The Damned Don’t Cry (1950), a delightfully overheated noir-tinged Joan Crawford melodrama. She becomes a fashion model and naturally winds up as a gangster's moll. A fine movie although Crawford was fifteen years too old for the part.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-damned-dont-cry-1950.html

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Joan Crawford in Rain (1932). Her career-best performance and Rain is one of the three or four best of all the pre-code movies. A battle of wills between a prostitute and a preacher (played by Walter Huston).

Based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham.

#precode #PreCodeHollywood #JoanCrawford #WSomersetMaugham #FilmMastodon #classicmovies #WalterHuston

I Saw What You Did is a 1965 potboiler from the legendary low-budget horror schlockmeister William Castle but it’s a crime thriller rather than an out-and-out horror flick. It belongs to an interesting sub-genre - the telephone thriller.

Joan Crawford gets top billing.

Good old-fashioned entertainment. You’re not meant to take it too seriously, you’re just meant to sit back and enjoy it.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2020/08/i-saw-what-you-did-1965.html

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Watched an episode of Zane Grey Theatre with Joan Crawford on
TPTVEncore. Those old TV Western were great: a full story told in less than half an hour (including Maxwell House commercial breaks). That's efficient story telling.

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https://www.tptvencore.co.uk/Video/Zane-Grey-Rebel-Range?id=48611e2e-cf91-4e84-bfd4-ffed5cd8deea

4 classic movies to get to know me
Lewis Milestone's Rain (1932)
Josef von Sternberg's The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Fritz Lang's Moonfleet (1955)
Otto Preminger's Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
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