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Joan Crawford in Magazines

   

 (and some newspapers)

 

 

1946, on the set of 'Humoresque' reading a 2/6/46 'Picturegoer' with herself on the cover. 

 

From the 1920s to the present, Joan Crawford has appeared in hundreds of American and international magazines, which are listed alphabetically below. Click on the pink letters to go to that page. The pages include (if available) the date of the article, cover photo, and any additional information such as magazine and/or article length, etc.

 

Following the list of magazines below is a list of the article transcripts currently available, many accompanied by the original photographs.

 

 

Note re listings: To simplify things (for me at least), foreign magazines are listed alphabetically by the very first letter of the title, even if it's an article like der/die/das or la/le/l'. So, while a German-speaker might look under "J" for "Die Junge Dame," I've actually listed that magazine under "D." Conversely, when it comes to English-language titles, I've not used the initial article "The"---so "The Pepsi-Cola World," for instance, is listed under "P."

 

Magazines

A - B

A-Z Hebdomadaire Illustre     ABC      A Cena Muda      Adult Psychology     After Dark      al Cinema      Allas Kronika     Allure     American Classic Screen
American Home     American Movie Classics      Amor Film     A Noite      Architectural Digest      Art and Beauty Magazine     Australian Women's Weekly
  Bolero      Boy's Cinema      Bright Lights      Buen Hogar

 

C

Camara     Canal TV     Chatelaine     Cine Album     Cinearte     Cinefilo     Cinegraf     Cinegramas     Cinegram Preview     Cine Illustrato
    Cine-Jornal     Cinelandia     Cinema    Cinema Arts     Cinemagazine     Cinema Illustrazione     
Cine-Miroir     Cinemonde     Cine-Mundial
Cine Radio Actualided     Cine Revue     Cine-Roman     CineSelection     Cinevie Cinevogue     Click     Colliers
Confidential     Cose     Cosmopolitan    Crosley Broadcaster    Cuentame

 

D - E

The Dance     Das Theater    Dawn     Daytime TV Stars     De Film     Des Moines Sunday Magazine     Die Junge Dame
  
Ecran     El Cine     El Dia     El Hogar Y La Moda     El Suplemento     Elokuva-Aitta     Entertainment     Entertainment News
   
Entertainment Weekly      Epoca      Eva's Films Romaner      Evening Graphic      Everybody's      Everywoman's      Excelsior      Exposed

   

F (part 1)

4Front      Fabulous Las Vegas      Family Circle      Famous Monsters      Fangoria      Festival      Filmagem
  Film D'Oggi      Film Fun     Filmiatta     Filmihullu     Film Journalen     Film-Kurier     Filmland     Film Life     Film Pictorial

 

F (part 2)

 Film Rivista      Films      Films and Filming     Films in Review      Films Selectos
 Film Star Weekly     Film Weekly     Flittige Hender     Fotogramas      Frauds      Fun & Fiction

  

G - H - I

Gente      The Gentlewoman     Girls' Cinema      Globe      Golden Screen     Golondrina     Good Housekeeping     Grafic     Grit
  Hamburger Illustrierte      Hebdo/Hebdo Roman     
Hela Varlden     Hollywood (US)    Hollywood (Italy)    Hollywood Family Album   Hollywood Life Stories
   Hollywood Love Life Annual    Hollywood Movie Novels     Hollywood Reporter     Hollywood Revue    Hollywood Screen Parade    Hollywood Star
  I Magnifici Di Hollywood      Idolos Del Cine      Illustrated     
 Ilustrado     Imagene     Imatges
     Inside Story       International Photographer      Interview       Io Viva La Mia Vita

 

J - K - L

Jane      Joan Crawford       Kine Weekly      Kino     The Knowledge      Kobenhavnerinden     Kolnische Illustrierte Zeitung
 L'Illustrato     La Actualidad     Lady's Circle     Ladies Home Journal     Lecturas      
Le Film Complet     Le Samedi    Les Films du Coeur    Les Films Pour Vous      Liberty      Life / Life International     Literary Digest     Loew's Weekly      Look      Los Angeles Times       Lowdown

  

M (part 1)

Manchete      Manhattan Magazine      McCalls      Mein Film     Mid-Week Pictorial     Modern Knitting     Modern Movies  
 Modern Screen      Mon Cine     Mon Film      Montreal Film     Motion Picture     Motion Picture Classic    Movie Classic

 

M (part 2)

Movie Digest      Movieland / Movieland and TV Time      Movie Life      Movieline       Movie Mirror / Movie Mirror Yearbook
     Movie Monthly        Movie News       Movie Play Movie Portraits       Movie Romances      Movies       Movie Show
Movie Star Cutouts     Movie Stars (& TV Close-ups)     Movie Stars Parade     Movie Story      Movie Weekly     Movie World 
Moving Picture Stories       Ms.      Mujeres y Deportes      Mundo Argentino      Mundo Uruguayo

 

N - O
National Enquirer       National Insider      National Police Gazette    Nedeljne Ilustracije    Needlecraft Magazine 
New Movie/ New Movie Album     New York      New York Daily News      New York Enquirer     New York Sunday Mirror    
 New York Sunday News      New York Times       
Noir et Blanc      Nord France      Novella      Novelle Film     Now Playing
Oggi   Opportunity    
O Seculo Ilustrado

