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Film / 2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Directed by
Peter Fitzgerald
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.
The story
In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.
Cast
Anjelica HustonNarrator (voice)
Joan CrawfordSelf (archive footage)
Diane BakerSelf - Actress
Charles BuschSelf - Playwright / Crawford Historian
Ben CooperSelf - Actor
Christina CrawfordSelf - Daughter / Author, 'Mommie Dearest'
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self (archive footage)
Judy GeesonSelf - Co-Star, 'Berserk!'
Virginia GreySelf - Actress
Sydney GuilaroffSelf - Key MGM Hairstylist (archive footage)
Herbert KenwithSelf - Director / Friend
Anna LeeSelf - Actress
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Dickie MooreSelf - Actor, 'The Bride Wore Red'
Margaret O'BrienSelf - Actress
Anita PageSelf - Actress / Crawford Co-Star
Betsy PalmerSelf - Actress
Cliff RobertsonSelf - Actor
Peter RogersSelf - Friend
Vincent ShermanSelf - Director
Karen SwensenSelf - Crawford Historian
Carleton VarneySelf - Interior Designer
Bob ThomasSelf - Crawford Biographer
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