Joan Crawford
Put Away the Wire Hangers: Joan Crawford’s Hungry Heart Exposed
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Joan Crawford (1905-1977) in Grand Hotel.
NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: JOAN CRAWFORD, A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY
By Charlotte Chandler
Simon & Schuster, 336 pages, $26
It’s easy to feel superior to Joan Crawford. There are her Great Lady affectations, that pissy upper-crust speech reeking of noblesse oblige. “My audience always deserves the best I have to give, and I give them everything I have,” she tells Charlotte Chandler in Not the Girl Next Door, a new oral biography. “I like to remember people on special occasions. I’m sure there are people it doesn’t mean much to, but if one lonely person was cheered, it was well worth the effort.” read more »
So Long, Farewell to Galaxy of Stars
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It’s always tough to say farewell to great and cherished folks, but 2006 took an unusually hig read more »
No More Wire Hangers! Dunaway’s Mommie Returns
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Faye Dunaway, 1986.
When Louis B. read more »
Liz Smith
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“Well, I know y’all are probably on a deadline,” said newspaperwoman Liz Smith on read more »
Katharine Hepburn: She Gave Full Value, Tolerated No Nonsense
She had this thing about brownies. She liked 'em chewy. Hated 'em if they had the texture of cake. read more »
A Condom For Your Couch? Carleton Varney On Mrs. Clean
Re spring cleaning: Aren't you heartily sick of all that black soot cascading in through your cracke read more »
