Well, you said so yourself, Crawford was a tad more superficial and her whole moral act came off as fake even.
My question was whether Pickford and Fairbanks could be doing it for the cameras or were they really interested in their fans beyond their public personas.

You make a very interesting point. I'm not quite as familiar with life on Pickfair as you are, so it's very interesting indeed to read this.
I heard that comparison, the whole Crawford as a descendant of old silent stars, in a documentary I watched about Crawford and it made sense, especially considering how Crawford…

I've always had so much respect for Lange ever since I saw a double feature of Frances and Blue Sky, after which my life was never the same. Her tough luck, in 1983 she was in the same category as the Supreme of acting herself, Meryl Streep in what is probably one of the best performances of all time: Sophie…

Thank you for that suggestion. I have been looking for a good book to cozy up to. Is my love for Old Hollywood so obvious?
I think Lange has pretty much developed an acting style for a Murphy production, which may come from the fact she basically played the same character through 4 seasons of AHS. She's now clearly…

You're right, a lot of them were alive, but a lot of them were inactive or retired. By the sixties, Garbo, Shearer, Gaynor, Swanson and Fontaine were pretty much retired.
Bacall, de Havilland, Turner, Colbert and Rogers were still pretty active, though, I'll give you that.

I'm at a loss for words, for DiCaprio has long been my choice to play Welles. Daniel Day Lewis would make an awesome Hearst. I know they don't quite resemble each other, but DDL being DDL, can pull it off. Throw in Salma Hayek as Dolores del Río and you have yourself one interesting project.
As for Taylor, I agree…

I'm seeing you point. It is perhaps best explained from where I'm seeing this. By the sixties, the Golden Age of cinema was pretty much done and the new stars, the Dunaways and even the Woods didn't quite measure up. Crawford was, like Davies and Hepburn and Taylor, one of the last surviving actresses from that time.…

I'm not familiar with Marion Davies, so I can't speak on her.
I'm somewhat more familiar with Pickford and I agree with you that she led an extravagant lifestyle, but in the public's eyes, her persona was closely associated with that of another actor: her second husband, Douglas Fairbanks. They were the ultimate couple…

Yes, I understand, but my point is that whole image, the larger than life movie queen with the world at her feet, was closely tied with Joan Crawford. I'm not sure, even back then, that people would've been so okay with the blatant displays of luxury coming from any regular star, but coming from Joan Crawford? That…

I think Ryan Murphy has done a good job in balancing where our sympathies should be.
Acting-wise, Jessica Lange is his muse, so she is showcased more than Sarandon, what with all the over the top monologues that Lange does so well, although they do make more sense coming from Crawford. Sarandon gets her fair share of…

Joan indeed was all about the movie star image. Remember, if you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

In hindsight, this show shouldn't really be called "Feud: Bette and Joan", but rather "Joan Crawford and her feud with Bette Davis". Not that that's a bad thing, what with Lange being Murphy's muse, but it's beyond clear Joan is the lead of this show; this episode pretty much proved that.
I found this episode a bit of…

Archie really IS the Nate Archibald or Riverdale, man-whoring his way around town and being completely clueless while his more capable best friend and the two major women in his life do all the heavy lifting.

Wow, chill. Even if they were horrible people, maybe they were, they are still an important part of Hollywood history.

"Nana has dementia and gypsy blood".
Madelaine Petsch' Cheryl could give Blair Waldorf a run for her money.

As amazing as Lange was, and she was, especially in those moments she shared with Bancroft, Sarandon really reached new heights in this episode and she did it all with her face. Hardly any dialogue was required. Her expression of fear and fury when she confronted Crawford on the green room. Her somewhat empty and…

A Parsons-Hopper season of Feud with Judy Davis and Glenn Close chewing scenery and batting at each other would be glorious. Make. It. Happen.

I'm pretty sure her powers are the reason she's becoming evil, they just haven't taken the time to actually explain why or how does that work at all.

Nope, it's been confirmed that Katie Cassidy will be a regular on Arrow S6, this time as Black Siren, which is great cause bitchy Katie Cassidy is far better than goodie Katie Cassidy.

I'm sad if Caitlin is really dead but I'm ecstatic that Killer Frost has finally come out. I love her. And with Black Siren becoming a regular on Arrow S6, maybe my dream of having the two of them team up may actually come true someday.
Barry may actually be turning into the most selfish out of all the characters,…