Joan Crawford: Always the Star

September. 30,1996      PG
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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 as  Self (archive footage)
Diane Baker as  Self
Ann Blyth as  Self (archive footage)
Ben Cooper as  Self
Bette Davis as  Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as  Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable as  Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo as  Self (archive footage)
Walter Huston as  Self (archive footage)
Jack Palance as  Self (archive footage)

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