Joan Crawford Articles

Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Forsaking All Others Joan Crawford on TCM: MILDRED PIERCE, FLAMINGO ROAD, WHEN LADIES MEET Schedule (ET) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 AM FORSAKING ALL OTHERS (1934) A woman pursues the wrong man for almost twenty years. Dir: W. S. Van Dyke. Cast: Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable. BW-83 mins. 7:30 AM I LIVE MY LIFE (1935) [...]

Joan Crawford (right, in Daisy Kenyon) is Turner Classic Movies‘ next "Summer Under the Stars" star. On Monday, August 22, TCM will be showing 13 Joan Crawford movies, in addition to Peter Fitzgerald’s documentary Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, narrated by Anjelica Huston. (Curiously, Crawford is nowhere to be found in any of the 40+ films directed by Anjelica Huston’s father, John Huston.) [Joan [...]

Lon Chaney, He Who Gets Slapped Lon Chaney is one of the most fascinating movie stars in film history. Throughout the 1920s, Chaney was one the biggest box-office draws the world over despite what could kindly be described as an unhandsome face — one that was often disguised by heavy layers of makeup to make him look ancient, deformed, Chinese, female, etc. His roles usually [...]

John Garfield, Joan Crawford, Humoresque John Garfield is Turner Classic Movies‘ "Summer Under the Stars" star on Friday, August 5. TCM will be presenting twelve John Garfield movies, in addition to the 2003 documentary The John Garfield Story. There will be no TCM premieres — but don’t blame TCM for that. Garfield was a Warner Bros. star and Warners’ movies belong to the Time Warner [...]