Queen Bee
DVD cover
Directed by	Ranald MacDougall
Produced by	Jerry Wald
Written by	Novel: Edna L. Lee Screenplay: Ranald MacDougall
Starring	Joan Crawford John Ireland Betsy Palmer Barry Sullivan
Music by	Morris Stoloff
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Editing by	Viola Lawrence
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	November 7, 1955 (1955-11-07)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Queen Bee (1955) is a Columbia Pictures feature film starring Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Fay Wray, Betsy Palmer, and Barry Sullivan in a story about a family dominated by a ruthless woman. The screenplay by Ranald MacDougall was based upon a novel by Edna Lee. The film was directed by Ranald MacDougall and produced by Jerry Wald. Queen Bee has been released to DVD.

Contents 1 Plot and cast 2 Reception 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot and cast

Ruthless Eva Phillips (Crawford) dominates her Georgia mansion and her husband Avery (Sullivan), an alcoholic mill owner who hates his wife. A cousin, Jennifer Stewart (Lucy Marlow), visits and watches in horror as Eva maneuvers to prevent the marriage of Avery's sister Carol (Palmer) to Judson Prentiss (Ireland). Judson was once Eva's lover, and, when Carol learns the truth, commits suicide. Jennifer and Avery are drawn together. When Eva senses the developing relationship, she increases her malevolences. Judson, guilty over Carol's death and determined to avenge it, takes Eva driving and deliberately crashes the car, killing them both. Jennifer and Avery are free to love each other.

[edit] Reception

Bosley Crowther of the New York Times noted, "[Miss Crawford] is the height of mellifluous meanness and frank insincerity." William K. Zinsser of the New York Herald Tribune wrote, "Miss Crawford plays her role with such silky villainy we long to see her dispatched."^[1]

[edit] See also

• Joan Crawford filmography

[edit] References

1. ^ Quirk, Lawrence J.. The Films of Joan Crawford. The Citadel Press, 1968.

[edit] External links

• Queen Bee at the Internet Movie Database
• Queen Bee at Allmovie