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Our dancing daughter Joan Crawford - doing the Charleston

July 1, 2008
 
Added new photo of Joan with young fan to Strait-Jacket.
 
June 25, 2008
 
Added publicity photo to West Point.
 
June 24, 2008
 
Added dynamic new candid photo of Joan on set of "Grand Hotel" to Grand Hotel book review.
 
June 19, 2008
 
Slight revisions to The Joan Crawford Murders.
 
June 14, 2008
 
Finally completed review for The Joan Crawford Murders.
 
June 2, 2008
 
Added campy new photo to Strait-Jacket.
 
May 23, 2008
 
Added new photo and text to Female on the Beach.
 
May 22, 2008
 
Replaced photos with watermarks (with exact same photos) in Gorgeous Hussy and They All Kissed the Bride.
 
May 18, 2008
 
Added link to fun site "Mrs. Mildred Pierce" to Links page.  Check it out!
 
May 11, 2008
 
Replaced a photo each in Photo Gallery 2 and 6 with same photo, sans watermark.

 

Replaced a photo in Photo Gallery 5 with same photo, sans watermark.

 

Added new Hurrell photo to Photo Gallery 12.  It's above "JC never shirked her fans" photo of Joan signing autographs.

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May 10, 2008
 
In Memoriam Joan Crawford - Died May 10, 1977 - Rest in Peace.  We Love You, Joan!

 

Replaced photos in Photo Gallery 12 and 13 and added new photo to Winners of the Wilderness (Joan with white wig).  Changed the opening text in Photo Gallery 13 as well.

 

May 6, 2008

 

Slight edits to book review for Johnny Guitar.

May 5, 2008

 

Finally finished book review for Letty Lynton.  Pending book reviews for Crawford's Men; Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Star; and The Joan Crawford Murders will be forthcoming.

 

May 1, 2008

 

Replaced watermarked photos in Ice Follies of 1939 with same photos (clear of watermarks).

 

April 28, 2008

 

Added links for The Johnny Guitar Society and Silents are Golden:  Our Dancing Daughters to Links I Like page.

 

Also completed Gallery 13, updating text as well.

 

April 27, 2008

 

Added photos including one from "The Virginian" and "Rebel Ranger" (plus replaced one from "Night Gallery" with a color photo -- see bottom of page) to Television Acting.

 

Added new link for the fab site, The DivasYes, of course, she's Number One! 

 

Added link for the station that makes our dreams come true - Turner Classic Movies.  Hail TCM!  Where would the world be without it?

 

Also added links for Concluding Chapter of Crawford; Joan Crawford:  Her Life and Career; and Joan Crawford:  Queen of Camp! 

 

April 24, 2008

 

Added new photo to West Point.

 

Okay, I caved in and began Photo Gallery 13!

 

April 23, 2008

 

Added new photo to The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.

 

Revised Susan and God.

 

April 22, 2008

 

Replaced a small color lobby card with a beautiful black and white photo of the three principals in Susan and God

 

April 18, 2008

 

Made some slight edits to Not the Girl Next Door in Book Reviews.

 

April 14, 2008

 

Replaced photo in Love on the Run (of Joan and Franchot dancing) with clearer version of same photo.

 

April 12, 2008

 

Made some revisions to Winners of the Wilderness.

 

Fixed some trivia in Joan Quiz.  A Joan fan needs eyes everywhere!  Phew!

 

April 11, 2008

 

Finalized review for Spring Fever.  Also switched around and added photos in Spring Fever and West Point.

 

April 4, 2008

 

Added new photo to Love on the Run and deleted a different, smaller photo.

 

Added gorgeous new photo (bottom) to Our Dancing Daughters, which puts me over limit for that page (but I may delete a photo).

 

Replaced one watermarked photo with same photo sans watermark in Our Modern Maidens.

 

April 3, 2008

 

Added some text to "Legendary Joan" link.

