Joan Crawford: Always the Star

50 mins
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.

Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)

Ann Blyth

Self (archive footage)

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)

Jack Palance

Self (archive footage)

Norma Shearer

Self (archive footage)

Franchot Tone

Self (archive footage)

Gene Feldman

Director

Stephen Janson

Executive Producer

Kerry Soloway

Online Editor

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