Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr - Softcover

Bret, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306816245 ISBN 13: 9780306816246

Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Joan Crawford The major biography of the star who, according to the New York Times, personified the dreams and disappointments of millions of American women Full description

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Review:

"She was the perfect image of the movie star and, as such, largely the creation of her own indomitable will." -- George Cukor

"Joan Crawford--a quintessential superstar, an epitome of timeless glamour who personified for decades the dreams and disappointments of millions of American women."

"Skyscraper," Winter 08
"Full of salacious stories and juicy scandals...A fascinating read."

"Skyscraper", Winter 08
"Full of salacious stories and juicy scandals...A fascinating read."

Skyscraper, Winter 08
Full of salacious stories and juicy scandals A fascinating read. "

Skyscraper, Winter 08
"Full of salacious stories and juicy scandals...A fascinating read."

Synopsis:

In the first fully uncensored biography of Joan Crawford, bestselling author David Bret follows Crawford from working in a Kansas City laundry to collecting an Oscar for Mildred Pierce, including details from her countless love affairs and her devotion toward Christian Science. Bret also divulges how her loathed mother forced her to work as a prostitute and use sex strategically, as well as what really led her to disinherit two of her four children, earning her the moniker Mommie Dearest. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material and interviews with stars like Marlene Dietrich and Douglas Fairbanks, David Bret presents a fascinating portrait of a single-minded, uncompromising woman.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0306816245
• ISBN 13: 9780306816246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336