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ABC
Film Review
December
1969:
Two
incomplete pages from an interview re Trog: "Joan's
an SF Fan."
After
Dark
March
1978:
"Joan
Crawford Remembered" tribute issue with two articles.
December 1978: In-depth Radie Harris post-Mommie Dearest
interview with Christina.
American
Home
March
1946: Feature
on Joan's East End Ave. apartment in NYC, with photos.
American
Weekly
February
25, 1951:
"Indomitable Joan Crawford" by Adela Rogers St.
Johns.
Architectural Digest
April
1990: Article on Joan's Brentwood home, with
photos.
Chicago Tribune
January
5, 1927:
Joan's old beau Mike Cudahy gets arrested
while running off to get married.
September
23, 1962:
Interview with Christina
on the set of Dr. Kildare.
September
8, 1968: Review of
new Joan films book by Quirk and overview of her career.
Confidential
January
1957: "Joan
Crawford and the Handsome Bartender!"
Cosmopolitan
April 1951: "The Last of the Movie Queens." Snarky but still revealing look at Joan
as Movie Star.
Dallas
Morning News
November
22 / 25, 1963:
Three articles around the time of the Kennedy assassination.
Entertainment Weekly
May 7 and June 11, 1993: Two articles, the second with Lypsinka
pics, promoting upcoming auctions
of Joan belongings at Christie's.
Everywoman's
March
1952: "I
Chose a Wonderful Family."
Joan on adopting and disciplining kids.
Film Pictorial
June
6, 1936: "Has Marriage Helped Joan Crawford?"
Jerry Asher on the Joan/Franchot marriage.
Film
Weekly
October
24, 1931:
"Joan Crawford Talks About Modern Marriage."
Globe
July 2005: Two-page
article, with photos, featuring Joan's grandson Casey
LaLonde.
Hollywood
August
1935:
"What Is Joan Crawford Really Like?" By Jerry Asher.
September
1936:
"Joan Crawford
Talks About Bob Taylor!"
January 1941:
Joan's open--and sarcastically witty-- letter to Ed Sullivan, responding to his criticism.
Hollywood Studio Magazine
December
1971:
"The Crawford Style." Press conference for My
Way of Life at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
August
1983:
"The Lovely Side of Crawford!"
August / September
1992: "Why Joan Crawford Won't Go Away."
Two-part article by biographer
and friend Carl Johnes on the "Mommie Dearest" backstory and Joan's
legacy.
Hollywood
Vagabond
May
12, 1927:
"Little
Girl in a Big City."
Illustrated
March
12, 1955:
"The Story I Have Never Told." First of multi-part
bio series. Co-written with Jane Kesner Ardmore (also 1962 Portrait
of Joan co-author).
In
Touch
September
1977:
"Goodbye, Joan."
Jane Magazine
Date unknown: A one-page color photo montage
of Joan from childhood through the '70s.
Lady's Circle
May
1972: Joan speaks in-depth of life post-Al and...we also learn how
to knit an Afghan!
Laredo Times
June
28, 1936: "A
Close-Up of the Hardest Working Star in Pictures."
Life
March 1, 1937: "Joan Crawford: Mrs. Tone at Home." Pictorial from youth to life with Franchot.
June 23, 1947: "The Second Rise of Joan Crawford." Her Warners comeback.
November
9, 1959:
International cover, 10-pg Eve Arnold photo article: "Joan
Crawford Looks Self Over at 51."
February
21, 1964: "A
Well-Planned Crawford." (Link
to Google copy of article, starting on p. 11.)
October
15, 1971: "Parting
Shots" interview, promoting My Way of Life.
Long
Beach Independent
June
27, 1950: Joan explains
to men "10 ways to lose a girl."
Look
September
26, 1939:
"My
Past, Present, and Future by Joan Crawford."
January
30, 1951: "How They Stay Glamorous After
Forty." Joan one of 9 featured female stars.
Los
Angeles Evening Herald
August
2, 1930:
Interview with Joan to publicize Our Blushing Brides,
re being fed up with dancing roles.
