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Rage in Heaven (1941)
A good, solid, psychological thriller
I might be in the minority here, but I really liked this movie. George Sanders, playing against type, was quite believable as Ward Andrews, a decent guy in love with his best friend's wife, but too noble to pursue her. Ingrid Bergman, as Stella, plays the conflicted wife very well. She loves her husband, but as he becomes more paranoid and jealous, you see her suffering from the emotional abuse he heaps on her. But the real surprise of this movie is Robert Montgomery. According to Ingrid Bergman, he told her he planned on phoning in his performance because he was angry with MGM for putting him in this film. If he did, it was a brilliant decision. His underplaying and detachment gave him the air of someone who was convinced of the rationality of his increasingly irrational behavior. I never thought I'd say this about Robert Montgomery, but he gave me the kind of creeps in this movie that I got from Anthony Perkins in Psycho.
The Will: Family Secrets Revealed: The Estate of Joan Crawford (2010)
Interesting show
Not a bad show. It presented a pretty balanced story, with interviews not only with Christina, but with Joan's grandson too.
There were some interesting facts left out. For example, it was made to look like Joan took Christina and Christopher out of the school they loved because they wanted to be there instead of with her. However, in Mommy Dearest, Christina tells the story of Joan visiting the school and finding 11-year old Christina in the stable making out with the 16- year old stable boy. I would have yanked my kid out of that school too. But that was Christina changing the story, so I can't fault the show.
Was Joan a great parent? Probably not. But this was one of the better Crawford documentaries.