The problem with Mommie Dearest, both Christina Crawford’s book and the 1981 movie, is that rather than reveal the real, whole person, they flattened Joan Crawford down into an image.In the case ...

With Joan Crawford being dubbed the most popular movie actress well into the mid 1930s, this film co-starred Robert Montgomery and then-husband Franchot Tone. It was a success. 8.

Now, in 1962, Jane (Bette Davis), who has cared for Blanche (Joan Crawford) full-time in the intervening decades, cruelly mistreats her and harbors delusions of restarting her career.