Joan Crawford in Night Gallery "Eyes" 1969 (Part 3)

In Steven Spielberg's directorial debut, Joan Crawford portrays Claudia Menlo, a wealthy blind woman who buys the "eyes" of a poor gambler in the hopes that a new experimental surgery will enable her to see for the first time.

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[demirus32]

What I love about the last minute of this clip is how you can really tell she came from that school of silent movie actors..the tilt of the head, placement of hands, tears forming at the exact moment when needed..just classic! Joan Rocks Always

[MyGward]

the genius of speillberg and joan ..amazing

[Deepdesert]

joan crawford is just amazing in this

[lilsept77]

She was so focusing on the sun that she didn't had the sense to look around in her house to see her furniture for the first time. She should of had company spending the light at her.

[Turrican60]

@Jvizzlezz The sun appears in many colours due to the time of day, the prevailing weather conditions, the current season and the world location of the viewer. That's a big selection. In order to give two colours ("golden" + "yellow"), one needs a reference point, especially in the case of blind person born that way. Yellow may be the 'taught' colour of the sun, but to describe it as "golden" is to accredit a shade or hue. She couldn't possibly know that given the myriad of options I mentioned.

[Jvizzlezz]

@Turrican60 The same thing you previously said; she could've simply just been TAUGHT that it was a "golden yellow" color.

[starchflamingo]

actually it's not too much of a stretch that the blackout happens as soon as she takes the bandage off. blackouts happen in a split second, so fast you're not always sure what's happened at first. i was once struggling to pull a turtle neck skivvy over my head and when i finally got my head through BAM! EVERYTHING WAS BLACK i though i HAD gone blind for a few moments ...it was a blackout. perfect timing. and that particular blackout lasted, in fact, for days in some areas of our town.

[Turrican60]

Truly excellent stuff indeed. Unfortunately, it is NOT without flaw. Take note of what Joan Crawford says when she sees the sun for the very first time in her life: "It's a golden yellow". Okay, it's reasonable to assume that she would have been taught that the sun appears yellow to sighted persons. However, how could she possibly describe this yellow as being 'GOLDEN' when she's had no previous experience of colour in her life in order to make such a statement? Think about it. I rest my case.

[cuzitsnecessary]

Wow that was one of the most amazing things ive seen joan do. Thx for posting.

[windstorm1000]

wonderful camera movement by Spiegelberg---very psycological, appropraitely nightmarish, inventive and Bizantine--one wishes he would go back to this in his movies....Crawford, once again, shows why she was a star--terrific actress