Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

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It runs a compact 1h 27m.

Synopsis

In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.

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Key crew

• Peter FitzgeraldWriter
• Peter FitzgeraldDirector

Cast

• Anjelica HustonNarrator (voice)
• Joan CrawfordSelf (archive footage)
• Diane BakerSelf - Actress
• Charles BuschSelf - Playwright / Crawford Historian
• Ben CooperSelf - Actor
• Christina CrawfordSelf - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self (archive footage)
• Judy GeesonSelf - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'
• Virginia GreySelf - Actress
• Sydney GuilaroffSelf - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
• Herbert KenwithSelf - Director / Friend
• Anna LeeSelf - Actress

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