Monday, January 22, 2018

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford

We watched Feud, the TV series about the rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, which was entertaining and also presented one of the basic problems both women faced as they aged - the lack of good roles for older women, and their general lack of power within Hollywood.
Joan Crawford was played by Jessica Lange and Bette Davis by Susan Sarandon. I knew little about either woman and had seen none of their films.

Since then we've watched All About Eve(1950), Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) and Jezebel (1938). I'm impressed.

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