Joan Crawford Movies vs Myrna Loy Movies

Joan Crawford and Myrna Loy are two of the greatest actresses ever.  Their greatness can not be argued.  Still we felt it would be fun to look at their entire careers and see who has the statistical edge.  So…we looked at all of their movies and put them in this massive table.  Below the table is our breakdown of their stats in 6 different categories.  Not sure this proves anything…but it is cool to see their movies listed together.

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    RankMovie (Year)Loy or CrawfordUMR Co-Star LinksAdjusted BO Domestic (mil)Critic Audience RatingOscar Nom / WinUMR Score
    Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)Myrna LoyFredric March$569.6086.00%08 / 0782.62
    Mildred Pierce (1945)Joan CrawfordEve Arden & Ann Blyth$239.9082.00%06 / 0182.29
    After the Thin Man (1936)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$223.9087.67%01 / 0072.60
    Great Ziegfeld, The (1936)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$347.2064.50%07 / 0370.92
    Women, The (1939)Joan CrawfordNorma Shearer & Joan Fontaine$203.6083.50%00 / 0070.24
    Libeled Lady (1936)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell & Spencer Tracy$180.0078.50%01 / 0068.19
    Test Pilot (1938)Myrna LoyClark Gable & Spencer Tracy$303.6068.50%03 / 0067.40
    Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, The (1947)Myrna LoyCary Grant & Shirley Temple$301.7073.00%01 / 0166.31
    Another Thin Man (1939)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$183.4080.50%00 / 0066.27
    Grand Hotel (1932)Joan CrawfordGreta Garbo & Lionel Barrymore$135.2081.50%01 / 0165.26
    Rains Came, The (1939)Myrna LoyTyrone Power$283.0063.50%06 / 0163.84
    Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)Myrna LoyClifton Webb$222.0068.50%00 / 0063.20
    Emma (1932)Myrna LoyMarie Dressler$215.9066.00%01 / 0062.42
    Possessed (1947)Joan CrawfordVan Heflin$122.4078.50%01 / 0060.76
    Thin Man, The (1934)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$96.9087.50%04 / 0060.74
    Arrowsmith (1932)Myrna LoyDirected by John Ford$142.3072.50%04 / 0060.73
    Johnny Guitar (1954)Joan CrawfordErnest Borgnine & Sterling Hayden$130.9086.00%00 / 0060.71
    Double Wedding (1937)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$170.4072.50%00 / 0060.48
    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)Joan CrawfordBette Davis$115.2084.50%05 / 0160.17
    Too Hot To Handle (1938)Myrna LoyClark Gable$203.2062.00%00 / 0060.14
    I Love You Again (1940)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$132.3082.50%00 / 0059.29
    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)Myrna LoyCary Grant$152.5075.50%00 / 0059.12
    Love Crazy (1941)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$129.7082.50%00 / 0058.88
    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$141.1077.00%00 / 0058.06
    Possessed (1931)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$122.3082.00%00 / 0057.50
    End, The (1978)Myrna LoyBurt Reynolds & Sally Field$161.8068.00%00 / 0057.04
    Wife vs Secretary (1936)Myrna LoyClark Gable & Myrna Loy$151.7070.50%00 / 0056.65
