Joan Crawford: The Best of Everything

FILMS: Thanks to Michael Lia for another interesting film review, this time for Johnny Guitar! (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

PHOTOS:

1955: Candid with Jackie Cooper, husband Al, and Bernadette the Basset Hound (at premiere of NBC's "The People's Choice").

1956:

Candids in London: One (solo, with Al cut off at right); and two (with Al, Norman Wisdom, Belinda Lee, and Laurence Harvey).

Candid with poodle, arriving at Grand Central Station.

2/10/26

PHOTOS: 1941 publicity shot by Hurrell (closeup added to main page).

ART: A large MGM publicity photo of the 1941 bust of Joan sculpted by Salamunich.

2/05/26

LETTERS:

1942 and 1943 to "Dorothy" (the same long-time fan from the 1935 letter of 2/03 below).

1943 and 1945 to long-time fan "Pearl."

1949: 3-page to journalist George Frazier, refuting numerous points from an article he'd written about her. (Starting with: "I do not take my salad dressing to restaurants.")

1949: 2-page to journalist Leonard Lyons, seeking a hook-up with Senator Hubert Humphrey (!!---I think she's kidding!). :)

2/03/26

LETTERS: 1930 and 1935 -- To two early fans, with film and hobby news. (Note Joan's still-low-key signature on the earlier letter!)

PHOTOS: 1938

Publicity shot; and film still from Mannequin with Alan Curtis.

2/01/26

NEWS: Mildred Pierce is now streaming on HBO Max.

FILMS: Thanks again to Michael Lia for his new reviews: for 1934's Sadie McKee and 1936's The Gorgeous Hussy. (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

1/28/26

NEWS: A 1/28 Boca magazine online interview with Joan biographer Scott Eyman.

FILMS:

Grand Hotel -- A program from the premiere at NYC's Astor Theatre.

Today We Live -- A US newspaper ad.

PHOTOS:

1931:

This Modern Age -- A film still with Pauline Frederick.

Publicity in her dressing room, shot by Hurrell.

Candid publicity with Monroe Owsley.

1932: Publicity by Hurrell.

MAGAZINES: A January 1931 cover from Italy's Kinema.

1/26/26

FILMS: Thanks to Michael Lia for another thoughtful film review---this time, for 1930's Paid. (If you have your own review of any Joan film to share on this site, please send it in!)

PHOTOS:

1925: Publicity with Jackie Coogan from Old Clothes.

1929: A screen shot from Untamed.

1930: On the set of Our Blushing Brides.

1/22/26

PHOTOS:

1964: A film still from Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Cecil Kellaway (bigger replacement).

1970: A film still from Trog (bigger replacement).

ENCYCLOPEDIA: Contracts -- Added 3 new William Morris Agency contracts signed by Joan: 1968, 1971, and 1974.

LETTERS:

1956: To a longtime fan RE recent travels and new apartment.

1965: To a fan with thanks.

1967: To a longtime fan RE travels and upcoming TV info.

1/20/26

PHOTOS:

1950: On the set of The Damned Don't Cry; and publicity by Bert Six.

1951: Goodbye, My Fancy -- Film still with Frank Lovejoy and Eve Arden.

1957: Color publicity with poodles.

1960: Honored by the Philadelphia Cotillion Society, with Judge Raymond Pace Alexander, Donna Lowe, and Mayor Dilworth.

MAGAZINES: Thanks to Carl for sharing this rare 1961 magazine cover for Argentina's Platea (Joan at home in NYC).

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.

The Best of Everything