I think he sucks as a interviewer but Joan went through it with class. She is so put together, she's a beauty!! She also had a very strong sex appeal. That explains alot. Lol
Yes it was quite HUGE, her face, I can't work out if it is just her individual features, or her skull, maybe her jaw, but it is quite jarring looking at her, I never thought she was amazingly beautiful, though I did enjoy some of her performances.
@@michaelreilly3513 Many people that knew here said the first thing you noticed when you met her in person was how beautiful she was. You saw beauty that the camera did not capture. The second thing you noticed was how HUGE her head was. There are a few home movies on youtube that shows her without make-up. She was stunning. Her face was full of freckles.
@@brentaudi9354 I have read all that you said elsewhere and seen her face with all its freckles, I would have covered them too, if I was her, as they did nothing for her on screen glamour. Now, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, my eyes when I look at Miss Joan Crawford, do not see a great beauty, I see a well made up face with strong and big features, not ugly by any means, striking, yes, strong, yes, but not beautiful. Not a criticism, just MY observation.
@@leeleecassidy7175 She is the most profitable actress in the history of cinema, she was the first single adoptive mother (she changed the law) and she was the first woman who worked in the business world. She WAS an amazing person. Even though she was a bad mother like many women unfortunately. One thing does not remove the other.
@@leeleecassidy7175 Nor for the said daughter who waited for just the right time to release it (after her mother DIED and couldn't defend herself) and despite her saying "I didn't do it out of spite", spent MORE than 40 years (!) going on her "Greatest Hits" Tour slagging her mother's legacy and person; squeezing out more trash every 5-10 years for the new editions. That is her ONLY claim to fame. She hated her mother but didn't hate the Crawford name and marquee value. Dozens of people have gone on record saying that Toxic Tina was INSANELY jealous of her mother's success and legacy and thought she should be afforded the same honors; never mind she wasn't as talented as her mother and couldn't even take direction! At some point you stop blaming mommy and daddy for your mishaps and in life and as an adult BE an adult. And if THAT wasn't enough, in one of these "editions" she went after her two sisters claiming they weren't biologically related and other stupid desperate lies. That DID result in a defamation lawsuit filed by both sisters. Toxic Tina rushed to settle out of court. She trashed her mother about her marriages and affairs, but Toxic Tina was married four times but never had kids (or at least it wasn't reported she ever had kids)... And she's STILL churning out derivatives of "Mommie Dearest" including a stage play. So she's made a 40 year career slagging her mother.
Her eye contact was to keep HIM on an even playground. Don't try to patronize and treat her like a "little woman," she must have thought. He tried to do that by his, quick wit, his, ass kissing, and his dry humor, and she wouldn't fall for it. Especially when he tried to touch her. He was trying to gain control of the interview. She didn't flinch she was most professional, and you can see he was nervous. She intimidated him by sitting real close to him and even leaned forward and straight into his eyes. That is years of training on how to deal with all BS of Hollywood men, and executives. "DON'T FUDGE WITH ME FELLOWS! I KNOW HOW TO WIN THE HARD WAY."
It's a shame how she's depicted. From the interviews I've seen her in, I got a sense of the woman and mother described by her twins, than the monster described by Christina. Also, she has a great sense of humour and a gracious, down-to-earth vibe; nothing like any of the depictions I've seen of her. Good people, talented and successful people, attract smear and jealousy, I guess.
He just wouldn’t stop talking, instead of interviewing her he would interject his own opinion all the time, which was visibly annoying to her; but you can also see how used she was to it, by how she just stared at him going on and on doing his dumb thing; indeed those were the “men” of the day. It does make me think of what all the other women of this planet had to put up with if the big Hollywood stars were having to take the nonsense to this degree, and from interviewers at that. He was also standing too close to her, even awkwardly touched her shoulder at some point tf was that?! You can see her quick reaction to that tho, in rising the tone of her voice ever so slightly and answering the question with command and authority _ that was her way of saying hands off while keeping her composure and class; and whenever he did allow her to get a word in for like three seconds she would always deconstruct his bs narrative in that precise amount of time too haha Queen! 😂
Her presence is colossal. There may have been others who are considered more versatile actors, but no one commands the screen like Joan. No one. You can't take your eyes off her.
