Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford was an American actress. She began her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her roles, Crawford launched a publicity campaign and built an image as a nationally known flapper by the end of the 1920s. By the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who manage to find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money. By the end of the 1930s, she was labeled "box office poison".
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Fascination: Unauthorized Story of Marilyn Monroe
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2012
Betty Page the Totally Naked Truth
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2008
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
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2007
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
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2002
Battle-Axe: the Making of 'Strait-Jacket'
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2002
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
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1995
The Casting Couch
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1995
That's Entertainment! III
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1994
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
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1982
Trog
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1970
Night Gallery
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1969
Berserk!
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1967
The Karate Killers
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1967
I Saw What You Did
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1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
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1964
Della
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1964
Strait-Jacket
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1964
The Caretakers
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1963
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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1962
The Best of Everything
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1959
Woman on the Run
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1959
The Story of Esther Costello
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1957
Autumn Leaves
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1956
Queen Bee
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1955
Female on the Beach
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1955
A Star Is Born World Premiere
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1954
Johnny Guitar
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1954
Torch Song
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1953
Sudden Fear
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1952
This Woman Is Dangerous
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1952
Harriet Craig
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1950
The Damned Don't Cry
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1950
Flamingo Road
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1949
Daisy Kenyon
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1947
Possessed
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1947
Humoresque
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1947
Mildred Pierce
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1945
Hollywood Canteen
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1944
Above Suspicion
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1943
Reunion in France
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1942
When Ladies Meet
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1941
A Woman's Face
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1941
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
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1940
Susan and God
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1940
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
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1940
Strange Cargo
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1940
The Women
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1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
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1939
Mannequin
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1938
The Bride Wore Red
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1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
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1937
Love on the Run
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1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
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1936
I Live My Life
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1935
Forsaking All Others
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1934
Chained
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1934
Sadie McKee
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1934
Dancing Lady
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1933
Today We Live
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1933
Rain
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1932
Grand Hotel
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1932
Letty Lynton
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1932
Possessed
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1931
This Modern Age
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1931
The Stolen Jools
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1931
Dance, Fools, Dance
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1931
Untamed
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1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
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1929
Our Modern Maidens
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1929
Our Dancing Daughters
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1928
Across to Singapore
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1928
The Unknown
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1927
The Merry Widow
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1926
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
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1926
Sally, Irene and Mary
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1925
Time, the Comedian
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1925
Proud Flesh
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1925
Lady of the Night
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1925