I always lean toward Bette Davis, and have seen many more of her interviews. They are different women, but equally captivating in their own way. That era turned out some strong, independent, inspiring women way ahead of their time. Joan is intense and puts a lot of thought into her responses...enjoyed watching this very much!
I agree. There has always been the Davis/Crawford camps and I've always leaned towards Davis but over the years I have become a fan of Crawford as much as Davis. They are now equal in my mind. Both unique. Crawford did want to be respected as an actress by Davis. She never got that but I think deep down Davis was jealous of Crawford and saw her as a competitive threat. A pity really.
In Sudden Fear the late film they mention, Joan has a scene where she catches a sight of herself in the mirror holding gun, planning murder and a half dozen feelings cross her face from surprise, to self-disgust, to bewilderment and more... all communicated with her face.
I can’t help but love her she is so well versed. She is elegant and her answers relate to everyday life while being a STAR:) I love to hear her speak✝️💜 Fabulous actress💜
You should check this video out. Stars defend Christina Crawford: th-cam.com/video/Qr3NLQ2pkrkh/w-d-xo.htmlttps://th-cam.com/video/Qr3NLQ2pkrk/w-d-xo.html
@@lindaeasley4336 that's not abuse. Christina was a incorrigible kid. And ungrateful for all she had growing up, then to get people to feel sorry for her and get all that hype to sell a book, after being removed from the will. Thats whats astounding.
@@WWG1WWGA You could say the same about Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and many others.
She was a hard worker, and knew the movie business in and out. However, she had problems and I still think she is much older than reported at least by 10 years. She had her struggles just like everyone else but overall she was a great actress.
No matter if it was Grand Hotel, The Women, Humoresque, Mildred, Queen Bee, Straight Jacket or Trog she brought it 100%. Bette hated her because she was jealous & she always called her a ‘phony’. Joan always acknowledged where she came from, that her childhood was horrific, & she was laser focused on bettering herself. She wasn’t ‘fake’ she worked her ass off to be the person she projected on screen and she took her movie star status seriously for her fans. There was nothing fake about her. She was a clean freak & didn’t hide it not did she have others do it for her. She worked hard herself. When she hosted guests, she cooked the dinner she served. Bette was great….at being Bette. Baby Jane wasn’t acting, she was herself. And she got laughs for putting down colleagues. Also, Joan’s career THRIVED from Mildred Pierce thru the 50’s. Harriet Craig was wonderful. Sudden Fear and Autumn Leaves were 2 of her best films. And Queen Bee & Flamingo Road were pure camp but are entertaining as hell. Bette only had All About Eve.
I like this actress .when I started watching movies from my grand parents era I was into Swanson then I saw a movie of Crawford and I liked her. I know Davis was popular but I didn’t really get into her movies but Crawford i actually remember buying her DVDs she really is a very good actress
First child is often the "trial" for parents It seems joan "took it easy" for later children Joan was a self made woman, she worked hard to accomplish, she never forgot where she came from
What an absolutely fascinating interview!! Literate, respectful but probing...just wonderful!! And Miss Crawford...what can you say that hasn’t been said a million times before. The fact that she created this composed, elegant, gracious, funny, clever, caring and hard working woman who is here before us, is a testament to her tenacity and strength of vision. She is a legend for very good reasons!! What an incredible woman she was. She’s been done so wrong since her death, and by people who she gave everything to as well (isn’t that always the way)!! I truly despise that adopted ingrate for the damage that she has done. God bless you Joan. Rest easy...many of us have more than a good idea of who you really were, and are 🥰🌟🧡
Very difficult work to be actress, divas , star. JOAN WAS PERFECT IN THE MOVIE AND VERY PROFESSIONAL ...NOT SAMPLE.....FOR JOAN SUCCESS, BUT DIFFICULT LIFE,,,,,VERY BIG MOVIE STAR 🎥🎥🎥🎥🌟🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨✨🌏🌏🌏🌏🥀🌹🌹🌹 💄💄💄💄🌟🌟🌟🏆🏆
@@StephieGsrEvolution She tried too hard to look young -- which dated her. On THE LUCY SHOW she was almost fired because she was so drunk that she passed out on the set.
Seen Joan in this interview make me believe that the movie Mommie Dearest wasn't based in the real life of Joan Crawford, but the anger and frustration of Christina's childhood memories, over her strong character mother. Never from an abusive woman. There's always three versions of the truth: Mine, yours and the real.
RAY L It’s not uncommon for abusive people to have a polished and likable public persona. Giving a good interview is not indicative of whether or not a person is an abuser.
