Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything

November 18, 2025: New bio by Scott Eyman: Joan Crawford: A Woman's Face.
February 13, 2026: The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, opens Part II of its "Star Power" George Hurrell exhibit.

Like Part I (which closes Jan. 25), Part II also features Joan.

March 20 - April 25, 2026: Australian premiere of Bette & Joan play at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre.

1/14/26

PHOTOS:

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

PHOTOS:

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

PHOTOS:

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).

1/02/26

PHOTOS:

1927: The Taxi Dancer -- Publicity shots one, two, and three (w' Douglas Gilmore).

1928: Dream of Love -- Publicity with Nils Asther, one and two.

LETTERS: Some stats to start the New Year: There are now a total of 1433 letters from Joan on this site, ranging from June 1926 to April 1977. I added 118 new letters in 2025. Enjoy! :)

Happy New Year: 2026!

Merry Christmas to All!

12/24/25

LETTERS:

1971 -- April 21 to Pepsi exec Al Goetz and wife; April 28 to a friend.

COLLECTIBLES:

Jewelry -- A crystal and silver brooch (George Diaz Collection; Roslyn Herman Collectibles).

Contemporary -- 1981 colored Blue Oyster Cult pins promoting their song "Joan Crawford."

12/20/25

ART UPDATE:

The Doyle Auction site has just published a lengthy "follow-up" RE its November sale of the 1932 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., bronze sculpture by Gilbert Riswold to collector Rick Spector (who reunited Doug with the Joan sculpture that he had long owned). The Doyle post honors Joan/Doug, the sculptor Riswold, and the perseverance of collector Spector! Brief excerpt:
...[T]here is something reassuring about knowing that these statues of Douglas and Joan are back together after nearly 100 years, as the artist envisioned. We are eternally grateful to the passionate collector who brought this story to our attention and encourage other collectors to tell us their tales of objects sourced at Doyle that have corrected history or fulfilled their collecting journey.

See this BOE Riswold page for more info/photos.

12/18/25

PHOTOS:

1971: At Chicago's Ambassador Hotel, promoting My Way of Life; 9 photos on pages one, two, three, and four.

12/16/25

PHOTOS:

1965: Small candid at the Academy Awards.

1967: Three color candids on the set of Karate Killers.

LETTERS: 1969 to James Stewart after the death of his stepson in Vietnam.

The Best of Everything