I Was A Strict Disciplinarian, Perhaps Too

Hollywood Is Like Life, You Face It With The Sum Total Of Your Equipment.

I Had Read The Criticisms Of Me And My Movies And They Were Discerning. They Said That Crawford Needs A New Deal, And They Asked If I Was Doomed To Explore Forever The Emotional Misfortunes Of The Super-sexed Modern Young Woman. And So, To Break Away From The Pattern, I Wanted To Do "the Gorgeous Hussy". Selznick Laughed At Me. 'you Can't Do A Costume Picture. You're Too Modern.' But I Begged And Begged And Begged, And So They Let Me Do It. I Was Totally Miscast.

When Television Killed Comedy And Love Stories, The Movie Makers Went In Slugging. They Offered The Downbeat, The Degenerate As Competition. This Seems To Me To Be A Sad Campaign For Hollywood To Use To Combat Box Office Disaster.

If You Start Watching The Oldies, You're In Trouble. I Feel Ancient If "grand Hotel" Or "the Bride Wore Red" Comes On. I Have A Sneaking Regard For "mildred Pierce", But The Others Do Nothing For Me.

Sensitive Husbands Don't Like Second Billing. I Don't Believe Franchot Ever For A Moment Resented The Fact That I Was A Star. Possibly He Resented Hollywood's Refusal To Let Him Forget It. There Was Never A Doubt In My Mind That His Talent Was Greater Than Mine.