 

P (part 1)

Paquita       Paris       Paris Match      Paris Nights      Patria      Pelicula     People     Pepsi-Cola Canada     Pepsi-Cola World 
Philadelphia Inquirer     Photoplay      Photoplayer    Photo Roman    Physical Culture     PIC     Piccola     Piccolo
Pictorial Review     Picturegoer     Picturegoer's Famous Films Supplement

 

P (part 2)

Picture Play      Picture Post     Picture Show / Picture Show  Who's Who on the Screen      Pix       Playboy      Point de Vue       Popular Film 
Popular Screen       Port Cinema       Pour Lire a Deux       Pour Vous       Primer Plano      Private Lives and Private Affairs

 

Q - R - S (part 1)

Quick      Rambling Reporter      Red Pepper       Redbook       The Rexall Magazine      Rivista di Commedie     Romances

Romantic Movie Stories       Romantic Stories        Rona Barrett's Gossip      Rona Barrett's Hollywood      Rotografico

Satellite Direct      Saturday Evening Post     Scarlet Street      Screen      Screen Album      Screen & Radio Weekly

Screen Book      Screen Comedy       Screen Greats:      Screen Guide / Screen Guide: Photo Parade      Screenland      Screen Life

 

S (part 2)

Screen Mirror      Screen News      Screen Pictorial       Screen Play / Screen Play Secrets       Screen Romances      Screen Secrets     Screen Stars

      Screen Stories       Screen World       Semanita       Shadowplay       Silver Screen      Sir      Smart Hair Styles     Snappy     Soirees      Song Hits

     Stage      Star Weekly      Stardom      Stars and Stripes      Startling Detective Adventures      Success Unlimited!     Svensk Damtigning

 

T - Z

Talking Screen      Tele-Views       Theatre      This Week      Tip-Off      Toni Holt's Movie Life     Tops

 Triunfo     True Confessions       True Love Affairs       True Romances      True Story     True Story of Joan Crawford

TV Guide     TV Picture Life     TV Radio Mirror     TV Radio Movie Guide     TV Times     TV Today     TV Week

Uge- Magasinet       Uge-Revyen       USA Today       Vanity Fair       Views and Reviews       Visto     Vukonloppu     Vogue

 Weekend      Weight Watchers      What's On in London      Whisper      Whiz Bang

Wiener Melange      Woman's Film Fair      Woman's Home Companion     Yildiz

 

 

 

 

Transcripts

 

After Dark  (December 1978: In-depth Radie Harris post-Mommie Dearest interview with Christina Crawford about her childhood.)

American Home  (March 1946: Joan's East End Ave. NYC apartment)

Architectural Digest   (1990 article on Joan's Brentwood home, with photos)

Confidential   (1957: "Joan Crawford and the Handsome Bartender!")

Cosmopolitan  (1951: An over-4000-word article detailing her furs, her jewels, her fans...)

Entertainment Weekly

May 7 and June 11, 1993:  Two articles, with pics, promoting upcoming auctions of Joan belongings at Christie's.

Everywoman's   (1952: Joan speaks on adopting  and disciplining kids)

Film Pictorial  1936: Has Marriage Helped Joan Crawford?

Globe  (July 2005: Two-page article, with photos, featuring Joan's grandson Casey LaLonde.)

Hollywood   

1936: Joan on Robert Taylor.

1941: Joan's open--and sarcastically witty-- letter to Ed Sullivan, responding to his criticism.

Hollywood Then & Now  (1992 article by biographer and friend Carl Johnes on the "Mommie Dearest" backstory and Joan's legacy.)

Jane Magazine

(date unknown)   A one-page color photo montage of Joan through the years.

Lady's Circle  (1972: Joan speaks in-depth of life post-Al and...we also learn how to knit an Afghan!)

Life

1937: "Joan Crawford: Mrs. Tone at Home." Pictorial from youth to life with Franchot.

1947: "The Second Rise of Joan Crawford." Bio info through her Warners comeback. Interesting rare-ish photos.)

Look (1951: "How They Stay Glamorous After Forty." Joan one of 9 featured female stars; excerpts mentioning her.)

Los Angeles Times (Thanks to Norman for these articles.)

September 5, 1925. Announcement of Joan's new name.

October 25, 1925. "Another Texas Girl Succeeds in Hollywood."

May 5, 1926. "Young Cudahy's Mother Warns of Annulment."

June 8, 1926.  Joan and Mike Cudahy break up.

September 28, 1928. Doug Fairbanks, Jr., helps Joan move.

June 4, 1929. "Young Doug Weds Joan."

August 25, 1929.  Joan on "Our Modern Maidens" and her admiration for new husband Doug.

August 29, 1929. Joan's brother Hal divorces wife.

1935/1936. Five articles on a Hal car crash and its aftermath.

October 14, 1935. "Joan Crawford Weds Tone in Secret Rite."

November 24, 1935. "Franchot Tone More Than Just 'Man Joan Married.'"

