ASK CASEY: Ten new letters have been added to the Ask Casey page. Read letters from fans regarding the owner of Joan's personal Pepsi scrapbook
and a tribute from Pepsi to Joan. Also, read about Joan's generosity and where you can view the next showing of Joan's home
movies! Click the link below to read the newly added letters and letters from years past.
COLLECTING: I am very pleased to add three more Joan Crawford glass
movie slides to my collection. The Circle, Strange Cargo
and Possessed 1947 are the three new additions! I now have
a total of nineteen Joan Crawford glass movie slides - I am always looking to buy these slides, so please email me if you
have any to sell!
EVENTS: The Hollywood Ahoy event in Los Angeles is coming up quickly!
The event is from August 13th to August 16th and the event will be showcasing the rare Joan Crawford home movies - they will
also be showing Chained and I Live My Life on the big screen! It will be a star studded tribute event that you shouldn't
miss! For more details and information click he link below!
NEWS: With the success of Warner Brothers releasing made to order DVD's earlier this year, thirteen of
them being Joan titles, a new Joan film has been added added to this pre-order phenomenon! Today We Live can now be ordered at the link below. Most of the titles that were previously
released were in excellent viewing quality with the exception of Possessed
1931. Look for more Joan titles to be released in this fashion in the near future.
ASK CASEY: Four new letters have been added to the Ask Casey page. Read letters from fans regarding the last time "sisters" Christina and
cathy talked, a professional opinion on whether Christina was telling the entire truth in her tell-all book, Mommie Dearest and where does one find a Strait-Jacket movie poster. Read all the letters at the link below.
PRESS: Recently, Megan Knell from the Kansas City Examiner did a
brief interview with me about my Joan Crawford collection, my website and my interest in Crawford. Click the link below to
read the full article. Thanks Megan!
ANNIVERSARY: Happy 4th anniversary to the Legendary Joan Crawford
Yahoo Group! This is the longest running active Joan forum on Yahoo that let's fans discuss everything and anything relating
to Joan! I'd like to thank all the regulars in our group for contributing over the past four years. I've made some great friends
through this group. If you'd like to join the group, click the link below to see details on how to join.
UPDATE: I would like to apologize to the fans of the Legendary Joan Crawford Website for the lack of
updates. I have been very busy with personal projects, work, life and Joan related projects that I am very excited to be a
part of!! I look forward to sharing more about this when the time is right:-) I have recruited a trustworthy friend that will
be handling the updates for the Legendary Joan Crawford Website on a weekly basis. This person will remain anonymous, but
I'd like to express my thanks for helping me keep this website alive. *All work done to this website will be approved by myself before it's
posted.
NEWS: I am pleased to announce that the Joan Crawford Tonner Classic Portrait Doll has been nominated for a 2009 Doll of Excellence Award!!! IDEX and Toyfair have bestowed
the nomination on this exquisite doll! Click on the link below, let's hope "Joan" can win this legendary doll honor!
FILM PHOTOS: A total of 25 new photos have been added to a variety
of film pages. Have fun browsing through the film pages to discover the new images below:
-Two rare photos have been added to the Sally
Irene & Mary film page, click the link below to discover the new additions.
-Two amazingly rare photos have been added to the Winners
of the Wilderness film page, click the link below to find a stunning color photo from the film.
I know your amazingly beautiful
website for a while and I'm very thrilled that you have posted my clip on it. Thank you very much.
I'm so in love with Crawfords unique face and I'm very grateful for people like you, who are keeping her alive.
Greetings from Germany
Michael Richter
March 23rd 2009
Happy
Birthday
to the
Legendary
Joan
Crawford!
March 22nd 2009
EXCLUSIVE: Joan Crawford fans you won't believe this Warner Brothers is releasing 13 Joan Crawford movies
on DVD!!! Spring Fever, Laughing Sinners, Dance, Fools, Dance,
Possessed (1931), Forsaking All Others, Chained, Love on the Run, The Shining Hour, Mannequin, Ice Follies of 1939, When Ladies
Meet, Goodbye my Fancy & This Woman is Dangerous will all be available on DVD soon! They are currently available
for pre-order on the Warner Bros. website below! How exciting it is to be getting this news on the eve of Joan Crawford's
birthday. I would like to thank Julie and Corey for sending me the inside information earlier today to post as an exclusive
first to this website. Once again, you heard it here first!
