Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr
Shame there weren't as many
celebrity mags back in Joan's day, as she would've provided them with
endless fodder: casting couch connoisseur, a sideline in prostitution,
four marriages, Mommie Dearest... and a few films.
Shame there weren't as many celebrity mags back in Joan's day, as she would've
provided them with endless fodder: casting couch connoisseur, a
sideline in prostitution, four marriages, Mommie Dearest... and a few
films.
However, the book's mainly about Joan's off-screen exploits,
especially with her leading men, such as Clark Gable, he of the "acute
halitosis and decaying teeth." It's off-putting details like this that
give a no-frills insight into the golden age of Hollywood, and make
the book horribly compelling. The glam black-and-white shots of Joan
in star mode are certainly at odds with what you learn about her and
her contemporaries.
DAVID BRET (ROBSON, £16.99)
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