Thanks for your interest in my comment ChevyDude65. But it wasn't just based on this interview in particular, but from all the information that I have gathered along the years, when in 1981, I saw the movie based on Christina's book. I do believe they were both strong tempered women and in addition Joan had a very strict behavior as a single mother, who was also dealing with her popularity and demanding schedule during her daughter's first years. Christina's hunger for attention collided with her mother's fame and busy itinerary making her mad n' feeling abandoned. What I do believe on Joan's behavior runs around her zero tolerance for ungratefulness that was based on her tough childhood living in poverty. That was the problem between these two women. Unfortunately I don't believe in Christina's version, because it was just based on her side of the story. Would be more credible if she had decided to write her book while Joan was still alive; Like Bette Davis' daughter did. Dead people can be easily blame; just because they can't defend their self. Joan may not be a perfect woman; but neither the monster Christina described in her book. Peace man!
My father was physically abusive to my mother, me and my brother but outside he was the sweetest guy, putting on a mask of the most gentle, idealistic fellow as soon as a non-family member looked at him. A crowd of crying friends came to his funeral and I heard around 200 times what a great, always heartfelt, empathic, likeable, inspiring man he was. I still have scars from him. Abusive Sociopaths can fool the world. How someone speaks in front of a TV camera doesn't say anything about the real person.
Fav point in interview: [JC getting increasingly impatient listening to the interviewer's effusive buildup to his question about Elizbeth Taylor, and, then, pause, and canned reply]: "This girl [ET], I think, has developed into one of the finest actresses on the screen that I've ever seen - [cutting her eyes at the interviewer] - and of course she's had a good tutor [pause] Mr. Burton - [pause, side glance again at interviewer-with just the slightest hint of a sneer halfheartedly disguised as a "pleasant smile"] and they've helped each other tremendously." - imo, vintage JC - complex, defensive, heavily veneered underlying layer of inexplicable seething, mildly vicious. I get tense watching every one of the great interviews that folks have uploaded to YT - JC seems to always be in combat mode - she appears to receive every point in a conversation as a offensive "trick question" and she is ironclad determined not to be "bested" by anybody - would never want to have had coffee with her, it would just be pointless. Only two people she seems to authentically enjoy recalling - and does in practically every extended interview I've seen - are Greta Garbo and Clark Gable - GG apparently b/c JC was just head-over-heels smitten with her b/c of some fleeting moment of attention GG gave her during the filming of "Grand Hotel" and Gable, perhaps because of her relentlessly predatory instinct towards men and fondly treasured after-regard for one of her prey - when I hear her effuse about CG I always detect a resonance of animosity towards Carole Lombard, i.e., sort of a "why her and not me and, hah, you lost her anyway," sort of predator's taunt. lol A complex, vulnerable, painfully insecure, ruthlessly ambitious, hard-boiled woman - and rather unabashedly vulgar and course, altho she valiantly represses that in interviews like this one with the strange "hauteur" accent, the regal hair and makeup and couture costuming meant to impress - but nonetheless, indisputably, a "silver screen" legend of epic proportions - so, Ms. Joan Crawford, relax! You've won! 🙂
I enjoyed watching this interview. She seems very controlled.....like she doesn't dare open her mouth until she knows exactly what she is going to say and how she is going to say it. Not sure if that makes sense........though not a bad thing. Just noticable to me. No doubt her acting abilities stem from how she was raised and what she experienced as a child........I think thats what makes any actor a great actor and not just a ho hum actor. And the guy was right......we will all be watching her films till the end of time.
She would've seen and approved all the questions beforehand, and prepared (somewhat) all her answers. It's clearly rehearsed in her head for the most part.
Asked why she left Metro after seventeen years, she says "two lousy pictures, so I asked for my release." Per the film Mommie Dearest, it was MGM who asked for that.
@@vih6650 You think JC's interview account of her past had the objectivity of a documentary? Just so you know, JC was no objective, circumspect documentarian nor commentator on her own past behavior with various people and entities. Many recounts of her abuses of Christina and Christopher are corroborated by various JC neighbors and guests in her house, and by the headmistress of Christina's school.
@@georgerobbins3198 Agreed plus child abusers always "pick" the ones that didn't agree with them while being nice to others. Hollywood neighbors agree that JC was an unsuitable mom yet did nothing about it. Perhaps she didn't physically abuse her 2 oldest children, but she was rough and tough with them.