NOTE:Time Warner
is betting that a strategy that keeps out-of-print books from disappearing may also work
for movies. Print-on-demand technology makes it feasible to produce a single copy of an otherwise out-of-print book. Time
Warner's Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is adopting a similar approach to movies not currently available on DVD, with the
release of the Warner Archive Collection.
The collection made its debut Mar. 23 with
150 of the thousands of decades-old titles that have not previously been available on DVD. If you order a copy of one for
$19.95, Warner will burn it on demand and ship it to you, packaged in a shrink-wrapped DVD case that looks, more or less,
like a conventional retail disc. Copies can also be downloaded in Windows Media format to play on PCs for $14.95.
PRESS: An amazing six page article on Joan Crawford can be found in the current issue of Haute Doll Magazine! Haute Doll
Magazine is a classy upscale magazine and the leader in everything about current dolls. Casey and I were honored to
be interviewed for the magazine and provide a visually beautiful display of photographs spanning Joan's lengthy career. Several
of the photos show the inspiration to the newly released Tonner Dolls. The newly released Classic Portrait doll, which was inspired from the 1935 film I Live My Life, is featured on the back cover of Haute
Doll Magazine as well. To read the full article and view the beautiful photographs from my collection, click the link
below. Thank you David Hutton!
CONTRIBUTORS: I am pleased to announce a new contributor to this website, Ena Montelongo. Ena was only
15 years old when she discovered Joan Crawford and ten years later is a huge fan and likes to refer to her as Joany! To read
more about beautiful Ena and her admiration for Joan and what her favorite moveis are, click the link below. Welcome aboard
Ena! If you would like to become a contributor to this website, please email your bio and photo!
FILM REVIEWS: Two new reviews have been posted to the website, one for Flamingo Road and one for Torch
Song. This is the fourth film review on this site for Flamingo
Road and the reviewer keeps it short and sweet giving the film four stars. This is the fourth review for Torch Song on this website and it's also the first negative review on the film page for
Torch Song - we all can't love Torch Song:-) To read the new reviews and see the many beautiful photos on each respective
film page, click the links below. Send in your reviews to legendaryjoancrawford@yahoo.com
COLLECTING JOAN: I am excited to add yet another glass slide to my growing Joan Crawford collection.
I now own the glass slide for the film Pretty Ladies. This
is an extremely rare glass slide and one of the few films Joan Crawford appeared in under her birth name Lucille LeSueur.
This is the sixteenth Joan Crawford glass movie slide I have in my collection. If you have any Joan Crawford glass movie slides
you would like to sell, please email me. To see the Pretty Ladies
glass slide, click the link below or the image to the left.
ASK CASEY: Twelve letters have been added to the Ask
Casey page. Read a touching letter from a young 27 year old Crawford fan, Joan's beauty regimens and the undying love
and support form Joan fans all over the globe. Click the link below to read the new letters.
FILMS: Living in San Francisco is amazing, not only is it one of the best cities in the country to live
in, but it's where Joan Crawford filmed one of her biggest hits, Sudden
Fear! I drive by the house that was "Joan's House" in the film. It is located at the corner of Scott and Green streets
and it's stunning. I am going to take more photographs from other landmarks that were seen in the film Sudden Fear soon. I thought the fans would enjoy seeing the Sudden Fear house as it looks today. Click image to the left to view the house.
COLLECTING JOAN: I am very pleased to add another amazing piece to my collection
and improve on an existing piece I own. I finally framed my original, unfolded, Swedish Letty Lynton poster - it's divine! It hangs in my dining room and everyone is in awe of it when they see it
in all it's glory! AND, I acquired an original Hurrell photograph from 1930 of a fresh-faced Joan. I will cherish it forever
SFB:-) You can see the pieces at the link below or click on the images to the right.
NOTE: I apologize for the lack of updates recently, I have been very busy
with moving, work, life and an exciting project I am working on. My goal is to have one update a week on this news feed page.
Thank you for your patience. Please visit the amazing The Films
of Joan Crawford website by the talented Donna Nowak and there are also many blogs, such as The Best of Everything, that you can get your Joan fix from. Stay tuned for many additions
to this site in the coming months!
February 2nd 2009
NEWS: The new Joan Crawford Book by famed author Peter Cowie will be available this Tuesday, February
10th! A few comments from the press release read:
To read the full press release, click on the images to the left. A huge thanks
to Tooraj at Rizzoli publishing for getting me the press kit! You can order the new Joan Crawford book at the link below.
