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Celebrating 20 years of The Best of Everything: 2004 - 2024

Joan Crawford Best Message Board

(October 2020 to present)

LATEST SITE UPDATES

[in last month]

TCM FILM SCHEDULE FOR APRIL

(times US Eastern)

Mon. 4/1: 8pm -- Grand Hotel

Thurs. 4/4: 3pm -- Love on the Run

Mon. 4/8: 12am -- The Circle

Tues. 4/9: 2:15am -- A Woman's Face

Sat. 4/13: 4:45am -- It's a Great Feeling

RECENT AND UPCOMING:

March 26 Blu-ray release: 1926's The Boob (double-feature with non-Joan film Why Be Good?)

May 7 book release: With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic

June 4 book release: Starring Joan Crawford: The Films, the Fantasy, and the Modern Relevance of a Silver Screen Icon,

by Samuel Garza Bernstein (with foreword by John "Lypsinka" Epperson)

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!)

3/26/24

PHOTOS:

1957: Story of Esther Costello -- Candid on the set with Rossano Brazzi.

1966: Candid arriving at London Airport (includes press caption).

1969: At the post-Oscar Governors Ball with Robert Stack.

LETTERS:

1956: To a British fan re their recent meeting and Joan's current time in Switzerland.

1965: To a British fan re his illness and both of their travels.

March 23

Happy Birthday, Joan!

And Happy 20th Anniversary to BOE, which debuted 20 years ago today!

Thank you to everyone who's been a reader or contributor over the past 20 years.

Read about the impetus for this site here.

Congratulations to Thorsten J. of Germany,

who won the Grand Prize raffle for the Martin Kreloff signed lithograph.

 And thank you to everyone who participated in the Joan gift giveaways over the past 3 months!