If Joan thought the world and young men were angry in the 60s, she wouldn't believe what is happening now. And today's young men do have their hair cut - in military fashion.
that was my Aunt Veldas son my 3 rd cousin on camera and they said she was so angry but she had a cigarettes' and calmed and then became really angry then kicked a printing machine . Aunt Velda said she requested that room be freezing and would stop the film and add lipsticks .She called Dwight Marcell and he refused to sponsor this interview but Quaker Oats sponsored it .
i wonder where the interviewer is now, being this was 57 years ago. he was great! he asked questions we'd all ask, like what was it like to slap ann blythe.
Joan Crawford was an outstanding actress. Terrific personality, however I do believe Christina. Joan had a drinking problem, and mixed with pills is not a good combo. People in front of a camera and behind closed doors can be two different people. Remember Joan is and was one of the best Actress out there. Hate her 2 first children has to endure what they did.
Joan never took pills. At that time there was not so much medicine. If there had been medication at that time, I might have been able to take medication to cure all those mental problems she had. She was a woman and children who needed help and had no one in that difficult life. Joan never took pills. That was Judy or Monroe.
I believe Christina too all Crawford's interviews show her self-centeredness and calculated rehearsed points of views a good social mask which gribs 'friends ' 'in the palm of (her) hand' . Listen to her choice of words! Would be nice to hear from a social linguist, psychiatrist or psychologist on this interview.. Her 'private unmasked person' , I believe was very different. Childabuse was so taboo then and I can relate to Christina's story. Crawford's acting was one thing, I will not take away from her, and the harshness she projected on the screens came from within (she admits this) and this same private dark harshness stayed with her til she left this side.
Say what you want about Miss Crawford, but her poise and elegant speaking manner is now a long lost thing in Hollywood; now we have these obnoxious vulgar bimbos with their political opinions and crass behavior, nothing wrong with someone being that way, but as a star you must always strive to project some level of dignified sophistication in front of the public!
I'm not rich that was a modest lie lol she had 2 million in the bank when she died so if that's not rich then I don't know what is I'm glad to see this though cause it's not many Joan interviews around
This was interesting. I can't ever figure out why she always has an artificial patina to her personality. There was just something about her that wa so 'off''.
She had to mold herself into something/ someone she really wasn't. Be successful & keep it going . Being an actress wasn't her art. Dancing was. Yet from silent screen to 1970s , she formed and was Joan Crawford.
I hate drag shows which feature Joan and the fact that Mommie Dearest is considered historical fact. Joan was a true star and a humanitarian and I don’t believe Christina.
Andy Taylor Yes. Too many movie stars from back then are on film, on record that she was a scary mother. We can appreciate Joan as a wonderful actress and she was amazing to her fans till the day she died. We did not have to LIVE with her & that evidently was a whole nuther kettle of fish. I believe Christina.
As a survivor of child abuse I believe the other 3 children, not a handful of jealous stars who Joan had pissed off in the past, and one spoiled greedy daughter.
So you should feel a modicum of empathy with Joan. She was a girl abused, raped, abandoned in a boarding school and exploited at work since she was a child. Read about her story and you will see that it was much worse and more terrifying than the one she gave to her children.
I would hate to have you in a jury, if I was on trial for something, were u there to see if Joan was abusing that lying witch Christina , yeah she could had written that book earlier while Joan was still alive, but not getting a inheritance is what pissed her off.she was jealous because her career went no where .ha ha
@@bitfatcunt230 Gaga has never mentioned Crawford's name but it is evident that Gaga admires Joan's aesthetic and is highly influenced by Crawford. Madonna also made reports inspired by Joan and made video clips in tributes to Joan. I think that because of Joan's aesthetics and clothes with those shoulder pads, hairstyles, makeup and everything was the Lady Gaga / Madonna / Cher of classic cinema. Pioneer in having an image that represents beauty but without being the most beautiful. Joan Crawford was not the prettiest but never in history will an actress return to the image and face of Joan Crawford, perhaps the closest thing is Angelina Jolie. Wannabe-Marilyn Monroe if there are many in Hollywood.
Abused people will be like that. I know. When someone or something reminds you of something that happened to you in the past, you just revert yo that age and react.
I feel like there's a mask that she never drops but there's maybe not much behind it - her whole identity was built on being "a star" which is a very shallow self-obsessed way to live I'm more interested in people like Katherine Hepburn who had other things going on in her life besides her image and her fame
I agree with you 100% Joan never revealed the real person behind the mask. Too painful. A scared insecure little girl who had a temper like a rattlesnake. I’ve read a lot about THAT Joan. The mommy dearest Christina and Christopher by some miracle made it out alive. This interview was a show, a facade. Joan was a phony. But, I love Joan Crawford the movie star.