NEWS: Tonner Doll recently released the 2008 Joan Crawford
Collection, which was received so well that a 2009 collection has been
released. So far, two new Joan Crawford Dolls have been released, In Make-Up and
Classic Portrait. The In
Make-Up doll is another basic doll, but Joan is sporting a red bob hairdo. Classic
Portrait doll looks amazingly
like Joan and the outfit is reminiscent of Joan from the 1935 movie I Live My Life.
You can order the new
dolls at the link below. Stay tuned for more Joan Crawford Dolls coming from
Tonner!
EVENTS: There are a few Joan Crawford events in the works
for this year. One event that I can announce is an event that will pay tribute
to the Hollywood Divas from the 1930s called Hollywood Ahoy presented by Sandra
Stillwell!! Join fellow collectors and friends in sunny Southern California for
the debut of a glamorous convention, showcasing different manufacturers’ dolls
in a variety of individual events. Joan Crawford, as produced in diminutive
form by Robert Tonner, will star in the role of your exclusive souvenir doll on
Saturday night! For more details go to the link below.
CAST-APHROCIES: Some new information has been added to the
Elegance entry on the Cast-aphrocies page. Elegance was going to be the sequel
to the monster hit Dancing Lady, but it never happened. Find out what happened
with the film Elegance and what would have been Joan’s leading man- Clifton
Webb! Thanks David for the information!
EXCLUSIVE:
I am excited to announce that It's a Great Feeling will
be released to DVD on April 7th as part of a Doris Day collection! Joan makes a small cameo in this movie - this was one of
Joan's favorite films she appeared in and it's in color!! For more information about the release of It's a Great Feeling, go to the link below. Also, you can view photos and trivia about
the film at my It's a Great Feeling page below! Thanks to
SC for the tip:-)
RADIO
EXCLUSIVE: More exciting news! A popular website called Radio Scripts
has released a new suspense collection of radio programs and the newest collection features Joan Crawford in The Damned Don't Cry from the Screen Director's Playhouse radio broadcast. The radio performance
is available for purchase on DVD or cassette. There are also three other radio broadcasts available for purchase as well.
Check out the link below for details. You can also check out my Radio
Days page that features all of Joan's radio appearances with photos and details.
NEWS:
A great article was published on January 10th in the Huffington
Post. Columnist Tom Gregory began writing a review for Revolutionary
Road, but then went into a long dissertation on what he thought was a more interesting view of 1950s America: Joan
in Harriet Craig! I love it. Click below to read the review. Thanks MH for sending me this piece and write-up. You can also
check out my Harriet Craig page at the link below.
COLLECTING
JOAN: I am very excited to add four more glass movie slides to my Joan Crawford collection! Untamed and Love on the Run
are the two latest glass movie slides added to the batch. I also stumbled upon two black and white glass slides from the movie
Mildred Pierce. These two slides are scene shots from the film Mildred Pierce; one features Kay's bedroom and the other is
the beach house. These slides are quite rare. You can check out the new additions and the entire collection at the link below.
I am always buying Joan Crawford glass slides, please email me if you're selling any.
- Also
added to the Collecting Joan page is a one of a kind miniature painting from 1936 signed by the artist Matt Leod. The history
behind this piece is that Joan gave it to Joseph Mankiewicz's secretary after filming Love on the Run. I am very excited to own this one of a kind painting. To view the painting, click the link
below or the image to the left.
ASK
CASEY: Three new letters have been added to the Ask Casey
page. Read letters from fans asking about an illegitimate child Crawford supposedly had with her first husband Douglas Fairbanks
Jr. and fans ask where Christina came up with 100 more pages of memories after 30 years of releasing the book Mommie Dearest - she must have remembered things when she was one and two years old. To
see all of the letters from Casey over the past 4 years, click the link below.
NEWS:
Congratulations to Johnny Guitar, which was recently named to the Library of Congress National Film Registry! This is Joan's
fourth film that has been included, along with 500 other films, for special preservation for their cultural significance.
Joan's other films in the Library of Congress are, Mildred Pierce,
Grand Hotel and The Women. To nominate other Joan films, click on the link below!
CONTEST:
Thank you to everyone that entered the contest to win the Mad About
the Hat Joan Crawford Tonner Doll. There were an amazing 244 entries, but there can only be one winner. The winner
was chosen at random. Congratulations Ricky Llordea! You are the winner of the Mad About the Hat doll! Again, much thanks to everyone that entered, there will be more contests in the near
future. If you did not win, there's another contest going on at The Midnight Palace Website to win the Ready to Wear doll and the Publicity
Shoot Outfit! Click the link below for details. Good Luck!