    Sudden Fear (1952)Joan CrawfordJack Palance$70.2082.50%04 / 0055.76
    Dancing Lady (1933)Joan CrawfordClark Gable & Fred Astaire$156.0067.00%00 / 0055.67
    Chained (1934)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$136.2072.50%00 / 0055.18
    Humoresque (1946)Joan CrawfordJohn Garfield$148.5067.00%01 / 0054.91
    Woman's Face, A (1941)Joan CrawfordMelvyn Douglas$104.6082.00%00 / 0054.75
    Midnight Lace (1960)Myrna LoyDoris Day$122.2071.50%01 / 0052.94
    Love on the Run (1936)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$128.2069.50%00 / 0052.53
    Love Me Tonight (1932)Myrna LoyMaurice Chevalier$81.6084.50%00 / 0052.36
    From the Terrace (1960)Myrna LoyPaul Newman$181.5051.50%00 / 0052.33
    Flamingo Road (1949)Joan CrawfordSydney Greenstreet$123.2070.50%00 / 0052.24
    Best of Everything, The (1959)Joan CrawfordStephen Boyd & Hope Lange$140.5062.50%02 / 0051.96
    Strange Cargo (1940)Joan CrawfordClark Gable & Peter Lorre$112.8072.00%00 / 0051.32
    Airport 1975 (1974)Myrna LoyCharlton Heston$345.7043.00%00 / 0051.21
    Forsaking All Others (1934)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$146.5059.00%00 / 0050.44
    Connecticut Yankee, A (1931)Myrna LoyWill Rogers$142.5059.00%00 / 0049.82
    Thin Man Goes Home, The (1945)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$121.9065.50%00 / 0049.67
    Hollywood Revue (1929)Joan CrawfordNorma Shearer & Buster Keaton$117.5059.00%01 / 0049.34
    Desert Song, The (1929)Myrna LoyJohn Boles$119.2065.00%00 / 0049.03
    Noah's Ark (1928)Myrna LoyDolores Costello$113.0067.00%00 / 0049.01
    Manhattan Melodrama (1934)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell & Clark Gable$77.0076.50%01 / 0148.90
    Mannequin (1937)Joan CrawfordSpencer Tracy$138.3057.50%01 / 0048.86
    Gorgeous Hussy, The (1936)Joan CrawfordJames Stewart$163.9048.00%02 / 0048.76
    Penthouse (1933)Myrna LoyWarner Baxter$85.2075.00%00 / 0048.46
    Song of the Thin Man (1947)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$86.4074.00%00 / 0048.17
    Sadie McKee (1934)Joan CrawfordFranchot Tone$87.8073.00%00 / 0047.92
    Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)Joan CrawfordWilliam Powell$143.6054.50%00 / 0047.88
    Unknown, The (1927)Joan CrawfordLon Chaney Sr.$52.9084.00%00 / 0047.68
    Daisy Kenyon (1947)Joan CrawfordHenry Fonda$107.8064.00%00 / 0046.79
    Broadway Bill (1934)Myrna LoyWarner Baxter$91.3069.00%00 / 0046.58
    Damned Don't Cry, The (1950)Joan CrawfordDavid Brian$77.3072.50%00 / 0046.05
    Belles on their Toes (1952)Myrna LoyJeanne Crain$85.2069.00%00 / 0045.64
    No More Ladies (1935)Joan CrawfordJoan Fontaine$112.1060.00%00 / 0045.58
    To Mary - with Love (1936)Myrna LoyWarner Baxter$80.4070.00%00 / 0045.36
    Paid (1930)Joan CrawfordRobert Armstrong$119.3056.50%00 / 0045.05
    Shining Hour, The (1938)Joan CrawfordRobert Young$117.6057.00%00 / 0045.02
    Harriet Craig (1950)Joan CrawfordWendell Corey$55.2077.00%00 / 0044.75
    Rain (1932)Joan CrawfordWalter Huston$58.9075.50%00 / 0044.61
    Man-Proof (1938)Myrna LoyRosalind Russell & Walter Pidgeon$102.9060.50%00 / 0044.39
    Our Dancing Daughters (1928)Joan CrawfordJohnny Mack Brown$62.6071.50%02 / 0044.10
