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5/19/13
LETTERS: 1951 to a fan, re the dissolution of the Joan Crawford Fan Club.
PHOTOS: 1950: A candid playing football (Look out, Kid!). 1952: A small film still from Sudden Fear. A candid with Barbara Stanwyck (Ow, Joan!). And a candid at a publicity event. 1953: A much bigger, better replacement for an iconic Torch Song publicity shot. 1955: Film stills from Queen Bee, one and two. And a candid at the train station.
5/18/13
LETTERS: 1941 to a fan: Hope her arm gets better soon and that she likes When Ladies Meet.
PHOTOS: 1941: MGM publicity shot by Hurrell. 1942: They All Kissed the Bride: On the set with Melvyn Douglas and cake; publicity shot by Whitey Schaefer. A publicity shot for Reunion in France. A candid at "21" in NYC. 1944: Publicity at home, one and two. 1945: Candid at the Beverly Wilshire with husband Phillip Terry. 1946: Warners publicity by Eugene Robert Richee. And a candid with hat. 1947: Candid with Greg Bautzer.
5/11/13
PHOTOS: 1934: A shopping candid. 1936: Publicity for The Gorgeous Hussy. And a film still with Gable from Love on the Run. 1937: Candid with Cesar Romero and Robert Montgomery. 1939: A publicity shot. And a candid with Ann Sothern.
May 10, 1977
We remember.
5/08/13
EVENTS/FANS: Christina Crawford appears in person May 8 - 12 at NYC's Snapple Theater in her one-woman show, "Surviving Mommie Dearest." Here's a review by Matthew Rettenmund on boyculture.com, written after the May 2 press preview. And, even better, here's a photo of Joan-super-fan Chris Wilmore lunching with Christina in NYC on May 4! (If you're attending the show and want to share your reviews/pictures after, please e-mail me.)
1932: Publicity shot. 1933: Today We Live film stills: one, two, three, and four. Dancing Lady publicity. Publicity shot by Hurrell.
5/07/13
1928: Publicity for Tide of Empire shot by Ruth Harriet Louise. 1930: Film still from Paid with Kent Douglass. 1931: Publicity for Laughing Sinners. And publicity shot by Hurrell. 1932: Publicity for Grand Hotel. On the set of Letty Lynton. Publicity for Rain: one (with William Gargan), two, three, and four.
5/02/13
LETTERS: 1955 to Dallas friend and singer Marjorie Moore.
PHOTOS: 1950: Film still from The Damned Don't Cry. 1951: Publicity shot. And film stills from Goodbye, My Fancy one and two. 1957: Film still from The Story of Esther Costello. 1962: With Bette Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1965: On the set of I Saw What You Did with director Castle. 1972: The Sixth Sense: Candid at her mirror; and a bigger, better replacement for a still.
4/30/13
PHOTOS: 1942: Publicity from They All Kissed the Bride with Melvyn Douglas; and a film still from Reunion in France with Philip Dorn. 1944: Publicity for Warners shot by Bert Six. 1946: Publicity for Warners. 1947: With lawyer/boyfriend Greg Bautzer. 1948: Publicity shot by Bert Six.
4/25/13
MAGAZINES: A 1939 cover for Uruguay's Cine Radio Actualidad.
MEMORIES: Thanks to Jordan for sharing his aunt's memory of meeting Joan at a Newberry's store on Wilshire Blvd.
PHOTOS: 1935: Publicity for I Live My Life shot by Hurrell, one and two. 1938: Publicity shot by Laszlo Willinger. 1939: Publicity shot by Willinger, and shot by other. 1940: A film still from Susan and God.
4/23/13
MAGAZINES: A 1929 cover of France's Pour Vous, with Dorothy Sebastian.
PHOTOS: 1928: Dream of Love -- With Nils Asther, one and two. A bigger, better replacement of a publicity shot for Tide of Empire by Ruth Harriet Louise. 1933: Publicity for Today We Live.
4/21/13
FILMS: Reader reviews of The Damned Don't Cry and Johnny Guitar by Stuart Hoggan. (If you've got a review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)
LETTERS: 1964 to two fans: with thanks for articles and re vacation plans, and with thanks for good wishes while in the hospital.
MAGAZINES: A photo to accompany the 1950 Screen Stars article by Joan, "How to Fight Loneliness." A 1950 cover for Australia's Photoplayer.
PHOTOS: 1952: A bigger, better replacement for a film still from This Woman Is Dangerous, with David Brian. 1961: Candids with TV doctors Kildare (Richard Chamberlain plus his/former Joan co-star Raymond Massey) and Ben Casey (Vince Edwards).
4/19/13
PHOTOS: 1943: Publicity for Above Suspicion, one and two. 1944: Publicity for Hollywood Canteen. And a general publicity shot. 1945: 4 magazine color photos on the set of Mildred Pierce (with Phil Terry, Curtiz, etc.). And at home with Christina. 1946: Publicity shots one, two, three, four, five, and six. 1949: Publicity for Flamingo Road.
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11/12. The 1925 silent The Circle -- first credit for "Joan Crawford"-- now available from the Warner Bros. Archive Collection. 11/05/12. "Joan Crawford in the 1950s" 4-DVD set from TCM/Sony. Features Harriet Craig, Autumn Leaves, Queen Bee, Esther Costello. 10/9/12. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? on Blu-ray. Great extras! 8/7/12. Johnny Guitar on Blu-ray and standard DVD. First US release, from Olive Films. 6/4/12. Female on the Beach on DVD as part of Universal's "Women in Danger: 1950s Thrillers" 4-disc collection. Order. |
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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 |
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