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Best of Everything
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All original Encyclopedia text, from A to Z, is copyright © 2004 - 2012 by Stephanie Jones
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5/15/12
1933: Nice big publicity for Today We Live shot by Hurrell. (Thanks to Shane.) 1935: Film stills from I Live My Life one and two. 1937: Candid swimming at home, and publicity for The Bride Wore Red with Robert Young and Franchot Tone. 1938: Film still from Mannequin with Spencer Tracy and Mary Philips (Bogart's wife). At an NBC radio program with Margaret Sullavan; and at the Waldorf with NY newspaperwomen. 1939: With Hedda Hopper on the set of The Women. With lover/writer Charles Martin at Cafe LaMaze. (This one's pretty marked up/watermarked, but was too cute to pass up posting. Any Photoshop experts out there who might want to fix this one up for the site?)
5/13/12
FILMS: A Chicago Tribune newspaper ad for Rain ("I'm on my way to hell!").
PHOTOS: Added 6 new photos.
1930: Film still from the unreleased Great Day! with Eddie Nugent. With British actress Kay Hammond. 1931: With husband Doug Fairbanks, Jr. 1932: Film still from Grand Hotel, with Wallace Beery. Candid with Noel Coward, Mary Clare, and Doug Jr. backstage at "Cavalcade."
IN OTHER NEWS: I love the creative kids behind this prom held days ago in Cannon Falls, Minnesota! :)
FANS: Thanks to John B. from Boston for his pictures taken during the TCM Film Festival in April, and also for his April shot of Joan's Brentwood home.
PHOTOS: Added 2 new photos.
1928: A film still from Four Walls with John Gilbert. 1929: MGM deco publicity.
5/11/12
PHOTOS: Added 5 new photos.
1926: A film still from Paris with Douglas Gilmore. (Thanks to Shane.) MGM publicity: In swimsuit and playing ping-pong in WAMPAS dress. 1927: Film still from The Understanding Heart with Rockliffe Fellowes. MGM publicity with kitten.
May 10 35 years later...
We remember.
5/09/12
1961: On tour for Pepsi. 1962: New Baby Jane, one and two. Bigger, better replacement Baby Jane, one and two. 1968: An expanded Berserk film still for a picture already up. 1970: Making meatloaf for a newspaper food editors convention. 1974: At her final public appearance at the Rainbow Room: solo, and with Henry Fonda. (Thanks to Bryan for both.)
PHOTOS: Added 4 new photos.
1952: Candid with Michael Sean O'Shea (American Theatre Wing exec, and recipient of $5,000 in Joan's will). 1954: Film still from Johnny Guitar, with Scott Brady and Sterling Hayden. 1957: Film still from Esther Costello, with Heather Sears. 1961: On the set of...? (Ziegfeld? Miss America?)
5/04/12
PHOTOS: Added 3 new photos and 2 replacement photos.
1946: Listening to pianist Jose Hurbi on the set of Humoresque; and dancing with Van Johnson. 1949: A much bigger, better replacement for a famous Yousuf Karsh publicity shot. 1950: Harriet Craig publicity by Robert Coburn. 1952: A bigger, better replacement film still from This Woman Is Dangerous.
5/03/12
PHOTOS: Added 4 new photos and 1 replacement photo.
1932: With husband Doug, Jr., in Europe. 1935: A bigger replacement photo from Ginger Rogers's skate party. 1936: Candid playing ping-pong, and publicity from Love on the Run. 1938: Shining Hour publicity with Tony DeMarco.
4/28/12
FILMS:
1931 handbill ads for Paid (5th row down) and This Modern Age (3rd row). A 1951 Italian reissue poster for Grand Hotel.
PHOTOS: Added 4 new photos and 1 replacement photo.
1925: MGM beach publicity in Santa Monica, with Dorothy Sebastian. 1930: Film still from Paid. 1931: Film still from Possessed, with Clark Gable and Wallace Ford. And a bigger, better replacement shot of Joan and Doug at home. 1932: With Nina Del Mar on the set of Grand Hotel.
4/26/12
PHOTOS: Added 6 new photos.
1963: Jujitsu on the set of The Caretakers. Backstage at the Academy Awards. With daughter Cindy, receiving an award in Philly. 1965: On the set of I Saw What You Did with John Ireland. 1966: Receiving an honorary degree from Vernon Court Jr. College in Rhode Island. 1969: Arriving in Boston to address a food convention.
4/25/12
FILMS:
A signed "Joan Crawford Enterprises" check ($13,500) for the rights to Queen Bee.
LETTERS - 1953: To a friend, expressing happiness that Christopher's accompanying her on location for Johnny Guitar.
PHOTOS: Added 4 new photos.
1956: On the liner Italia with husband Al Steele. 1958: With Al Steele at NY's International Airport. 1959: On the set of The Best of Everything. 1960: At Margaret Sullavan's funeral with Mel Dinelli.
4/24/12
1953: Color from the premiere of Torch Song. (A bigger, better version of the main Menu Page photo above.) Candids: With Paul Gregory, at Ciro's with Cesar Romero, and at Mocambo with Jennings Lang. Also added a bigger, better replacement with Mercedes McCambridge. 1954: Candid with director Charles Walters. 1955: Joan-in-jeans publicity for Columbia, and a candid with Mike Silverman -- one last date before her Al Steele elopement.
4/23/12
1950: On the Damned Don't Cry set with co-star David Brian. Publicity for Harriet Craig. Family photos: with The Twins, reading to the kids at home, and directing Christina's Brownie troop. 1951: Candids with Christina and The Twins and with writer Mel Dinelli. 1952: Sudden Fear publicity. On the set of This Woman Is Dangerous with Christina. Candids with director Nicholas Ray, one and two.
4/22/12
1938: Driving her Lincoln Model K. 1939: Still dancing with ex-husband Franchot Tone, this time at the Cocoanut Grove. 1941: On the set of When Ladies Meet with Clark Gable ... and a big gun. 1946: Another at home with her new Oscar. Matching mother-daughter Easter bonnets. A bigger, better replacement photo with Greg Bautzer at the Stork Club. 1949: At a Flamingo Road party, with Cesar Romero.
4/13/12
1936: Film still from The Gorgeous Hussy with Robert Taylor. 1937: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney: Publicity with Robert Montgomery and William Powell. The Bride Wore Red: Film still with Franchot Tone. And a replacement publicity shot, colorized at the time of the photo release. MISC candids: With Franchot Tone, one and two. And with Norma Shearer and David Niven. 1938: Publicity from The Shining Hour with Robert Young.
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6/4/12. Female on the Beach to be released on DVD as part of Universal's "Women in Danger: 1950s Thrillers" 4-disc collection. Order. 2/21/12. Untamed released on DVD by the Warner Archive Collection. |
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March 2006: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos July 2006: Ann Blyth at the Castro May 2007: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos |
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