Movies: Joan Crawford

  • 1937
    The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance of Celluloid (1937)

    The Romance of Celluloid

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    Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are presented. They include: the production of celluloid aka film stock, the materials used in the prod...

    The Romance of Celluloid
  • 2016
    Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

    Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western? (2016)

    Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?

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    Critics Kent Jones, B. Ruby Rich, Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale take a closer look at the feminist overtones in "Johnny Guitar."...

    Johnny Guitar: A Feminist Western?
  • 2016
    Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

    Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other (2016)

    Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other

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    Critics Kent Jones, B. Ruby Rich, Joe McElhaney and Miriam Bale discuss the unique qualities of "Johnny Guitar," its lasting appeal and the influence the film had on some prominent directors during the years....

    Johnny Guitar: A Western Like No Other
  • 2016
    Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

    Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar' (2016)

    Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'

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    Larry Ceplair, co-author of The Inquisition in Hollywood, and blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein, a former member of the Communist Party, discuss the socio-political environment in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s, as well as unusual produ...

    Tell Us She Was One of You: The Hollywood Blacklist and 'Johnny Guitar'
  • 1925
    The Only Thing

    The Only Thing (1925)

    The Only Thing

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    Thyra arrives in Chekia to wed its old and ugly king. The Duke falls in love with her. A revolution erupts and the king is assassinated. Chief revolutionary Gigberto also falls in love with Thyra. The revolutionaries plan to drown Thyra and Gigberto ...

    The Only Thing
  • 1958
    Strange Witness

    Strange Witness (1958)

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    Ruth and her lover David are caught having an affair by her husband John. When John refuses to give Ruth a divorce, David shoots him. Before Ruth and David can make plans to cover up the murder, John's blind friend Chris shows up....

    Strange Witness
  • 1927
    The Taxi Dancer

    The Taxi Dancer (1927)

    The Taxi Dancer

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    A southern girl tries her luck as a dancer in New York City....

    The Taxi Dancer
  • 1938
    Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

    Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938)

    Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

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    Fernand Gravey and Danielle Darrieux arrive in Hollywood; the Ritz Brothers achieve immortality, leaving their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre; a premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre brings out Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Barbar...

    Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
  • 1996
    Joan Crawford: Always the Star

    Joan Crawford: Always the Star (1996)

    Joan Crawford: Always the Star

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    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 c...

    Joan Crawford: Always the Star
  • 1942
    They All Kissed the Bride

    They All Kissed the Bride (1942)

    They All Kissed the Bride

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    Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book on some of her tough ways. With no time for men, the effect an attractive stranger has on her at her...

    They All Kissed the Bride
  • 1929
    The Duke Steps Out

    The Duke Steps Out (1929)

    The Duke Steps Out

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    Millionaire's son Duke wants to be a champion boxer but takes time out to enroll in college when he sees co-ed Susie. The students wonder about his having a chauffeur and house full of servants. Susie likes him but, to get rid of her, his manager tel...

    The Duke Steps Out
  • 2002
    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002)

    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

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    In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their ass...

    Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
  • 2006
    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006)

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

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    Making-of documentary about the 1933 musical, 42nd Street....

    42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
  • 1937
    Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

    Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12 (1937)

    Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

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    A tour of Hollywood, featuring such star frequented spots as the Vendome, the Lakeside Golf Club, the West Side Tennis Club, the Santa Anita Racetrack, the Ambassador Hotel's Cocoanut Grove, the Biltmore Bowl, and the American Legion Stadium....

    Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12
  • 2017
    Bette and Joan

    Bette and Joan (2017)

    Bette and Joan

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    Sylvia Syms looks through the BBC archives to tell the story of one of Hollywood's greatest ever feuds - the rivalry between legendary actresses Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Interviews from the 1960s and 70s reveal the mutual loathing that came to ...

    Bette and Joan
  • 1925
    The Midshipman

    The Midshipman (1925)

    The Midshipman

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    Produced under the supervision of the U.S. Navy. James Randall, an upperclassman at the Naval Academy, falls in love with Patricia Lawrence, the sister of a plebe. She is engaged to Basil Courtney, a wealthy reprobate who arranges with Rita to discre...

    The Midshipman
  • 1925
    Old Clothes

    Old Clothes (1925)

    Old Clothes

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    Timothy and Max are partners in the junk business. They take poor young Mary in as a boarder. Mary gets a job in Nathan's office and falls in love with him, but his mother feels she is beneath Nathan. Nathan faces disaster unless he can corner a part...

    Old Clothes
  • 1927
    Twelve Miles Out

    Twelve Miles Out (1927)

    Twelve Miles Out

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    Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. While running booze into the U.S. during Prohibition, Jerry seizes Jane's seaside home. When she tries to turn him in, he kidnaps her and her fiance John. Jane, ...

    Twelve Miles Out
  • 1972
    Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death

    Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972)

    Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death

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    Joan Crawford plays a widow named Joan Fairchild who stumbles upon a group of ESP enthusiasts that decide to use their abilities to scare her to death. Extended version of an episode of the series "The Sixth Sense". This was Joan Crawford's last act...

    Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
  • 1959
    Woman on the Run

    Woman on the Run (1959)

    Woman on the Run

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    Pilot episode, directed by Dick Powell....

    Woman on the Run