Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography - Hardcover

Chandler, Charlotte

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416547517 ISBN 13: 9781416547518

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2008

Synopsis

Draws on personal interviews and private records to trace the Golden Age Hollywood star's life and career from her own perspective, in an intimate portrait of Crawford that includes coverage of her four marriages, three Academy Award nominations, and notorious relationship with her adopted children. 50,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Charlotte Chandler is the author of several biographies of actors and directors, including Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, and Mae West, all of whom she interviewed extensively. She is a member of the board of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and 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: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1416547517
• ISBN 13: 9781416547518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336