentAudi I was thinking the same thing. Her eyebrows just didn't suit her at all. I guess when they get that big, no one can tell them anything.
googooshpugoo 1 year ago
I'm surprised to see a lot of these negative comments about her. I think she looks great for age 59 and I think she aged extremely well looking better as she got older. The movie is a B movie but it's fun and she's doing what she can as an older actor.
MikeHudson65 1 year ago 2
That woman was a great big bucket of crazy!
detoth67 1 year ago 2
@detoth67 oh really.....did YOU know her personally?
jlb554344 1 year ago
I had to take out my calculator, because they were crunching some serious numbers in terms of the ages. I am shaking my head in disbelief as a result.
Anyway, I love Joan, and this was a real treat.
Where did that little dog go - I don't recall it in the movie.
rem2267 1 year ago
@ 0:44 she freaking looks like baby jane hudson.
artemiscarrington 1 year ago 2
I have often wondered what Joanie C looked like at the age of 29...now I know...a WITCHEEPOOH!!! (smile).
TheLizzie12 1 year ago
Why bother making the movie-this was scary enough! I feel so sorry for that little dog she
Is holding -he looks scared. Or maybe the cigarette fumes were getting to him.
petulia68 2 years ago 2
@1:29 I think she actually looks good for someone who is 60 years old! But the whole thing is pretty creepy...
dearyogini 2 years ago 19
Well if she's got it, she might as well flaunt it XD.
hayamatsuka 1 year ago 2
@dearyogini For me she looks not "good" but beautiful !!! Better the dressed 60-y-JC than 10 naked girlies !!! She rocks evewn in her sixties ...
SpaceCowboy641 8 months ago 8
The cigarettes and booze really aged her bad. She's almost delusional trying to play young and sexy with the long wig at 0:59 She's hoping the soft lighting over the avalanche of make up will make her look sexy at 1:27 and always with a cigarette burning. I love the way she wants to back hand whom ever is off camera at 2:14 while acting like she's 21 with the mouth open flipping the stiff wig thinking that will make a difference?
ScrapNfight 2 years ago 2
she looks about 70
shealways 2 years ago
I love this...thank you for posting it.. its a fascinating insight into the actress at work. I love the bit where she takes off her false lashes and flings 'em away...she had those hand made for her every day you know.
You also see her knitting...she was a compulsive knitter...and crocheter ...always had to be doing something with her hands.
Love her open natural smile at the end... from all accounts she was a lot of fun...despite a lot of nonsense written by her daughter to the contrary.
tyjeffries 2 years ago 2
She always looked like a man in drag to me.
Eschatus2 2 years ago
Joan wonderful!!!!!!
Does someone knows what music is this?
(sorry my english)
alrebeque 2 years ago 2
Hi Alrebeque...this is the music from the movie 'Straight Jacket'.
It really is a very good film though low budget...Joan is fantastic in it and lends lots of depth to it.
Do watch the whole movie if you get a chance x
tyjeffries 2 years ago
Thanks tyjeffries!!!
No matter how low-budget, she es fantastic anywhere.
I´m eager to see this film, where could I see it? do you know some place online?...
thnks
alrebeque 2 years ago
Yes.. I bought it very cheaply on Ebay.... just put the title in and see what comes up... I think it is quite available. Its William Castle Director. Its a fab movie. You wll love it
Take a look on my Youtube page ... i did a musical about Joan...'Portrait Of Joan' you can see some of the numbers on there.
Best Ty x
tyjeffries 2 years ago
OK , THANKS!
i see your yt page.
alrebeque 2 years ago
One of the few times we can clearly see how tiny Joan was, just five feet. Always surprised people who met her; she was so larger than life.
waynebrasler 2 years ago 3
The music is scary
meghamuck18 2 years ago
Joani was beautiful... even in her fifties. She looks larger-than-life but was only around five feet tall, I believe! One of my all-time faves!!! God bless you JC!
figbli 2 years ago
I love it!
MMICGER 2 years ago
Joan Crawford was a foot-tease. I just know she loved teasing us foot guys with her lovely feet.
cuttock 2 years ago
Did anybody ever hear about how Joan once ate out Marilyn Monroe's pussy?