I wish she could see all the love she gets on social media. I think she would have loved being able to feel adored by her fans. It would of probably saved her many lonely moments thinking that no one cared as she got older!
I think starting in silent pictures helped in that regard. She had to figure out a way to tell a story with her eyes and facial expressions alone. Once the method actors took over that style of acting went out of fashion.
@@SerafEnd - no, she luckily lived in age without distracting devices glued to our eye sockets. She grew up in a time where people actually made eye contact with one another as they spoke...
Too close for comfort tho. Maybe it’s just that the guy is a close talker but it’s still not okay to be in someone’s personal space like that. Give us some space to breath much!? Love the eye contact she makes with him tho, it tells him that she is not afraid, and that SHE is in control. You are no longer prey if you stand the potential predator in the eye. She knows what she’s doing. I had to learn what she’s doing, and so did she. The Japanese have an expression called reading the air, most westerners are so oblivious to it it’s sad. Learn to read the air folks, she is setting her boundaries and asserting her control in staring him in the eye like that, razor blade sharp, chin constantly held high. Queen!
Joan’s 1950s films remind me of a gladiator going into battle against the new wave. She refused to give up her title. Her armor was thicker eyebrows, more prominent make up and a colder, bitchier veneer/attitude. She played the imperious Grande Dame so well and that is 99% of her camp appeal…..her 1930s films she was a soft and dewy ingenue with a core of inner toughness but it was not as pronounced as the late 1940s/ early 1950s
She wasn't just a good actress, she was a GREAT actress when given the opportunity in superior films like "A Woman's Face", "Sudden Fear", "Mildred Pierce", and "Possessed".
Joan came from nothing and worked hard to become a true star. She had real class and never forgot her fans who remained loyal to her throughout her life. Miss Crawford was a legend.
@@walkingnightmare5131 She is the most profitable actress in the history of cinema, she was the first single adoptive mother (she changed the law) and she was the first woman who worked in the business world. She WAS an amazing person. Even though she was a bad mother like many women unfortunately. One thing does not remove the other.
In the 1950s she began to look mannish as her strong features hardened and her hair and brows made her look like the camp caricature you see here. (7/27/24)
her eye contact is so strong and powerful. People say it can come off as rude if it's for too long, but i stare into people's eye's while they talk, especially when responding to a question I ask in a more casual lighter toned conversation because I feel I listen better. I'm glad I have that in common with her.
@@angerjane June Allyson told her Crawford story in her 1982 autobiography conveniently when the subject in question was years passed on. Christina on the other hand never mentioned such an incident in her book.
P. Folliard well then they didnt know much about Joan's childhood and where she came from. I know its not okay how she treated her older children but who are we to judge her so damn much. She was a complex person, but deep within i think she was very lovely, tho tough, strict and proffesional.
I’ve seen people say her eyebrows made her look older but they’re dead wrong- it was the hairstyles she wore in the 50’s that aged her. Should have always kept some sort of shoulder length wavy cut to frame that beautiful face.
What a pity that she had to defend having a career as a woman. I don't think that neither Jessica Lang nor Ryan Murphy watched interviews of Crawford. Seemingly, they relied upon rumour and gossip to produce "Feud".
People are more likely to believe gossip and rumors than they are actual interviews (hence why JC has such a negative rap as a "child abuser" and "horrible woman"). I've never seen Feud and I don't want to. Just looking at how little Sarandon and Lange look like Davis and Crawford instantly turned me off.
She would have been ofended by that depiction of her. It's cristal clear they tried to make a point she was only a beauty queen rather than a great professional. That was cheap and very dishonest!
When he puts his hand on her shoulder and “cracks a joke” but she doesn’t laugh and even continues with her sentence not allowing him to interrupt again.
Bugged me too, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one. No need to touch this lady, I would apologize profusely even holding her hand gently to say hello excitedly, touching her on the shoulder? Never.
That stare she does is a bit too intense, it's like a snake hypnotising it's prey before it strikes (that snake in Jungle Book). Interviewers back then seemed to sit so close. Poor microphone tech? And eugh with the touchy stuff!
-Interviewer: Joan, I hear a rumor around that you're going to retire after this picture. -Joan: Are you kidding?? Who me?? ah ah ah. Never. loooooool the queen is the queen.