A bitter woman who on her death bed told her house keeper to stop praying for her! A bitter person and a bitter soul! I’m not one to judge but, if you reject Jesus or prayer you reject life ever lasting! A sad end to a torturous soul
She's a spiritual person. Imagine the judgmental housekeeper thinking she's going to hell because of the book they read! She had her faults, but no worse than most people, even though her adopted daughter had her revenge with a "tell all" book.
She was a narcissistic child abuser... You know, that one girl (her adopted daughter) who was not a fan, got to experience her derange mind up close... Read, or watch "Mommie dearest"!!
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Oh Joan if you only knew we are watching your films in 2021.
I recall not in exact words, but she always like the idea of films capturing & surviving time . So in many ways she did .
This interviewer was amazingly well prepared. To think he gathered all this information before Google and DVDs is just incredible.
I’ve loved her since a kid and always will! ❤❤❤
I always loved Miss Crawford. A great actress and a good person.
RIP 🌹
She's an absolute star. So poised and elegant. 🩷🌷
I always lean toward Bette Davis, and have seen many more of her interviews. They are different women, but equally captivating in their own way. That era turned out some strong, independent, inspiring women way ahead of their time. Joan is intense and puts a lot of thought into her responses...enjoyed watching this very much!
I agree. There has always been the Davis/Crawford camps and I've always leaned towards Davis but over the years I have become a fan of Crawford as much as Davis.
They are now equal in my mind. Both unique.
Crawford did want to be respected as an actress by Davis. She never got that but I think deep down Davis was jealous of Crawford and saw her as a competitive threat. A pity really.
@@ceejay4688 Yes, and ultimately they are both very admirable women!
In Sudden Fear the late film they mention, Joan has a scene where she catches a sight of herself in the mirror holding gun, planning murder and a half dozen feelings cross her face from surprise, to self-disgust, to bewilderment and more... all communicated with her face.
I love them both. Such strong women in a dinosaur era.
@@ceejay4688Bette was never jealous of anyone. The BEST DOESN’T HAVE TO BE! AND, Joan was a child abuser!!!!!!
I can’t help but love her she is so well versed. She is elegant and her answers relate to everyday life while being a STAR:) I love to hear her speak✝️💜 Fabulous actress💜
I do not care what anyone says - I like her!
65wiseman I like her too! I always have since I was like 10 years old!
Watching a lot Betty & her they where a lot like but back if is today all over Tweeter &Facebook back in just didn't do that
You should check this video out. Stars defend Christina Crawford: th-cam.com/video/Qr3NLQ2pkrkh/w-d-xo.htmlttps://th-cam.com/video/Qr3NLQ2pkrk/w-d-xo.html
She abused her children . Defending her just because she was a movie star and put on a facade for the public is astounding
@@lindaeasley4336 that's not abuse. Christina was a incorrigible kid. And ungrateful for all she had growing up, then to get people to feel sorry for her and get all that hype to sell a book, after being removed from the will. Thats whats astounding.
Her beautiful eyes, eloquent, great character her skin AMAZING ... NO BOTOX. NATURAL
Wow this is an amazing interview. She was very modern and very smart. I'm captivated
And very cruel...
The most modern and the smartest child abuser around!
Captivating, indeed.
Perhaps you should read "Mommie
Dearest," by her adopted daughter!
Uninformed IDIOTS 🙄🙄🙄
God forbid anyone should praise Joan🙄🙄🙄 Her daughter with her lies, and all you succubuses that feed off those lies are the cruel ones. Bore off!
RIP true American Legend
💙💙
Good interview but I wish the word PREVIEW was not blocking the beautiful face of Joan Crawford.
She is truly one of the very greatest actresses of all time.
great actress and one of the biggest stars of all time
No, she wasn't. She was STIFF and always PREDICTABLE.
@@WWG1WWGA
You could say the same about Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and many others.
Love my Joan 👍🏾💓
So eloquent, balanced and sane. A great lady.
17:40 So what does the hairstyle have to do with "nice human relationships"? She was deluded.
You know damn well she was CRAZY as a trapped fox
Thank you for posting. It's fun to watch this intelligent woman formulating her answers.
She was a hard worker, and knew the movie business in and out. However, she had problems and I still think she is much older than reported at least by 10 years. She had her struggles just like everyone else but overall she was a great actress.
Wow I love her honesty about her education
I get what a strong woman she was after finding out she grew up in Texas!
So beautiful ..always brilliant on screen 📺❤️ love her attitude!
