1925 Studio Tour Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 24 out of 26 people found the following review useful: A fascinating documentary about the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio in 1925. from Pine Grove, California 2 November 2001 Untitled and without any crew credits, this 32-minute silent documentary takes you on a tour of MGM in 1925, meeting the people who create the movies, and watching some of them do it. I found it fascinating, especially when some of the moviemakers were identified by the inter-titles. It was nice to be able finally to attach a face to some familiar names such as writers Agnes Christine Johnston, Jane Murfin, Waldemar Young and others who are identified and shown in closeups. I noted that Howard Hawks was included as a writer - he didn't start directing until later. Less interesting were the showing of groups of unidentified crew members: about 50 cameramen lined up in a row, each hand cranking their cameras, seemed to serve no useful purpose.

Unlike the writers, who were identified individually, the directors were all identified first in an inter-title, and the camera then panned across them standing in a row, but you could not tell which name belonged to which director. I did recognize Erich von Stroheim, but only because he was also a famous actor. When the actors and actresses were introduced as a group by inter-titles, it was much more fun, because identifying them became a game. I also saw three unlisted actors: Ford Sterling, William Haines and Sojin, and there are probably others. Later on, some actors and some crew members were identified and shown in closeup. I finally got to see what famed art director Cedric Gibbons looked like. And it was delightful to see "the world's foremost designer," Romaine de Tirtoff Erte, fitting a gown on "M-G-M's 'find' of 1925," Joan Crawford, when she was still known as Lucille Le Sueur. I enjoyed famous actors clowning around: John Gilbert puts his hat in position to hide his kissing Zasu Pitts, and Norma Shearer mugs the camera while 'accidentally' dropping hundreds of fan letters.

Most interesting were shots of the filming of two movies: Tod Browning directing a scene for Mystic, The (1925), and Edmund Goulding directing Conrad Nagel and Lucille La Verne in Sun-Up (1925). And there's much more to this enjoyable documentary. It eventually acquired a music soundtrack, which is the way it is shown every once in a while on the Turner Classic Movies Channel (TCM). Unfortunately, it has never been scheduled (probably because it has no title), but is a filler whenever a two-hour slot is scheduled for a silent film that runs less than an hour and a half. It's worth looking for such a case. Was the above review useful to you? 9 out of 10 people found the following review useful: Fascinating Movie History--Must See from United States 9 March 2009 This is one of the best behind the scenes documentaries a movie history buff is going to see of early motion picture production. It is MGM 1925. It covers every department at MGM at that time. You are not viewing a documentary made today but one made in 1925. Excellent quality.

I discovered it was aired on TCM in December 2007. I had "The Smart Set" on my DVR (a silent MGM picture from 1928 with William Haines). I recently watched it and discovered this gem at the end--in between films. It is amazing "living" history from 84 years ago. Every film history class should view this. I liked seeing the people in the film who all seem very much alive, enjoying life and their profession. Was the above review useful to you? 10 out of 13 people found the following review useful: MGM shows off from Buffalo, New York 31 March 2008 This silent documentary short is a studio tour of the newly created MGM studios at the time. We get to see all the stars that were under contract at the time as well as a lot of behind the scenes people and the studio executives, topped off by Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was just getting started at this time. It was an amalgamation of Metro studios and the former Goldwyn Picture Company. Sam Goldwyn was originally Sam Goldfish and he originally was with Famous-Players-Lasky which eventually became Paramount.

Goldfish and Edgar Selwyn left Famous-Players-Lasky and formed Goldwyn Pictures taking the first syllable from Goldfish and the last from Selwyn as their company name. Goldfish liked the new name so much he took it for his own. Well, it could have wound up Selfish Pictures. Anyway Goldwyn soon left that to branch out on his own as an independent producer. Sam Goldwyn never had anything to do with what became MGM though his name is forever on their product. It was originally Metro-Goldwyn. Louis B. Mayer as president had enough ego and clout to then get his name tagged on at the end. And it became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. I believe this short was a kind of cinematic brochure for the new studio that was being launched. I got a very big kick out of a shot with the caption of MGM showing off its new discovery, Lucille LeSeuer who as we all know shortly became Joan Crawford. The short is a real treat though, hopefully TCM will broadcast it at some point. And just think about a studio named Metro-Selfish-Mayer. Was the above review useful to you?

6 out of 6 people found the following review useful: Something we don't have from any other studio of that era... from United States 12 September 2010 ...which is a half-hour silent documentary on the inner workings of a motion picture studio in the silent era. There might have been some made, but they are long lost, with maybe the exception of 1924's "Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio" which supposedly still survives and is even on DVD. MGM is unique in that, because it was basically a manufactured studio created by the merging of Metro Pictures, Sam Goldwyn's interests, and Louis B. Mayer pictures, it was aware of its place and importance in film history from its inception in 1924. MGM not only shows off its silent era stars and directors, it goes to the trouble to show you the cameramen, film editors, costume designers and makers, dressing rooms, and even the barber shop, commissary, and infirmary. Each of these departments either has the staff smiling and standing outside for a clear picture that pans across them, or you see them hard at work, as is the case with the seamstresses bending over their old-fashioned sewing machines.

