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Joan Crawford
the essential biography
By Quirk, Lawrence J. & Schoell, William F.
- ISBN
- 978-0-81312-254-0
- Publisher
- Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, c2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 2002
She wasn't the greatest actress of the silver screen, but was there ever a bigger star than Joan Crawford? Who else had made ten films with Gable, danced with Fred Astaire, won an Academy Award for best actress (in 1945, for Mildred Pierce), outlasted her contemporary Greta Garbo by nearly three decades-and was hardly ever in a good film? And just as she was fading from memory, she got a new lease on notoriety with the publication of adopted d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
