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Celebrating 21 years of The Best of Everything: 2004 - 2025

Joan Crawford BOE on

(12/31/24 to present)

LATEST SITE UPDATES

[in last month]

TCM SUMMER UNDER THE STARS
JOAN DAY is AUGUST 27!

(times US Eastern)

6am -- Rain

8am -- Sadie McKee

10am -- Susan and God

12pm -- A Woman's Face

2pm  -- Above Suspicion

4pm -- The Damned Don't Cry

6pm -- Goodbye, My Fancy

8pm -- Torch Song

9:45pm -- The Story of Esther Costello

11:45pm -- Harriet Craig

1:30am -- Humoresque

3:45am -- Possessed ('47)

UPCOMING and NEW RELEASES/EVENTS:

 [Let me know if you have something to announce here.]

Fri. August 8: The Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater (Culpeper, VA)

presents a FREE showing of Grand Hotel at 7:30pm.

Thurs. August 21: The Historic Warner Cascade Theatre Museum (New Castle, PA)

presents two FREE showings of Rain (noon and 7pm).

8/07/25

PHOTOS:

1950: Harriet Craig -- Screen shots one, two, and three.

COLLECTIBLES: JEWELRY:

1950s black onyx/rhinestone brooch from Guilaroff's collection.

1950s simulated turquoise set designed by Miriam Haskell (includes auction info from 1978 and 2016).

ENCYCLOPEDIA: H -- Added new entry/photos/links for costume-jewelry designer Miriam Haskell; Joan was a customer for decades.

8/04/25

PHOTOS:

1945: Mildred Pierce -- Five film stills: With Bruce Bennett (one and two); and at the police station (one, two, and three).

1946: Humoresque -- Film still with John Garfield.

1947: Daisy Kenyon -- Film stills one (with Dana Andrews) and two (with Andrews and Henry Fonda).

8/02/25

PHOTOS:

1937:  On the set of The Last of Mrs. Cheyney with hairdresser Edith Hubner.

1939:  In her lawyer's office, giving deposition for divorce from Franchot Tone (includes press caption).

1943:  Publicity for Above Suspicion.

COLLECTIBLES: PERSONAL:  Added a gold St. Christopher's medal money-clip from Herbert Marshall engraved to Joan in the early 1940s.

(Upon looking at this page today for the first time in a long time: It was a mess! Some tiny photos, photos without captions, etc. I re-organized the page, and dug up/posted bigger photos for 10 of Joan's personal items. Check it out---again!)

7/28/25

NEWS: Joan Day for TCM's Summer Under the Stars is Wednesday, August 27! See schedule and link above. (Mario Cantone will be the host discussing Joan's films in the evening.)

PHOTOS:

1932:  Publicity by Hurrell.

1933:  Today We Live -- On the set with director Howard Hawks (includes press caption); and a film still with Franchot Tone.

MAGAZINES:  A 1928 cover from Sweden's Charme, featuring Our Dancing Daughters.

ART:  1933 color caricature of Joan (and half of Garbo) by Haworth from Sketch magazine.

FILMS:  A 1939 Rain re-release poster from Atlantic Pictures (Southern US distribution company).

7/24/25

PHOTOS:

1928:  Magazine-page publicity for Dream of Love, and for Tide of Empire (both by Ruth Harriet Louise).

1929:

Publicity by Ruth Harriet Louise.

Just married to Doug Fairbanks, Jr., atop the Algonquin Hotel in NYC.

FILMS:

A US movie poster for 1927's Taxi Dancer.

A program for 1928's Our Dancing Daughters (Les Nouvelles Vierges) from a Paris suburb.

7/22/25

IT'S A MIRACLE! JOAN CRAWFORD LIVES! :)

PHOTOS: (All shot by Ruth Harriet Louise)

1926: MGM publicity.

1927: Publicity for The Understanding Heart.

1928: Publicity for Tide of Empire.

7/20/25

PHOTOS: 1968:  On the set of Berserk with Burma the Elephant (includes press caption).

LETTERS: More to the longtime Australian fan (see 7/11 entry): 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977.

MAGAZINES/PAPERS:  Front page main "JOAN CRAWFORD DIES" head of LA Times, May 10, 1977.

ADS: 1998 magazine ad for Turner Classic Movies featuring Joan.

7/11/25

PHOTOS: 1956 -- Film still from Autumn Leaves with Cliff Robertson.

CELEB LETTERS TO JOAN:  1966 from Noel Coward.

LETTERS (FROM JOAN):

1962: To a Variety Club member with thanks (on Pepsi Director stationery).

To a longtime Australian fan (all including filming news): 1962, 1963, 1964.

7/05/25

FILMS:  Thanks to Ginger for her new review of The Damned Don't Cry. (If you have your own review of any Joan film, please send it in!)

PHOTOS: 1945 Mildred Pierce (7 new film stills):

With Jo Ann Marlowe and Ann Blyth.

With Jack Carson.

With Zachary Scott.

With Carson and Blyth.

With Blyth.

With Scott.

Final meeting with business partners.