Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything

NOTE: TCM has gone Joan-mad in May! 14 films this month (see above schedule)! Not quite sure why the 7-film splurge on May 9---she died on May 10; Mother's Day is May 12... Whatever the case: Take a day off, set your DVRs, do what you have to do! :)

PHOTOS:

1926: Publicity by Clarence Sinclair Bull.

1928: Our Dancing Daughters -- A film still.

1930:

Paid -- A film still.

Publicity by Bull.

FILMS:

Twelve Miles Out -- A new title lobby card and US herald.

Dance, Fools, Dance -- A UK magazine ad.

TOBACCIANA: A UK Four Walls cig card with John Gilbert.

4/28/24

PHOTOS: 1962: At the Academy Awards after-party with Cesar Romero and Angela Lansbury.

CELEB LETTERS TO JOAN:

From Ellen Corby (unknown year; includes signed Waltons photo).

From George Cukor (1973; 2 pages; extremely revealing; also includes a handwritten line about their mutual friend William Haines's health).

From Universal screenwriter Don Ingalls (1972; re seeking or writing a project for her).

4/25/24

BLU-RAY NEWS: The Shining Hour (1938) will be released on June 14. (I don't see it available on Amazon yet, but you can read the info on bluray.com.)

LETTERS:

1965: To friend/publicist Dore Freeman.

1970 and 1971: To a longtime Australian fan.

1971:

April -- To ailing Silent star Billie Dove (never fear---she lived another 26 years, and it was the husband named on the envelope who had recently died!).

August -- To longtime US fan/friend Bea Margolin.

4/23/24

PHOTOS:

1952: Sudden Fear -- A screen shot.

1956: Autumn Leaves

Candid on the set.

Screen shots -- With Cliff Robertson, one and two; Solo one, two, three, and four.

4/16/24

FILMS: Added my review of 1955's Female on the Beach.

p.s. Updated on 4/23 with new text on Kellaway/Schafer and Chandler, etc., which I sadly ignored earlier! Also demoted from 3-1/2 to 3 stars.

(If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

4/14/24

PHOTOS:

1939: Candids shot by secretary Betty Barker: At Bergdorf Goodman in NYC, and in front of Joan's NYC apartment.

1946: Humoresque -- On the set with John Garfield (includes press caption).

1949: Publicity shot by Bert Six.

4/10/24

PHOTOS:

1934: Sadie McKee -- A film still with Gene Raymond.

1935:

No More Ladies -- A film still.

I Live My Life -- Publicity with Brian Aherne.

1937: The Bride Wore Red -- A film still with Franchot Tone.

1938: The Shining Hour -- A film still with Robert Young.

FILMS: Sadie McKee -- Spruced up the film page with 10 new or bigger images (lobbies, posters, flyers, etc.).

4/08/24

NEW RELEASES:

On The Boob film page, added info/photo for the new Warners Blu-ray (March 26).

On the Books page, added info/cover photos for the upcoming releases With Love, Mommie Dearest (May 7) and Starring Joan Crawford (June 4).

Click on the links in Recent and Upcoming above to go directly to the Amazon page for ordering.

For interest's sake, I took a look at the dates of the Joan BIO list, to see what decades were most interested in Joan:

1960s = 2: Portrait of Joan ('62) and Films of Joan Crawford ('68)

1970s = 6: My Way of Life ('71), Joan Crawford (Harvey; '74), Raging Star ('77), Mommie Dearest ('78), Joan Crawford (Thomas; '78), Last Years ('79)

1980s = 7: Conversations with Joan Crawford ('80), Jazz Baby ('83), Paper Dolls (Tierney; '83), Ultimate Star ('83), Legends ('86), Crawford's Men ('88), Bette & Joan ('89)

1990s = 2: The Last Word ('95), Paper Dolls (Henry; '96)

2000s = 5: Essential Biography ('02), Her Life in Letters ('05), Hollywood Martyr ('06), Not the Girl Next Door ('08), Enduring Star ('09)

2010s = 2: Just Joan ('10), Possessed ('10)

2020s (so far) = 3: Ferocious Ambition ('23), With Love Mommie Dearest ('24), Starring Joan Crawford ('24)

4/05/24

PHOTOS:

1927: Winners of the Wilderness -- A film still with Edward Connelly.

1929: Untamed -- Film stills with Robert Montgomery, one and two.

1931: This Modern Age -- Film stills with Neil Hamilton and Monroe Owsley, one and two.

4/01/24

CELEB LETTERS TO JOAN: Added 12 letters from the following:

Ed Asner (1972)

Milton Caniff (1973)

Jackie Cooper (1975)

Nanette Fabray (1974)

Lynn Fontanne (1974)

Lee Grant (1974)

Alfred Lunt (1975)

George Murphy (1973 and 1975)

Irving Stone (1974)

Barry Sullivan (1975)

Arthur Treacher (1974)

COLLECTIBLES (CONTEMP): A 1996 bar flyer promoting a Joan drag contest to celebrate the release of Sudden Fear on VHS. (The famed Duplex bar still stands!)

3/31/24

FILMS: Added my review of 1953's Torch Song. (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

The Best of Everything