OMG this guy would not stop talking. So much so that I had to stop watching before it reached the end. Like dude, I’m here to listen to her, not to you. You said it yourself, she is the star, just ask the darn question quickly and then zip it up. Instead of interviewing her he would interject his own opinion all the time, which was visibly annoying to her; but you can also see how used she was to it, by how she just stared at him going on and on doing his dumb thing. I can now see her having to do that her entire career to stay in the business. Those were the “men” of the day. It does make me think of what all the other women of this planet had to put up with if the big Hollywood stars were having to take the nonsense to this degree, and from interviewers at that. He was also standing too close to her, even awkwardly touched her shoulder at some point tf was that?! You can see her quick reaction to that tho, in raising the tone of her voice ever so slightly, projecting herself and answering the question with command and authority _ that was her way of saying hands off while keeping her composure and class; and whenever he did allow her to get a word in for like three seconds she would also deconstruct his narrative in that precise amount of time too haha Queen! 😂
- A director, no matter how great, can only do 2 or 3 really good works. - Not at all. Would you like me to cite a few? - Please. - Cecil De Mille, Billy Wilder, William Wyler, George Stevens, George Cukor... Want me to go on? - I'd like to, but we don't really have time and it's a really long argumentative subject. 🤣 What a bad loser. He brings up a subject, immediately loses the argument, then runs away from it while trying to seem smart ass.
I wish people would leave Joan Crawford alone she grew up in poverty and got out of it all by her self she worked very very very hard to be a hollywood movie star that has to mean something.
She was probably thinking of "Ice Follies of 1939" when she said, "I've made a few stinkers." I've always been a Joan Crawford fan. A striking woman, a formidable presence, and she most definitely is playing "Joan Crawford" here, the way she holds her head at just the right angle for the camera. I bet she spent some time getting the lighting just right.
I love Joan so much, she always tries to be so positive and humble. Of course, she knows she is a star, but she tries to stay humble because that's part of what kept her hungry to do a better job each time she did a film. This movie they are talking about was an Oscar-worthy film and performance.
So nice to see the realness instead of that nastiness they pass off as reality after her death due in large part to her sick mentally ill since birth adopted daughter.
@@SymphonyBrahms And some people can be mentally ill at a very early stage in life and I think that is the case with the daughter, serious issues. Maybe drug abuse by her blood mother while pregnant, who knows.
Thank you for sharing this video of Joan. I love the fact how she was discovered and made into a star by the system. Remember no matter how good an actor or actdress is does not mean they are automatically a star.
You can tell she became her characters, the gaze, the dramatic cuts of the camera to her face close up. She makes norma desmond look like normal desmond.
For whatever reason I get the impression that the british media is a bit rude and they ask a bunch of rhetorical questions. Theres a time and a place for rude interviews, but this didnt seem like one of those times....
The reporter should not have touched her. She is a star and the best role she ever had was playing Joan Crawford. She loved it and did not want it to end. She put up with a lot to keep it going like doing interviews like this one.
This is a classic example of a bad interview, and also a clear example of a dated form of interviewing people still too often used today. Using kind language to attack, expose assumed weaknesses, and leave the person interviewed left to defend rather than discuss.
The hair and brows ruin her face here. This was when she was in the era that really solidified her as a camp icon because she appeared to be a caricature of femininity rather than being authentically so. She was so grandiose that she believed the silly hair and brows made her look vibrant and youthful when they only accentuated her age and ego.
she has the strongest eye contact i've ever seen...people don't really look u in the eye like that anymore
I was thinking the same thing. It was such a strong gaze but there was such a delicate warmth. I'm not sure I've ever seen that.
True class the way it was meant to be defined.
I find her gaze both alluring and terrifying
@@Jas-on5bi exactly.
@@Jas-on5bi yeah the same people they disparage from today will be venerated in thirty years
What a great honest actress
Classy lady. She pays closely attention to the interviewer, then answer.
I think he sucks as a interviewer but Joan went through it with class. She is so put together, she's a beauty!! She also had a very strong sex appeal. That explains alot. Lol
Oh my gosh.
“....and bored....?”