 

April 2, 2008

 

Deleted a photo, enlarged another and substituted a new (dramatic) photo in Letty Lynton.  There are so many "Letty" photos and Joan Crawford was so dang breathtaking in it - at the height of her youthful beauty and glamour - that one can lose one's head!!!  Restraint, restraint . . . these things must be handled delicately, as the Wicked Witch of the West so aptly put it -- er, before she melted.

 

March 31, 2008

 

New photo (last one) to A Woman's Face.

 

March 29, 2008

 

Added two new photos to Daisy Kenyon, replacing entirely different photos.

 

March 23, 2008

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOAN!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

 

March 20, 2008

 

Added page to Book Reviews for The Joan Crawford Murders by Peter Swanson.  All reviews will be forthcoming!

 

March 19, 2008

 

Added new photo to The Damned Don't Cry (second one from last with Steve Cochran).

 

March 18, 2008

 

Added adorable publicity photo (bottom one) of Joan to When Ladies Meet.

 

Added dynamic panorama photo to The Unknown.

 

March 16, 2008

 

Replaced top photo of "Harriet Craig" with larger, color version of it.

 

March 10, 2008

 

Made slight revisions to Pretty Ladies.

 

March 9, 2008

 

Added new page for Winners of the Wilderness, another rare silent!  Joan is exquisite in it!!!!  Wow!!  She's worth the whole creaky film!!

March 7, 2008

 

Added link for Pretty Ladies.  All outstanding reviews will be added as time permits!  Very exciting to see this rare silent film at last which featured both Joan (still Lucille LeSueur) and Myrna Loy in the chorus!

 

March 3, 2008

 

Replaced a photo with watermark with a different photo from same session in Flamingo Road (look for photo of Joan with Cliquot on set).

 

Please note that I am taking a hiatus to complete some writing assignments and will be back with site updates and our beloved gal soon!

 

February 25, 2008

 

Light edits to Portrait of Joan.

 

Added page for Letty Lynton to Book Reviews with GORGEOUS photo of Joan in "Letty Lynton" (just had to post that photo!)  Review to come, along with other pending reviews.  Stay tuned.

 

February 24, 2008

 

Finally finished book review for Not the Girl Next Door.

 

February 22, 2008

 

Minor changes to Female on the Beach.

 

February 19, 2008

 

Replaced a photo with watermark ("What did I do to deserve you?") with another photo (where "Myra Hudson" overhears murder plot) in Sudden Fear.

 

Added to new Charlotte Chandler review, including rare photo.

 

February 13, 2008

 

Added new page for Not the Girl Next Door:  Joan Crawford to Book Reviews.

 

February 9, 2008

 

Finally finished my "Baby Jane" book review.

 

January 31, 2008

 

Replaced a photo from "The Bride Wore Red" in Gallery 9 for a much more spectacular version of same photo.  Page down to see.  (Joan wedged between two admirers - what else?)

 

January 28, 2008

 

Started working on my review of book Baby Jane.  More to come.

 

January 17, 2008

 

Added page for Henry Farrell's Whatever Happened to Baby Jane to Book Reviews.  Review to come.  (Three reviews are now pending!)

 

Added page for Alexander Walker's Ultimate Star to Book Reviews.  Review to come.

 

January 16, 2008
 
Added great photo of Joan with Milton Caniff (latter day photo) to Chained.  (Removed photo of Joan with Clark and horse.)
 
January 15, 2008
 
Changed a photo in Chained, although not settled on arrangement yet.
 
Changed a photo in This Modern Age, although not happy with arrangement yet.
 
Changed photo in Torch Song (Laughing Sinners) book review to great clinch between young beauty Joan and Neil Hamilton.  (Page down to find it!)
 
January 6, 2008
 
Added a quote by Ann Blyth under "Mildred Pierce" photo in my Joan Crawford Feminist Hero essay.
 
January 5, 2008
 

Light revisions to book reviews for The Best of Everything, Not Too Narrow...Not Too Deep and Out of the Dark.

 

January 4, 2008
 
Slight revisions to Dancing Lady book review.
 
