Joan's Stuff
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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]
[times US Central] Thurs. 4/2: 11:30am -- Above Suspicion Thurs. 4/9: 1:00am -- The Women 8:00am -- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Tues. 4/14: 5:00am -- Rain Sun. 4/19: 7:00am -- The Gorgeous Hussy Thurs. 4/23: 4:45pm -- Strange Cargo
UPCOMING EVENTS and NEW RELEASES: [Let
me know if you have something to announce here.]
While the above is the SUPER-BIG news of, literally, The Century for Joan fans, there
are also a lot of other interesting Joan events upcoming!
April 24: Sadie McKee -- London: The Cinema Museum and "Women and Cocaine" celebrate the "fierce and liberated women of Pre-Code cinema"---including 1934's Sadie! May 1: Autumn Leaves -- Los Angeles: Aside from its huge Letty Lynton premiere, the TCM Classic Film Fest is also featuring a 70th-anniversary showing of Autumn Leaves earlier on the same day! May 9: The Damned Don't Cry -- Palm Springs: The Arthur Lyons Noir Film Festival screening features a personal appearance / book signing by recent JC bio author Scott Eyman. May 26: Possessed ('31) -- Blu-ray release by Warner Archive Collection.
And still playing: March 20 - April 25: Australian run of Bette & Joan play at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre.
4/06/26
1933: Publicity for Today We Live (shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull). MGM publicity with Franchot Tone (shot by Hurrell). Candid at the Stork Club with Tone and Helen Hayes. 1934: Forsaking All Others -- Film stills: With Clark Gable; and with Robert Montgomery. Rehearsing for an NBC Radio broadcast promoting Sadie McKee. 1935: Publicity for No More Ladies with Montgomery (shot by Hurrell).
4/04/26
MAGAZINES: Thanks to Ramon for sharing these new Joan covers (and for pointing out that Cinefilo is from Portugal, not Brazil---I've now made that correction): al Kawakeb (1934, Egypt) Cinearte (1938, Brazil)
3/29/26
1929: Publicity for Our Modern Maidens with Anita Page (shot by Ruth Harriet Louise). 1930: Publicity for Montana Moon (shot by Hurrell). 1931: Publicity by Hurrell. A film still from This Modern Age with Pauline Frederick.
3/27/26
PHOTOS: 1926: A film still from Paris, with Charles Ray. 1928: A film still from Rose-Marie, with James Murray. A film still from The Law of the Range, with Rex Lease. (Hollywood stardom, and its aftermath, are tough---see their Wikipedia entries for whatever happened to early leading men Ray, Murray, and Lease.)
3/25/26
FILMS: Thanks again to regular reviewer Michael Lia, this time for his takes on 1925's Sally, Irene and Mary, and 1927's Twelve Miles Out. (Also be on the lookout for his Spring Fever review, coming later in the week!)
If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!
3/24/26
1965: Two small color photos from the April Oscars. 1966: At a press conference in London (with Pepsi).
FILMS: Strait-Jacket -- Instructions for theater owners on how to construct a swinging-ax lobby display.
CELEB LETTERS TO JOAN: 1971 from Cesar Romero. 1972 from Alfred Lunt. 1973 from Ellen Corby. 1975 from Lee Grant.
March 23 Happy Birthday, Joan!
3/17/26
PHOTOS: 1950: A film still from The Damned Don't Cry. 1951: Publicity by Bert Six. 1952: This Woman Is Dangerous -- Publicity with Dennis Morgan, and a film still with David Brian.
FILMS: A ticket for the Hollywood "Salute to a Star" premiere of Torch Song honoring Joan. A US 3-sheet poster for Johnny Guitar.
3/15/26
1946: Joan receiving her Oscar for Mildred Pierce in bed from director Michael Curtiz. 1947: Daisy Kenyon --- Film stills with Henry Fonda, one and two. And a rainy screen shot with Daisy and Peter.
3/13/26
Reunion in France -- A US 3-sheet poster (41 x 81 inches). Possessed ('47) -- A French poster (47 x 63 inches). Daisy Kenyon -- 3 US lobbies, and an Italian Fotobusta lobby.
PHOTOS: 1943 -- Above Suspicion Film stills one (solo), and two (with Conrad Veidt and Fred MacMurray).
3/09/26
1932: Publicity by Hurrell (added bigger picture to page). 1933: Publicity for Dancing Lady by Hurrell. 1939: Publicity by Laszlo Willinger. 1940: Publicity by Eric Carpenter.
ART: Two caricatures from the 1940s by Swedish artist Einar Nerman.
FILMS: A lobby card from Mannequin.
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