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#5313
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Drama
"Joan Crawford is fascinating." -Hollywood Reporter
Academy Award®-winner Joan Crawford (Best Actress, Mildred Pierce, 1945) is at her conniving and devious best as the Southern socialite who manipulates the lives of those around her with tragic results. The poster art screamed, "One female alone may be the queen bee. The other females serve only to sacrifice themselves while tending the queen bee or defending her. The males of the species exist only to serve the queen's pleasure…" and who better to exact the role than Crawford?
Eva Phillips (Crawford) is married to Avery (Barry Sullivan), a wealthy mill owner who has been driven to drink and bitterness by Eva's ruthless, self-seeking machinations and frank infidelity. When Avery's sister Carol Lee (Betsy Palmer) announces her engagement, Crawford maneuvers to prevent the wedding to Judson Prentiss (John Ireland), the queen bee's secret lover.
William K. Zinsser in the New York Herald Tribune said of her performance, "Miss Crawford plays her role with such silky villainy that we long to see her dispatched."
USA / English
| Joan Crawford | Eva Phillips |
| John Ireland | Judson Prentiss |
| Lucy Marlow | Jennifer Stewart |
| Betsy Palmer | Carol Lee Phillips |
| Barry Sullivan | Avery 'Beauty' Phillips |
| William Leslie | Ty McKinnon |
| Fay Wray | Sue McKinnon |
| Katherine Anderson | Miss Breen |
| Tim Hovey | Ted Phillips |
| Linda Bennett | Trissa Phillips |
| Director | Ranald MacDougall |
| Producer | Jerry Wald |
| Writer | Ranald MacDougall; Edna L. Lee |
Academy Award®-winner Joan Crawford (Best Actress, Mildred Pierce, 1945) is at her conniving and devious best as the Southern socialite who manipulates the lives of those around her with tragic results. The poster art screamed, "One female alone may be the queen bee. The other females serve only to sacrifice themselves while tending the queen bee or defending her. The males of the species exist only to serve the queen's pleasure…" and who better to exact the role than Crawford?
Eva Phillips (Crawford) is married to Avery (Barry Sullivan), a wealthy mill owner who has been driven to drink and bitterness by Eva's ruthless, self-seeking machinations and frank infidelity. When Avery's sister Carol Lee (Betsy Palmer) announces her engagement, Crawford maneuvers to prevent the wedding to Judson Prentiss (John Ireland), the queen bee's secret lover.
William K. Zinsser in the New York Herald Tribune said of her performance, "Miss Crawford plays her role with such silky villainy that we long to see her dispatched."
| Edition Details | |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures |
| Barcode | 043396708891 |
| Region | Region 1 |
| Chapters | 28 |
| Release Date | 12/18/2001 |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio | Widescreen 1.85:1 B&W (Anamorphic) |
| Subtitles | Chinese; English; Korean; Portuguese; Spanish; Thai |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] |
| Layers | Single Side, Single Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 1 |
| Personal Details | |
| Purchase Price | $24.95 |
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