‘Wh- noo....Restless.’ 💄
Eyebrows
What a face she had and she's over 50 here too
Yes it was quite HUGE, her face, I can't work out if it is just her individual features, or her skull, maybe her jaw, but it is quite jarring looking at her, I never thought she was amazingly beautiful, though I did enjoy some of her performances.
@@michaelreilly3513 Many people that knew here said the first thing you noticed when you met her in person was how beautiful she was. You saw beauty that the camera did not capture. The second thing you noticed was how HUGE her head was. There are a few home movies on youtube that shows her without make-up. She was stunning. Her face was full of freckles.
@@brentaudi9354 I have read all that you said elsewhere and seen her face with all its freckles, I would have covered them too, if I was her, as they did nothing for her on screen glamour. Now, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, my eyes when I look at Miss Joan Crawford, do not see a great beauty, I see a well made up face with strong and big features, not ugly by any means, striking, yes, strong, yes, but not beautiful. Not a criticism, just MY observation.
Jonathan Mays yes I agree, she looks fantastic!
Icing and glycerine
She is 53 years old here and looks gorgeous! She is extremely poised too 💅
Yeah she does she looks better than a lot of women In. Their 30s
I thought she was 49 (she said she was born in 1908, though tbf there are other sources questioning it too).
@crowkid5553 She lied about her birth year it was later revealed that she was actually born in 1904.
So you're attracted to males, eh?
So are you saying that 53 is too old to be gorgeous? Oh please 😅
I don't know how she was really as a person but she was very classy in interviews.
She was deeply mentally ill.
@@dud3man6969 WRONG, that was a bunch of lies as has been proven ad nauseum
@@dannydougin3925 An acquaintance met Christina C. at an event and didn't find her credible in the least.
@@dud3man6969 Hollywood fiction besides Christina was jealous of joan crawfords success
@@fuzbugg Christina was jealous of Joan Crawfords success
Strength. Beauty. Power. This woman is absolutely incredible.
@@leeleecassidy7175 She is the most profitable actress in the history of cinema, she was the first single adoptive mother (she changed the law) and she was the first woman who worked in the business world. She WAS an amazing person. Even though she was a bad mother like many women unfortunately. One thing does not remove the other.
I AM AGREE WITH U
She is the ugliest and most horrid excuse for a stepmother ever created.
@@leeleecassidy7175 christina LIED.
@@leeleecassidy7175 Nor for the said daughter who waited for just the right time to release it (after her mother DIED and couldn't defend herself) and despite her saying "I didn't do it out of spite", spent MORE than 40 years (!) going on her "Greatest Hits" Tour slagging her mother's legacy and person; squeezing out more trash every 5-10 years for the new editions. That is her ONLY claim to fame. She hated her mother but didn't hate the Crawford name and marquee value. Dozens of people have gone on record saying that Toxic Tina was INSANELY jealous of her mother's success and legacy and thought she should be afforded the same honors; never mind she wasn't as talented as her mother and couldn't even take direction! At some point you stop blaming mommy and daddy for your mishaps and in life and as an adult BE an adult. And if THAT wasn't enough, in one of these "editions" she went after her two sisters claiming they weren't biologically related and other stupid desperate lies. That DID result in a defamation lawsuit filed by both sisters. Toxic Tina rushed to settle out of court. She trashed her mother about her marriages and affairs, but Toxic Tina was married four times but never had kids (or at least it wasn't reported she ever had kids)... And she's STILL churning out derivatives of "Mommie Dearest" including a stage play. So she's made a 40 year career slagging her mother.
Her eye contact was to keep HIM on an even playground. Don't try to patronize and treat her like a "little woman," she must have thought. He tried to do that by his, quick wit, his, ass kissing, and his dry humor, and she wouldn't fall for it. Especially when he tried to touch her. He was trying to gain control of the interview. She didn't flinch she was most professional, and you can see he was nervous. She intimidated him by sitting real close to him and even leaned forward and straight into his eyes. That is years of training on how to deal with all BS of Hollywood men, and executives. "DON'T FUDGE WITH ME FELLOWS! I KNOW HOW TO WIN THE HARD WAY."
It's a shame how she's depicted. From the interviews I've seen her in, I got a sense of the woman and mother described by her twins, than the monster described by Christina.
Also, she has a great sense of humour and a gracious, down-to-earth vibe; nothing like any of the depictions I've seen of her.
