Possessed

by Spoto, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780062002211
• ISBN10: 006200221X
• Edition: Large
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-02
• Publisher: Harperluxe

Summary

Joan Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. In this brilliantly researched, thoughtful, and intimate biography, bestselling author Donald Spoto goes beyond the popular caricature-the abusive, unstable mother of her adopted daughter Christina Crawfords memoir, Mommie Dearest-to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, and her extraordinarily dramatic life and times. Illuminating and entertaining, Possessed is the definitive biography of this remarkable woman and true legend of film.

Author Biography

Donald Spoto has written two dozen bestselling biographies of film and theatre stars - among them Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, and Alan Bates. Born in Westchester County, near New York City, he earned his Ph.D. from Fordham University. He lives in Denmark.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
A Prairie Bernhardt (1906-1924)	p. 1
The Flapper, Flapping (1925)	p. 33
Enter the Prince (1926-1929)	p. 66
Enter the King (1929-1930)	p. 102
Virtuous Vices (1931-1932)	p. 134
Mrs. Tone (1932-1937)	p. 16
Joan, Julie, Susan-and God (1937-1940)	p. 209
A Trilogy of Transformations (1941-1942)	p. 246
Oscar (1943-1947)	p. 279
Children! Children! (1947-1951)	p. 316
Carrying a Torch Song (1952-1955)	p. 357
Some of the Best of Everything (1955-1962)	p. 387
ôMiss Crawford Is a Star!ö (1962-1970)	p. 427
Fade-Chit (1971-1977)	p. 462
Acknowledgments	p. 487
Notes	p. 491
Bibliography	p. 515
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