25th Annual
Academy
Awards
Broadcast Information: March 19, 1953. 1953 was the first year this awards show was televised. Joan is
in the audience (she was a Best Actress nominee for Sudden Fear; her date for the
evening was director David Miller). At
the end of the program, in celebration of Oscar's 25th anniversary, a line-up of
past winners (including Joan) appears onstage, each cradling their
statuette.
Revlon's Mirror
Theater: "Because I Love Him"
Broadcast
Information: September 19, 1953, on CBS. 30 minutes. Joan plays "Margaret Hughes."
A Star Is Born World Premiere.
Broadcast info: 1954. The IMDb says parts of this were broadcast on TV and that Joan appeared in footage.
Tonight with Steve
Allen
Broadcast info: September 29, 1954, on
NBC.
General Electric
Theater: "The Road to Edinburgh"
Broadcast
info: October 31, 1954, on CBS. 30 mins. Joan plays "Mary Andrews." Also appearing: Chuck Connors, Christopher Cook, John Sutton, and John Raine. The
producer was William Frye; the director was Rod Amateu; teleplay by Gavin
Lambert; based on a story by John Whiting. Ronald Reagan was the show's host.
Tonight with Steve Allen
Broadcast info: June 5, 1955, on NBC.
Colgate Variety
Hour
Broadcast info: September 4, 1955, on NBC. 60
mins.
Picture
Parade
Broadcast info: August 7, 1956, on BBC. 30
mins.
A weekly montage of cinema news presented in cooperation with the film industry, this episode opens with host Peter Haigh discussing Joan's visit to England. Haigh introduces footage of Joan at the BFI (where she did a short Q & A session followed by the showing of "Mildred Pierce") signing autographs. Appearing with Joan outside the BFI are Alfred Steele, Cathy and Cynthia. Joan is shown meeting the staff of the BFI, entering the auditorium and then answering questions. Next, she is shown at a party thrown by executives at the BFI. Haigh mentions Joan receiving an award from Film Section of the London Critic's Circle and that she is receiving a citation this week from the BFI. Footage from that citation presentation is shown. Finally, Joan is interviewed by Haigh. Also present and interviewed are her husband Alfred Steele and The Story of Esther Costello co-star Heather Sears. Click here for a transcript of that interview.
A -
Z
Broadcast info: November 9, 1956, on BBC. Interview
with Wolf Walton. Click here
to read a transcript.
Tonight! America
After Dark
Broadcast info: January 28, 1957, on
NBC. Joan and husband Alfred Steele are
interviewed on the premiere episode of the program.
Caesar's
Hour
Broadcast Information: March 2, 1957, on NBC.
What's My
Line?
Broadcast Information: December 8, 1957,
on CBS.
General Electric
Theater: "Strange Witness"
Broadcast
Information: March 23, 1958, on CBS. 30 minutes. Joan plays "Ruth
Marshall." Co-stars Tom Tryon.
The Bob Hope Buick
Show
Broadcast Information: October 15, 1958, on
NBC.
General Electric
Theater: "And One Was Loyal"
Broadcast
Information: January 4, 1959, on CBS. 30 mins. Joan plays "Ann Howard." Also appearing in this episode
were Tom Helmore and Robert Douglas.
See the 1959 Images page for more screen shots from the show.
The Joan Crawford
Show: "Woman on the Run"
Broadcast
Information: May 15, 1959. 70 mins. Pilot episode, directed by Dick Powell. Joan plays "Susan Conrad." Also appearing in this episode were
Charles Bickford, Gene Raymond, Lee Phillips, Mildred Dunnock, Mark Goddard and
Ken Curtis. Joan was an uncredited executive producer.
Sunday Showcase
Broadcast info: October 11, 1959. Joan appears as herself in "A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on Her Diamond Jubilee."
Dick Powell's Zane
Grey Theatre: "Rebel Range" (Season
4, Episode 10)
Broadcast
Information: December 3, 1959, on CBS. 30 minutes. Joan plays "Stella Faring."
Show writer Kathleen HIte website: "Rebel Range" review (2005)
Wikipedia Zane Grey Theatre page