Good people, talented and successful people, attract smear and jealousy, I guess.
You nailed it! I think she experienced in life what her character Mildred in the movie.
Miss Crawford really kept it together with this interview. The guy was a jerk.
That was your typical man in those times
And he was so close to her!
Maybe if he'd lightly touched her on the hand. But on the shoulder? No.
They were good friends! Listen to you freaks.
He just wouldn’t stop talking, instead of interviewing her he would interject his own opinion all the time, which was visibly annoying to her; but you can also see how used she was to it, by how she just stared at him going on and on doing his dumb thing; indeed those were the “men” of the day. It does make me think of what all the other women of this planet had to put up with if the big Hollywood stars were having to take the nonsense to this degree, and from interviewers at that. He was also standing too close to her, even awkwardly touched her shoulder at some point tf was that?! You can see her quick reaction to that tho, in rising the tone of her voice ever so slightly and answering the question with command and authority _ that was her way of saying hands off while keeping her composure and class; and whenever he did allow her to get a word in for like three seconds she would always deconstruct his bs narrative in that precise amount of time too haha Queen! 😂
Her presence is colossal. There may have been others who are considered more versatile actors, but no one commands the screen like Joan. No one. You can't take your eyes off her.
I tottaly agree with you. Joan is the ultimate star!
I wish she could see all the love she gets on social media. I think she would have loved being able to feel adored by her fans. It would of probably saved her many lonely moments thinking that no one cared as she got older!
I think starting in silent pictures helped in that regard. She had to figure out a way to tell a story with her eyes and facial expressions alone. Once the method actors took over that style of acting went out of fashion.
This reporter just kept repeating himself about her being a star. What an annoying man. She had great patience with him.
The greatest character Joan ever played was ….herself.
What a fantastic role.
Yes, I believe so. Her life was incredibly performative from morning to night.
Correct 😊
They are talking a foot from each other and complete eye contact. Very interesting .
It's kind of weird to me... It's so intimate.. unless there is agenda behind it.
@@SerafEnd - no, she luckily lived in age without distracting devices glued to our eye sockets. She grew up in a time where people actually made eye contact with one another as they spoke...
Too close for comfort tho. Maybe it’s just that the guy is a close talker but it’s still not okay to be in someone’s personal space like that. Give us some space to breath much!? Love the eye contact she makes with him tho, it tells him that she is not afraid, and that SHE is in control. You are no longer prey if you stand the potential predator in the eye. She knows what she’s doing. I had to learn what she’s doing, and so did she. The Japanese have an expression called reading the air, most westerners are so oblivious to it it’s sad. Learn to read the air folks, she is setting her boundaries and asserting her control in staring him in the eye like that, razor blade sharp, chin constantly held high. Queen!
@@carolrodriguez1264 lmao shut up ur corny as hell. yOuNg pEoPlE aNd tHeiR pHonEs headass
Back in the days when people weren’t so emotionally weak and shy.
I mean.. you can see in her EYES every emotion... She's annoyed but she's a Professional.... 🌠♥️🌠
Sheez, the interviewer did most of the talking. I hate one sided conversations.
Me, too. I hate interviewers who love the sound of their own voices.
LET THE LADY SPEAK!!!!
The "stars" of today cannot hold a candle to this level of sophistication, maturity and communication.
ABSOLUTELY...Not!!!
@@josephdockemeyer6782 I wouldn’t call child abuse mature but whatever floats your boat
@@xrrgr It's been proved that Christina was lying. She was recalcitrant in every way. Again, she made false allegations.
@@josephdockemeyer6782 meryl streep. Susan sarandon. Diane keaton. Goldie Hawn. Shall i go on?....
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The closeness of the the interviewer with Joan is super odd. Back up! LOL
LEGEND!!! Her and Bette are stars that will live forever. They were the first stars and the greatest
mark janssens yessss
Asking her about retirement and 5 years later she made robust money with Baby Jane.
I enjoyed Betty Davis films a lot more than Joan Crawford's and lights are better as a person
I enjoy them both very much but I don't think they were the Greatest 😊
Mrs. Joan Crawford is so beautiful and so legendary.