TwisterVision5 2 years ago
And you actually believe that?
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
Considering almost everyone in Hollywood both then and now is bisexual - yes. There are tons of articles about it, and I honestly do believe it.
I wonder if they had a sex tape? lol
TwisterVision5 2 years ago
I wouldn't believe everything I read. I know people think James Dean and Marlon Brando were bisexual, yet there is unaccurate information to prove it.
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
Brando stated himself that he had, "homosexual experiences" and that he was not ashamed of it.
I even heard that Viven Leigh caught him and Laurence Olivier making out at a pool party. AWKWARD! lol
TwisterVision5 2 years ago
Yeah, I've read about that too. But, Joan Plowright, his 2nd wife, claims the Brando story is fake, but Olivier did have a fling with Danny Kaye, that I do believe because Danny Kaye was gay. So maybe Olivier was the only one? Along with Patsy Kelly, and Talluah Bankhead.
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
Dont know about Dean, but Brando was bisexual without doubt and admitted as much.
DiabolicalAngel 2 years ago
actually and i am trying to say this as poliely as i can...if you do a serch on marlon brando there is a picture of him with the male member in his mouth, ive seen the picture myself and was shocked..but its there and its real and yes he was bi
sprintbass 2 years ago 2
I've seen it, and looks like someone knows how to photoshop really well.
LickMyCuntMoFo 2 years ago
Yes she did and Marilyn told that to her therapist. Actually, Marilyn ate her out and Joan loved it and wanted more, but Marilyn didn't.
DiabolicalAngel 2 years ago
@DiabolicalAngel and you were there?
jlb554344 1 year ago
pervert twister vision5. Grow a brain somewhere else, use the one between you ears.
chow1010 2 years ago
Pervert? It actually happened douchebag, Joan gave a screaming orgasm.
TwisterVision5 2 years ago
@TwisterVision5 Yes and Marilyn ate hers. It's a true story. It was documented by Marilyn's psychologist and published I think fairly recently. Marilyn (paraphrased) said, "Oh Crawford. We went back to her house and went down on each other. She shrieked like a maniac and had a giant orgasm. She wanted to do it again, but I told her I didn't much like doing it with a woman. Then Joan got spiteful." Even JC's daughter says her mother had same sex affairs. Joan was definately bisexual.
DiabolicalAngel 4 months ago
Yup! Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor and soooo many more who are giant icons were so petite! I still die knowing that Judy Garland, who I think is beyond compare was 4 /11! Can you imagine!
collenekennedy 2 years ago
fun!!!
MMICGER 2 years ago
Joan crawford greatest celeb
hoi2000d 2 years ago
other actress if u coud call them it ritas ginger rogers who ar they can FUC OFF Joan crawfords the gretest celeb FUC the others ar fucrs lol
hoi2000d 2 years ago
@hoi2000d the correct spelling is fuck, moron
jlb554344 1 year ago
It wouldve been great if Joan was in Hush,Hush Sweet Charlotte.
soadfan33 2 years ago
Hard to believe his icon was barely five foot, as was Bette Davis and Judy was 4 11. They live more big and grand than any celebrity or actress of today can hope to achieve.
Love how devoted Joan is in these makeup tests. A pro!
collenekennedy 2 years ago
Joan Crawford was barely five foot?! Is that really true?! How fantastic, that gives me at five foot one some hope!
iluvnola123 2 years ago
This is fascinating stuff. Real insight. Thanks for posting.
Yes, well maybe she shouldn't have done the horror stuff in the 60s..BUT we who are her fans love her when she is serious and when she is campy. She's obviously having a good time here.
Too bad she didn't finish "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" but Olivia DeHavilland is stellar in that role!
LakewoodDallas 2 years ago
well this was done in 63 and she was born in around 1905 -07 id say she looks pretty damn good for a woman of her age...
sprintbass 2 years ago
Hell yeah
cuttock 2 years ago
wow she was a short woman! I also think its terrible they put your age on the clapboard. What difference does it make?
itsjustme2919 2 years ago
It's not the age of Joan. It's the age of the character, Lucy, that she's made up for.
Her character plays a part where she's 49.. and at the beginning, she's supposed to be 20 years younger.