    April Fools, The (1969)Myrna LoyJack Lemmon$84.8065.50%00 / 0043.92
    Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$100.7060.00%00 / 0043.81
    When Ladies Meet (1941)Joan CrawfordGreer Garson & Robert Taylor$112.9055.00%01 / 0043.75
    Men In White (1934)Myrna LoyClark Gable$93.2062.00%00 / 0043.59
    Under a Texas Moon (1930)Myrna LoyFrank Fay$86.5064.00%00 / 0043.49
    Autumn Leaves (1956)Joan CrawfordCliff Robertson$48.2076.50%00 / 0043.43
    Bride Wore Red, The (1937)Joan CrawfordFranchot Tone & Robert Young$84.3064.50%00 / 0043.39
    Barbarian, The (1933)Myrna LoyRamon Novarro$88.3063.00%00 / 0043.30
    Strait-Jacket (1964)Joan CrawfordLee Majors$56.2073.50%00 / 0043.25
    When Ladies Meet (1933)Myrna LoyRobert Montgomery$90.3061.00%01 / 0043.07
    Third Finger Left Hand (1940)Myrna LoyMelvyn Douglas$81.3064.50%00 / 0042.92
    Our Blushing Brides (1930)Joan CrawfordRobert Montgomery$113.4053.00%00 / 0042.49
    Topaze (1933)Myrna LoyJohn Barrymore$84.1062.50%00 / 0042.42
    Letty Lynton (1932)Joan CrawfordRobert Montgomery$82.5062.50%00 / 0042.17
    Evelyn Prentice (1934)Myrna LoyWilliam Powell$73.3065.50%00 / 0042.14
    Mask of Fu Manchu, The (1932)Myrna LoyBoris Karloff$41.3075.50%00 / 0041.88
    Petticoat Fever (1936)Myrna LoyRobert Montgomery$77.9063.00%00 / 0041.68
    Show of Shows, The (1929)Myrna LoyJohn Barrymore$96.9056.00%00 / 0041.34
    They All Kissed The Bride (1942)Joan CrawfordMelvyn Douglas$83.1059.50%00 / 0040.84
    Devil To Pay!, The (1930)Myrna LoyRonald Colman$122.6046.00%00 / 0040.62
    Night Flight (1933)Myrna LoyClark Gable & Lionel Barrymore$60.3066.50%00 / 0040.61
    I Live My Life (1935)Joan CrawfordFrank Morgan$92.4055.00%00 / 0040.17
    Prizefighter and the Lady, The (1933)Myrna LoyMax Baer$45.2069.50%01 / 0040.07
    Susan and God (1940)Joan CrawfordFredric March & Rita Hayworth$70.3060.00%00 / 0039.10
    Parnell (1937)Myrna LoyClark Gable$128.7040.50%00 / 0038.99
    So Goes My Love (1946)Myrna LoyDon Ameche$61.6062.50%00 / 0038.93
    This Modern Age (1931)Joan CrawfordNeil Hamilton$84.1055.00%00 / 0038.89
    West Point (1927)Joan CrawfordWilliam Haines$45.9067.00%00 / 0038.60
    Lucky Night (1939)Myrna LoyRobert Taylor$86.2053.50%00 / 0038.50
    Wings in the Dark (1935)Myrna LoyCary Grant$61.7061.50%00 / 0038.46
    Reunion in France (1942)Joan CrawfordJohn Wayne$86.9052.50%00 / 0038.14
    Queen Bee (1955)Joan CrawfordFay Wray$45.2064.50%02 / 0038.13
    Montana Moon (1930)Joan CrawfordJohnny Mack Brown$97.4049.00%00 / 0038.13
    Ice Follies of 1939, The (1939)Joan CrawfordJames Stewart$87.3051.00%00 / 0037.50
    Across to Singapore (1928)Joan CrawfordRamon Novarro$45.3064.50%00 / 0037.34
    Bad Man, The (1930)Myrna LoyWalter Huston$54.0060.50%00 / 0036.81
    Black Watch, The (1929)Myrna LoyDirected by John Ford$61.6057.00%00 / 0036.34
    Story of Esther Costello, The (1957)Joan CrawfordHeather Sears$50.5060.00%00 / 0036.03
    Laughing Sinners (1931)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$74.1052.00%00 / 0035.93
    If This Be Sin (1949)Myrna LoyRoger Livesey$25.9067.50%00 / 0035.73
    Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)Joan CrawfordRobert Young$62.6054.50%00 / 0035.32
