
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
50 minutes1996-09-30
7.5
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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.
Cast

Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)

Diane Baker
Self

Ann Blyth
Self (archive footage)

Ben Cooper
Self

Bette Davis
Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)

Walter Huston
Self (archive footage)

Cindy Jordan
Self

Herbert Kenwith
Self

Elva Martien
Self

Jack Palance
Self (archive footage)

Cliff Robertson
Self

Norma Shearer
Self (archive footage)

Vincent Sherman
Self

John Springer
Self

Bob Thomas
Self
