Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything

Woman's Home Companion (Feb. 1955): First page of Part II of "The Story I've Never Told" article by Jane Kesner Ardmore (Joan's future biographer).

6/09/18

PHOTOS:

1949: Publicity by Bert Six with knitting and Cliquot.

1950: On the set of The Damned Don't Cry with Kent Smith and Steve Cochran (includes press caption).

1953: Publicity with Christina.

1955: A film still from Female on the Beach with Charles Drake.

RECORDINGS: A cover for the 1953 Joan narration of The Littlest Stork.

6/07/18

ART / ENCYCLOPEDIA: Added a 2001 photo of James Rosenquist with his 1964 painting Untitled (Joan Crawford Says). Also updated the Rosenquist Encyclopedia entry with new info and links re the artist's career.

ADS:

1949: Auto-Lite spark plugs (bigger, better replacement)

early 1950s: Pepsodent gum "Film Arkiv" card (Denmark)

1952: Ronson lighters

1993: TNT "Bad Movies We Love" series

FILMS: Movie posters for 1950's Harriet Craig (a US six-sheet) and Johnny Guitar (Italian).

6/05/18

PHOTOS:

1940: A film still from Strange Cargo with Clark Gable and Ian Hunter.

1941: Publicity by Hurrell (bigger, better replacement).

1942:

They All Kissed the Bride -- A film still with Melvyn Douglas.

Reunion in France -- A film still with John Wayne.

1946: Humoresque -- A replacement film still with new press caption.

1949: Flamingo Road -- Warners publicity artwork (new). Plus replacement publicity photos with new press captions, one and two.

6/02/18

PHOTOS:

1934: Publicity for Forsaking All Others by Hurrell (bigger, better replacement).

1937: A Ross Verlag postcard with image from The Bride Wore Red.

1938:

Mannequin -- A film still with Spencer Tracy (includes press caption).

The Shining Hour -- Film stills one (with Oscar O'Shea and Frank Albertson; includes press caption), and two (with Robert Young).

1939:

The Ice Follies of 1939 -- A film still with James Stewart and Lew Ayres (note the difference in Joan's hairstyle -- shorter and side-parted -- in this earlier-shot scene and the scene that eventually appeared in the movie with longer, middle-parted hair).

5/31/18

FILMS: A title screen shot for Laughing Sinners.

PHOTOS:

1930: A film still from Our Blushing Brides with Robert Montgomery.

1931: A screen shot from Laughing Sinners.

1932: A film still from Letty Lynton.

1933:

A film still from Dancing Lady with Franchot Tone.

Publicity by Clarence Sinclair Bull.

5/29/18

Stephens College, which Joan attended in the fall of 1922, has an online archive for its yearbooks: See the 1923 Stephensophia yearbook page to discover more about life on campus during Joan's one semester there.

GEOGRAPHY: Added 3 new 1922 photos of Stephens College to the "Columbia, Missouri" page.

Encyclopedia: S: Added new photo and links to the "Stephens College" entry.

Encyclopedia: W: Added new photo and bio to the "James M. 'Daddy' Wood" entry.

PHOTOS pre-1925: Added three new photos to the page for the "Lucile Cassin" Stephens College yearbook photo.

5/26/18

MAGAZINE COVERS:

Cine Illustrato (Italy), 1937.

Cine-Mundial (Spanish-language), 1932 and 1934.

Cine-Romanzo (Italy), five from 1927 thru 1932.

Kines (unknown country), 1929.

Screen Secrets (US), 1928.

Zenit (unknown country), 1934.

5/25/18

ADS:

1929: Energine cleaning fluid

1953: Lux soap

1996: LA Eyeworks

COLLECTIBLES: A 1934 ad for "Movie Star Lamps" (Joan one of 16 available).

FILMS: Reviews for Across to Singapore: 1928 from The New Yorker, and 2013 by Jeff Rapsis (of silentfilmlivemusic.blogspot.com). (If you have your own review of Across, or any other Joan film, please send it in!)

5/23/18

PHOTOS:

1929:

Untamed -- With Robert Montgomery: Publicity and a film still.

Publicity by Ruth Harriet Louise one (for Delman shoes) and two.

1931: Seven screen shots from Dance, Fools, Dance (culled from pre-code.com).

5/19/18

PHOTOS:

1959: Candid on the set of The Best of Everything.

1960: Color candid.

1962: Candid emerging from car.

LETTERS FROM JOAN:

1943: To a fan with thanks for remembering her anniversary.

1956: To literary agent H. N. Swanson.

1959: To a fan re her possible new TV series and The Twins.

1961: To a fan re her upcoming autobiography (note also a letter of the same day to a different fan with almost exactly the same wording).

1962: To a friend re the friend's bad review of a movie and "ludicrous frame."

1964: Christmas greetings to Maurice Chevalier.

1969: A telegram to Rod Serling re Planet of the Apes; and letter to a fan with thanks for birthday wishes.

CELEBRITY LETTERS TO JOAN:

1967: From Agnes Moorehead: "Winning is wonderful..."

1968: From former stepmother-in-law Mary Pickford, unable to attend Joan's Brandeis ceremony.

1972: From director John Huston: "The last time I set eyes on you was at a German lawn party..."

1974: From Lord Mountbatten; and handwritten from Jackie Cooper.

5/17/18

PHOTOS:

1953: Torch Song publicity.

1954: Johnny Guitar screen shots one (staircase), two (with Scott Brady and Sterling Hayden), and three.

1955: Female on the Beach film still with Jeff Chandler.

1956: A candid with husband Al Steele.

5/15/18

PHOTOS:

1950:

On the set of The Damned Don't Cry -- Grooming Cliquot while being groomed herself (bigger, better replacement).

Publicity for Harriet Craig shot by Robert Coburn.

Needlework candid at home shot by Jack Woods (includes press caption).

1951: Publicity with tea.

1952: Publicity one (with stockings) and two (polka-dots).

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March 2006: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos

July 2006: Ann Blyth at the Castro

May 2007: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos

March 2008: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos

March / May 2009: Ferncliff Flower Photos

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