Joan’s 1950s films remind me of a gladiator going into battle against the new wave. She refused to give up her title. Her armor was thicker eyebrows, more prominent make up and a colder, bitchier veneer/attitude. She played the imperious Grande Dame so well and that is 99% of her camp appeal…..her 1930s films she was a soft and dewy ingenue with a core of inner toughness but it was not as pronounced as the late 1940s/ early 1950s
You nailed it! She manage to get amazing roles after leaving Metro.
Well said!!
"There are weaknesses in every script. In every story, like in your child, a child has weaknesses. Even grown ups" (Crawford).
She was great at identifying weaknesses in children.
No more wire hangers!!!!
Gosh she is gorgeous😍
53 years old and still absolutely stunning
She’s so fabulous!... She always had an undeniable star quality that we can't find anymore these days! 🙄☕️
Why isn't he letting her speak??
Because he loves to here himself talk
zthechainz Because men back then were pieces of fucking shit
zthechainz it is heavily edited. I’m sure she spoke more but ........
Typical Pom!
They are in a power struggle
She wasn't just a good actress, she was a GREAT actress when given the opportunity in superior films like "A Woman's Face", "Sudden Fear", "Mildred Pierce", and "Possessed".
True, all fantastic classics!
Joan came from nothing and worked hard to become a true star. She had real class and never forgot her fans who remained loyal to her throughout her life. Miss Crawford was a legend.
No she wasn’t, she was the worst mother POSSIBLE and almost killed both of her children! She was a snake
@@walkingnightmare5131 She is the most profitable actress in the history of cinema, she was the first single adoptive mother (she changed the law) and she was the first woman who worked in the business world. She WAS an amazing person. Even though she was a bad mother like many women unfortunately. One thing does not remove the other.
@@11rokerito She wasn’t a perfect mother, but she wasn’t a “bad” mother. Her two oldest were snakes. It could happen to anyone.
Yes indeed!! Total Respect !!
She was an abuser too
Such poise!! And those beautiful eyes, no one has been able to portray her on the screen accurately.
never ever... she was a star. a stars star
Joan is in her 50's here and looks years younger. She looks great!
I find her beauty at her peak here. She was prettier during her 50's. Not that much before
@@carolinaviescafernandez5490 She is. Have a look at her in Mildred Pierce. Not only does she look amazing - her acting is just brilliant!
@@carolinaviescafernandez5490 She looked the best in her late 30s into her 40s.
She got better with age!
She looks great here age 52 but this lady became better looking as she aged, She opitomized the phrase growing old gracefully.
nah, soon after this she went downhill, fast.
In the 1950s she began to look mannish as her strong features hardened and her hair and brows made her look like the camp caricature you see here. (7/27/24)
her eye contact is so strong and powerful. People say it can come off as rude if it's for too long, but i stare into people's eye's while they talk, especially when responding to a question I ask in a more casual lighter toned conversation because I feel I listen better. I'm glad I have that in common with her.
It's like she's about to do a country duet song lol
Eyes. No apostrophe.
@@georgegallucci9958 Maybe it was just a typo. No need to be patronizing.
...you also have that in common with many people, I imagine🙄
It´s not nice when he touches Joan at 2:42
sexobscura Oh soo Cliché! Nobody knew her then as the "Mommie Dearest!" Character, her despicable adopted daughter made her up to be...
steveaustin1977 pervert
@@angerjane June Allyson told her Crawford story in her 1982 autobiography conveniently when the subject in question was years passed on. Christina on the other hand never mentioned such an incident in her book.
P. Folliard well then they didnt know much about Joan's childhood and where she came from. I know its not okay how she treated her older children but who are we to judge her so damn much. She was a complex person, but deep within i think she was very lovely, tho tough, strict and proffesional.
It was a passive aggressive "Alpha move". She should've smacked him silly!
I’ve seen people say her eyebrows made her look older but they’re dead wrong- it was the hairstyles she wore in the 50’s that aged her. Should have always kept some sort of shoulder length wavy cut to frame that beautiful face.
I totally agree, She looked really attractive with longer hair.
Agreed. She was strikingly beautiful in parts of Baby Jane, where she had longer hair
Joan and Bette are the few stars you look in the comments and see so many different races of people loving on them. They are universally loved 🥰 🥰
What a stunning woman! .... Such natural beauty.🇬🇧
This woman knew her shit beautiful smile she has
Wow, her advice and perspective is amazing! She's also very well informed in her craft! #legend
This pompous interviewer was full of himself and beyond obnoxious!
