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Celebrating 22 years of The Best of Everything: 2004 - 2026 Established March 23, 2004
(12/31/24 to present)
LATEST SITE UPDATES [in last month]
TCM US SCHEDULE: FEBRUARY 2026 [times US Central]
Mon. 2/16: 5am -- Our Dancing Daughters
UPCOMING EVENTS and NEW RELEASES: [Let me know if you have something to announce here.] Like Part I (which closed Jan. 25), Part II also features Joan. March 20 - April 25: Australian premiere of Bette & Joan play at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre.
2/05/26
1942 and 1943 to "Dorothy" (the same long-time fan from the 1935 letter of 2/03 below). 1943 and 1945 to long-time fan "Pearl." 1949: 3-page to journalist George Frazier, refuting numerous points from an article he'd written about her. (Starting with: "I do not take my salad dressing to restaurants.") 1949: 2-page to journalist Leonard Lyons, seeking a hook-up with Senator Hubert Humphrey (!!---I think she's kidding!). :)
2/03/26
PHOTOS: 1938 Publicity shot; and film still from Mannequin with Alan Curtis.
2/01/26
NEWS: Mildred Pierce is now streaming on HBO Max.
FILMS: Thanks again to Michael Lia for his new reviews: for 1934's Sadie McKee and 1936's The Gorgeous Hussy. (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)
1/28/26
NEWS:
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1/28 Boca magazine online interview
with Joan biographer Scott Eyman. Grand Hotel -- A program from the premiere at NYC's Astor Theatre. Today We Live -- A US newspaper ad.
PHOTOS: 1931: This Modern Age -- A film still with Pauline Frederick. Publicity in her dressing room, shot by Hurrell. Candid publicity with Monroe Owsley. 1932: Publicity by Hurrell.
MAGAZINES: A January 1931 cover from Italy's Kinema.
1/26/26
PHOTOS: 1925: Publicity with Jackie Coogan from Old Clothes. 1929: A screen shot from Untamed. 1930: On the set of Our Blushing Brides.
1/22/26
1964: A film still from Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Cecil Kellaway (bigger replacement). 1970: A film still from Trog (bigger replacement).
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Contracts -- Added 3 new William Morris Agency contracts signed by Joan: 1968, 1971, and 1974.
LETTERS: 1956: To a longtime fan RE recent travels and new apartment. 1965: To a fan with thanks. 1967: To a longtime fan RE travels and upcoming TV info.
1/20/26
1950: On the set of The Damned Don't Cry; and publicity by Bert Six. 1951: Goodbye, My Fancy -- Film still with Frank Lovejoy and Eve Arden. 1957: Color publicity with poodles. 1960: Honored by the Philadelphia Cotillion Society, with Judge Raymond Pace Alexander, Donna Lowe, and Mayor Dilworth.
MAGAZINES: Thanks to Carl for sharing this rare 1961 magazine cover for Argentina's Platea (Joan at home in NYC).
1/14/26
1935: No More Ladies -- Film stills with Robert Montgomery, and with Edna May Oliver and Charlie Ruggles. 1937: Candid on the set of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. 1947: A film still from Possessed with Moroni Olsen.
FILMS: A theater door banner (5 x 28 inches) for Daisy Kenyon.
1/07/26
1933: Dancing Lady On the set with director Leonard and Franchot Tone; a film still with Winnie Lightner; screen shots one (with Tone) and two (with Fred Astaire).
1/05/26
1926: A film still from Paris (bigger replacement). 1928: Autographed publicity for Rose-Marie (bigger replacement). 1931: Publicity for Dance, Fools, Dance. 1932: Rain -- A film still with Matt Moore; and screen shots one (solo) and two (with Walter Huston).
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