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Not the girl next door : Joan Crawford, a personal biography / Charlotte Chandler.

by Chandler, Charlotte.

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Simon & Schuster, 2008.

791.43028 C899c

Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

Publisher description

Table of contents only

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

xi, 316 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Includes filmography: p. 295-303.

Dancing daughter (1908-1924) -- Starlet by starlight (1925-1926) -- Douglas and Pickfair (1927-1929) -- M-G-M star (1930-1933) -- M-G-M superstar (1934-1944) -- The early Warner years (1945-1948) -- The later Warner years (1949-1951) -- The Pepsi generation (1952-1960) -- Joan alone (1961-1970) -- Goodbye, world (1971-1977) -- "Mommie wasn't a movie star in our house" a postscript.

In this new biography, Chandler draws on exclusive and remarkably candid interviews with Crawford herself and with others who knew her, including first husband Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. As a result, this biography is a brand-new look at one of Hollywood's most acclaimed stars. Although her adopted daughter Christina would publish the scathing memoir Mommie Dearest after Crawford's death, Chandler offers a contrasting portrait, drawing in part on reminiscences of younger daughter Cathy among others. The result is an intimate portrait of a great star who was beautiful, talented, glamorous, and surprisingly vulnerable.--From publisher description.

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