Possessed (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- As Joan Crawford aged out of glamorous roles and glossy romantic dramas she remade herself in the 1940s as a
tough, driven woman in a series of melodramas that gave the actress an opportunity to play big,
emotional scenes.
As hard as the film may try to then undercut these
tough and
emotional scenes, they are still pretty powerful and well played by Reynolds — before he makes a terrible choice or an extremely off - colour joke to break the tension.