Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996

Documentary TV Movie

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Gene Feldman

Suzette Winter

Cast

Ann Blyth as Self (archive footage)

Ben Cooper as Self

Bette Davis as Self (archive footage)

Cindy Jordan as Self

Clark Gable as Self (archive footage)

Diane Baker as Self

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Self (archive footage)