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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 423298" data-attributes="member: 57984">One of my favorite photos. And from one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite BD movies.The differences were somewhat superficial. As Crawford said to her maid in BABY JANE, &quot;We&#039;re sisters, Elvira; we know each other very well.&quot; Even director Vincent Sherman, who claims believably that he boinked both actresses (and forgiven by his &quot;remarkable&quot; wife) describes the two stars as &quot;sisters under the skin.&quot;Bette was more theatrical, acting-wise, but then Joan was pretty darn theatrical in her own way. When I was a kid, I used to find Crawford to be duller, while Bette was electric. But something I&#039;ve long realized is that while Hepburn was righteously always telling The Truth, Bette Davis was often telling the truth even when she was lying... But Crawford was lying -- even when she was telling the truth. (Their scripts notwithstanding).That ultimately makes Crawford&#039;s characterizations even more mesmerizing: she is the darker of the divas.Only a few years ago did I realize I had more of Joan&#039;s movies on DVD than I did either Kate of even Bette...I tend to be somewhat apathetic to Kate&#039;s early work -- she has that tweedy, mid-twentieth century lesbianic thing about her which paled in comparison to Joan&#039;s &amp; Bette&#039;s abject cinema bitches. But I warm to Hepburn as she ages, the actresses taking on a quavering dignity, while Crawford &amp; Davis did horror movies (not all of them good). And their careers just kind of faded away. Bette &amp; Joan could never have done LION IN WINTER or even LOVE AMONG THE RUINS in the way Hepburn did them.<img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.xFzaDzZfW0XVT9zcyx7TJQHaEK?rs=1&amp;pid=ImgDetMain" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 776px" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 423298, member: 57984"] One of my favorite photos. And from one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite BD movies. The differences were somewhat superficial. As Crawford said to her maid in BABY JANE, "We're sisters, Elvira; we know each other very well." Even director Vincent Sherman, who claims believably that he boinked both actresses (and forgiven by his "remarkable" wife) describes the two stars as "sisters under the skin." Bette was more theatrical, acting-wise, but then Joan was pretty darn theatrical in her own way. When I was a kid, I used to find Crawford to be duller, while Bette was electric. But something I've long realized is that while Hepburn was righteously always telling The Truth, Bette Davis was often telling the truth even when she was lying... But Crawford was lying -- even when she was telling the truth. (Their scripts notwithstanding). That ultimately makes Crawford's characterizations even more mesmerizing: she is the darker of the divas. Only a few years ago did I realize I had more of Joan's movies on DVD than I did either Kate of even Bette... I tend to be somewhat apathetic to Kate's early work -- she has that tweedy, mid-twentieth century lesbianic thing about her which paled in comparison to Joan's & Bette's abject cinema bitches. But I warm to Hepburn as she ages, the actresses taking on a quavering dignity, while Crawford & Davis did horror movies (not all of them good). And their careers just kind of faded away. Bette & Joan could never have done LION IN WINTER or even LOVE AMONG THE RUINS in the way Hepburn did them. [IMG width="776px"]https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.xFzaDzZfW0XVT9zcyx7TJQHaEK?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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