Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002 TV Movie)
Vincent Sherman: Self - Director
Quotes
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Self - Director : She used to go the Coconut Grove and she loved to dance. And she loved the crowds and the crowds loved her. She loved to do the Charleston. And I know she used to go there every week.
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Self - Director : She understood cutting. She knew where the camera was. She knew what the best angles for her were. She was so experienced, you didn't have to worry about her hitting her marks. She some how or other could step in and feel the light right on her, the heat from the lamp was better there.
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Self - Director : Over the time, I'd been thinking about what it is about women like that that makes it so difficult for them to remain married to one person. There's a constant need for approval. A constant need for admiration. A constant need to be in the public eye. Bette didn't trust men and neither did Crawford. I had to tell my wife. She said, "What could I say? I don't want you to sleep with Joan Crawford. If I were the man, I think I would feel the same way." My wife was a remarkable woman.
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Self - Director : She was wonderful to direct. Before we started the picture, we went down to a projection room, one night. We were looking at "Humoresque" and I said, "My God, that's a very sexy outfit you've got on." She said, "Thank you." And then she took my hand and - she sort of put it on her breast. Well, I thought that was kind of strange. Well, she was ready for me to take her on the floor of the projection room, for God's sake. That began an affair that ran for over three years. She once said, "That's the perfect woman. Can be a lady in the parlor and a whore in bed." But, we went to Palm Springs, I was going to live in one place, at the Racquet Club, and Joan, I thought was near there. When I got there, I found out that she had arranged for us to have adjoining rooms.
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Self - Director : If it was a young director, she always liked to have an affair with him because she felt that that way he belonged to her and she belonged to him.
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Self - Director : When I get to the hospital, she said, "I just want to get out of the picture." Bette had been talking to the Director, cutting Crawford's part down and building her part up. And she said, "I just didn't want to be in - go through another picture with Bette Davis." And, with that, she locked the door and we went to bed.
