Joan Crawford Magazines:

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Jane   •   Joan Crawford    •    Joie   •    Jornal Das Mocas    •    Jueves de Excelsior

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Kines    •    Kine Weekly    •    Kino    •    The Knowledge   •
 Kobenhavnerinden   •    Kolnische Illustrierte Zeitung   •   Kolnoha   •    Kulisa

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La Actualidad    •    Ladies Home Journal     •    Lady's Circle    •    La Nacion    •     Laredo Times    •    La Revue Moderne   •  
 L'Ecran    •    Lecturas    •    Le Film    •    Le Film Complet    •    Le Film du Jour   •    Le Samedi    •    Les Films du Coeur   •    
Les Films Pour Vous   •    Le Soir Illustre    •    Levande Livet    •    l'Hirondelle    •    Liberty    •   Life    •   
 L'Illustrato   •    Literary Digest   •   Loew's Weekly   •    London Life    •    Long Beach Independent    •    Look    •   
 Los Angeles Evening Herald    •    Los Angeles Times    •    Lowdown

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Joan Crawford: La Vie, Les Films (France)

Oct. 20, 1937. No. 17, 36 pgs.

Joie (France)

February 1947.

Jornal Das Mocas (Brazil)
Aug. 29, 1942.

Jueves de Excelsior (Mexico)

May 27, 1926. No. 207.

Kines  (unknown country)

March 31, 1929.

Kine Weekly  (UK)

December 14, 1933.

Kino  (Poland)

1932. (No. 3)

Kino  (Poland)

1936.

Kino  (Poland)

1937.

Kino  (unknown country)

1948. "Humoresque."

The Knowledge  (UK)

August 13 - 19, 2005. " When stars  collide: How Joan Crawford and Bette Davis fought the feud of the century."

Kobenhavnerinden

1933. No. 11.

Kolnische Illustrierte Zeitung (Cologne, Germany)

Sept. 3, 1936. No. 36.

Kolnoha

(Hebrew; English translation is "Movie.")

Jan. 23, 1941.

Kulisa (Yugoslavia)

1928. No. 24.

Kulisa (Yugoslavia)

April 1, 1931.

La Actualidad

February 1956.

Lady's Circle  (US)

May 1972. Vol. 8, No. 10.  82 pgs.
"Life is For Living."

Other known issues of Lady's Circle featuring Joan:

Oct. 1966: "Joan Crawford's Secrets of Lasting Beauty."

La Nacion (Argentina)

November 9, 1930. Vol. 11, No. 71.

La Revue Moderne (Montreal)

March 1944.

L'Ecran  (France)

March 4, 1947. No. 88.

L'Ecran  (France)

Jan. 1978. No. 65.

Lecturas  (Spain)

November 1931.

Other known issues of Lecturas
featuring Joan:

May 1936. I Live My Life feature.

Le Film

June 14, 1931. 32 pp.

Le Film Complet (France)

Sept. 26, 1926. No. 280. 16 pgs.

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Le Film Complet

Sept. 25, 1928. No. 561. 16 pgs.

The Unknown

Le Film Complet

Sept. 27, 1928. No. 562. 16 pgs.

The Unknown

Le Film Complet

July 16, 1929. #687. 16 pgs.

West Point

Le Film Complet

Feb. 25, 1930. #802. 16 pgs.

Law of the Range

Le Film Complet

April 12, 1930. #828. 16 pgs.

Dream of Love

Le Film Complet

1931. 16 pgs.

Possessed

Le Film Complet

Aug. 22, 1933.  No. 1368. 16 pgs.

Letty Lynton

Le Film Complet

Aug. 24, 1933.  No. 1369. 16 pgs.

Letty Lynton

Le Film Complet

April 23, 1936. No. 1786. 16 pgs.

No More Ladies

Le Film Complet

March 29, 1938.  No. 2087. 16 pgs.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Le Film Complet

Nov. 17, 1938.  No. 2187. 16 pgs.

The Bride Wore Red

Le Film Complet

Dec. 27, 1938. No. 2204. 16 pgs.

Mannequin

Le Film Complet

Dec. 14, 1939. No. 2248. 16 pgs.

Ice Follies of 1939

Le Film du Jour  (France)

October 31, 1947. No. 106.

Le Samedi  (Montreal)

Feb. 21, 1931. Vol. 42, No. 19.

Le Samedi  (Montreal)

March 13, 1943. No. 42.

Le Samedi  (Montreal)

Nov. 1957

Les Films du Coeur  (France)

Sept. 1960. No. 38.

Les Films du Coeur

1964. This Woman Is Dangerous.

Les Films Pour Vous (France)

August 11, 1958. No. 90. Flamingo Road.

Les Films Pour Vous (France)

Sept. 1961.

Les Films Pour Vous

1964.

Le Soir Illustre (Belgium)

April 24, 1937.

Levande Livet (Sweden)

1934. No. 8.

l'Hirondelle (France)

1935. No. 70.

Liberty

Spring 1975. No. 16. 64 pgs.

Other known issues of Liberty featuring Joan:

Sept. 29, 1934: "Tears Triangles, Talk--Joan Crawford's Clothes"

April 30, 1938:  "Joan Crawford's Secrets: A Candid Success Story"(by friend Katherine Albert)

May 7, 1938. No. 19, Vol. 15.: "Joan Crawford's Secrets: Waitress to Glamor Girl"

May 21, 1938: "What Joan Crawford Says For Herself"

Spring 1972: Hollywood Issue (1924 - 1950)

Other known issues of Life featuring Joan:

March 1, 1937.  "Joan Crawford / Mrs. Tone
at Home" and Last of Mrs. Cheyney.  Vol. 1, No. 9.