    Our Modern Maidens (1929)Joan CrawfordDouglas Fairbanks Jr.$51.9058.00%00 / 0035.30
    Body and Soul (1931)Myrna LoyHumphrey Bogart$27.9065.50%00 / 0035.10
    Four Walls (1928)Joan CrawfordJohn Gilbert$50.0057.50%00 / 0034.77
    Naughty Flirt, The (1930)Myrna LoyRoger Livesey$39.2061.00%00 / 0034.75
    Stamboul Quest (1934)Myrna LoyGeorge Brent$74.9048.00%00 / 0034.17
    Female on the Beach (1955)Joan CrawfordJeff Chandler$35.9060.00%00 / 0033.76
    Isle of Escape (1930)Myrna LoyMonte Blue$29.1062.00%00 / 0033.65
    Whipshaw (1935)Myrna LoySpencer Tracy$57.6052.50%00 / 0033.60
    Torch Song (1953)Joan CrawfordMarjorie Rambeau & Gig Young$51.1052.50%02 / 0033.39
    Ambassador's Daughter, The (1956)Myrna LoyOlivia de Havilland & William Powell$65.7049.00%00 / 0033.21
    Bride of the Regiment (1930)Myrna LoyWalter Pidgeon$43.7056.00%00 / 0033.09
    Above Suspicion (1943)Joan CrawfordFred MacMurray$72.7046.00%00 / 0032.89
    Lonelyhearts (1958)Myrna LoyMontgomery Clift$30.5059.00%01 / 0032.86
    Animal Kingdom (1932)Myrna LoyLeslie Howard$48.1054.00%00 / 0032.84
    Spring Fever (1927)Joan CrawfordWilliam Haines$35.3058.00%00 / 0032.73
    Red Pony, The (1949)Myrna LoyRobert Mitchum$65.3048.00%00 / 0032.68
    Today We Live (1933)Joan CrawfordGary Cooper$61.8049.00%00 / 0032.61
    Untamed (1929)Joan CrawfordRobert Montgomery$54.9051.00%00 / 0032.48
    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)Joan CrawfordHarry Langdon$20.6061.50%00 / 0032.09
    Twelve Miles Out (1927)Joan CrawfordJohn Gilbert$59.9045.50%00 / 0030.66
    I Saw What You Did (1965)Joan CrawfordJohn Ireland$22.3057.50%00 / 0030.48
    Truth About Youth, The (1930)Myrna LoyLoretta Young$30.0054.50%00 / 0030.27
    This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)Joan CrawfordDennis Morgan$36.2051.50%00 / 0029.81
    Pay as you enter (1928)Myrna LoyWilliam Demarest$8.3060.00%00 / 0029.49
    New Morals For Old (1932)Myrna LoyRobert Young$28.6049.50%00 / 0027.69
    Rose-Marie (1928)Joan CrawfordJames Murray$56.1037.00%00 / 0026.09
    Just Tell Me What You Want (1980)Myrna LoyAli MacGraw$6.8052.00%00 / 0025.49
    Caretakers, The (1963)Joan CrawfordRobert Stack$44.1038.00%01 / 0025.10
    Sally, Irene & Mary (1925)Joan CrawfordConstance Bennett$44.3038.50%00 / 0024.97
    Duke Steps Out, The (1929)Joan CrawfordWilliam Haines$54.9033.00%00 / 0024.02
    Berserk! (1967)Joan CrawfordTy Hardin$19.2042.00%00 / 0022.72
    Della (1964)Joan CrawfordCharles Bickford$10.9043.00%00 / 0021.90
    Dream of Love (1928)Joan CrawfordNils Asther$28.0036.50%00 / 0021.49
    Pretty Ladies (1925)Joan CrawfordZasu Pitts$38.0032.00%00 / 0020.93
    Winners of the Wilderness (1927)Joan CrawfordTim McCoy$14.5039.50%00 / 0020.81
    Boob, The (1926)Joan CrawfordGertrude Olmstead$14.5039.00%00 / 0020.58
    Paris (1926)Joan CrawfordCharles Ray$28.1032.00%00 / 0019.40
    Understanding Heart, The (1927)Joan CrawfordRalph Bushman$39.1028.00%00 / 0019.22
    Taxi Dancer, The (1927)Joan CrawfordOwen Moore$24.1031.50%00 / 0018.54
    Law of the Range, The (1928)Joan CrawfordTim McCoy$11.5026.50%00 / 0014.24
    Trog (1970)Joan CrawfordMichael Gough$12.4026.00%00 / 0014.14

