
—Ingrid Bergman


—Bette Davis


—Sophia Loren


—Lucille Ball




—Vivien Leigh


“I can’t tell you why I stayed with her so many years. I did. I didn’t know what else to do, but stay along and suffer.”
—Laurence Olivier, 1982


—Betty Grable


—Constance Bennett on Marilyn Monroe

Portrait of a Girl

—Brigitte Bardot


—Lana Turner

Clyfford Still
PH-1007, 1976
Oil on canvas
92 x 78.5 in


—Eleanor Parker


“Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it’s because I’m not a bitch. Maybe that’s why Joan Crawford always plays ladies.”
—Bette Davis
MEOW!!!!
Thanks Robert! Loved the quote from Bette Davis
and “There’s a broad with her future behind her.” — ouch!
Prophet Joe:
Connie had a wicked way with words. She was also an expert poker player. She was the only woman who was allowed at the table with LB Mayer, David O Selznick and Joe Schenck in their weekend game where the stakes were enormous. She frequently took the big boys to the cleaners.
Topper was my favorite movie of the 30s. She was one big reason. The fact that it stayed on TV for decades is another bit of evidence.
Bill:
I wonder if Crawford ever heard it.
I’m sure she did.