March 22, 1937.  6-page article with photos.

June 9, 1941.   "A Woman's Face"

May 4, 1942.

June 23, 1947.  "The Second Rise of Joan Crawford"

September 1, 1952.  Vol. 33, No. 9. 88 pages. Article
on Joan and Sudden Fear (first page only).

February 23, 1959.

October 5, 1959.  Cover photo of Khrushchev,
with Joan headline: "Joan Crawford at 51: A Life of Polish,
Plans, Push."  Inside, a 10-page photo-essay by Eve Arnold
(identical to the article in the 11/9/59 International edition):
"The Durable Charms of Joan the Queen."
See also these Arnold photos from the same period: 
Joan beauty treatments, on the set of The Best of Everything,
and at home.

September 28, 1962. "Shall we Dance? Thud!"

October 12, 1962.   Feature on "What Ever Happened
to Baby Jane?"

February 21, 1964.  "A Well- Planned Crawford"

Life (International Edition)

Nov. 9, 1959. Vol. 27, No. 10.
"Joan Crawford Looks Self Over at 51." Article inside is
identical to the October 5 US edition: "The Durable Charms of
Joan the Queen."

Life  (US)

October 1981. Article on collectors of star memorabilia.

L'Illustrato

March 1932.  16 pgs.

Literary Digest  (US)

March 6, 1937.

Loew's Weekly (US)

September 17, 1928. Vol. 10, No. 1.
Upper right set of photos by Ruth Harriet Louise:
Joan 2nd from right.

Loew's Weekly (US)

December 3, 1928. No. 12.
Joan in center of trio of photos.

Loew's Weekly (US)

June 10, 1929. Vol. 10, No. 39.
Our Modern Maidens.

Loew's Weekly (US)

October 25, 1930. Vol. 12, No. 8.

Loew's Weekly (US)

January 17, 1931. Vol. 12, No. 20.
Paid. (Click photo or here to see inside pages with ad

and review.)

Loew's Weekly (US)

Sept. 19, 1931. Vol. 13, No. 3.

This Modern Age. (Click photo or here to see larger.)

Loew's Weekly (US)

May 15, 1936. Vol. 17, No. 38.

The Gorgeous Hussy.

Loew's Weekly (US)

June 19, 1936.

Joan in lower left photo, from "Gorgeous Hussy."

Loew's Weekly (US)
February 11, 1937.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.

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Other known issues of Loew's featuring Joan:

August 8, 1927.

January 30, 1928.

April 18, 1931 (Vol. 12, No. 33). Dance, Fools, Dance.

London Life  (UK)

June 23, 1934.

Look  (US)

Feb. 1937. Vol. 1, No. 2. "The Amazing
Story of the Cinderella Girl."

Look (US)

Nov. 23, 1937. "Joan Crawford:

Hollywood's Most Interesting Face."

Look  (US)

March 28, 1939. "They Don't Like Each Other..."

Look  (US)

Sept. 26, 1939. Vol. 3, No. 20, 58 pgs.

6-pg article: "My Past, Present, and Future, by Joan Crawford"

Look  (US)

March 12, 1940.

"A Dressing Room Is Home to Joan Crawford."

Look  (US)

Jan. 30, 1951. Vol. 15, No. 3.

"How They Stay Glamorous After 40."

Other known issues of Look featuring Joan:

April 9, 1940.

Los Angeles Times
(+ TV Times). July 28 - Aug. 3, 2002.

Other Los Angeles Times articles featuring Joan. (Thanks to Norman for most of the below articles.)

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

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

May 6, 1926. "Young Cudahy's Mother Warns of Annulment."

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

November 28, 1926.  "BOO-HOO! She Weeps to Order."

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

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

August 25, 1929. Joan's admiration for new husband Doug.

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

December 31, 1933.  "Joan Wants Baby Much More Than Husband."

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

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

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

January 24, 1937. Marie Prevost suicide; Joan loan found on site.

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

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

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

December 18, 1945; April 26, 1946. Joan's separation and divorce from Phillip Terry.

May 28, 1948. "Joan Crawford's Lost $50,000 Brooch Found."

December 26, 1948. "Joan Crawford Wins Her Battle to Play Role of Schoolteacher."

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

May 11, 1958; June 29, 1958. Son Chris in trouble, sent to school for delinquents.

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. Obit for Joan's brother Hal LeSueur.

May 15, 1977. Tribute to Joan.

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

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

Lowdown  (US)

July 1959.

"J" and "K" magazines with articles only or no cover photo yet available:

Jane Magazine

(date unknown)   "1,001 Joans." A one-page color photo montage of Joan from 1910 through the '70s.

"L" magazines with articles only or no cover photo yet available:

Ladies Home Journal

August 1978.   "Joan Crawford: Dark Side of a Star"

Laredo Times  (Thanks to Paul P. for the article.)

June 28, 1926. "A Close-Up of the Hardest Working Star in Pictures."

Long Beach Independent  (Thanks to Paul P.)

June 28, 1950. Joan tells men "10 ways to lose a girl."

Los Angeles Evening Herald

August 2, 1930.  "Blushing Brides is Talisman." Interview.