Queen Bee
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Lucy Marlow Director: Ranald MacDougall Brand: COL DVD: Region Code 99 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1 Running Time: 95 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-12-18 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Movie Reviews of Queen Bee
Movie Review: That's Acting?!!
Summary: 3 Stars
Oh, Lord! The makers of this film were obviously taking their turgid little melodrama quite seriously, but this camp howler can only be viewed today as an overblown relic of the "star system". Joan Crawford, in make-up that makes her look like The Joker (calling Caesar Romero), acts up a storm but, sadly, the cinema tyro is not at her best here. Crawford was always an underrated actress, primarily because her posturing could easily override everything in its path until you got just "too much Joan". But when she threw all that away and applied a smaller, more natural approach, the results could be stunning (she's the only reason to see "Baby Jane"). Well, don't expect any of the latter in this potboiler. Oh, brother! From the opening scene, when the memorable Fay Wray does an unmemorable (and overdone) turn as a mad Soulthern belle, you know your in for hard knocks. Then Betsy Palmer starts her usual projecting to the rear mezzanine and your just waiting for Joan to come in and spice up the proceedings with a little camp fun. This she does in classic Crawford style...and the laughs keep coming. The dour John Ireland and the dourer Barry Nelson are no match for the corsetted Miss Shoulder Pads, and some of Crawford's posturings are a real hoot. This may be damning with faint praise, but it's the only way to take this movie. However, 90+ minutes of the diva begins to wear you down, and there simply isn't enough left to enjoy in what's left in the wreckage. Only little Lucy Marlow (whom Crawford reportedly detested) resembles anything close to a human being, and there's so much scenery chewing you expect the final scene to be played on a bare soundstage (now that would really be a howl). No such luck, though, and in the end "Queen Bee" is much ado about drivel. For Joan watchers only...but they'll love it.