Los
Angeles Times
[Thanks to Norman for almost
all of the
LA Times articles.]
1925:
September
5
/ October 25: Announcement of Joan's new name
/ "Another Texas Girl Succeeds in Hollywood."
1926:
May 5 / June 8 / November 28:
"Young Cudahy's Mother Warns of Annulment" / "Love
Knot Untied By Fair Joan" / "BOO-HOO! She Weeps to Order."
1928:
September 28:
Doug Fairbanks, Jr., helps Joan move.
1929:
June 4 / August 25 / August 29:
"Young Doug Weds Joan" / Joan on Our Modern Maidens
and life with new husband Doug / Joan's brother Hal divorces wife.
1933:
December
31: "Joan
Wants Baby Much More Than Husband."
1935/1936:
Five articles on a car crash and its aftermath
involving Joan's brother Hal LeSueur.
1935:
October
14 / November 24: "Joan
Crawford Weds Tone in Secret Rite" / "Franchot Tone More
Than Just 'Man Joan Married.'"
1937:
January
24: Death
of Marie Prevost, with Joan loan found on site.
1939:
March 29 / May 21:
"Crawford
Divorce Plea Hits Snag" / "The Joan Crawford No One Knows."
1940:
May
25: "Joan
Crawford Adopts Baby."
1945/1946:
Notices of separation and divorce from Phillip Terry.
1948:
May
28 / December 26: "Joan
Crawford's Lost $50,000 Brooch Found" / "Joan
Crawford Wins Her Battle to Play Role of Schoolteacher" (Both
articles also mention boyfriend Greg Bautzer.)
1955:
August
10: Joan denies
rift with husband Al Steele.
1958:
May 11 / June 29:
Son
Chris arraigned, sent to school for delinquents.
1959:
May
7: Joan
appointed to Pepsi board of directors.
1962:
September
16: "Bette
and Joan: No Collision Course for Hollywood Stars."
1963:
May
9: "Joan
Crawford Brother Dies in Obscurity."
1977:
May
15: Tribute
to Joan.
1977:
November
19: "2
Joan Crawford Children Sue to Invalidate Will."
1978:
October
29: "Like
Daughter, Like Son Chris."
Mansfield,
Ohio, News Journal
Sept.
30, 1972:
"Grand Hollywood Dame Defeats Years."
Modern
Knitting
Spring
1949.
2-page spread with photo featuring Joan's Ribbon Dress.
Modern
Screen
February 1932: Articles on whether or not Joan and Doug are fooling
around, plus what
Joan would do had she one day to live.
May
1933:
"The Separation of Joan and Doug," by Katherine Albert.
August
1947:
"Strange Woman."
November 1948: Restaurateur Prince Michael Romanoff visits Joan's Brentwood home.
November
1951:
"What Men Have Done to Me," by Joan Crawford.
August 1955: "Someone to Watch Over Me."
Joan's new marriage to Al Steele.
July
1959: "Love Came
So Late and Died So Soon..." Widow Joan.
1970:
"Cooking with a Star."
February
1973: "The Tales
Their Houses Tell: Joan Crawford's "California House"
in New York." Includes color pics.
August 1977: Remembrance by
Dorothy Manners.
August 1977: Remembrance
by Adele Whitely Fletcher, with photos.
Motion Picture
September
1932:
"Will Joan Crawford's Career Wreck Her Marriage?"
July
1936:
"What
Joan Crawford Found in Marriage."
February 1944: "An Invitation to Visit." Joan and Phillip Terry at home, with 10 color photos.
February 1948: "Joan Crawford, our cover girl--and
why."
April 1949: "What's She Really
Like?"
June 1950: "To Have and Have Not." A look at Joan's romances and marriages.
Motion Picture News
June
29, 1929:
2-page spread with illustration, touting four upcoming Joan films.
Movie
Classic
May
1933:
"Joan Crawford Explains Why She and Doug, Jr., Are Parting."
Movieland
July
1945:
"Gone With the Glamour."
