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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 439985" data-attributes="member: 57984">That doesn&#039;t salvage it either.Honestly, the only problem I have with either QUEEN BEE and STRAIT-JACKET -- and it&#039;s a big problem -- is the direction. Direction is a big deal, and Ranald McDougall and William Castle simply were not up to the task. (McDougall had never directed before, and B-movie maestro Castle gave C-level direction for the axe-murder movie).I don&#039;t even blame the scripts so much (although Robert Bloch wasn&#039;t really a screenwriter, known mostly for the book version of PSYCHO, and ends too many STRAIT-JACKET scenes with lines like, &quot;You understand -- don&#039;t you....?&quot;). The direction for these pictures is just hapless, while Joan, naturally, directs herself -- and very well.The casts don&#039;t really need mush adjustment. Just tighter direction. (And, obviously, a different cameraman for STRAIT-JACKET, as the photography is appalling).&quot;I forgot why I came in here....&quot;<img src="https://www.joancrawfordbest.com/64strait13oct4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Snob!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 439985, member: 57984"] That doesn't salvage it either. Honestly, the only problem I have with either QUEEN BEE and STRAIT-JACKET -- and it's a big problem -- is the direction. Direction is a big deal, and Ranald McDougall and William Castle simply were not up to the task. (McDougall had never directed before, and B-movie maestro Castle gave C-level direction for the axe-murder movie). I don't even blame the scripts so much (although Robert Bloch wasn't really a screenwriter, known mostly for the book version of PSYCHO, and ends too many STRAIT-JACKET scenes with lines like, "You understand -- don't you....?"). The direction for these pictures is just hapless, while Joan, naturally, directs herself -- and very well. The casts don't really need mush adjustment. Just tighter direction. (And, obviously, a different cameraman for STRAIT-JACKET, as the photography is appalling). [I][B]"I forgot why I came in here...."[/B][/I] [IMG]https://www.joancrawfordbest.com/64strait13oct4.jpg[/IMG] Snob!! [/QUOTE]

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