Happy
New Year to all the Joan Crawford fans out there! Hope this coming year brings all you happiness, health and heart. Here's
to another successful year of the Legendary Joan Crawford Website.
December 30th 2008
FILM
PHOTOS: Twenty-two new photos have been added to one of the most popular film pages on this website, Torch Song! There are now a total of eighty-two photos on the Torch Song film page. To see all the newly added photos, and existing ones, click the link
below.
NEWS: Speaking
of Torch Song, check out a great interview/article featuring
India Adams at the link below! India was the voice on all of the songs in the film Torch Song. India talks about her working relationship with Joan and comments on the infamous "blackface"
number. It's a great read and India sheds a positive light on Joan. Thanks Michael for the link!
TONNER DOLL
NEWS: The Ready to Wear doll has been shipped out along
with the Publicity Shoot outfit. You can buy these items
through the Tonner Doll Website, speciality doll shops and on eBay. The other remaining dolls and outfits will be released
throughout January. A doll designer made some stunning outfits for the Ready to Wear Joan doll and posted them on flickr. Check out these amazing pictures below of the Ready to Wear doll. AMAZING! Thanks to Ernesto for sending me your photos and linking
this site to them!
CONTEST:
Announcing the first doll released from the Joan Crawford Tonner Doll Collection - Mad About the Hat! This limited edition masterpiece can be yours for free! World renowned doll manufacture
Tonner Doll has brought Joan Crawford back to life in a series of detailed and glamorous dolls honoring the Academy Award
winning actress. To win the Mad About the Hat doll, simply
just answer the five Crawford related questions below and email your entry at the link below.
#1 - What three films did Joan Crawford get a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for?
#2 - Name three different Academy Award winning
actors that costarred with Joan in her film career.
#3 - Name three films director George Cukor directed featuring Joan Crawford.
#4 - What were the first and last full feature
talking motion picture films (not television performances) in Joan Crawford's career.
#5 - Over Joan's lengthy career she teamed up with several
other actresses. Name three actresses that she costarred with that were considered as her rivals and/or nemesis's.
Submit
your entry with answers at the email address below. One entry per email address. The winner will be announced on New Years Day, January 1st 2009. Good Luck! Photography by George G. @ Angelicdreamz.com
ASK
CASEY: Eight new letters have been added to the Ask Casey
page. This year the Legendary Joan Crawford website posted over 100 letters! We are nearing a grand total of 400 letters,
since March 2006, posted to the Ask Casey page. To read
the new letters, click the link below. Find out what gifts Casey received as a child from Joan for Christmas and where else
you can see Joan's footprints in cement other than Grauman's Chinese Theatre!
FILM REVIEWS:
Two new reviews have been added to The Boob and the Above Suspicion film pages. Our very own Simon Davis has written
yet another in-depth and intelligent review on The Boob. We
welcome new reviewer Brandt and his point of view on the film Above
Suspicion. To see both reviews, click the links below. Note:
Above Suspicion film page is currently under construction.
FILM PHOTOS:
An astounding twenty-five photos have been added to the Rain
film page. This is one of my favorite Joan films and it was great to see it on the big screen recently. I will not be adding
the links to the new photos, I will let you discover all twenty-five of them on your own at the Rain film page below. Stunning new photos!
CELEBRATE:
Today is the four year anniversary/fourth birthday of the Legendary Joan Crawford Website! These past four years designing
and operating this website have been interesting, to say the least. I have made many friends, been involved with several related
Joan Crawford opportunities and most importantly exposed Joan Crawford in a positive, loving and beautifully displayed way
through this website. Thanks to all the fans, contributors and visitors of this site. Looking forward to many more years of
celebrating Joan Crawford.
December 12th 2008
FILM
PHOTOS: A total of 19 new photos have been added to a variety of film pages:
-Four unbelievably
rare photos have been added to The Circle film page. Click
here , here , here and here to view these rare photos.
PHOTOS:
Eight beautiful photos have been added to the 1925 Photos
page. Click here , here , here and here . Check out these series of great ballerina shots! Click here , here , here and here to view these adorable photos!
-One
rare photo has been added to The Early Years photo page.
The photo is signed Billie Cassin, the name Joan went by for many years before she became Joan Crawford. Click here
to view this super rare photo.
