Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything

ENCYCLOPEDIA: B --- After 15 years, some entries in the Encyclopedia had gone stale! Tonight, updated multiple entries on the "B" page: Added new photos (for Bull, Burnett "Mildred Fierce" and "Torchy Song", Browning, Buono, Bushman), plus new info, new birth/death dates, updated links, etc., for many more. So far, only about two-thirds of the way through --- more to come.

8/17/19

PHOTOS:

1959: Color on the set of The Best of Everything with Linda Hutchings.

1968: A film still from Berserk.

FILMS:

1957: US, Japanese, and Italian posters for The Story of Esther Costello.

1962: A Yugoslavian poster for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

ART: A 1974 sketch by Don Bachardy (page includes diary entry by Bachardy's partner Christopher Isherwood re Joan's overwhelming signature on the drawing).

ENCYCLOPEDIA: B -- Added new entry, photo, links for Don Bachardy.

8/15/19

PHOTOS:

1950:

On the set of The Damned Don't Cry with director Vince Sherman and son Christopher. Plus a bigger, better replacement with Sherman and boxing champ Ezzard Charles.

Publicity by Bert Six.

1951: Warners publicity.

1954:

A film still from Johnny Guitar.

At a film premiere with daughter Christina.

FILMS:

An Italian lobby for Sudden Fear.

Seven Italian lobbies for Johnny Guitar.

UPCOMING US TCM FILM SCHEDULE (times Eastern):

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday, Sept. 3: 10:00am -- Trog

Tuesday, Sept. 24: 4:45am -- The Unknown

8/13/19

FILMS:

A Woman's Face -- Seven Italian lobbies and a US herald.

Reunion in France -- A US lobby.

Possessed ('47) -- A US trade ad and an Italian insert.

PHOTOS:

1943: Publicity for Above Suspicion (bigger, better replacement).

1945: A film still from Mildred Pierce with Bruce Bennett.

1946: Publicity by Eugene Robert Richee.

1947: On the set of Possessed (bigger, better replacement).

8/07/19

PHOTOS:

1934:

Chained -- A film still with Clark Gable.

Brighter addition to Hurrell publicity photo page.

1938: Publicity for The Shining Hour.

1939: A screen shot from The Women with Rosalind Russell.

FILMS:

Love on the Run -- A color program cover from London's Stoll Picture Theatre.

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney -- An Italian lobby card.

Ice Follies of 1939 -- A French window card.

8/03/19

PHOTOS:

1929:

Our Modern Maidens -- Bigger, better replacement stills with Rod LaRocque (includes new caption) and solo with risque dress.

Untamed -- New publicity one (solo) and two (with Robert Montgomery); and a bigger, better replacement with Montgomery.

1930: Montana Moon -- A film still with Johnny Mack Brown.

1932: Letty Lynton -- Publicity by Hurrell: New; and bigger, better replacements one, two, and three.

7/31/19

PHOTOS:

1963: Bigger, better replacements from The Caretakers one, two, and three.

1968: Two candids at a Pepsi bottling plant in Virginia.

FILMS: The Caretakers -- A new link and a German ad.

LETTERS:

1959: To a longtime friend, with love from "Angel."

1967: To a friend, with holiday greetings.

1976: To the nephew of the above 1959 letter recipient, remembering that his uncle had always called her "Angel."

CELEB LETTERS TO JOAN: A 1972 handwritten note from Eydie Gorme.

7/29/19

PHOTOS:

1950: A film still from The Damned Don't Cry with David Brian and Kent Smith.

1956: Publicity.

1959: With co-star Tom Helmore on the set of GE Theater's "And One Was Loyal" (bigger, better replacement).

FILMS:

Johnny Guitar -- A newspaper ad from Fort Smith, Arkansas.

LETTERS:

1936: Handwritten to a friend.

1955: To a fan re holidays and fan club (and complaint about a generic autograph!).

Seven letters to the same longtime fan:

1957: Boilerplate re travels with husband Al Steele.

1958: Re extensive travels with Steele.

1961: Re TV and travels.

1962: Re Pepsi travels, Academy Awards, and upcoming "lovely suspense stories."

7/25/19

PHOTOS:

1950: Harriet Craig film stills -- New one, two, three, and four. And bigger, better replacements one and two.

1951:

Goodbye, My Fancy film stills -- With Frank Lovejoy; and with Robert Young, Eve Arden, Lurene Tuttle, and Janice Rule.

FILMS:

Goodbye, My Fancy -- A new link, and a vintage photo of the marquee at an Augusta, Georgia, theater.

7/23/19

PHOTOS:

1944: Publicity at home with Tina.

1946: Warners publicity.

1947: A film still from Daisy Kenyon (bigger, better replacement with wrecked car).

1948: Out on the town with lover Greg Bautzer (shot by Nat Dillinger; includes press caption) and with Jean Simmons.

FILMS:

Mildred Pierce -- Congratulatory trade ad from Jack Warner on Joan's Oscar win.

Humoresque -- A Plot Summary, three links, and a vintage photo of the marquee at San Francisco's Warfield Theatre.

Possessed ('47) -- A link and a trade ad.

7/21/19

PHOTOS:

1938: Publicity by Laszlo Willinger -- New, one and two; and bigger, better replacements, one and two.

1939: The Women -- A new film still, and a replacement still on the set with Hedda Hopper.

1943:

Above Suspicion -- A bigger, better replacement still plus new press caption.

Publicity with husband Phil Terry.

FILMS:

Strange Cargo -- A US one-sheet and a US newspaper ad ("A sin ship rides the seas!").

Hollywood Canteen -- A new link and new reviews (vintage Variety excerpt and 2010 Three Movie Buffs), plus a vintage "Celebrity Corner" cartoon feature and a US newspaper ad.

JOAN CRAWFORD EVENTS

If your city, group, or self is presenting a Joan Crawford-related event in the
coming weeks or months, please e-mail me so I can post the info below.

LATEST AND UPCOMING RELEASES

Let me know if you have updates to add here.

December 11, 2018: Female on the Beach on Blu-ray

For more info and to order: bluray.com / Amazon

September 25, 2018:

Psycho Biddy Double Feature: Strait-Jacket and Berserk on Blu-ray

bluray.com / Amazon.com / brokehorrorfan.com

SPECIAL PHOTOS

March 2006: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos

July 2006: Ann Blyth at the Castro

May 2007: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos

March 2008: Ferncliff Mausoleum and Flower Photos

March / May 2009: Ferncliff Flower Photos