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Possessed : the life of Joan Crawford
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Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. Spoto goes beyond the popular caricature to give us a three-dimensional portrait of...
Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. Spoto goes beyond the popular caricature to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, and her extraordinarily dramatic life and times.
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- Creator
- Donald Spoto
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- First edition
- New York : William Morrow, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780061856006, 0061856002
- OCLC
- ocn526084261
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-313) and index.
- A prairie Bernhardt (1906-1924) -- The flapper, flapping (1925) -- Enter the prince (1926-1929) -- Enter the king (1929-1930) -- Virtuous vices (1931-1932) -- Mrs. Tone (1932-1937) -- Joan, Julie, Susan-and God (1937-1940) -- A trilogy of transformations (1941-1942) -- Oscar (1943-1947) -- Children! Children! (1947-1951) -- Carrying a torch song (1952-1955) -- Some of the best of everything (1955-1962) -- "Miss Crawford is a star!" (1962-1970) -- Fade-out (1971-1977)