Joan Crawford: The Last Word By: Fred Lawrence Guiles

Author: Fred Lawrence Guiles
Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin

For most of her adult life, Joan Crawford was a star who dedicated herself entirely to her career. But since her death, her luster has been tarnished. Here, at last, is a biography that sets the record straight. 

In her heyday, Joan Crawford was probably the most imitated woman in the world. Magazine covers featured her face, and high school and college girls copied her makeup and clothing. Born Lucille Fay LeSueur in Kansas City, she spent her childhood on the edge of poverty. But an iron will developed in adolescence drove her to New York City and eventual work in a chorus line. Spotted by a Hollywood talent scout, she was soon on her way to the film capital. 

Four times married (to actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Franchot Tone, and Philip Terry and Pepsi Cola executive Alfred Steele) and driven by powerful sexuality, Joan Crawford lived her life on the razor’s edge. Yet she was a woman of great generosity who cared deeply for her four adopted children, although her ideas about discipline were colored by her own harsh upbringing. 

Her professional career spanned more than 40 years and included such classics as Grand Hotel, Mildred Pierce, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Her remarkable progression from silent films to talkies to television exemplified her ability to adapt, chameleon-like, to the ever-changing demands of the industry that in many senses invented her.

A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. 

General Information
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 Title:                  Joan Crawford: The Last Word
 Author:                 Fred Lawrence  Guiles
 Read By:                Jo Anna Perrin
 Date:                   2020-05-21
 Publisher:              Dreamscape Media, LLC
File Information
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 File Type:              MP3
 Source Format:          RB Digital
 Number of Chapters:     18
 Total Duration:         06:52:46
 Total Size:             141.73 mb
 Encoded At:             48 kbps, 32 kHz, Mono
Book Description
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For most of her adult life, Joan Crawford was a star who 
dedicated herself entirely to her career. But since her death, 
her luster has been tarnished. Here, at last, is a biography that
 sets the record straight. In her heyday, Joan Crawford was 
probably the most imitated woman in the world. Magazine covers 
featured her face, and high-school and college girls copied her 
makeup and clothing. Born Lucille Fay LeSueur in Kansas City, she
 spent her childhood on the edge of poverty. But an iron will 
developed in adolescence drove her to New York City and eventual 
work in a chorus line. Spotted by a Hollywood talent scout, she 
was soon on her way to the film capital. Four times married (to 
actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Franchot Tone, and Philip Terry and
 Pepsi-Cola executive Alfred Steele) and driven by powerful 
sexuality, Joan Crawford lived her life on the razors edge. Yet 
she was a woman of great generosity who cared deeply for her four
 adopted children, although her ideas about discipline were 
colored by her own harsh upbringing. Her professional career 
spanned more than forty years and included such classics as Grand
 Hotel, Mildred Pierce, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Her 
remarkable progression from silent films to talkies to television
 exemplified her ability to adapt, chameleon-like, to the 
ever-changing demands of the industry that in many senses 
invented her. A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.

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