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Actors: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Lucy Marlow
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Queen Bee |
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Eva Phillips has the southern grace and hospitatily towards all that don't know her. But underneath the warmth lies a cold-hearted indivdual around those that knows her well. Phillip's husand Avery "Beauty" can attest to Eva's wicked ways as she manipulates those around her, especially Jennifer, her innocent cousin that often works as a secretary to Eva than relative and company in her home.
Mrs. Phillips even stated that her naive cousin "is so quiet we ought to put a bell on" her". Those close to Eva often talk about how cruel she is behind her back, but Jenny isn't listening to no one's opinion of Eva depsite her arrogance, her wrongdoings to Beauty's family members, and their own children lack of respect of their nanny they often spits on. Jenny get to see the real side of her cousin as she slaps her around whenever she feels like it and get into squabbles with her husband's family members.
Between her temper tantrums and Mr. Phillips heavy drinking to escape the nightmare he married into, when things that already were bad just got worse. Eva hears that Beauty's sister Carol is about to get married and that is to a ex-lover of Eva named Judson. As expected, Eva is steamed about it and right front of Jennifer's presence, trashed the room Carol is staying and doing all sorts of things to Carol and Judson from getting married. But among the agony she put others through the verbal abuse and the air haughtiness about herself, she will reveal to Jennifer the real reason she acts the way she does, but with Eva being the way she is, will Jennifer buy it?
--Alicia M., Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Queen Bee |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Kind of romance:
- matchbreaker interference
Struggle with:
- Cousin
Lover is...
- totally uninterested
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Setting
The US:
- Deep South
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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