tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post418698440857404810..comments2024-02-25T03:29:01.043+00:00Comments on Mike's Movie Projector: Hollywood blonde - Lana and Madame XMichael O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-11624147047799005662013-02-14T10:48:34.581+00:002013-02-14T10:48:34.581+00:00Lana certainly fared better in the '50s than h...Lana certainly fared better in the '50s than her contemporary that other '40s love goddess Rita Hayworth. Poor Rita had no Ross Hunter to gild her, though PAL JOEY and SEPARATE TABLES were Rita highlights then ...Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-92181438987193509852013-02-14T10:20:52.915+00:002013-02-14T10:20:52.915+00:00Thanks for that - yes the '40s Lana has a lot ...Thanks for that - yes the '40s Lana has a lot going for her as well, I have not seen too many of them but liked Ziegfield Girl and of course The Postman Always Rings Twice ...Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-810655059771070902013-02-14T02:07:25.280+00:002013-02-14T02:07:25.280+00:00While Madame X is no Imitation of Life it does hav...While Madame X is no Imitation of Life it does have it's bright spots and I think the second part of the film contains some of Lana's best work. Oh and does she suffer so!!<br />By Love Possessed is not that great with Lana secondary but the suds are pretty thick throughout and it has that expensive studio sheen that is sorely lacking nowadays.<br />The Big Cube is just sad. A truly dreadful piece of tripe with Lana looking thin and pinched with awful two tone hair! Even with all that against her she's still by far the best thing in that terrible film.<br />Adore Lana but aside from Imitation of Life, my favorite of her films, I've always preferred her earlier films where she's softer and more kittenish. In Johnny Eager, Honky Tonk and especially Ziegfeld Girl she bursts through the screen with a saucy sexiness that eventually was lost to a more brittle allure. She was still a fierce star presence but much more remote.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com