Joan Crawford sitting on a piano in the movie 'Our Dancing Daughters.'. Archive Photos/Getty Following that, 17-year-old Farrow was invited to Crawford’s apartment in the city.

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.

Isabel DiGrandi in ‘Joan Crawford Superstar’ Clips and convergence The lack of vivacity is largely tied to a narrative structure that asks the audience to frequently shift attention between scenes ...

The news of Technicolor’s fall in recent weeks is the latest melancholy death notice for a venerable Hollywood logo, this one part of the language. In 1965, when 22 of Hollywood’s 25 all-time ...

Joan Crawford met twin brothers Thomas and Charles Moss in Riverside while filming “Strait-Jacket” in 1963 and exchanged letters with them until her death in 1977. Her 26 letters to them are ...

Carole Joan Crawford, the first Jamaican to win the Miss World title, died on December 19 in Ottawa, Canada. She was 81 years old. Her son, Stephan Merkens, told the Jamaica Observer that his ...

Tinseltown icons Lucille Ball and Joan Crawford each left their indelible mark in their given sector of the Hollywood realm. But when they came together in an episode of Ball's sitcom, The Lucy ...

“Strait-Jacket,” a 1964 thriller starring an ax-wielding Joan Crawford, will screen Friday at Heritage House in Riverside. The campy movie was largely filmed in and around Riverside.

Crawford’s most notorious property was her longtime Georgian-style home in the Los Angeles enclave of Brentwood, which she purchased in 1929. Located at 426 North Bristol Avenue, the luxurious ...

The Western used to be one of Hollywood's most reliable genres, but it has fallen in and out of favor in recent years. If you're looking for a story of white hats versus black hats and adventure ...

Director Laurent Bouzereau’s new film, ‘FAYE,’ which bowed at Cannes before it heads to HBO later this year, presents a nuanced look at its subject—and her reputation.