Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford: A Personal Biography (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) - Hardcover

Chandler, Charlotte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 141040773X ISBN 13: 9781410407733

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2008

Synopsis

Draws on personal interviews and private records to trace the Hollywood star's life and career from her own perspective, in a portrait of Crawford that covers her four marriages and notorious relationship with her adopted children.

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About the Author

CHARLOTTE CHANDLER's first book, Hello, I Must Be Going, was a bestseller about Groucho Marx. Her second book, The Ultimate Seduction, included conversations with Mae West, Tennessee Williams, Henry Moore, and others. Her next book, I, Fellini, was a New York Times Notable Book and has been published in twenty-five foreign editions. Her book about Billy Wilder, Nobody's Perfect, is being produced as a stage play by David Brown. She lives in New York City.

From Publishers Weekly

In this sympathetic biography, Chandler (Ingrid: The Girl Who Walked Home Alone) chronicles Crawford's life—from a brutal Midwest childhood to her self-imposed exile in New York. Crawford (1905–1977) began as a dancer, but her extraordinary features, perfect for the new medium of film, served her well. Her career spanned silents to Hollywood's golden era, and her body of work is legendary—Grand Hotel, The Women and Mildred Pierce, to name just a few. Divided into 10 sections, including the luminous MGM and Warner years, the book provides a brief description of her films and studio life, and offers a sanitized view of her four marriages as well as a strong refutation of the Mommie Dearest claims. Chandler isn't interested in sex or scandal; she had, however, extensively interviewed Crawford; her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; and scores of film luminaries, like Myrna Loy and Bette Davis. All reveal a hardworking, disciplined and generous woman who lived for work. Joan Crawford and her camera. It was the greatest love affair I have ever known, said director George Cukor. Chandler's bio is a breezy, laudatory read that would have pleased Crawford, who was fiercely protective of her iconic status. (Feb.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 141040773X
• ISBN 13: 9781410407733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 543