Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything

July 9: Letty Lynton -- Toronto: Revue Cinema's Designing the Movies series presents the Warners 4K restoration of Letty (which made its debut on May 1 at the TCM Film Fest).

5/31/26

MAGAZINES:

Thanks again to Ramon for alerting me to more of the many rare Joan magazine covers available on moviemags.com! (As of a couple of weeks ago, Joan was ranked #10 in most covers on this site, with 553.)

Four new covers added to BOE tonight:

1928: Cinearte (Brazil) --- April, August, December.

1933: Na Szerokim Swiecie (Poland)

5/28/26

NEWS: On June 30, both Letty Lynton and Strange Cargo will be released on Blu-ray by the Warner Archive Collection! (We've been able to watch/buy various editions of "Cargo" for some time now, but this is the very first general media release of "Letty"!)

FILMS: Updated the main Films page info re Blu-rays, and added Blu-ray cover photos to the individual Possessed ('31), Letty Lynton, and Strange Cargo pages.

5/26/26

PHOTOS:

1963: Receiving the Silver Mug honor from NYC's Lambs Club (America's oldest theatrical association).

1968: Replacing daughter Tina on the CBS soap Secret Storm (bigger photo added to page).

1971: Candid Polaroid with Cesar Romero from the Golden Globes (shot by longtime friend/publicist Dore Freeman).

1974: Making her last public appearance: 9/23 at NYC's Rainbow Room (bigger photo added to page).

COLLECTIBLES: AWARDS: A 1969 Puerto Rican award for her contributions to film.

5/19/26

LETTERS:

3 newsy letters to the same long-time fan: 1955, 1956, 1960.

1956: To Hollywood producer Harriet Parsons (daughter of Louella).

1957: To a fan with gratitude for kind words and re travel plans.

5/17/26

PHOTOS:

1955: Queen Bee -- Publicity with John Ireland shot by Coburn.

1956:

On the set of Autumn Leaves with makeup/wardrobe ladies.

On board ship in Southampton; and candid at London's Savoy Hotel.

1960: At South American train station with The Twins.

TV: A small pub photo for Joan's TV-series debut on CBS in 1953: Revlon Mirror Theater's "Because I Love Him."

5/13/26

COLLECTIBLES: LA Times ad for a 1953 auction of Joan's Brentwood household items. ("Redecoration in the decor of another period necessitates the sale of many items which were personally selected by Miss Crawford...") This is the only public auction I know of that was supervised by Joan herself.

FILMS:

UK trade ads from Kinematograph Weekly: Two for Possessed ('47), and one for Flamingo Road.

US sheet music for Flamingo Road.

US window card for Torch Song.

PHOTOS:

1953: Film still from Torch Song with Michael Wilding. (Bigger pic and new press caption.)

May 10, 1977

We remember.

5/04/26

ENCYCLOPEDIA: I --- Added a new biographical entry for costume designer Irene, including link to big photo montage of Irene's designs for Joan in 1943's Above Suspicion.

PHOTOS: 1943 -- Above Suspicion

Film stills: one, two, and three.

Screen shot with Fred MacMurray.

Publicity with Conrad Veidt, MacMurray, and Basil Rathbone (bigger replacement).

4/30/26

FILMS: Thanks to long-time reviewer Tom C. for his new review of 1944's Hollywood Canteen! (If you have your own review of any Joan film, please send it in!)

COLLECTIBLES:

Gifts To/From Joan: 1937 Omega pocket watch engraved from Joan to Spencer Tracy (Bonhams 2025 auction, with description).

Personal Attire: 1940s pumps auctioned by Bonhams-NY (2018, Robert Osborne collection, with description).

The Best of Everything