14 thoughts on “Joan Crawford Movies vs Myrna Loy Movies

  1. All of the top 10 on the cuurent Oracle of Bacon top 1000 Centers of the Hollywood Universe connect to Joan in 2 steps. This is not every connection, just some notable in between people. Sometimes they may connect through 2 movies but I have only have listed one. I mean when I did Michael Caine to George Arliss did you recognize for him anyone outside of Maureen O’Sullivan.

    Eric Roberts to Diane Baker in The Cable Guy (1996) who was with Joan in The Best of Everything (1959) and Della (1964)
    Eric was in Star 80 (1983) with Cliff Robertson who was with Joan in Autumn Leaves (1955)
    Eric was in A Cry From Within (2014) with Robert Vaughn who was in The Caretakers (1963) with Joan
    Eric also does it through Robert Evans when he was an actor before he ran Paramount. Bob was also in The Best of Everything.
    Michael Madsen was in The Sender (1988) with Robert Vaughn
    Michael was in Six Days in Paradise (2010) with George Kennedy who was with Joan in Straight-Jacket (1964)
    Michael was in Blueberry (2004) with Ernest Borgnine who was in Johnny Guitar (1954) with Joan.
    Michael was in Corruption. Gov (2010) with Lee Majors who was in Straight-Jacket (1964)
    Danny Trejo was in TV: The Movie (2006) with Lee Majors
    Danny was in Chinaman’s Chance: America’s Other Slaves (2008) with Ernest Borgnine
    Danny was in Muppet’s Most Wanted (2004) with Tony Bennett who was in The Oscar (1966) with Joan.
    Danny was also in Six Days in Paradise (2010) with George Kennedy
    Samuel L. Jackson was in Ragtime (1981) with Bessie Love who was in The Hollywood Revue of 1929 with Joan.
    Robert De Niro was in The Last Tycoon (1976) with Dana Andrews who was with Joan in Daisy Kenyon (1947).and with John Carradine who is in Johnny Guitar (1954) with Joan.
    Robert De Niro was in Novocento (1976) with Sterling Hayden who was with Joan in Johnny Guitar (1954).
    Robert De Niro was in The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight (1971) with Lionel Stander who was in I Live My Life (1935) with Joan.
    Robert De Niro was in Analyze This (1999) With Tony Bennett.
    Willem Dafoe was in Cry Baby (1990) with Polly Bergen who was in The Caretakers (1963) with Joan.
    Willem was in The Hunger (1983) with Bessie Love.
    Willem was in Clear and Present Danger (1994) with Hope Lange who was in The Best of Everything (1959) also.
    Willem was in Spider-Man (2002) with Cliff Robertson who is Autumn Leaves.
    Malcolm McDowell was in The Passage (1979) with Patricia Neal who is with Joan in It’s a Great Feeling (1949)
    Malcolm is in The Player (1992) with Jill St. John who is in The Oscar (1966) with Joan.
    Donald Sutherland was in Promise Her Anything (1966) with Bessie Love and Lionel Stander.
    Donald Sutherland was in Kelly’s Heroes (1970) with Telly Savalas who was with Joan in The Karate Killers (1967).
    Donald is in The Dirty Dozen (1967) with good old Ernie Borgnine , Telly Savalas and George Kennedy
    Donald was in Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors with Michael Gough (Alfred in the Christian Bale Batman films) who was in Berserk (1967) with Joan.
    Donald was in Billion Dollar Brain (1967) with Ed Begley who was in The Oscar with Joan.
    Donald was in Six Degrees of Seperation (1993) with Kitty Carlisle who was in Hollywood Canteen (1944) with Joan.
    Michael Caine was in Too Late the Hero (1970) with Cliff Robertson
    Michael Caine was in A Hill in Korea (1956) with Stephen Boyd who is in The Best of Everything.
    Michael was in Pulp (1972) with Lionel Stander.
    Michael Caine is also in Billion Dollar Brain (1967 see Donald)
    Michael is in The Fourth Protocol (1987) with Michael Gough.
    Michael is in Danger Within (1959) with Michael Wilding who is in Torch Song (1953) with Joan.
    Michael is in Woman Times Seven (1967) with Rossano Brazzi who is The Story of Esther Costello (1957) with Joan.
    Michael was in Passport to Shame (1958) with Diana Dors who is with Joan in Berserk (1967)
    Michael was in The Battle of Britain (1969) with Curt Jurgens who is in The Karate Killers with Joan.
    Michael is in The Swarm (1978) with Henry Fonda who is also in Daisy Kenyon (1947).
    Michael was in Sweet Liberty (1986) with Lillian Gish who is in Ben-Hur (1925) with Joan.

