The Films of Joan Crawford
Home
What's New
A Portrait of Joan (essay)
Joan and Diana: Two Great Dames (essay)
Joan and Agatha: Two Great Artists (essay)
Joan Crawford: My Feminist Hero (essay)
The Gay Connection to Joan (essay)
Joan Crawford's Home Movies...In Color!
Films of the Twenties
Films of the Thirties
Films of the Forties
Films of the Fifties
Films of the Sixties
Films of the Seventies
Master List of Films with Selected Stats
Television Acting
Book Reviews
Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery 2
Photo Gallery 3
Photo Gallery 4
Photo Gallery 5
Photo Gallery 6
Photo Gallery 7
Photo Gallery 8
Photo Gallery 9
Photo Gallery 10
Photo Gallery 11
Photo Gallery 12
Photo Gallery 13
Photo Gallery 14
Fun with Joan Trivia
Fun with Joan Puzzles
About Me
Contact Me
Links I Like
Welcome graphic

This page is dedicated to the films of my favorite actress, Joan Crawford.  Crawford is one of the most fascinating stars of the golden age of Hollywood and has few peers.  No actress projected as much raw emotion and gave so much of herself to every role, her charisma such that she was a force whether playing sinner or saint.  With a career spanning fifty years from the silents onwards, she had many personas and looks from endearing flapper to sleek sophisticate to mink-clad career woman to garish accused axe murderess, evolving with the times.  She was alluring and glamorous, yet strong and assertive, an underdog and woman in a man's world fighting for her chance to make good (which was her real story).  Her toughness (which was actually only apparent in a small percentage of her latter-day films) was offset by vulnerability, charm and élan.  Her face was both angular and delicately sculptured, her eyes wide and dreamy and expressive.  She carried herself with unparalleled panache, a star from head to toe.  Having succeeded with lots of hard work and determination, she remained eternally grateful to and generous with her fans.  Crawford was truly one of the greats, complex and fierce, fragile and shy.  She embodied what I love most about classic films and continues to inspire me. 

 

Here you will find film reviews, essays, book reviews, and more dedicated to a great actress and the ultimate star.  Viva the diva!  Viva Joan!  Thank you, Joan, for the wonderful legacy of work you've left and for your enduring bold spirit. - Donna Nowak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© 2006-2009 by Donna Marie Nowak

joan_crawford_gallery_16.jpg

letty7.jpg

“I never had a chance to be part of a clique, something every little girl wants, and I never had any close chums. Instead of being pretty I was ‘different,’ and you know how damned cruel kids can be to anyone who’s ‘different.’” -- Joan Crawford