Look at those jewels -- all real too!
This is very interesting after watching the Feud series.
Such an interesting and fascinating woman. This is an amazingly interview.She was the most amazing actress. She remained such a beautiful woman
She was quite beautiful physically
She did leave a rich film legacy of varied challenging roles.
No matter if it was Grand Hotel, The Women, Humoresque, Mildred, Queen Bee, Straight Jacket or Trog she brought it 100%. Bette hated her because she was jealous & she always called her a ‘phony’. Joan always acknowledged where she came from, that her childhood was horrific, & she was laser focused on bettering herself. She wasn’t ‘fake’ she worked her ass off to be the person she projected on screen and she took her movie star status seriously for her fans. There was nothing fake about her. She was a clean freak & didn’t hide it not did she have others do it for her. She worked hard herself. When she hosted guests, she cooked the dinner she served. Bette was great….at being Bette. Baby Jane wasn’t acting, she was herself. And she got laughs for putting down colleagues. Also, Joan’s career THRIVED from Mildred Pierce thru the 50’s. Harriet Craig was wonderful. Sudden Fear and Autumn Leaves were 2 of her best films. And Queen Bee & Flamingo Road were pure camp but are entertaining as hell. Bette only had All About Eve.
Wow! A kindred spirit when it comes to Joan. I'm glad you're out there:)
They both had daughters that betrayed them -- no matter the reasons or truths.
8:24 Bette and Joan forevah! I love this interview. Such a pro!
So very beautiful!! Amazing.
I like this actress .when I started watching movies from my grand parents era I was into Swanson then I saw a movie of Crawford and I liked her. I know Davis was popular but I didn’t really get into her movies but Crawford i actually remember buying her DVDs she really is a very good actress
THIS IS GOOD.....SHE IS SOBER..........& SHE STARTED IN FILMS WHEN SHE WAS 20 OR 21 YEARS OLD....NOT HER TEENS.........
First child is often the "trial" for parents
It seems joan "took it easy" for later children
Joan was a self made woman, she worked hard to accomplish, she never forgot where she came from
What an absolutely fascinating interview!! Literate, respectful but probing...just wonderful!! And Miss Crawford...what can you say that hasn’t been said a million times before. The fact that she created this composed, elegant, gracious, funny, clever, caring and hard working woman who is here before us, is a testament to her tenacity and strength of vision. She is a legend for very good reasons!! What an incredible woman she was. She’s been done so wrong since her death, and by people who she gave everything to as well (isn’t that always the way)!! I truly despise that adopted ingrate for the damage that she has done. God bless you Joan. Rest easy...many of us have more than a good idea of who you really were, and are 🥰🌟🧡
sad but true....she gave a very
convincing "performance during
this interview
@@tevyeb , hysterical much. You sound like that nutbag of a LYING daughter.
Blind little 🐑🐑
Very difficult work to be actress, divas , star. JOAN WAS PERFECT IN THE MOVIE AND VERY PROFESSIONAL ...NOT SAMPLE.....FOR JOAN SUCCESS, BUT DIFFICULT LIFE,,,,,VERY BIG MOVIE STAR 🎥🎥🎥🎥🌟🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨✨🌏🌏🌏🌏🥀🌹🌹🌹 💄💄💄💄🌟🌟🌟🏆🏆
All her movies are my favorite
Queen of old Hollywood❤
That makeup was laidT! 😍
🤣 Her fake lashes were inches away from her real ones, though.
@@StephieGsrEvolution She tried too hard to look young -- which dated her. On THE LUCY SHOW she was almost fired because she was so drunk that she passed out on the set.
@@MsBackstager sad!
She is very captivating:)
☆ .. Elegancy, chicness & sweetness .. !
Queen 👑
So knowledgeable and so humble
Wow what an interesting woman. I have a complete opinion change now. Her comment to the reporter on her child. Changes my opinion.
Joan Crawford was excellent in baby jane. Bette Davis is wonderful.
The Queen
I like her too great lady
Seen Joan in this interview make me believe that the movie Mommie Dearest wasn't based in the real life of Joan Crawford, but the anger and frustration of Christina's childhood memories, over her strong character mother. Never from an abusive woman. There's always three versions of the truth: Mine, yours and the real.
RAY L It’s not uncommon for abusive people to have a polished and likable public persona. Giving a good interview is not indicative of whether or not a person is an abuser.
