Joan's Stuff
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Joan's Stuff
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All original Encyclopedia text, from A to Z, is copyright © 2004 - 2018 by Stephanie Jones
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Celebrating 14 Years of BOE: 2004 – 2018
[in last month]
12/11/18
1931: A film still from Dance, Fools, Dance. 1935: A screen shot from I Live My Life. 1937: On the set of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. 1938: The Shining Hour -- A Ross Verlag postcard added to already existing film-still page, and a new screen shot.
12/09/18
1926: Candid at unknown event with fellow starlets Kathleen Key and Sally O'Neil. 1930: MGM publicity.
FILMS: Grand Hotel: New Swedish, Italian, French, and US posters; and a new US lobby card.
12/07/18
1959: A candid snapshot in Montego Bay, Jamaica, with husband Al Steele. 1962: On the set of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Bette Davis. 1964: On the set of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Davis and director Robert Aldrich. 1971: Small candid at unknown event.
COLLECTIBLES: A Christmas 1983 mailer from NYC's Limelight disco featuring Joan.
12/05/18
Possessed ('47) -- This page, too, has now been spruced: Two new links, a Film Note (re Joan's illness and replacement of cinematographer), a 1947 review from Variety, a pressbook cover, and two new US posters. Harriet Craig -- A US magazine ad: "What Was Harriet Craig's Lie?"
PHOTOS: 1950: Harriet Craig -- On the set with Wendell Corey and K.T. Stevens, and with Cliquot (both include press captions). 1951: Goodbye, My Fancy -- On the set with camera crew (includes press caption). 1955: Female on the Beach -- Publicity with Jeff Chandler.
12/03/18
Did some more sprucing up of the page: New stuff -- Two US posters and a French poster, and a US window card. Bigger, better replacements -- Three US posters and a US herald centerfold.
PHOTOS: 1942: A rather revealing (!) candid from the jitterbug scene of They All Kissed the Bride. 1949: Flamingo Road -- Publicity shots: Carney girl, and with David Brian.
12/01/18
A title screen shot and two new links. Lobby cards: Four new 1939 US cards; and three new cards from the 1947 US re-release.
1939 PHOTOS: Publicity by Laszlo Willinger. The Women: Two screen shots at the perfume counter; a screen shot in the tub; and a screen shot from final scene.
11/29/18
1934: Forsaking All Others -- Filming a scene. 1935: I Live My Life -- Publicity by Hurrell. 1936: Love on the Run -- Publicity by Hurrell. 1939: Ice Follies of 1939 -- A film still. 1940: Candid with ex-husband Franchot Tone in NYC (includes press caption).
TV SCHEDULE (US TCM schedule through January; all times Eastern):
Friday, November 30, 2018, 9:30am: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Tuesday, December 11, 2:30am: Mildred Pierce Friday, December 14, 11:00am: Strange Cargo
Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 12:45pm: Possessed ('31) Monday, January 7, 7:30am: Love on the Run Friday, January 18, 4:15am: Strait-Jacket Tuesday, January 22, 2:30pm: Reunion in France Wednesday, January 30: 3:00pm: Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte [what might have been] 5:30pm: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
11/27/18
1927: A screen shot from The Unknown with Norman Kerry. 1929: The Duke Steps Out -- A film still with William Haines. 1930: Montana Moon -- A film still and a screen shot with Johnny Mack Brown.
11/25/18
Added two info links, two Plot Summaries, a Film Note, an excerpt from a 2015 Movies Silently blog review (with link to full 1600+ word review), a small title screen shot, a small herald cover, and a newspaper ad.
1926 PHOTOS: The Boob A publicity shot with "Joan Arden" and star Gertrude Olmstead and dancers. Plus screen shots one, two, three, four, and five.
BOOKS: Added a 2002 Bright Lights Film Journal review of Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography.
11/23/18
1949: To a fan re Flamingo Road and her hard work on it. 1956: To Irv Kupcinet: "You could never lose me to any other columnist." 1957: To a fan re holidays. 1961: Newsy, to a Hollywood columnist. 1964: Two to same fan: re plans for Hush and then re post-Hush hospitalization. 1965: To a South Carolina TV reporter re their recent meeting. 1967: To a young Pepsi associate re Joan's travels on painful foot, but then "I'm not the invalid type." 1973: To a fan re My Way of Life and Youth Dew perfume. Oh, and Joan likes jewelry and seems to usually wear some of it... (!)
11/21/18
FILMS: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?: New posters -- a US six-sheet (81 by 81 inches), and a UK quad poster (30 by 40 inches). Strait-Jacket: Added a link to an entertaining, thoughtful commentary (with plenty of screen shots) from the Dreams Are What Le Cinema Is For blog. I Saw What You Did: A Danish program cover. And eight bigger, better replacement US lobby cards.
1956: A film still from Autumn Leaves with Cliff Robertson. 1957: A close-up film still from The Story of Esther Costello. 1961: A bigger, better replacement for Miss America publicity. 1964: Strait-Jacket -- Two similar film stills with Pepsi exec Mitchell Cox: one new and one bigger, better replacement.
11/19/18
1951: Bigger, better replacement for publicity by Bert Six. 1952: Candid with Judy Garland at Romanoff's. 1954: Candid with George Nader and Johnny Grant. 1955: Funnies on the set of Female on the Beach with Christopher and The Twins.
11/17/18
1950 PHOTOS: Harriet Craig On the set with crew members and candy, Mel Ferrer, Patric Mitchell (neighbor kid "Danny"; includes press caption), and Viola Roache (includes press caption).
11/15/18
1940: Full-page photo from the November Harper's Bazaar photo spread "Which Fur Are You?" 1941: New lengthy caption for already existing Hurrell publicity shot. 1942: They All Kissed the Bride -- Small shots: film still (with Melvyn Douglas), publicity on the set, and candid on the set (with Allen Jenkins and Douglas). 1947: Daisy Kenyon -- Film stills one (solo with book) and two (Henry Fonda in his PJs).
11/12/18
Strange Cargo -- Added pages from a Danish program, plus two new links. Daisy Kenyon -- Added multiple Film Notes (Gene Tierney and Jennifer Jones initially slated for role, etc.), plus two new links.
PHOTOS: 1938: Mannequin -- Bigger, better replacement publicity by Hurrell, with new press caption. 1939: Candid. 1941: A Woman's Face -- Publicity shots with Conrad Veidt and Melvyn Douglas, one and two. And film stills from the folk-dancing scene, one and two (with Veidt). When Ladies Meet -- A film still with Herbert Marshall shot by Eric Carpenter (includes press caption).
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LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES Let me know if you have updates to add here.
December 11, 2018: Female on the Beach on Blu-ray For more info and to pre-order: bluray.com / Amazon
September 25, 2018: Psycho Biddy Double Feature: Strait-Jacket and Berserk on Blu-ray bluray.com / Amazon.com / brokehorrorfan.com
August 21, 2018: Strait-Jacket on Blu-ray A sampling of reviews: whysoblu.htm / screenanarchy.com / horrortalk.com / avnirvana.com.
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