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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 271801" data-attributes="member: 7">I like some of her 1930s work, or at least what I have seen of it. I bought POSSESSED (1931), in which she made a good pairing with Clark Gable. It was typical of her roles in the era: the shop girl that makes good and moves up the social ladder. She was beautiful in that movie too. I also like THE WOMEN, the 1939 comedy where she played second fiddle to Norma Shearer as a man-hungry homewrecker that steals Shearer&#039;s husband away from her. I like how Crawford took a smaller role because she knew THE WOMEN was a good picture and that it would turnaround her souring reputation with audiences and within the industry.

Crawford&#039;s later career had some highlights as well. I am a big fan of AUTUMN LEAVES, the 1956 women&#039;s picture where she played a woman caught in a violent romance with a mentally disturbed Cliff Robertson. I also enjoy STRAIT-JACKET, despite its misgivings, and I found TROG to be horrifically laughable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 271801, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY]I like some of her 1930s work, or at least what I have seen of it. I bought POSSESSED (1931), in which she made a good pairing with Clark Gable. It was typical of her roles in the era: the shop girl that makes good and moves up the social ladder. She was beautiful in that movie too. I also like THE WOMEN, the 1939 comedy where she played second fiddle to Norma Shearer as a man-hungry homewrecker that steals Shearer's husband away from her. I like how Crawford took a smaller role because she knew THE WOMEN was a good picture and that it would turnaround her souring reputation with audiences and within the industry. Crawford's later career had some highlights as well. I am a big fan of AUTUMN LEAVES, the 1956 women's picture where she played a woman caught in a violent romance with a mentally disturbed Cliff Robertson. I also enjoy STRAIT-JACKET, despite its misgivings, and I found TROG to be horrifically laughable.[/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]

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