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Large print book

Possessed : the life of Joan Crawford

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 921 C899S (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : HarperLuxe, c2010.

Physical Description

xxi, 519 p., [16] p. of plates (large print) : ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Contents

  • 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).

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