![]() ![]() (Check out that studio copy in the linked article. To make matters worse, Flamingo Road was originally intended as a vehicle for Ann Sheridan, and I think she would have been amazing in it. I’ve always loved Joan’s work at Warners, even though my heart truly belongs to Bette Davis, and the rivalry between the two has turned into such a huge cultural thing that I often feel guilty for enjoying a Joan Crawford Warner Bros. Unfortunately, the loathsome Sheriff Semple has other ideas.įlamingo Road was one of Joan’s last films with Warner Bros., made just a couple of years before she became a free agent. He’s taken with Lane and eventually marries her, and decides to clean up his act, at least a little. ![]() Her brothel hosts plenty of parties for state politicians, and handsome Dan Reynolds (David Brian) is a frequent customer. When she gets out of the clink, she resolves to make her way to Flamingo Road, the swanky area of Boldon City where the rich folks live.Īnd somehow she actually gets there, despite immediately going to work for Lute Mae (Gladys George), a local madam. He convinces Carlisle to marry the rich girl he’s half-heartedly been courting (Virginia Huston) and frames Lane on a prostitution charge to get her out of town. But Carlisle’s boss, Sheriff Titus Semple (Sydney Greenstreet), has plans to use Carlisle as a political pawn, and he doesn’t want his golden boy involved with a common tramp. Instead, he takes her out for dinner, helps her get a decent job, and falls for her. ![]() She sets up a tent on the outskirts of Boldon City, and fledgling deputy Fielding Carlisle (Zachary Scott) stumbles across her while trying to serve a summons. Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford) is a hoochie dancer at a sketchy traveling carnival who decides that she’s finally had enough of one-night stands and being chased by the carnival owner’s creditors. It’s a one-two punch of Joan Crawford tonight here on SBBN, and up next is another Warner Archive MOD DVD release of a formerly out-of-print movie: Flamingo Road (1949). ![]()
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