Evening star., 1932-10-23

II
There are as many Joan
Crawfords as there are days in
the week. You never know
which one Of them you viii
encounter and all Of them are interest,"
ing and revealing The first Joan CraW-
ford I encountered was shy girl all
ewes. beneath a mop of reddish curs.
She wore revealing dresses. There was
a rumor that she had herself seWed on
them and whether true or not, II was
interesting because 1t indicated pa
tience on the part Of the youngster ana
a determination that the mt would al
ways be the extreme OF Slick per1ectlon:
She was loath, even then, TO talK OF
herself, Of what she had accomplished
and she was driven By a great ols-
satisfaction and ambition. wnlch -
really the basis Of all artistic urge.
The second Joan Crawford re-
member was about to be made star.
The studio had Just determined upon
the move and a certain calm had come
into that sculptural face. although the
restlessness was still there IN those
great gray-green eyes. She was IN cos
tumeSit consisted of frilly organdle
frock. which hit just below the knees,
and a blue satin ribbon, worn Al1ce-ln-
Wonderland fashion, circled her head.
This Joan was full Of the responsible
ity about to be thrust upon her. She
had seen enough of the motion picture
industry to know that the success or
failure of stars pictures are lalo 70
the star. That Is a pleasant thmg
when the film is success, but II reacts
unpleasantly when box-ofice results are
NOT satisfactory. This was the Joan
of "Dancirg Daughters" a girl who
had lured more of the younger genera
tion into the cinema for several ses-
sions of the same picture than any
other girl in Hollywood.
Then we come to the Joan who nrst
made sun-tan a hobby in HOLLYWOOD
To the Joan who put face powder out
of her life when she had that deep
bronze skin in Summertime and car,
ried instead. a tiny flask OF pertumed
oil to keep that patine glowing at par
ties. We come to the Joan VINO
eschewed all makeup in the street en-
tirely for a time. To the Joan VINO
wore her hair almost like Beatrice
Lilies for a few brief months then, In
contradiction to this severity let mass
of curls hang almost to her shouioers.
Oh yes. there have been dozen phases
of Joan Crawford if you've foAo"eo
them closely in this colony.
One Joan used to sit on the hoor
with Dorothy Sebastian, her closest
friend. and figure out the mysteries OF
a pattern. Laboriously and slowly
for neither girl had ever been taught 70
sew-they made their own dresses ano
fitted each other into them. Iney
bravely wore them. sometimes, 1or
some of them called for courage as
either girl will laughingly tell you now
The Joan who bought her costumes
at cost price followed soon after that
one. Then it was only step to the
Joan Crawford who never wears gar
ment unless it comes from the mouse
of some famous maker, and who makes
each garment more famous still by the
mere wearing of it.
Today we have the Joan who has just
seen Europe for the first time and VINO
is full of the beauty and mellow charm
of it. This Joan will tell you indig-
nantly of the fans who wanted to take
her picture in Westminster Abbey. Her
ewes flash as she recounts her resent
ment of such an intrusion of holy
ground. This Joan. for all her model
frocks and exterior sophistlcatlon
found the Montmartre Of 1882 divinely
fascinating although she could appre-
ciate Doug Jr's disappointment at ITS
commercialism as compared to the
Montmartre he knew in his student
days.
This Joan Crawford has worship
for Garbo. who she considers supreme
among artists. That it has taken tbs
form of subconscious imitation at t!me'
has been apparent, but. after all, imitG-
ton is sincerest fiattery. And. IN tn:
case. marked similarity in the fac'a
planes makes the slightest ge5ture q.
Joan CraWfords part noticeable to hel
admirers, who feel she has an entity a.
valuable in her way as that OF TIT
Swedish star.
These are several phases Of Joar
Crawford, and there will be severa
more. For this girl has great gamu
to Internationally, psychically ant