Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996•50m•7.5•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her 50-year career, she made over 80 films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricature of coat-hanger-wielding harridan that even the adoration of fans could not counter. Still, she has endured as one of the most popular icons of the movies, an early role model to a million young women who aspired to her image of stylish magnetic power and unquestioned independence.
Director
Gene Feldman
Writer
Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Wombat Productions
Cast
Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
Diane Baker
Self
Ann Blyth
Self (archive footage)
Ben Cooper
Self
Bette Davis
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
Walter Huston
Self (archive footage)
Cindy Jordan
Self
Herbert Kenwith
Self
Elva Martien
Self
Jack Palance
Self (archive footage)
Cliff Robertson
Self
Norma Shearer
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Wombat Productions
Company
Janson Media
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