Film

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996 · 50m · Documentary · TV Movie

IMDb

6.4

Glamorous and hugely popular Joan Crawford raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom by guts, determination and hard work. During her 50-year career, she made over 80 films. But her obsessive perfectionism led to the later caricature of coat-hanger-wielding harridan that even the adoration of fans could not counter. Still, she has endured as one of the most popular icons of the movies, an early role model to a million young women who aspired to her image of stylish magnetic power and unquestioned independence.

Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)

Diane Baker

Self

Ann Blyth

Self (archive footage)

Ben Cooper

Self

Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage)

Walter Huston

Self (archive footage)

Cindy Jordan

Self

Herbert Kenwith

Self

Elva Martien

Self

Jack Palance

Self (archive footage)

Cliff Robertson

Self

Norma Shearer

Self (archive footage)

Vincent Sherman

Self

• Suzette WinterDirector · Writer
• Gene FeldmanWriter · Director
• Stephen JansonExecutive Producer

Release date

September 30, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Budget

$500,000

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

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