Thanks for your interest in my comment ChevyDude65. But it wasn't just based on this interview in particular, but from all the information that I have gathered along the years, when in 1981, I saw the movie based on Christina's book. I do believe they were both strong tempered women and in addition Joan had a very strict behavior as a single mother, who was also dealing with her popularity and demanding schedule during her daughter's first years. Christina's hunger for attention collided with her mother's fame and busy itinerary making her mad n' feeling abandoned. What I do believe on Joan's behavior runs around her zero tolerance for ungratefulness that was based on her tough childhood living in poverty. That was the problem between these two women. Unfortunately I don't believe in Christina's version, because it was just based on her side of the story. Would be more credible if she had decided to write her book while Joan was still alive; Like Bette Davis' daughter did. Dead people can be easily blame; just because they can't defend their self. Joan may not be a perfect woman; but neither the monster Christina described in her book. Peace man!
RAY L I'm in agreement
My father was physically abusive to my mother, me and my brother but outside he was the sweetest guy, putting on a mask of the most gentle, idealistic fellow as soon as a non-family member looked at him. A crowd of crying friends came to his funeral and I heard around 200 times what a great, always heartfelt, empathic, likeable, inspiring man he was. I still have scars from him. Abusive Sociopaths can fool the world. How someone speaks in front of a TV camera doesn't say anything about the real person.
This interview took place in a time where (according to Christina) Joan felt much better about her life and the abuse had stopped.
She was such a hard worker
Very true here we are watching her on TH-cam in 2021 lol and I think her view on not living in the past is very healthy
Fav point in interview: [JC getting increasingly impatient listening to the interviewer's effusive buildup to his question about Elizbeth Taylor, and, then, pause, and canned reply]: "This girl [ET], I think, has developed into one of the finest actresses on the screen that I've ever seen - [cutting her eyes at the interviewer] - and of course she's had a good tutor [pause] Mr. Burton - [pause, side glance again at interviewer-with just the slightest hint of a sneer halfheartedly disguised as a "pleasant smile"] and they've helped each other tremendously." -
imo, vintage JC - complex, defensive, heavily veneered underlying layer of inexplicable seething, mildly vicious. I get tense watching every one of the great interviews that folks have uploaded to YT - JC seems to always be in combat mode - she appears to receive every point in a conversation as a offensive "trick question" and she is ironclad determined not to be "bested" by anybody - would never want to have had coffee with her, it would just be pointless.
Only two people she seems to authentically enjoy recalling - and does in practically every extended interview I've seen - are Greta Garbo and Clark Gable - GG apparently b/c JC was just head-over-heels smitten with her b/c of some fleeting moment of attention GG gave her during the filming of "Grand Hotel" and Gable, perhaps because of her relentlessly predatory instinct towards men and fondly treasured after-regard for one of her prey - when I hear her effuse about CG I always detect a resonance of animosity towards Carole Lombard, i.e., sort of a "why her and not me and, hah, you lost her anyway," sort of predator's taunt. lol
A complex, vulnerable, painfully insecure, ruthlessly ambitious, hard-boiled woman - and rather unabashedly vulgar and course, altho she valiantly represses that in interviews like this one with the strange "hauteur" accent, the regal hair and makeup and couture costuming meant to impress - but nonetheless, indisputably, a "silver screen" legend of epic proportions - so, Ms. Joan Crawford, relax! You've won! 🙂
Goddess
24:20 she gave him a look like “What is this weak ass bull shit you’re showing me..?”
🤣😂🤣
My God, take that damn "PREVIEW" logo off the screen! It looks like one of the old VHS tester videos they'd send Blockbuster!?
My sentiment exactly 💯!!!!
Heyy, it's better than nothing. 😅
I enjoyed watching this interview. She seems very controlled.....like she doesn't dare open her mouth until she knows exactly what she is going to say and how she is going to say it. Not sure if that makes sense........though not a bad thing. Just noticable to me. No doubt her acting abilities stem from how she was raised and what she experienced as a child........I think thats what makes any actor a great actor and not just a ho hum actor. And the guy was right......we will all be watching her films till the end of time.
She would've seen and approved all the questions beforehand, and prepared (somewhat) all her answers. It's clearly rehearsed in her head for the most part.
Poor Joan didn't want to live in real life, Just Hollywood land, How sad.❕❕
As she aged, she no longer wanted to be seen in public.
Asked why she left Metro after seventeen years, she says "two lousy pictures, so I asked for my release." Per the film Mommie Dearest, it was MGM who asked for that.
@@vih6650 You think JC's interview account of her past had the objectivity of a documentary? Just so you know, JC was no objective, circumspect documentarian nor commentator on her own past behavior with various people and entities. Many recounts of her abuses of Christina and Christopher are corroborated by various JC neighbors and guests in her house, and by the headmistress of Christina's school.