Movie
Mirror
December 1938: "Joan Crawford's Plan's for a
Family."
September 1940: "Why Joan Crawford Has Adopted a Baby."
Movie Weekly
March
27, 1925: "Name
Her and Win $1,000." Lucille Le Sueur needs a new name!
April 11, 1925: "There's Still Time to
Enter the $1,000 Name
Contest."
April
25, 1925: "The
$1,000 for a Name Contest."
Movie World
February 1971: "The Four Men Who Left Joan Crawford Loveless." Joan
looks back at her husbands, life, and career.
National
Enquirer
October
16, 1979: "Joan Crawford Committed Suicide."
New Movie
May
1930:
"Lucille,
Joan and Mrs. Doug."
December 1931: Tour of Joan and Doug's Brentwood
home with photos, architectural
drawings.
October 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 (other covers: Dylan, Madonna,
Warhol).
New
York Daily News
February
3, 1967: "Joan
Denies Insulting Justice Douglas' Wife."
The
New Yorker
January
3, 2011: "Escape
Artist: The Case for Joan Crawford."
By David Denby.
March
20, 2017:
"Feud: A Bittersweet Beauty." By Emily Nussbaum.
Essay on the FX TV show.
New York Observer
February
25, 2002: "A
Condom for Your Couch? Carleton Varney on Mrs. Clean."
New York Times
June 4, 1929. "Fairbanks Jr., 19, Weds Joan Crawford Here; Pair
Too Busy in Films for Honeymoon Now."
March 18, 1933. "Joan
Crawford Quits Fairbanks Jr."
April 12, 1939. "Divorce Granted to Joan
Crawford."
February 3, 1961. "Alfred
N. Steele Estate Is Found Insolvent."
August 5, 1973. "I Deplore Going Back."
Joan one of 15 celeb opinions following 6/21/73 Supreme Court ruling
on obscenity laws. Main article head "Has the Supreme
Court Saved Us from Obscenity?"
May
11, 1977: "Joan
Crawford Dies at Home." Long obit.
February 17, 1978: "Homage -- and a Lot More --
at Crawford Auction." Re Plaza Art Galleries auction.
Parade
October
5, 1952: "In
Hollywood, they give till it hurts!"
July
3, 1955: "Is
Joan Crawford Through with Hollywood?"
People
May 30, 1977: "Joan
Crawford a Suicide?" Last-days-of article by neighbor and friend
Doris Lilly.
October 19, 1981: "Was
She Devil or Doting Mom?" Interviews with all four kids.
May 6, 1998: "Daughter Dearest." Interview with Christina.
Photoplay
1926:
"The
'Baby' Wampas Stars of 1926."
February
1927:
"She
Doesn't Use a Lipstick in Public."
February 1934:
"I Meet Miss Crawford."
October 1935:
"The Girl Without a Past," plus "Joan Crawford Entertains"
(recipes for a dinner party).
February 1937:
"A Crown for Miss Crawford"
(brief look at her new do), plus "On the Air in Hollywood."
October 1946:
Breathless article on Joan and
Clark new romance rumors.
June 1947: "I Took
One Look at Her..." by producer Jerry Wald.
February 1948:
"I'm an Adopted Mother"
by Joan Crawford.
January 1960: "Joan."
Life post-Al and with Christina and Christopher troubles.
July 1975:
"At Last, I'm Finally Living the Life I
Want!"
Picturegoer
(UK)
April
21, 1934:
"An Open Letter to Joan Crawford's Soul." (Yes,
you read that right!)
May
28, 1938: "Are
These Stars Box-Office Poison?"
Sept.
29, 1956:
"The Most Fabulous Star of Them All."
Private Lives
March
1955: "Why
They Hate Joan Crawford."
Redbook
October 1960: "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: "The Way They Were -- Joan Crawford."
Tribute with 18 photos.
Salina (KS) Journal
April 24, 1955: "Even Stars Work Saturday
Nights."
San Francisco Chronicle
January 24, 1929: "One I Love, Two I Love..."
