#bitch goddess

[bitter69uk]

“Hollywood’s most representative “Great Movie Star” and the screen’s finest personification of no-holds-barred ambition, Joan Crawford created her own screen persona early, doubtless basing it on her own desperate climb from the bottom of society and pushed this screen image to the very peak of stardom. The outward manifestations changed, but the core of the image never altered: she was a tough, shrewd, determined woman who wanted the best things in life and would do anything to get them – even murder. “I love to play bitches,” she once said, and in the end, she came to symbolize the bitch-goddess success, the dark side of the American dream. She looked like a star, she behaved like a star, she was a star.”

/ From The Illustrated Encyclopedia of The World’s Great Movie Stars (1979) by Ken Wlaschin /

Born on this day: the fierce and regal Miss Joan Crawford (née Lucille LeSueur on 23 March somewhere between 1904 and 1908. The precise year of Crawford’s birth is contested although 1906 seems to be generally accepted). Pictured: the diva photographed by Richard Avedon and flourishing a Blackglama mink coat in the ad campaign “What Becomes a Legend Most” for Vogue magazine, 1 October 1969.

[bitter69uk]

Born on this day 91 years ago (23 May 1933): haughty veteran show biz diva, undisputed bitch goddess extraordinaire, camp icon and the woman forever known as Alexis Carrington - Dame Joan Henrietta Collins! In the spirit of generosity, because it’s her birthday, let’s draw a veil over Collins’ frankly unpleasant right-wing politics and support for UKIP! In terms of her trashy cinematic oeuvre, I treasure Collins’ performances in 1970s British horror schlock like Tales from the Crypt (1972) and Tales that Witness Madness (1973) (I’ve yet to experience the notorious Empire of the Ants (1977)), and the disco-era kitsch epics The Stud (1978) and The Bitch (1979) adapted from steamy novels by her sister Jackie. Pictured: young starlet Collins as Princess Nellifer in her big Hollywood break, Land of the Pharaohs (1955). (Tagline: “Her treachery stained every stone of the great pyramid!”). Collins was indebted to temperamental fashion model Ivy Nicholson (née Irene Nicholson, 1933 -2021), the original choice for the role. As Nicholson’s New York Times obituary outlined, “When Howard Hawks flew her to Egypt in 1954 for a role in his epic movie Land of the Pharaohs, she objected to the studio’s multiyear contract. So, as she later told the story, she bit one of the actors to get out of the deal. Her replacement was Joan Collins.” As for Nicholson, her wayward path led her away from both haute couture and Hollywood to underground stardom at Andy Warhol’s Factory.

Joan Collins, 1955

[j-august]

The back of my neck began to itch where the bitch goddess coincidence had bitten me before.

Ross MacDonald, The Ivory Grin

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[bitter69uk]

“You’re like some fancy kind of disease. I had it once, now I’m immune” John Ireland snarls to Joan Crawford (pictured). If you like dialogue like this, do I have the film for you! YES! Final call for the Lobotomy Room cinema club’s FREE presentation of Queen Bee (1955) THIS Thursday night (20 February) in the plush surroundings of Fontaine’s in Dalston! Won’t you join us to watch this wildly lurid and enjoyable melodrama over frosty cocktails? Just email bookings@fontaines.bar NOW to reserve your seat! Further info here.

Joan Crawford and John Ireland in Queen Bee 1955 🍸

[foreverrryourssss]

It’s Our Month ❤️❤️❤️

[bitter69uk]

“This classic camp bitchfest is a prime example of Joan Crawford doing the sort of thing she always did best. Though disguised as a soaper, it’s actually almost a horror movie, and she’s the monster. The plot structure is pure Gothic romance: a sweet young innocent (Lucy Marlow) comes to stay at a gracious Southern mansion that’s populated with a clan of snarling neurotics. Presiding over this menage is Crawford, who seems to be a perfectly charming, devoted wife and mother. In fact, however, she’s a sweetly malevolent, slyly manipulative gorgon of absolute selfishness and downright vicious vindictiveness. Her face is made up like a Kabuki mask; she looks like a dragon lady in a comic book. As for her gowns (by Jean Louis), they’re all bedecked with trains and veils and capes, as if she were a vampire …”

/ Paul Roen writing about Queen Bee (1955) in High Camp: A Gay Guide to Camp and Cult Films Volume Two by (1997) /

Yes! Get stung by the Queen Bee herself when the FREE monthly Lobotomy Room cinema club (devoted to Bad Movies for Bad People) presents this irresistible melodrama on 20 February at Fontaine’s bar in Dalston! Starring fierce-eyed diva Joan Crawford (pictured) at her most imperious! Numbers are limited, so reserve your seat via Fontaine’s website. Alternatively, phone 07718000546 or email bookings@fontaines.bar. Full sordid details HERE.

[bitter69uk]

From the amazing photographer Eve Arnold’s series of photos of fierce-eyed screen diva Joan Crawford for Life magazine in 1959. I love Arnold’s memory of their first meeting: before handing her two pet poodles to her personal assistant, Crawford lovingly kissed each dog on the mouth – then turned to Arnold and kissed her on the mouth, in that order! Read more here. 

Joan Crawford receives a facial photographed by Eve Arnold, 1959

[inkystinkyfeet]

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[kloebby7]

Wo want a taste if this sexy ass body 🏳️‍⚧️

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[bitter69uk]

“Hollywood’s most representative “Great Movie Star” and the screen’s finest personification of no-holds-barred ambition, Joan Crawford created her own screen persona early, doubtless basing it on her own desperate climb from the bottom of society and pushed this screen image to the very peak of stardom. The outward manifestations changed, but the core of the image never altered: she was a tough, shrewd, determined woman who wanted the best things in life and would do anything to get them – even murder. “I love to play bitches,” she once said, and in the end, she came to symbolize the bitch-goddess success, the dark side of the American dream. She looked like a star, she behaved like a star, she was a star.”

/ From The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of The World’s Great Movie Stars (1979) by Ken Wlaschin /

Born on this day in San Antonio, Texas: the fierce and regal Miss Joan Crawford (née Lucille LeSueur on 23 March somewhere between 1904 and 1908. The precise year of Crawford’s birth is contested although 1906 seems to be generally accepted). Pictured: the diva – in blazing colour! - featured in the August 1942 issue of Photoplay magazine.

Photoplay, August 1942

[sallysspacesworld]

SCHWAY!.....🔥💦