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Queen Bee

1 rating: 4.0

Drama movie directed by Ranald MacDougall

"Any man's my man if I want it that way." The speaker could only be Joan Crawford, as a wicked man-eater terrorizing her Deep South household inQueen Bee. Crawford's the whole show in this campy 1955 melodrama, which aspires to be second-rate Lillian … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Drama Movies

Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, John Ireland, Betsy Palmer, Lucy Marlow

Director: Ranald MacDougall

Genre: Drama

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"She'll sting you one day"

Nov 22, 2007

by Byron_Kolln
posted in Movie Hype

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The South must hold the monopoly in bitter, fractured families. In QUEEN BEE, based on the novel by Edna Lee, every member of the Phillips family has their own axe to grind...and it all stems from matriarch Eva (played brilliantly by Joan Crawford). Eva manipulates everyone around her with precision skill. In a loveless marriage with alcoholic husband Avery (Barry Sullivan), Eva is also dallying with her cousin's fiancee (John Ireland). When Eva's distant relation Jennifer Stewart (Lucy Marlow) comes to live with the Phillips clan, Eva's "sweet sting" soon infects her as well. The machinations continue as Eva twists the lives of her family members until they all shatter.

Joan Crawford lets the venom flow with her masterly performance as Eva, the queen bee of the title. Dressed in some gorgeous Jean Louis gowns and filtered through soft lighting, "La Crawford" commands the screen in every possible way. Notice too, how her voice changes from soft and honeyed when Eva is trying to get what she wants, to gruff and unforgiving when her temper snaps. The brilliant supporting cast includes Betsy Palmer as ill-fated cousin Carol-Lee, and Fay Wray as the jilted Sue McKinnon. Contract player Lucy Marlow, in one of her first lead roles, provides the innocent core of the story, yet our eyes remain riveted to Crawford. She was the ultimate Queen Bee!

The DVD includes the trailer plus talent profiles and vintage advertising gallery. (Single-sided, single-layer disc).

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