Can you elaborate? You probably can’t.
Interviewer was totally annoying but Joan rises above - as always! ❤
Pompous know-all BBC twat.
You don’t touch JC, dude. Back off! Lol
I an surprised she didn't push his hand off
Yeah, only she gets to touch you! And that’s only “touching” as in strangling you, and only if you’re lucky enough to be one of her children
@@trimmien2350 exactly! All of that energy is right there!
Glamour, personality, talent, beauty, intelligence, and a fantastic diction. We won't ever see another Joan Crowford.
What a pity that she had to defend having a career as a woman. I don't think that neither Jessica Lang nor Ryan Murphy watched interviews of Crawford. Seemingly, they relied upon rumour and gossip to produce "Feud".
People are more likely to believe gossip and rumors than they are actual interviews (hence why JC has such a negative rap as a "child abuser" and "horrible woman"). I've never seen Feud and I don't want to. Just looking at how little Sarandon and Lange look like Davis and Crawford instantly turned me off.
She would have been ofended by that depiction of her. It's cristal clear they tried to make a point she was only a beauty queen rather than a great professional. That was cheap and very dishonest!
3:21 “Not at all, would you like me to cite a few?”
Man, I want THAT kind of confident, elegant energy! Damn!
Beautiful woman. That eye contact is EPIC!
For an interview with Joan Crawford, that guy sure did most of the talking
When he puts his hand on her shoulder and “cracks a joke” but she doesn’t laugh and even continues with her sentence not allowing him to interrupt again.
I did a double take when I saw it.
Bugged me too, I’m glad I wasn’t the only one. No need to touch this lady, I would apologize profusely even holding her hand gently to say hello excitedly, touching her on the shoulder? Never.
He's a terrible interviewer! It's all about him, he doesn't let her speak very frustrating.
That stare she does is a bit too intense, it's like a snake hypnotising it's prey before it strikes (that snake in Jungle Book). Interviewers back then seemed to sit so close. Poor microphone tech? And eugh with the touchy stuff!
He's pissing her off.
That used to be considered polite. And it was feminine to look directly into a man's eyes.
It’s a narcissistic stare.
-Interviewer: Joan, I hear a rumor around that you're going to retire after this picture.
-Joan: Are you kidding?? Who me?? ah ah ah. Never.
loooooool the queen is the queen.
She was very unique and intriguing, so Graceful.... Sad we do not witness that in these modern ones in cheap computer generated films.....
OMG this guy would not stop talking. So much so that I had to stop watching before it reached the end. Like dude, I’m here to listen to her, not to you. You said it yourself, she is the star, just ask the darn question quickly and then zip it up. Instead of interviewing her he would interject his own opinion all the time, which was visibly annoying to her; but you can also see how used she was to it, by how she just stared at him going on and on doing his dumb thing. I can now see her having to do that her entire career to stay in the business. Those were the “men” of the day. It does make me think of what all the other women of this planet had to put up with if the big Hollywood stars were having to take the nonsense to this degree, and from interviewers at that. He was also standing too close to her, even awkwardly touched her shoulder at some point tf was that?! You can see her quick reaction to that tho, in raising the tone of her voice ever so slightly, projecting herself and answering the question with command and authority _ that was her way of saying hands off while keeping her composure and class; and whenever he did allow her to get a word in for like three seconds she would also deconstruct his narrative in that precise amount of time too haha Queen! 😂
She's my idol! I love you Joan
What a beautiful woman, what a great actress!!!Love from Greece!!
I think she was really secretly frustrated with a man and I don't buy all that Mommy Dearest crap either
At least he recognizes that she is a star.
She was gorgeous and her eyes were blue.
Wow...didn't know that
- A director, no matter how great, can only do 2 or 3 really good works.
- Not at all. Would you like me to cite a few?
- Please.
- Cecil De Mille, Billy Wilder, William Wyler, George Stevens, George Cukor... Want me to go on?
- I'd like to, but we don't really have time and it's a really long argumentative subject.
🤣 What a bad loser. He brings up a subject, immediately loses the argument, then runs away from it while trying to seem smart ass.
