The Best of Everything
Joan Crawford Letters:
1954 to 1955

January 11, 1954, to Harriet Sheppard

February 11, 1954, to Elmore Richey


March 23, 1954, to Catherine Gentile


April 6, 1954, to Bob Campbell (of Campbell's Bookstore in LA)



May 26, 1954, to Margaret Sarget

May 29, 1954, to the Neumann family
June 14, 1954, to the Neumann family

June 16, 1954, to Ward Marsh of the Cleveland Plain Dealer

June 22, 1954, to USAF Captain Ed Semmler
(from his scrapbook)

June 24, 1954, to Mary and Joseph Sokol

June 24, 1954, to Cynthia and Susan Niles

July 20, 1954, to Anita Ticktin

August 19, 1954, to Nancy Norman
From the personal collection of Stephen Bledsoe.

August 19, 1954, to Lila and Donald Caye

September 8, 1954, to Gerrie Gruener ("Quiet Girl")
(Note: This one page was offered by itself on eBay in July 2024.)

October 9, 1954, to Merietta Smith

October 27, 1954, to Stanley Anast

Christmas 1954 to "Melba and Jack"
From the personal collection of Stephen Bledsoe.

December 23, 1954, to Clifton Webb

Unknown date, to grocers as Pepsi representative

January 1955 to "Helen and Mr. Dippel"

January 12, 1955, to Larry Quirk

January 15, 1955, to Lila Barnett

January 15, 1955, to John Pitcherale


January 31, 1955, to Marjorie Moore



March 25, 1955, to friend/publicist Dore Freeman

April 4, 1955, to friend Gerrie Gruener (aka "Quiet Girl" in some letters)


April 12, 1955, to Sheridan Gibney

April 16, 1955, to Mary and Joseph Sokol



April 23, 1955, to James Wiseman

April 25, 1955, to Henry Taylor


May 14, 1955, to publicist Dore Freeman

July 1, 1955, to "Sally and Bob"

July 22, 1955, to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grimstead


July 29, 1955, to Paul Herriott

August 5, 1955, to friend/publicist Dore Freeman

September 17, 1955, to "Anita"

October 6, 1955, to "Mr. Giglio"

October 20, 1955, to Nora Steger




November 8, 1955, to Marjorie Moore

November 9, 1955, to Miami Herald writer George Bourke

November 15, 1955, to Miami Herald writer George Bourke


December 6, 1955, to Brenda Helser (Comtesse de Morelos)


December 26, 1955, to Jo Heidt


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