Love this so much, Caroline! Very juicy. I've been a huge fan of both Olivia and Joan for as long as I can remember. Rebecca is one of my go-to movies. I memorized and would replay in my head the haunting intro that "I" de Winter speaks as the camera follows the road to Manderly. Good stuff. Joan's "No Bed of Roses" memoir is 🔥. She spent her later years in the town where I was born. Always wished I might run into her. Thank you for another beautiful piece that brought back a flood of memories. 💗
“Because there was never a villain. Only a woman who refused to disappear.” I’ve missed these!!! I had no idea about the rivalry between Olivia and Joan! 🤯 You give us all the good ☕️ About to go read about it!
So well thought out and well written…what a chewy piece for international women’s day. So true that we celebrate the one who can eat the most shit and keep smiling. Let us keep chipping away at that idea, shall we? Brava, Ms Caroline!
I love this perspective on Rebecca- I never thought of it that way but you’re so right! And I had never heard of the Joan Fontaine/Olivia de Havilland rivalry (and never watched the movie Rebecca) but you’re right about that too- speaking up and speaking out does not a villain make, although for many women it does. A beautifully written, crisp, and well thought out piece- I so enjoyed this Caroline!
Love this so much, Caroline! Very juicy. I've been a huge fan of both Olivia and Joan for as long as I can remember. Rebecca is one of my go-to movies. I memorized and would replay in my head the haunting intro that "I" de Winter speaks as the camera follows the road to Manderly. Good stuff. Joan's "No Bed of Roses" memoir is 🔥. She spent her later years in the town where I was born. Always wished I might run into her. Thank you for another beautiful piece that brought back a flood of memories. 💗
I have No Bed of Roses on my shelf! She’s was such a fascinating person. Thank you so so so much, Lily!!
“Because there was never a villain. Only a woman who refused to disappear.” I’ve missed these!!! I had no idea about the rivalry between Olivia and Joan! 🤯 You give us all the good ☕️ About to go read about it!
Ohhhh yeah!!! Lifelong feud! And they both lived exciting, long lives!
Joan’s memoir is another insane read lolol
Omg! Adding that to the list!!!
No Bed of Roses!!
its a hard name to spell right....hmmm is that why they hated her? 🙃🤪🤫
So well thought out and well written…what a chewy piece for international women’s day. So true that we celebrate the one who can eat the most shit and keep smiling. Let us keep chipping away at that idea, shall we? Brava, Ms Caroline!
Chip chip chip!! It’s happening! Thank you 😊🤍
A great piece of writing, Caroline!
Thank you so much!!!
I love this perspective on Rebecca- I never thought of it that way but you’re so right! And I had never heard of the Joan Fontaine/Olivia de Havilland rivalry (and never watched the movie Rebecca) but you’re right about that too- speaking up and speaking out does not a villain make, although for many women it does. A beautifully written, crisp, and well thought out piece- I so enjoyed this Caroline!