She was looking at the interviewer with the sexiest stare.. my goodness. I love Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford was the ultimate Hollywood Star!
Her longevity and talent was legendary!
Age 52 and she looked and sounded GREAT
JC, the epitome of class & beauty!
Even his “flattery” is condescending. He’s galaxies beneath her.
No he's not.
My favourite actress legend Joan Crawford
She had a lot of masculine energy...
Maybe you just don’t understand feminine energy
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Yeah, I don't see her being the least bit masculine here.
@@ChynaFoxNo, this is absolutely masculine energy trying its absolute hardest to appear soft and coy. Narcissistic women do this all the time.
She was gorgeous!
Joan handles this guy well. The English press is nuts.
A beautiful woman and artist
You don't see interviews like that today, she was only 5'3' in height but giant in talent
So elegant and beautiful Mrs. Crawford
she did temporarily retire after this movie and marries Al Steele ;)
I wish people would leave Joan Crawford alone she grew up in poverty and got out of it all by her self she worked very very very hard to be a hollywood movie star that has to mean something.
When he touched her in this video he realized real Quick that it was a mistake !!!!! 🧐
She was probably thinking of "Ice Follies of 1939" when she said, "I've made a few stinkers." I've always been a Joan Crawford fan. A striking woman, a formidable presence, and she most definitely is playing "Joan Crawford" here, the way she holds her head at just the right angle for the camera. I bet she spent some time getting the lighting just right.
I love Joan so much, she always tries to be so positive and humble. Of course, she knows she is a star, but she tries to stay humble because that's part of what kept her hungry to do a better job each time she did a film. This movie they are talking about was an Oscar-worthy film and performance.
He is on her face. Too close
I love her
He had his material and jabs prepared well in advance. Joan navigates like a master.
One of the true great stars of the golden era.
God bless mother Russia 🇷🇺
So nice to see the realness instead of that nastiness they pass off as reality after her death due in large part to her sick mentally ill since birth adopted daughter.
@@SymphonyBrahms And some people can be mentally ill at a very early stage in life and I think that is the case with the daughter, serious issues. Maybe drug abuse by her blood mother while pregnant, who knows.
You literally only call her “mentally ill” to project what was going on inside Joan onto her child. How fucking ridiculous of a human are you?
Four-fifths of the interview is him talking...she could finish a single sentence.
and that kids is called CLASS...
She is.. awkward. But has a nice voice, would’ve made a great hypnotherapist
When he touched her shoulder, was he checking to see if her famous shoulders were padded ?
Thank you for sharing this video of Joan. I love the fact how she was discovered and made into a star by the system. Remember no matter how good an actor or actdress is does not mean they are automatically a star.
She's absolutely professional, completely artificial, she puts no one down. That's her secret.
You can tell she became her characters, the gaze, the dramatic cuts of the camera to her face close up. She makes norma desmond look like normal desmond.
Very clever!
“Like your child, every child has weaknesses”
Joan's reputation has been ruined with mommie dearest but damn this woman worked her butt off and was very smart
How can he dare to touch her, this is a really slimy man. Me too, I wished she had slapped him!👎👎👎👎👎
For whatever reason I get the impression that the british media is a bit rude and they ask a bunch of rhetorical questions. Theres a time and a place for rude interviews, but this didnt seem like one of those times....
He sounded like he had a pork chop in his mouth while was talking.
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Siento tristeza por su final, una leyenda como la diva del cine no se merecía ese final, su legado sigue intacto, una diva un icono una leyenda.
She always had class
The reporter should not have touched her. She is a star and the best role she ever had was playing Joan Crawford. She loved it and did not want it to end. She put up with a lot to keep it going like doing interviews like this one.
This is a classic example of a bad interview, and also a clear example of a dated form of interviewing people still too often used today. Using kind language to attack, expose assumed weaknesses, and leave the person interviewed left to defend rather than discuss.
If she were alive at that age today-she would look even more beautiful-But -her eyebrows were harsh and haircut of that time less flattering.
The hair and brows ruin her face here. This was when she was in the era that really solidified her as a camp icon because she appeared to be a caricature of femininity rather than being authentically so. She was so grandiose that she believed the silly hair and brows made her look vibrant and youthful when they only accentuated her age and ego.