Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything

FILMS: Thanks to Yola M. for her review of Today We Live! (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

PHOTOS:

1933: Dancing Lady -- Publicity with Clark Gable.

1934:

Chained -- A film still with Gable.

Forsaking All Others -- A film still with Gable.

1936: Love on the Run -- Publicity with Gable.

1/05/25

FILMS:

Thanks to Tom C. for his review of They All Kissed the Bride! (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

Also added a Columbia comic strip in promotion of the film: "It's the happiest, warmest, most human picture ever filmed!" (Editorial comment: It's really, really NOT!) :)

1/02/25

FILMS:

Pretty Ladies (1925) -- Two US lobby cards, and a US trade ad.

Old Clothes (1925) -- A US title lobby card.

Four Walls (1928) -- A herald cover and centerfold.

PHOTOS: Film stills from Twelve Miles Out (1927) -- with John Gilbert, and with Edward Earle.

1/01/25 Happy New Year!

NEWS: Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything is now on X!

As announced here weeks ago, the old ProBoards Joan Crawford BOE chat site is no more as of 12/31. Many thanks to everyone who participated over the past 4 years, but there just wasn't enough activity there to keep it going.

I deleted the initial BOE Twitter page in January 2021 because of overt political censorship by the former owners of that company. (Not censorship of the BOE site and feed---which is non-political---but in protest of Twitter's censorship of anyone who disagreed with their far-left-wing views at that time.)

But since Musk finalized ownership of the company in October 2022 (rebranding it "X"), I have much more trust in his philosophy that "free speech is essential to a functioning democracy." And so I decided to launch a new Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything X page on 12/31/24.

My goal on X is to post any pictures and dates of interest in Joan history, as well as current happenings related to Joan in some way (new books, new Blu-ray releases, media mentions, etc).

Please do come check out the new X page, and Follow if you like it! (Not much there just yet, since it's only an hour or so old. Although Joan did set out for Los Angeles from KC on January 1, 1925----100 years ago today! I'll be posting something about that!)

12/28/24

FILMS: Added my review of 1967's The Karate Killers. (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

12/24/24

TV/FILMS: Added my review of 1964's Della --- first an NBC pilot, later released on film. Also added DVD/VHS covers and more info.
(If you have your own review of any Joan TV show or film to share on this site, please send it in!)

12/22/24

LETTERS: Eight letters to Psycho/Strait-Jacket writer Robert Bloch:

1972: "...pray that the French directors don't bitch it up."

1973: "I certainly agree with you about the barracudas..."

1974: "I've been told she is totally blind now."

1975:

April -- "Aren't you glad you walked away from those two television shows???"

November -- "Your hopes for my enjoying a beautiful autumn have gone down the drain..."

1976: Handwritten: "...all we want is quality not quantity of junk..."

1977: [Note: Joan died on May 10 of this year.]

March 18 -- Handwritten: "What a lovely surprise the mail brought me this morning..."

March 31 -- Handwritten p.s.: "Will get to 'The Movie People' this weekend."

TV: Added an ABC promo flyer for The Sixth Sense (Joan's last TV appearance, 9/30/72), autographed to Robert Bloch and wife.

ENCYCLOPEDIA (S): The Sixth Sense -- Updated info for this TV series, including new photo and new links.

12/18/24

PHOTOS:

1961: Publicity shots by John Engstead, one and two.

1963: Candid at unknown event.

1968: Book signing at NYC's St. Regis (shot by Ron Galella, with event info included on back); and with decorator Carleton Varney.

FILMS: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? -- Added record label and p. 1 of an "Open End Star Interview with Joan Crawford" Warners publicity record/script sent to radio-show hosts.

12/16/24

FILMS: Thanks to Tom C. for his new review of Johnny Guitar! (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

PHOTOS: 1951 -- Color candid with the kids.

LETTERS:

1954 to a San Antonio fan re exact address of her birth. (Funny answer!)

1957, 1958, and 1959 to another friend/fan re Joan's various Pepsi travels.

12/14/24

PHOTOS:

1942: Two fan snapshots.

1948: Warners publicity by Yousuf Karsh (much bigger replacement).

FILMS:

Humoresque (1946) -- Cover of French press kit.

Possessed (1947) -- A two-page trade ad from Motion Picture Herald.

ENCYCLOPEDIA (K): Karsh -- Updated the entry for photographer Yousuf Karsh: New text, new self-portrait, and several new links.

12/12/24

PHOTOS:

1927: More from Twelve Miles Out -- Publicity; and film stills with John Gilbert and Edward Earle and with Ernest Torrence.

1934: Publicity by Hurrell, one and two.

TOBACCIANA: Two early-30s German cigarette cards, front and back (companies: Lloyd and Jasmatzi).

12/10/24

PHOTOS:

1927: Twelve Miles Out --- Publicity; and film still with John Gilbert.

1929: Publicity by Ruth Harriet Louise.

1932: Letty Lynton -- Publicity with Robert Montgomery (shot by Hurrell).

ART: By Ninoza (1932-33) -- An Italian postcard, and cover art for Berlin weekly Lustige Blatter. (Also added the Lustige cover to the Magazines: J-K-L page.)

The Best of Everything

Established March 23, 2004