Revamped photo for Conversations with Crawford - it's much clearer.
 
Revamped photos for Why Should I Cry? and Pretty Sadie Mc Kee.  Will be revamping many photos as time permits.  Does a Joan fan's work ever end?
 
Eliminated a word from Love on the Run book review. 
 
Eventually I'll refine/edit more reviews, but for now, I'm focused on getting them up there.  Haven't forgotten about my pending review for Crawford's Men.
 
January 3, 2008
 
Light edits to new essay, Joan Crawford:  My Feminist Hero.
 
Finished Johnny Guitar book review.
 
January 1, 2008 (gulp!!)
 

Over the past few weeks, I've been working on my most ambitious essay/opus yet Joan Crawford:  My Feminist Hero.  Finally finished it, although may edit it when I get a chance.  See why Joan is a woman for the ages and then some.  Here’s to you, Joan!  Please note, as always, that all written material on this site is under copyright of me, author, and cannot be duplicated or borrowed without my consent.  Thanks, darlings, and enjoy.

 

Added new link to Mike Hanlon's site The Greatest Stars of American Film History.

 

BULLETIN:  I’ve been having some trouble with my site, due to space issues and oversized photos.  I hope to resolve these issues eventually.  Hang in, Joan and fans!

 

December 29, 2007
 
Added new page for Spring Fever.  Review forthcoming.
 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Site will be updated once my mammoth essay (Joan Crawford, My Feminist Hero) is finished!

 

December 18, 2007
 
Fixed an answer in Joan Trivia (thank you, Michael!) regarding JC's color films.

December 15, 2007
 
Added answers to Fun with Joan Puzzles page (scroll to bottom), but ONLY for those who are at rope's end!!!!  (It's my Christmas present to the fans!)
 
Added lovely new publicity photo to The Story of Esther Costello.
 
December 14, 2007
 
Made additional edits to text in Gallery 10 and small edits to Joan and Agatha essay.
 
December 7-13, 2007
 

I’ve been replacing a few photos that had watermarks with ones free of those eyesores.  Ultimately I hope to have all photos free of watermarks.

 

Made changes in text for Photo Galleries 5 and 8 and 10 and added by-line to all galleries to keep format consistent.

 

Added a new page to Book Reviews for Love on the Run

 

Replaced a photo of Joan in a stick-up with Johnny Mack Brown for a photo of her with Dorothy Sebastain in Montana Moon.  Gee, the other might've been more dramatic, although Joan's eyes certainly show their stuff in this one!

 

Added a fun, new, TECHNICOLOR photo of Joan to Johnny Guitar!

 

December 4, 2007
 
Hopefully any glitches in the site will be fixed later tonight (fyi!)
 
Began new essay (more to come) Joan Crawford:  My Feminist Hero.  The notes for this have been lying in my vaults for a long time.
 
Added page to Book Reviews for Johnny Guitar.  Review to come.
 
Will finish all pages/reviews in progress!
 
December 3, 2007
 
Made a few edits to Sadie McKee.
 
December 2, 2007
 

Replaced header photo for one sans watermark in Montana Moon and replaced a large photo with entirely different one of Joan doing a tango (above last photo).

 

New color photo for I Live My Life (last one)!!
 
Added by-line to Joan and Diana essay, enlarged photos, and removed a line of text from Television Acting (this is for my own records). 
 
 
December 1, 2007
 

Added photo I love to death(!!!) of Joan reacting to fans plus an extra "fan" photo - see bottom of Contact Me page.  (We love you, too, Joan!) (Also removed color photo that had been on this page.)

 

Finished Photo Gallery 12, my final (so I say) gallery.  Added text, too!
 
November 29, 2007
 
Enlarged some photos in my Joan and Diana:  Two Great Dames essay and FINISHED new essay, Joan and Agatha:  Two Great Artists.
 
Also started Photo Gallery 12!
 
Don't forget to check out the Puzzles page, too!!!