@@JudgeJulieLit
Ha!
I'll take Joans word over that campy movie.
Moron! Mommy Dearest was LIES. Even Christina herself admitted that.
She was also "asked" to leave her board position at Pepsi Cola.
I honestly don't think she would be that bad as presented in the book or the movie the Mommie Dearest. She seems very balanced ........
That's because she was a great actress. Child abusers are good at covering up what they do when in public.
@@georgerobbins3198 Agreed plus child abusers always "pick" the ones that didn't agree with them while being nice to others. Hollywood neighbors agree that JC was an unsuitable mom yet did nothing about it. Perhaps she didn't physically abuse her 2 oldest children, but she was rough and tough with them.
Dang i wish they'd put the date of the interview on these...
Post 1963 ... after the Baby Jane movie. But probably more around mid 1960s
It was in 1966 I believe
If Joan thought the world and young men were angry in the 60s, she wouldn't believe what is happening now. And today's young men do have their hair cut - in military fashion.
Wow ! Wondering if Warren Beatty had staying power serreal
that was my Aunt Veldas son my 3 rd cousin on camera and they said she was so angry but she had a cigarettes' and calmed and then became really angry then kicked a printing machine . Aunt Velda said she requested that room be freezing and would stop the film and add lipsticks .She called Dwight Marcell and he refused to sponsor this interview but Quaker Oats sponsored it .
WHAT DATE WAS THIS FIRST SHOWN....
i wonder where the interviewer is now, being this was 57 years ago. he was great! he asked questions we'd all ask, like what was it like to slap ann blythe.
cannot believe that on Joan Crawford's face , they kept that preview font / shit on ...remove that please !!! c'mon !!!
She was so classy better than Bette
She must have been between Berserk and Trog. The end of the line.
Trog is so bad it's good!
almost every question this excellent interviewer asks, she disputes him in some way.
Joan Crawford was an outstanding actress. Terrific personality, however I do believe Christina. Joan had a drinking problem, and mixed with pills is not a good combo. People in front of a camera and behind closed doors can be two different people. Remember Joan is and was one of the best Actress out there. Hate her 2 first children has to endure what they did.
Joan never took pills. At that time there was not so much medicine. If there had been medication at that time, I might have been able to take medication to cure all those mental problems she had. She was a woman and children who needed help and had no one in that difficult life. Joan never took pills. That was Judy or Monroe.
Sherry Saunders Joan had a bit of a drinking problem too remember.
I believe Christina too all Crawford's interviews show her self-centeredness and calculated rehearsed points of views a good social mask which gribs 'friends ' 'in the palm of (her) hand' . Listen to her choice of words! Would be nice to hear from a social linguist, psychiatrist or psychologist on this interview..
Her 'private unmasked person' , I believe was very different.
Childabuse was so taboo then and I can relate to Christina's story.
Crawford's acting was one thing, I will not take away from her, and the harshness she projected on the screens came from within (she admits this) and this same private dark harshness stayed with her til she left this side.
You can tell she didn't care for the man interviewing her.He asked some very personal and nasty questions.
True class beautiful soul, would loved to have gone out to dinner with. ~
Say what you want about Miss Crawford, but her poise and elegant speaking manner is now a long lost thing in Hollywood; now we have these obnoxious vulgar bimbos with their political opinions and crass behavior, nothing wrong with someone being that way, but as a star you must always strive to project some level of dignified sophistication in front of the public!
Almost all great Hollywood stars had disturbed childhoods. They seek approval and love.
Why is the word preview obscuring their faces???
10:31 Ok, that is pure hypocrisy and you can see how hard she tries.
💯 you know it!
Yes, and how hard she looks too.
I'm not rich that was a modest lie lol she had 2 million in the bank when she died so if that's not rich then I don't know what is I'm glad to see this though cause it's not many Joan interviews around
wow...im looking at this...trying to see who she reminds me of then here @ 9:09 I see and hear Lady GA GA anyone else get that vib???
Did she ever find the true Joan Crawford ???
She never lost her.
How old was she here. She's still pretty hot looking... no wrinkles, so maybe her "ice cubes and witch hazel" treatment works...
U are acting so shallow
Regal
Gosh, what an obsequious, sycophantic interviewer.
Made my toes positively curl.
I know that’s how things were ‘back then’, but still.
NOOOOOOO!!!!! Where’s the rest of it?????!!!!
TROG!!
This was interesting. I can't ever figure out why she always has an artificial patina to her personality. There was just something about her that wa so 'off''.
