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F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of Crawford: [22] Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication, toying iced glasses with a remote, faintly bitter expression, dancing deliciously, laughing a great deal, with wide, hurt eyes. Young things with a talent for living.
Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Academy Award winning actress Joan Crawford.Officially released by William Morrow and Company on November 10, 1978 (though thousands of copies had already been placed in bookstores in October), [1] the book attracted much controversy for its portrayal of Joan Crawford as a cruel, unbalanced, and ...
Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) [2] is an American former author and actress, best known for her 1978 memoir and exposé, Mommie Dearest, which described the alleged abuse she was subjected to by her adoptive mother, film star Joan Crawford.
Tinseltown icons Lucille Ball and Joan Crawford each left their indelible mark in their given sector of the Hollywood realm. But when they came together in an episode of Ball's sitcom, The Lucy ...
This Modern Age is notable also for Crawford playing a blonde. According to a biography, she "wore her hair that color because the actress who was originally to play the part of the mother, Marjorie Rambeau, was a blonde. When Rambeau became ill, the part was recast with a brunette actress, Pauline Frederick, whom Joan greatly admired.
Today We Live is a 1933 American pre-Code romance drama film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Robert Young and Franchot Tone. [ 2 ] Based on the story "Turnabout" by William Faulkner , which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post on March 5, 1932, the film is about two officers during World War I ...
The reason Joan is not in control of her life being played out onscreen is because of this teeny tiny, but not unimportant thing called the terms and conditions. Yep. As her lawyer explains, after ...
Ten years later, Amoros is again punching up sets for Rivers onstage, as part of the creative team of the play "Joan," opening Friday at South Coast Repertory and running through Nov. 24.