March 29, 1939. "Crawford Divorce Plea Hits Snag."

May 21, 1939. "The Joan Crawford No One Knows."

May 25, 1940. "Joan Crawford Adopts Baby."

12/18/45 and 4/26/46 notices of separation and divorce from Phillip Terry.

August 10, 1955. Joan denies rift with husband Al Steele.

May 7, 1959.  Joan appointed to Pepsi board of directors.

September 16, 1962. "Bette and Joan: No Collision Course for Hollywood Stars."

May 9, 1963: Obituary of Joan's brother Hal LeSueur.

November 19, 1977. "2 Joan Crawford Children Sue to Invalidate Will."

October 29, 1978. "Like Daughter Like Son Chris."

Modern Screen

1932 article on whether or not Joan and Doug are fooling around, plus another article on what Joan would do had she one day to live;
1948 article by restaurateur Prince Michael Romanoff, who visits Joan's Brentwood home, with a link to page with 8 photos;
1955 article "Someone to Watch Over Me"--Joan's new marriage to Al Steele.);
1977 remembrance by Dorothy Manners;

1977 remembrance by Adele Whitely Fletcher, with 5 photos.

Motion Picture

1944: "An Invitation to Visit." Joan and Philip Terry at home, with links to 10 color photos.

1948: "Joan Crawford: Our cover girl--and why."

1949: "What's She Really Like?"

1950: "To Have and Have Not."  A look at Joan's romances and marriages.

Movie Mirror

1938 article discussing Joan's divorce from Franchot and her plans to adopt.

1940: "Why Joan Crawford Has Adopted a Baby."

Movie Weekly

1925 article asking readers to re-name "Lucille LeSueur" to win $1000. Several early photos.

Follow-up to above article: "There's Still Time to Enter the $1,000 Name Contest."

Movie World  (1971: "The Four Men Who Left Joan Crawford Loveless." A look back at the husbands, with other biographical info.)

New Movie

1931 tour of Joan and Doug's Brentwood home. Photos, architectural drawings.

1933: "General Joan, " by Mrs. Wallace Ford.

New York  October 9, 2006. "Legends at Home." Brief essay and photos of New Yorkers at home. Joan has two photos and appears on one of four covers.

NY Times   (1977: long obituary)

People

1977 last days of article with photos

1981 interviews with all four kids

1998 interview with Christina

Photoplay

1934: "I Meet Miss Crawford."

1935: "The Girl Without a Past," with photos and recipes.

1937: "A Crown for Miss Crawford." Slight article on Joan's new hairstyle, plus some radio news.

1946: Breathless article on Joan and Clark new romance rumors.

1948: "I'm an Adopted Mother." Written by Joan, with some insightful stories about the kids and her mothering philosophy.

1975: "At Last, I'm Finally Living the Life I Want!"

Private Lives   (1955: Gossipy hatchet piece on Joan)

Redbook   ("The Revolt of Joan Crawford's Daughter": The over-5000-word 1960 Christina interview that became the core of Mommie Dearest.)

Rona Barrett's Hollywood   October 1977: Tribute and look at Joan's last days, with 18 photos.

Satellite Direct   August 2002: "Screen Queen." Interview with director of TCM's "Ultimate Star" doc.

Scarlet Street. www.scarletstreet.com

Issue 50, Spring 2004 article: "Joan Crawford: Dearest Mommy." An excerpt from Joan co-star John Ireland's as-yet-unpublished autobiography.)

Issue 53, Fall 2005: Article/review by David Del Valle on Female on the Beach.

Screen Guide  October 1950. Puff piece on Joan as wonderful homemaker and mother, with 21 photos of home and on Harriet Craig set.

Screenland

December 1933:  "Joan Unmasks Hollywood for Franchot Tone."

January 1964: "Joan Crawford Reveals: The Hollywood I Knew."

Screen Romances.

August 1947.  Puff piece on Joan's glamour, success, and adopting kids.

Screen Stars

1945 puff piece: "Joan Crawford Tells How to Handle Gossip"

1950: "How to Fight Loneliness."

Screen Stories

December 1963: "Hollywood Girls Are Killing Their Own Glamor." Interview on the set of Strait-Jacket.

Silver Screen

1934: Psychologically astute interview with and look at Joan

1939: A puff piece on Joan being a swell gal, including details of interactions on The Shining Hour set.

TV Guide   (1969 brief article on Joan in Night Gallery and her desire for more work)

Vanity Fair

February 1936: "Starlight Starbright." Joan's rise to refinement.

May 1994:  One-page article on an upcoming Joan-memorabilia auction in NYC.

March 2004: "The Lipstick Jungle." Over 7000-word article on the making of the '59 film The Best of Everything.

March 2008:  "Daughter Dearest." Excerpt from Charlotte Chandler's 2008 Joan bio Not the Girl Next Door.

Whisper

April 1957: "The Night Joan Crawford Played a Waiting Game." Joan surprises folks at a restaurant!

Woman's Home Companion

August 1956: "Joan Crawford introduces her daughter to show business."  3-page article on Joan showing Christina the ropes, with 10 photos by Eve Arnold.