Joan Crawford or Bette Davis?

[daligirrl]

Who do you love?

[DODI]

1. Bette - no contest!

[DemWitch]

2. Joan...

She puts the "O" in BiOtch... and does it with so much class...

[daligirrl]

11. I lean towards her too. . .

Another movie I can't get enough of is "Mildred Pierce".

[daligirrl]

17. I've tried to model my life after hers. . .

Bitch in heels!

[calico1]

3. Bette!

[daligirrl]

Another one I watch over and over again. . .

"All About Eve?" Bette at her apex, I think. All about her!

[CandyCrim21]

34. All About Eve was a trip..........

It took some unexpected turns I didn't see coming. I thought it was awesome too!!!

[Dookus]

4. can... not... choose

[daligirrl]

20. To be honest. ..

I can't either. . .

[Lizzie Borden]

5. Bette

n/t

[Lizzie Borden]

6. Bette

n/t

[flamingyouth]

7. Joan - she got her start in silent films

Plus she was married to Douglas Fairbanks Jr. :D

[joeybee12]

22. Ever see "Dance, Girls, Dance?"

Great, campy silent flick. Joan was quite the dancer!

[flamingyouth]

27. Oh yes, and check out "Our Dancing Daughters"!

Great stuff! :D

[joeybee12]

8. I did this poll about a year ago! No contest in my book--Joan

Bette was such an overacting ham! Fun to watch, and a true star because she had so much screen presence, but she really could not act.

If I recall, Bette won my poll.

[Kahuna]

15. Joan wasn't an overacting ham????

:eyes:

[flamingyouth]

18. "Mildred Pierce" is a classic!

And "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane." (Both Bette and Joan!) Hell, yeah, Joan was an acting ham!

[daligirrl]

24. One of my favorite quotes from that film. . .

Monte: "Yes I take money from you, Mildred. But not enough to make me like kitchens or cooks. They smell of grease."

[joeybee12]

21. Nope--you should rent Humoresque--a brilliant, restrained performance

She could do that--Bette could only be over the top, which was fun to watch, but it ain't acting!

[daligirrl]

26. I do think that she had more

star power. Did you ever hear the rumor that Joan Crawford came on to her and when she refused her advances, Joan Crawford set out to destroy her?

[daligirrl]

9. I love them both. ..

I'm watching "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" for the 1,274th time. "Blanche, you know we got rats in the cella'?"

[joeybee12]

10. Hey, I was watching "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" also when I did my

poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But you are Blanche, you are!

I don't think anyone from that movie is alive anymore now that Anna Lee is gone. Oh, the daughter next door--Bette's real-life daughter who turned on her--I bet she's still kicking.

[sundog]

16. but cha ahhhh in that chair blanche

[daligirrl]

19. Ya Ahhhh!!!

[flamingyouth]

25. Get a few drinks in me and I'll sing "I've Written a Letter to Daddy"

for you all sometime!:D

[sundog]

28. The dance too?...

:scared:

[flamingyouth]

29. You betcha!

:7

[daligirrl]

30. Yes. . .

You have to do it in that Harvey Fierstein voice.

[sundog]

31. What, like she's been chain smoking cigarettes since 3 months old?

--

[bigwillq]

12. Joan (nt)

[sundog]

13. Bette -I liked her in The Dark Secret of Harvest Home/ Burnt Offerings era

--

[Kahuna]

14. Bette!!!!

:nt:

[Gothic Sponge]

23. Bette!

[puerco-bellies]

32. Bette, classic beauty, classy lady.

[CandyCrim21]

33. Bette Davis Rocks!!!!!!!!!

"What Ever Happened to Baby Jane", CLASSIC my friends! "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charolette", not as good but still one of my faves!!!;););)

[Dem2theMax]

35. Bette! Then Joan.

Bette in all but her late films. Joan in her earliest and mid career. Didn't like her late films either.

AND, Turner Classic Movies 'TCM' is doing a month of '24 hours with a different star' every day in August.

Bette Davis day is Aug. 19th

They are NOT doing a Joan Crawford day. Boo Hiss.

Go check it out at turnerclassicmovies.com

The one's I'm looking forward to:

Aug. 7 - Katharine Hepburn

Aug. 10 - Henry Fonda

Aug. 14 - Bogart

Aug. 21 - James Stewart

Aug. 22 - Olivia De Havilland

Aug. 23 - Ginger Rogers (not the dancing films - just regular old 'film' films. She was great in those.

Aug. 27 - Cary Grant - no explanation needed. :)

Aug. 29 - Gregory Peck

Cannot understand how they would skip Crawford!

[legin]

36. Bette Davis

(And a quick demostration for a student susan)

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

37. Marlena Dietrich

[noonwitch]

38. Bette

Joan was scary-I saw "Mommie Dearest" before I ever saw any of her movies. I did love "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane", but it was Bette's performance that made that movie.

[cleofus1]

39. don't be weird

bette....
sweet sweet bette

[Maddy McCall]

40. Both were great actrors in different ways. Love them both.

Both were symbolic of old, classy Hollywood.

[DivinBreuvage]

41. Factoid for the (straight) guys... I read that Bette Davis was bitching

about Joan Crawford on the set of "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane" (actually the article said they both hated each other) because JC was supposed to lose weight for her invalid role; but the more weight she lost the bigger her boobs got, and Bette wasn't happy about that.