Joan Crawford circa 1940 | Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images. ... Crawford’s hair was an important part of her appearance and a contributing factor in her ascendance as a beauty and pop ...

The silver she added to her hair, was that a true Joan Crawford story? The story was that it was actually Edith Head’s idea to add real silver flakes to her hair, and Ryan wanted to do it.

Joan dearest Crawford and Jackie Cooper ... all dressed up in the style of the early 1930s, her hair and face worked on ... and a few years later he played Jim Hawkins to Beery's Long John Silver.

Clark Gable and Joan Crawford by George Hurrell, 1936, Gelatin silver print National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, acquired in part through the generosity of an anonymous donor ...