Ranked #1
Ep 4: Joan Crawford in Torch Song (1953)
Ep 4: Joan Crawford in Torch Song (1953)
Joan Crawford demonstrates how women can remain relevant in middle age through high standards and a champion work ethic.... Read more
15 Jan 2018
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22mins
Ranked #2
Ep 7: Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart (1949)
Ep 7: Susan Hayward in My Foolish Heart (1949)
Susan Hayward learns that fortunes turn on a dress. She makes her debut in New York City in a dress that screams 'Boise'... Read more
29 Jan 2018
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25mins
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Ranked #3
Ep 46: Gene Tierney in Laura (1944)
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If we look at Otto Preminger's adaptation of Vera Caspary's novel as a woman's picture, instead of film noir, we gain in... Read more
12 Apr 2019
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Ranked #4
Ep 47: Mae Clarke in Waterloo Bridge (1931)
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Soldiers are equipped with helmets, rifles, and uniforms to fight in the trenches in James Whale's picture set during WW... Read more
26 Apr 2019
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Ranked #5
Ep 57: Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in Love Affair (1939)
Ep 57: Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in Love Affair (1939)
Among the stars of woman's pictures, Irene Dunne was arguably the most scandal-proof, even when she lived apart from her... Read more
19 Aug 2019
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Ranked #6
Ep 50: Joan Crawford in Female on the Beach (1955)
Ep 50: Joan Crawford in Female on the Beach (1955)
After decades of men who couldn’t keep it zipped, tried to cheat her, undermined or underestimated her professionally, J... Read more
12 May 2019
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28mins
Ranked #7
Ep 3: Jean Harlow in Hold Your Man (1933)
Ep 3: Jean Harlow in Hold Your Man (1933)
In a standout script from Anita Loos, Jean Harlow and Clark Gable play scam artists who fall in love and then separate w... Read more
5 Jan 2018
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Ranked #8
Ep 14: Barbara Stanwyck in The Gay Sisters (1942)
Ep 14: Barbara Stanwyck in The Gay Sisters (1942)
Barbara Stanwyck once told a reporter 'I hate whiners. You have to fight life and make it work for you'. When she yells ... Read more
12 Apr 2018
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23mins
Ranked #9
Ep 60: Joan Crawford in Sadie McKee (1934)
Ep 60: Joan Crawford in Sadie McKee (1934)
In her best picture from the 1930s, Joan Crawford absorbs slings and arrows from men. Men call her cheap, a chiseller, a... Read more
30 Nov 2019
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34mins
Ranked #10
Ep 58: Ginger Rogers in Bachelor Mother (1939)
Ep 58: Ginger Rogers in Bachelor Mother (1939)
Instead of going for an obvious three-hanky approach for a story about a single mother out of work at Christmas, screenw... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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22mins
Ranked #11
Ep 42: Joan Fontaine in Born to Be Bad (1950)
Ep 42: Joan Fontaine in Born to Be Bad (1950)
Instead of looking at Joan Fontaine as a noir dame, let's think of her as a post-war Baby Face. Somewhere along the line... Read more
8 Mar 2019
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26mins
Ranked #12
Ep 55: Jennifer Jones in Ruby Gentry (1952)
Ep 55: Jennifer Jones in Ruby Gentry (1952)
If stories about glamorous women who destroy men make your heart gladsome, Ruby Gentry will be your queen. Sure, she's s... Read more
13 Jul 2019
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27mins
Ranked #13
Ep 61: June Havoc in The Story of Molly X (1949)
Ep 61: June Havoc in The Story of Molly X (1949)
Not since Joan Blondell vowed that she knew all the answers and the only thing worthwhile was dough have we seen a more ... Read more
19 Dec 2019
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49mins
Ranked #14
Ep 18: Claudette Colbert in Midnight (1939)
Ep 18: Claudette Colbert in Midnight (1939)
Instead of glass slippers and a poofy ball gown, Claudette Colbert receives a trunk full of glamorous clothes from her f... Read more
17 May 2018
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26mins
Ranked #15
Ep 48: Paulette Goddard in Dramatic School (1938)
Ep 48: Paulette Goddard in Dramatic School (1938)
The number and variety of stories collected about Paulette Goddard far exceed the wildest plot of any picture she starre... Read more
26 Apr 2019
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22mins
Ranked #16
Ep 43: Myrna Loy & Clark Gable in Parnell (1937)
Ep 43: Myrna Loy & Clark Gable in Parnell (1937)
Somehow Parnell (1937) is often included on 'worst ever' film lists, but there's much about this MGM production to recom... Read more
14 Mar 2019
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45mins
Ranked #17
Ep 45: Dorothy Lamour in The Jungle Princess (1936)
Ep 45: Dorothy Lamour in The Jungle Princess (1936)
One way to bypass the scolds in the Production Code Administration was to set a picture in the tropics instead of Park A... Read more
29 Mar 2019
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28mins
Ranked #18
Ep 62: Barbara Stanwyck as Gypsy Rose Lee in Lady Of Burlesque (1943)
Ep 62: Barbara Stanwyck as Gypsy Rose Lee in Lady Of Burlesque (1943)
After Gypsy Rose Lee finished the biggest show of her career for the 1940 World's Fair, she decided to finally write tha... Read more
16 Jan 2020
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37mins
Ranked #19
Ep 17: Ava Gardner in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Ep 17: Ava Gardner in The Angel Wore Red (1960)
Ava Gardner saves this picture. There's no question that without her, it would have gone down in the annals of cringewor... Read more
1 May 2018
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17mins
Ranked #20
Ep 16: Joan Bennett in She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Ep 16: Joan Bennett in She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Joan Bennett demonstrates that ignoring a man can be as effective as having an expert sass mouth. Her natural champagne ... Read more
1 May 2018
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24mins