    1. Hey Dan thanks for all of these Bacon Oracle connections. They are always fun to look at. Seeing the connections for Eric Roberts help me understand how he has the Top Spot. Never been able to crasp that since he has not been making so many low budget movies.

      I especially liked the Caine connections…..since he is one of my all-time favorites. Thanks as always for posting this awesome information.

      1. Here are the people in the top 10 on the list, all who also connect to Myrna in 2 steps. Again I’ve also only listed the more known people. Some connect through smaller stars and extras (Arthur Tovey was on one). Connections don’t seem as glamorous as Joan’s.

        Eric Roberts was in It’s My Party (1996) with Roddy McDowell who was in Midnight Lace (1960) with Myrna.
        Eric was in Contamination (2008) with Karen Black who is in Airport 1975 (1974) with Myrna.
        Eric was in The Shadow Men (1997) with Dean Stockwell who was in Song of the Thin Man (1947) with Myrna.
        Eric was in This is Our Time (2013) with Erik Estrada who’s also in Airport 1975.
        Michael Madsen was in Six Days in Paradise (2010) with George Kennedy who was in Airport 1975
        Michael was in The Killing Time (1987) with Beau Bridges who was with Myrna in The Red Pony (1949).
        Danny Trejo is in Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) with Jerry Stiller who is in Airport 1975 too.
        Samuel L. Jackson was in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) with Eric Estrada
        Sammy was in Coming to America (1988) with Don Ameche who was in So Goes My Love (1948) with Myrna
        Sammy was in Ragtime (1981) with Pat O’Brien who was in Consolation Marriage (1931) with Myrna.
        Harvey Keitel was in Welcome to L.A. (1976) with Sally Kellerman who was in The April Fools (1969) with Myrna.
        Robert De Niro was in Casino (1995) with both Alan King who was in Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) with Myrna and Jayne Meadows who is in Song of the Thin Man (1947)
        Robert De Niro was in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) with Carl Reiner who was in The End (1978) with Myrna
        Bob was in The Godfather Part 2 (1974) with acting coach Lee Strasburg who was with Myrna in Parnell (1937)
        Bob was in Born to Win (1971) with Karen Black
        Bob was in The Last Tycoon (1976) with Robert Mitchum who was in The Red Pony (1949)
        Willem Dafoe was in Globehunters (2000) with both Carl Reiner (see above) and Sid Caesar who is also in Airport 1975
        Willem was in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) with Dean Stockwell
        Malcolm McDowell was in Delgo (2008) with Burt Reynolds who’s also in The End (1978)
        Malcolm is in The Player (1992) with Dean Stockwell , Sally Kellerman and Jack Lemmon who is in The April Fools (1969)
        Donald Sutherland was in MASH (1970) with Sally Kellerman
        Michael Caine was in Ashanti (1979) with Rex Harrison who was in Midnight Lace (1960)
        Mike is in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) with Maureen O’Sullivan (the same links) who was in Skyline (1931) with Myrna and also Tony Roberts who’s in Just Tell Me What You Want.
        Mike is in Beyond the Posaeido Adventure (1979) with Sally Field who is also in The End.
        Mike is in Sweet Liberty (1986) with Lillian Gish who is Ben-Hur (1925) with Myrna. Same move was used to connect Joan Crawford.

        1. Hey Dan….I agree this is not as impressive as the Joan list….though it is still interesting. Danny Trejo only one step away from Loy…did not see that coming. I did not even know Ben’s dad was in Airport 75.

          I had a hard time finding Beau Bridges in The Red Pony….he was always in a group of kids …..not thinking he even has a single line in the movie. I think that Micheal Caine connection to Lillian Gish in Sweet Liberty brings Caine to 1000s of actors and actresses that have been gone for a very long time.

          As always…thanks for sharing this information.

  2. I think Loy was great at sophisticated comedy and came across as a great leading lady. But I suppose Crawford is more interesting, her life, her movies, everything about her was over the top. And that’s what made her a fascinating star.

