I Live My Life

I love this movie and Joan Crawford so much

Nothing bad to say about seller. It's all good.

Do you love Joan Crawford? Do you love mile high eye lashes? Do you love 30s finger waves? Do you love obnoxiously overdone Adrian gown necklines? Then this is the movie for you.My favorite part of this film is the beginning with Joan as a feisty heiress, falling down holes, and pretending to be hurt, so she can be carried by a handsome archeologist. My least favorite part is... everything else. The plot is terrible. And although it has some great lines and moments, this is not Joe Mankiewicz’s best piece of writing, that’s for sure. Joan really was the best part of this film. I hated everyone else (unusual for me - I always like her supporting cast of characters in these 30s films). I didn’t even like her love interest. He was so dull and quite the pretentious prick for being so blue collar. Joan’s character was undoubtedly an unlikable, spoiled brat, but at least she was visually captivating and fun to watch. I was shocked by her beauty, yet again. I think this might be one one of my top five "looks" for her. (If you cut those damn lashes in half - distractingly long!) And I adored her hair styled that way. Seriously, I'm not even kidding, there is nothing else worth talking about with this movie. Just play it on silent, skip to all her scenes, and just WATCH her.

Kay Bentley (Joan Crawford) is a spoiled young socialite on a cruise through the Greek islands with her father (Frank Morgan). During a stop in Naxos Kay goes ashore, rents a donkey and rides into the countryside to see the sights. She stumbles onto an archeological dig supervised by Terry O'Neill (Brian Aherne) and takes a liking to him although he makes it clear that he has no interest in "society ladies" from cruise ships.He eventually gets rid of her, but she's back the next day and lies to him about who she is. She gives him the name of her father's secretary and lies about being a working girl. She says she's on the cruise to do some work for her boss, the owner of the cruise ship. They spend a wonderful day together and when things get romantic that evening Terry tells "Ann" that he's in love with her ... and she kisses him before running off back to the cruise ship.Well, that's all Terry needed to decide that he's going to NYC to find her and get married.It just so happens that the statue he dug up is being exhibited in a museum in NYC where Kay's father is on the board of trustees. They meet, and dear old dad brings him home where Kay is having a party. It's there he discovers Kay is exactly the kind of spoiled rich socialite that he hates so much. He also discovers that she's already engaged to the thoroughly dull Gene Piper (Fred Keating).The rest of the film is all fighting and apologies all the way up to the altar.This is not one of Joan's best efforts. The script is a mess, the arguments are shrill, and Brian Aherne is a terrible leading man. Joan's character isn't very likable either.The best things about the film are Mr. Bentley's butler, Grove (Eric Blore), and Mrs. Gage's butler, Gallup (Arthur Treacher). They're funny in an understated way with just a hint of Gay around the edges.Only a die-hard Joan Crawford fan would have the stomach for this film; others should avoid it.

Wonderful!

I Live My Life is a fine motion picture starring Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne and Frank Morgan and they all turn in wonderful performances! In fact, the acting by all is very convincing and even though some people say Brian Aherne was somewhat miscast I think he does look like an archeologist! The choreography and cinematography reflect good judgment and the musical score, while not extensive since this is not a musical, also enhances the film. The plot moves along at a good pace although they could have cut a minute or two here and there; but the film is very well done so this becomes a minor quibble.When the picture starts, we meet bored, spoiled New York socialite Kay Bentley (Joan Crawford) who is cruising the Greek islands on the family yacht with her father G.P. Bentley (Frank Morgan), G.P.'s old pal "Doctor" (Frank Conroy) and their butler Grove (Eric Blore). Kay gets an urge to get off the yacht at one of the islands and she rides a mule for fun--all the way onto an excavation site where archeologist Terence "Terry" O'Neill (Brian Aherne) is having his men dig up and dust off a fabulous sculpture from 4th century Greece. At first, Kay and Terry don't quite hit it off although Kay begins to have some feelings for Brian; she tricks him into thinking she's merely a secretary because she sees he hates people living the high society life. However, it isn't long before Kay and Terry do fall in love with each other--and when Kay leaves for New York, Terry follows her to propose marriage.But when Terry gets to New York he's in for some big surprises! He discovers that Kay lied to him about being a secretary; this creates some tension between Kay and Terry but Terry tries very hard to adjust to Kay's lifestyle. Of course, there are even more complications: Kay is supposed to be marrying Gene Piper (Fred Keating) partly to get a huge sum of money from her irascible grandmother, Mrs. Gage (Jessie Ralph). Kay and Terry, however, are falling more and more in love with each other much to Gene's chagrin. Kay hopes her father can help her financially if she marries Terry but when G.P. loses a huge sum of money himself and can't support anybody it looks like Kay may have to marry Gene to please her grandmother and keep living that ritzy lifestyle.There's more to the plot than what I've told you; I'll stop here so you can watch and enjoy this movie as much as I did! Suffice it to say that the rest of the picture shows how everything plays out and there are more than just one or two surprises!Look also for solid performances by Aline MacMahon as Betty Collins, Terry's associate; Arthur Treacher as Gallup, Mrs. Gage's butler; Esther Dale as Mrs. Gage's housekeeper; Sterling Holloway as Max and Hilda Vaughn has a brief cameo as Miss Ann Morrison. Look closely and you'll see Hedda Hopper as Alvin's Mother.I Live My Life is a fine motion picture for fans of the actors in it. In addition, people who enjoy romantic dramas with some comedy thrown in for a good effect will not be disappointed.