VlogasaurusFlex 2 years ago
wow ! i loved when she tore off the lashes....
ITcanB 2 years ago
There's no way she could have passed for 29.
jrgnc1 2 years ago
THE MUSIC IS JUST TERRIFIC
gedeo1983 2 years ago
i love it too..i live the creepyness of the strings.
sprintbass 2 years ago
This is great--thanks for posting. Joan looks better in these tests than in the movie. And what a pro she was! She took on the proper personality trait for each costume. She was one of a kind and still so fascinating to watch do anything.
Hunterunc 2 years ago
Joan Crawford sure looks cute with bangs :)
LexiixoxRoxx 2 years ago
She lived, breathed, saturated, engulfed, soaked every little drop of her fame. You gotta love her for it! It takes a hell of alot of gusto to pull it off and ahe did it brilliantly
chuckinla 2 years ago 13
that's great! i personally think the Lucy 49 look suited her visual appearance completely. She looked 49, she was 60.. wow.
iiiiiccccc 2 years ago
Wow. never seen anthing like this...
speachless.
ya right me? No way, Bravo Joan. You were somthing , on of a kind.
Thanks for the post Mate!
rockmemate 2 years ago 2
This is so wonderful, it gives us a little insight into the working of Joan's mind. Stunning stuff...if I want to cheer myself up, I watch this...or read her book 'My Way Of Life', a camp classic. Hey come vist my totally Joan channel. Robbie.
EvaPhillips 2 years ago
Joan was never one of my favourites but she was good,it was her idea to have bushy eyebrows,she wanted to be different.They were her trademark.I always preferred Bette though :)
hitothecamera 2 years ago
Joan Crawford was 59 when she made this film. She was supposed to be 29 when they did the flashback. There wasn't enough makeup in Hollywood to make her look 29.
philbert 2 years ago
No, but then she didn't look 59 either.
Looks around late 30's.
launwatch 2 years ago
She seems so nice when you can't hear what she's saying!
SweetFairieFrog 2 years ago
OMG THAT TINY BODY and that huge face - Joan was so different by 1964 and here she looks happy when she acted she never looked anything other than tense,
Rouben19 2 years ago
If they would not have done her eyebrows so dark they probably could've gotten her to look younger for 29.
Mr1920s 2 years ago
Joan's part was originally going to be played by Joan Blondel . . . Glad Joan went for this "cult classic" . . . It shows Joan's over the top performance . . . Kinda' Mildered Pierce meets Blanche Hudson!
mrob75 2 years ago 3
Joan Blondell was fabulous, she was once Warners biggest star...she would have done a great job also...
MerleOberon 2 years ago
I love 2.09 when she rips off her fake eyelashes and flings them on the ground.
evangar 2 years ago 3
Just mesmerizing to watch! Fabulous!
wonkaboy57 2 years ago 5
wonkaboy57, I can't take my eyes off her.
MasonOnTheFly2 2 years ago
the definition of star quality-something powerful and luminous from deep inside
wonkaboy57 2 years ago 2
This is just fabulous footage to see, and you wonder how such a strong woman could be intimidated by Lucille Ball on her show not much later. Joan was the perfect star, and is always thoroughly watchable like all the greats. Hey visit my channel for some great stuff.
GreyGardensGuignol 2 years ago 3
wow! what fantastic clips-thanx so much for posting!
RichardOrr 2 years ago
I swear she invented drag
hardrich2 2 years ago 2
49?? more like 56!
hardrich2 2 years ago
i loved that movie. she is so convincing and as for her eyebrows i LOVE them on her. it wouldnt be right if she didnt have them
Sunstudios54 2 years ago
I find this kind of sad in a way. Appearing in B-movies like this affected what would of been a long top notch career. Imagine Garbo appearing in stuff like this, that mystic we have of her today would be gone. Joan should of given up acting and gone out gracefully once she left Warner Bros. in the mid 50s. Everything she made after that with the exception of Baby Jane, was pretty bad, all B-movies. She was a great actress and this was beneath her. Sorry, that's how I feel.
berjaboy 2 years ago 2
I know what you mean, but the actors did not get paid well back in the old days. It makes no sense to stop working just because you don't get the script that you love.
ttiiyy 2 years ago
Actually Joan was the highest paid women in America at one point. She just liked to spend money. Again I hate to bring up Garbo because they were both so different, but Garbo retired in 1941 and never made another movie but was worth over 50 millions dollars when she died. Garbo invested her money Joan spent it. Joan was worth less then 2 million when she died. Joan just wasn't smart with money and she paid the price, forcing her to make stuff like this in her old age.
berjaboy 2 years ago
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NO WIRE HANGERS! LOL
FaerieCrone 2 years ago
omg!
