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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 231022" data-attributes="member: 5079">Poor Lana, getting crowded out by Liz and Jane in her own thread!So here&#039;s my third favorite Lana role, after THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE and THE BAD &amp; THE BEAUTIFUL --&nbsp; THE THREE MUSKETEERS.To me, this is everything right and wrong with Lana Turner.&nbsp; She looks ravishing.&nbsp; It&#039;s a good performance of a screen villain; maybe even very good.&nbsp; But&#039;s it&#039;s not great.&nbsp; And then you shift your gaze and realize Angela Lansbury is right there and wanted the part; Lansbury, an infinitely better actress capable of creating some of the screen&#039;s best villains.&nbsp; And then suddenly Lana&#039;s work seems pallid.[ATTACH=full]21571[/ATTACH]Plus, the movie is kind of weird.&nbsp; It feels less like an Errol Flynn / Tyrone Power swashbuckler than a musical where all of the singing and dancing has been cut out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson, post: 231022, member: 5079"] Poor Lana, getting crowded out by Liz and Jane in her own thread! So here's my third favorite Lana role, after THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE and THE BAD & THE BEAUTIFUL -- THE THREE MUSKETEERS. To me, this is everything right and wrong with Lana Turner. She looks ravishing. It's a good performance of a screen villain; maybe even very good. But's it's not [I]great[/I]. And then you shift your gaze and realize Angela Lansbury is right there and wanted the part; Lansbury, an infinitely better actress capable of creating some of the screen's best villains. And then suddenly Lana's work seems pallid. [ATTACH=full]21571[/ATTACH] Plus, the movie is kind of weird. It feels less like an Errol Flynn / Tyrone Power swashbuckler than a musical where all of the singing and dancing has been cut out. [/QUOTE]

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