    1. Hey Chris….I think you are correct….even the biggest Joan fans would be hard pressed to give Crawford the edge over Loy when it came to comedy. I think it is safe to say one was a star and one was an actress. The fact that Crawford made the AFI Top 10 of Legend Actresses….and that Loy did not make the Top 25 tells you which was the star and which was the actress.

      1. Cogerson

        “one was a star and one an actress”

        I think there is a third description which is being missed. Crawford was also an actress. Loy was also a star (how else did she win a poll as the “Queen of Hollywood” and finish third behind only Davis and Rogers in a 1941 Gallup Poll of the public’s favorite actresses?)

        The third description is being a celebrity. I have to use the word celebrity as I can’t think of any other or more exact term. What I mean by “celebrity” is a person whose personal life is known and fascinating to the public. Crawford was an actress, a star, and a celebrity. Loy was an actress and star, but not a celebrity. (I have heard almost nothing over the years about her personal life). I suppose another issue is the balance between these three descriptions. Jayne Mansfield was second-tier as an actress and movie star, but she was those. She was a first-tier celebrity though. Her personal life (and tragic death) are better remembered than her movies. The late Zsa Zsa Gabor was almost totally a celebrity.
        Someone like Deborah Kerr was not a celebrity at all but was certainly an actress and star.

        Curiously, who is better remembered by the general public–Jayne Mansfield or Deborah Kerr? Among movie buffs–Kerr. Among celebrity hounds–Mansfield.

        And there probably are many more celebrity hounds than movie buffs. My take is that the “celebrities” are better remembered than the actors or the stars. Human nature, I guess.

        1. Hey John….great way to look at it….and I agree with your points. I think Jolie falls into that currently…..as she is an actress (Oscar winner), a star (her movies get lots of press) and a celebrity (just read the internet for 10 minutes and you will find a Jolie story)…Not sure how else would currently fall into all three groups…seems Streep falls short on the celebrity status (though her recent Trump situation gets her close)…..I think Sandra Bullock is close to Jolie…..but her personal life/celebrity side has really calmed these last 7 years.

          Even better point about Kerr and Mansfield…I think Mansfield….as the poor man’s Monroe is remembered much more than the distinguished Kerr…..which is sad in many many ways. Human nature indeed. 🙂

  3. I am impressed that Loy’s numbers look so good. I have heard of her but not as much as I have heard of Crawford.

    1. Hey Lamia…..well Crawford was a star…while Loy was a popular actress…..seems time does not remember popular actresses as well as they do stars. I think it current times…Angelina Jolie falls into the star category….while Bullock is the popular actress….real curious who will be remembered more in the future…Bullock or Jolie. Thanks for the visit and the comment

  4. My favorite is Myrna Loy. She was a very pretty and very charming woman. I am a fan of the Thin man serie. But Joan Crawford was maybe a better actress.

    1. Hey Laurent…..good to know that Myrna Loy is one of your favorites. Good point about Loy and Crawford……no matter what the stats say…..Joan Crawford is the actress people remember….while Loy is remembered by film buffs….like us. Thanks for the visit.

  5. Has Bob seen this? His beloved Joan beaten by ‘box office queen’ Myrna Loy on every chart. Oh dear he won’t be pleased. 😉

    Myrna only gets beaten at Oscar, Joan has won Best Actress and Myrna hasn’t, but wait… she did get an honorary Oscar “In recognition of her extraordinary qualities both on screen and off, with appreciation for a lifetime’s worth of indelible performances” and Joan didn’t.

    Joan has the acting chops but I’d say Myrna was the prettiest. Yes I have a soft spot for Myrna, maybe because Bob has been a bit too hard on her these past few weeks.

    1. Hey Steve…..I would assume Bob has seen this page…..but it might take him a little while to figure out a way to spin these stats into a Crawford win…..which is probably why he has not commented on the page yet.

      I agree besides in the Oscar category…..The Greatest Box Office Actress of All-Time has Joan beat in all the other categories. Plus Loy has managed to stay out of the bottom of the rankings. As I look at the critic/audience ratings…..that is a lot of really low rated movies for Joan…..granted many were silent movies….but they seem really really low….I might have to check that out….as it seems very strange.

      I think Bob has been having fun at Loy’s expense…..but in the end….Crawford is a legend…while Loy was a good actress….but far from legend status.

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