Notes on Joan Crawford
Cedar Sigo·
·Metro used her real life exposure
·to the lower classes
·
· Her mother was a laundry woman.
·It is said that Joan would hand her clothes
·
·from off the line. She fled Texas
·
· & found immediate
·success upon the casting couch. Then
· having landed a spot in a chorus line
· of New York
·she was asked to entertain executives
· out from Hollywood
· This seemed to open doors & she was
· soon moved to Brentwood
A majority of early vehicles cast her as a little
shop girl – The Women. She had a string of hits
into the forties, but was suddenly labeled Box
Office Poison & asked to leave Metro.
She would gain her revenge signing with Warners
winning her first & only Best Actress Oscar for Mildred
Pierce. She is increasingly showing her age. She once accepted
an Oscar on another woman’s behalf & for spite, Reportedly beat
the fuck out of two adopted children. Owned her own ill-fated
casino, Viennas, in Johnny Guitar. She married Albert Steele,
the magnate
behind Pepsi-Cola
& did remain on its board of directors
after his sudden death.
She ended in B horror. Baby Jane, Berserk
& her last feature Trog (1970?)
She took whatever crumbs were offered on television one foot
in the grave. Her last was an episode of Night Gallery
She plays blind
It was Spielberg’s first professional job. He has recalled
there being a lot of cue cards used large type editions
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