She had to mold herself into something/ someone she really wasn't. Be successful & keep it going . Being an actress wasn't her art. Dancing was. Yet from silent screen to 1970s , she formed and was Joan Crawford.
She couldn't give full honesty to his questions.
The pompous queen interviewing her gets on her nerves but she handles him with aplomb.
I think he's great. :)
Yes, your being catty, beyotch! Save that for your next drag show!
I hate drag shows which feature Joan and the fact that Mommie Dearest is considered historical fact. Joan was a true star and a humanitarian and I don’t believe Christina.
As a survivor of child abuse myself, I am on Christina's side ALWAYS!!!!
Andy Taylor Yes. Too many movie stars from back then are on film, on record that she was a scary mother. We can appreciate Joan as a wonderful actress and she was amazing to her fans till the day she died. We did not have to LIVE with her & that evidently was a whole nuther kettle of fish. I believe Christina.
As a survivor of child abuse I believe the other 3 children, not a handful of jealous stars who Joan had pissed off in the past, and one spoiled greedy daughter.
So you should feel a modicum of empathy with Joan. She was a girl abused, raped, abandoned in a boarding school and exploited at work since she was a child. Read about her story and you will see that it was much worse and more terrifying than the one she gave to her children.
I am too and dont -believe Christine
I would hate to have you in a jury, if I was on trial for something, were u there to see if Joan was abusing that lying witch Christina , yeah she could had written that book earlier while Joan was still alive, but not getting a inheritance is what pissed her off.she was jealous because her career went no where .ha ha
She reminds me of Lady Gaga
WTF?
She reminds me of Donald Trump
@@bitfatcunt230 Gaga has never mentioned Crawford's name but it is evident that Gaga admires Joan's aesthetic and is highly influenced by Crawford. Madonna also made reports inspired by Joan and made video clips in tributes to Joan. I think that because of Joan's aesthetics and clothes with those shoulder pads, hairstyles, makeup and everything was the Lady Gaga / Madonna / Cher of classic cinema. Pioneer in having an image that represents beauty but without being the most beautiful. Joan Crawford was not the prettiest but never in history will an actress return to the image and face of Joan Crawford, perhaps the closest thing is Angelina Jolie. Wannabe-Marilyn Monroe if there are many in Hollywood.
The word preview was printed across the screen the whole time not good
sometimes she seems so full of her self, but then in the next statement she seems like a child.
Abused people will be like that. I know. When someone or something reminds you of something that happened to you in the past, you just revert yo that age and react.
I feel like there's a mask that she never drops
but there's maybe not much behind it - her whole identity was built on being "a star" which is a very shallow self-obsessed way to live
I'm more interested in people like Katherine Hepburn who had other things going on in her life besides her image and her fame
I agree with you 100% Joan never revealed the real person behind the mask. Too painful. A scared insecure little girl who had a temper like a rattlesnake. I’ve read a lot about THAT Joan. The mommy dearest Christina and Christopher by some miracle made it out alive. This interview was a show, a facade. Joan was a phony. But, I love Joan Crawford the movie star.
There's no flow to his questions he jumps from subject to subject without exploring the topics or responding to her answers at all.
He was a terrible interviewer. She didn't make it easy though.
Weird about her comments about being a woman....
Joan is lovely and gracious but the guy interviewing her is beyond dull! His questions were silly.
I'm surprised she didn't walked.
tragic figure
Very defensive woman.....
YES
When you have been abused on any form, you get VERY defensive. I know first hand.
A bitter woman who on her death bed told her house keeper to stop praying for her! A bitter person and a bitter soul! I’m not one to judge but, if you reject Jesus or prayer you reject life ever lasting! A sad end to a torturous soul
Thats a shame..
Dont let anything in your bloodstream
She's a spiritual person. Imagine the judgmental housekeeper thinking she's going to hell because of the book they read! She had her faults, but no worse than most people, even though her adopted daughter had her revenge with a "tell all" book.
That is utter bs. She never used those exact words at all.
@@helenthorpe1494 I wasn’t there so maybe she didn’t say it, but you weren’t either sooo
She was a narcissistic child abuser... You know, that one girl (her adopted daughter) who was not a fan, got to experience her derange mind up close... Read, or watch "Mommie dearest"!!
Wrong
Try doing real research, you one-dimensional idiot!
Never heard of it.
Ah, yes, good ol' Mommie Dearest. The Holy Bible of gullible Internet users.
Annoying interviewer and am not going to watch 43 minutes of the word PREVIEW blocking her face.