Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford

from karenmerguerian

I get the feeling Spoto wants to like Joan Crawford. What I think makes it hard to bring her to life is that she was a dramatic actress who carefully cultivated her public image, so it becomes difficult to go behind her mask and learn what she was truly like. Spoto's tries to dig, however. He loo...

from JEB5

All I knew of Joan Crawford is what I had seen in her movies and in "Mommie Dearest" before I read this biography of her. I never knew how sad her story was and that some of the characters she had played, like Mildred Pierce, allowed her to be more true to herself than many others. Spoto does an ...

from karenmerguerian

I get the feeling Spoto wants to like Joan Crawford. What I think makes it hard to bring her to life is that she was a dramatic actress who carefully cultivated her public image, so it becomes difficult to go behind her mask and learn what she was truly like. Spoto's tries to dig, however. He loo...

from knahs

Well research book on Crawford that bunks many of the myths - including that she married Doug Fairbanks Jr to get ahead in Hollywood and the Mommie Dearest myth.

from chrirob

A good book about the often misunderstood and misrepresented life of one of Hollywood's greatest and most influential actresses: Joan Crawford. Spoto presents Miss Crawford's life in an unbiased manner and often attempts to refute the claims of abuse made by Crawfords adopted children. The book w...