ConfusedSponge 2 years ago
Oh come on - I was only joking around. I like Joan a lot really. ;-)
FaerieCrone 2 years ago
i know! what i was trying to say is that i was like omg! rofl! at your comment! not like omg! how could you say such a thing to such a wonderful lady!i
ConfusedSponge 2 years ago
Those eyebrows and the Max Factor lipstick smear were all part of her image. However, if you look at some of her silent era as well as here early-mid 30s, she didn't have that smeared Max Factor lipstick at first because in reality, Joan has no lips. So MGM decided to create the lipstick effect supplied by Max Factor which made her one of the iconic images of Hollywood in the late 30s and mid-40s. Another Max Factor trademark is Lucille Ball's eyebrows, which are stenciled by Max Factor.
83survivor 2 years ago
Interesting to see her without an Adrain or Travis Banton Gown, she looks much shorter or maybe it's her age...she looks amazing none the less
Andrewsmate 2 years ago
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drag quen
shealways 2 years ago
you say that like it's a bad thing
Andrewsmate 2 years ago 3
@shealways you are??
jlb554344 1 year ago
That was her trademark!
pete5684 2 years ago
she must be 60 or 65 here.
but she has the body of a 40 year old..and the face of a 38 year old!
she aged very well.
but with all the million's she had in the bank.she could not get her eye brow's waxed? really:]
but we love you joan<3
officialpickle 3 years ago
I acnt watch her in her latter films she scares me I think it was her EyeBrows LOL
faastluv 3 years ago
she has eye brows like a man
officialpickle 3 years ago
Man, they just don't make 'em like this anymore. She's really acting throughout this entire mundane hair/wardrobe test. She just can't help but be the ultimate professional; what an actress!
wyzemann 3 years ago 3
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Obama family tale here. 4 years of making fun of our first Socialist little s--t of a president. lmao
pwthcim 3 years ago
Fascinating. But this was not a screen test as normally understood. Crawford obviously had the job and the film wouldn't have existed without her. This was more like an adjunct to storyboards; testing costumes, makeup etc. in advance of actual shooting. Normal procedure for any film. Although I must confess when she bent down to pick up dog I first thought she was checking for dust under the furnature.
alexalex3131 3 years ago
hahaah
ConfusedSponge 2 years ago
As Lucy Marlowe just out of hospital she resumes her look of 20 years before, a sort of 40's film noir harridan gone to seed, just out of an asylum for the criminally insane. She'd caught her husband in bed with another woman so hacked them up with an axe. This is exciting stuff to see, Joan is wonderful, high camp and over the top. You have it all here, the Joan of then trying to look like the Joan of the 40's, the swagger, the confidence, the hair. The knitting & poodle are the real Joan!
aVeryStylishGirl2 3 years ago
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What's with the magilla the gorilla eyebrows?
Poor Joan, she never could get enough of herself. She certainly chose the appropriate occupation. Acting is for phonies, and a phoney she was.
nourbutwatmi 3 years ago
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@nourbutwatmi and an asshole you are
jlb554344 1 year ago
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trog is her best film
vivecavh 3 years ago
I LOVED Strait0Jacket,especially the ending!
kink247 3 years ago
29? You've got to be kidding. Why she doesn't look a day over sweet sixteen.
plappin 3 years ago 3
I remember her playing a 25 year old housewife on "Secret Storm" in the 60`s. Joan was then in her 60`s and filling in for her sick daughter. I wish someone had that footage but I don`t think it was recorded. She is at her all time worst-obviously drunk and reading off cue cards
vivecavh 3 years ago
Poor Joan!
plappin 3 years ago