Joan Crawford by Fred Lawrence Guiles - 9781684424818

Joan CrawfordThe Last Word\nAuthor(s): Fred Lawrence Guiles\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Turner Publishing Company, United States\nImprint: Turner Publishing Company\nISBN-13: 9781684424818, 978-1684424818\nSynopsis\nMeticulously researched, Joan Crawford: The Last Word deals in full with her long movie career and explores in detail her turbulent private life. Respected biographer Fred Lawrence Guiles uses newly discovered sources and recent interviews with many who knew her, and some who loved her, to establish the person behind the carefully crafted screen icon.\n\nFor most of her adult life she was a Star who dedicated herself entirely to her career. But since her death her luster has been tarnished. Here, at last, is a biography that sets the record straight. In her heyday Joan Crawford was probably the most imitated woman in the world. Magazine covers featured her face, and high school and college girls copied her makeup and clothing.\n\nBorn Lucille LeSuer in Kansas City, she.