Are Joan and Doug married yet?
San Mateo (CA) Times
June 12, 1972: After a Fashion... syndicated column: "Joan Crawford Minces
No Words."
Satellite Direct
August 2002: "Screen Queen." Interview with director of
TCM's "Ultimate Star" doc.
Scarlet Street
Spring 2004: "Joan Crawford: Dearest
Mommy." An excerpt from co-star John Ireland's
as-yet-unpublished autobiography.
Fall 2005: Article/review by David Del Valle on Female on the Beach.
Screen
& Radio Weekly (Sunday
supplement)
November
25, 1934:
"Meet the Real Joan Crawford! The Person Behind the Myths."
August
4, 1935:
"Two Stars Tell What They Think of You."
Joan and Robert Montgomery on their critical fans.
Screen
Guide
October
1950: "Joan Crawford: Hollywood's Most
Glamorous Star." Includes 21 photos of
home and on Harriet Craig set.
Screenland
June
1926:
"Can uncultured people really LOVE?" Joan
one of six celebs asked the question.
October
1928:
"Joan Crawford Now."
April
1929:
"The Modern Maid
Inspires the Mode." Designer Adrian on Joan's modernity.
January
1931:
"Joan
Goes to Jail!"
May
1933:
"Joan Crawford Confesses!"
August
1933:
"Joan Crawford through Connie Bennett's Eyes!"
December
1933: "Joan Unmasks Hollywood for
Franchot Tone."
January
1964: "Joan Crawford Reveals: The Hollywood I Knew." Long
interview on the set of Strait-Jacket.
Screen
Romances
August
1947:
Intro
puff piece to accompany main article, a fictionalization of
Possessed.
Screen
Stars
November 1945: "Joan Crawford Tells How to
Handle Gossip."
October 1950:
"How to Fight Loneliness"
by Joan Crawford.
Screen
Stories
December
1963: "Hollywood Girls Are Killing
Their Own Glamor." Interview on the set of
Strait-Jacket.
Silver
Screen
July
1932:
"When
Joan Crawford Comes Into Her Own." ("...both Goethe and
Joan embrace all humanity")
January 1934:
"Joan Crawford: The Most Remarkable
Girl in Hollywood." Psychologically astute interview with and look at Joan
May 1934: Contest:
"Can You Estimate Joan Crawford's Weight?"
January
1939: "She's
Dancing Again!" A puff
piece on Joan being a swell gal, including details of interactions on The
Shining Hour set.
Southern
Illinoisan
September
21, 1969: "Joan Crawford Visits Southern
Illinois: New Marion Soft Drink Plant Opens."
Stars
and Stripes
November
9, 1952:
"Joan Crawford Ranks as One
of 10 'Most Exciting' Stars" (Louella Parsons column)
June
29, 1963:
"Berlin-bound Joan Crawford not ready for grandmother roles
yet."
Stephens
College publications
1929
Stephens Standard and 1970 Stephens Life.
Time
May
16, 1938:
"Dead Cats."
Article on "box-office poison."
May
19, 1958:
"Living It Up With Pepsi." Joan and Al press conference.
May
23, 1977:
Obituary: "Hollywood's Once and Only Star."
November
20, 1978:
"Joan
Crawford's Other Life." Christina's new book.
TV Guide
August
16, 1969: "Lady
in the Dark." 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 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." Lengthy excerpt from Charlotte Chandler's 2008 Joan bio
Not the Girl Next Door.
March 17, 2017: (Vanity Fair Online): Transcript and photos of "The
Heartwarming Joan Crawford Friendship Behind Ryan Murphy's Feud."
September 21, 2021 (Vanity Fair online): Transcript of "Did Joan
Crawford's Ghost Haunt the Set of Mommie Dearest?"
Vogue
November
1, 1965: "Joan Crawford -- A Second Fame: Good Food."
First
2 pages of article plus photo.
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. | 
From the 1920s to the
present, Joan Crawford has appeared in hundreds of American and international
magazines and newspapers, which are listed alphabetically below.