Possessed
Subtitle: the life of Joan Crawford
By: Donald Spoto
Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780091931278
Subjects: Motion picture actors and actresses; Biography
Description: Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. Spoto goes beyond the popular caricature to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, and her extraordinarily dramatic life and times.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A prairie Bernhardt (1906-1924); title: The flapper, flapping (1925); title: Enter the prince (1926-1929); title: Enter the king (1929-1930); title: Virtuous vices (1931-1932); title: Mrs. Tone (1932-1937); title: Joan, Julie, Susan-and God (1937-1940); title: A trilogy of transformations (1941-1942); title: Oscar (1943-1947); title: Children! Children! (1947-1951); title: Carrying a torch song (1952-1955); title: Some of the best of everything (1955-1962); title: "Miss Crawford is a star!" (1962-1970); title: Fade-out (1971-1977).