This place was truly a factory with the attitude that each component, no matter how unglamorous, had an important role to play in its assembly line. Among the stars, you get to see John Gilbert clowning around and looking so fit and happy just as he reaches stardom. William Haines, who will become a big late silent era and early sound star isn't even credited at this point because it will be another year, in 1926, when he gets his first break-through role. Norma Shearer is shown holding a mountain of fan mail. Oddly prescient is the time taken to introduce the audience to Lucille Le Sueur, the "MGM find of 1925". For those of you who don't know, that was Joan Crawford's name before she changed it. Among the directors shown, the most easily identifiable one for me was Eric Von Stroheim. He directed Greed and The Merry Widow for MGM before this efficient movie factory had enough of his excesses and sent him packing. If someone like Von Stroheim hadn't already existed, the movies would have invented him.

The soundtrack that has been added to this short in the modern era is interesting - it consists of instrumental renditions of songs from "Singin in the Rain", which in turn were largely composed between 1929 and 1940, although today most of these songs are still associated with the silent era and the roaring 20's. Highly recommended for the film history buff. Was the above review useful to you? 6 out of 6 people found the following review useful: Welcome to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from Los Angeles 31 August 2009 Silent documentary introduced via title card: "Let us go behind the motion picture screen, into the shadow land of Make Believe, to meet the men and women who create our photoplays - to follow them in their work from the birth of a story to its first showing in a theater." Then, we're on tour at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City, California (part of what is collectively known, to the world outside, as "Hollywood"), circa 1925. Writers, directors, stars, and other MGM personnel from are introduced - many in the "group shots" are not identified with precision, unfortunately.

Bigger stars, like John Gilbert and Norma Shearer (both in "He Who Gets Slapped"), get special camera consideration. Interestingly, Lucille Le Sueur, "an M-G-M 'find' of 1925 is showcased; she would join the bigger stars after changing her name to Joan Crawford. It's been claimed Ms. Crawford's name was changed for other reasons; but, the presence of established actress Lucille La Verne in this very film makes it obvious Lucille Le Sueur wasn't going to keep her original name. The names Lucille La Verne and Lucille Le Sueur are far too similar. The (then) better known Ms. La Verne participates in one of this half-hour film's "behind-the scenes" highlights - she and Conrad Nagel are briefly seen directed by Edmund "Ed" Goulding in "Sun Up" (released August 1925); and, director Tod Browning is seen "taking night scenes" for "The Mystic" (also released August 1925). There is less "tour" footage than the title "MGM Studio Tour" suggests.

But, you do get a good look at the studio and workers who could, within a year, claim they led "The Big Parade" of Hollywood movie studios. ***** Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (1925) Louis B. Mayer : Edmund Goulding ~ John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford Was the above review useful to you? 9 out of 14 people found the following review useful: Great for Film Buffs 1925 MGM Studio Tour (1925) *** (out of 4) Historically interesting short takes us on a behind the scenes tour of MGM where we see all the sets and everyone who is involved with the studio. When I say everyone I do mean it as we meet directors, writers, actors, editors, dancing girls and so on. The best thing about this short is that we see all sorts of talent together in one shot since all of the directors are shown together, all the actors shown together and so on. Howard Hawks is shown in the writers department but the directors here include Browning, von Sternberg, von Stroheim, Vidor, Wellman and countless others.

The actors on hand include Novarro, Nagel, Gilbert, Busch, Shearer, Chaney and Crawford. Thalberg and Mayer are also shown. We also get to see Browning directing part of his film The Mystic. The film runs 30 minutes, which is a tad bit too long but it's still fun for film buffs. Was the above review useful to you? 0 out of 1 people found the following review useful: "The Sound of (Self Congratulatory) Silence"-with apologies to Simon & Garfunkel from United States 15 November 2014 "WELL NOW, AREN'T we wonderful" could be a title of this 3 reeler silent short subject. It surely must be a most early example of shameless self promotion in the history of Tinsel Town. IN WHAT MUST have looked like Picture Day at the local Elementery School, everybody (and we do mean EVERYBODY) showed up in their Sunday best to be photographed. Shot in almost exclusively static poses, it has the appearance of what the MGM 1925 Yearbook would look like.

Actors, Stars, Caneramen, Writers, Producers, Service Employees and Tradesmen were all included.* IN ALL FAIRNESS to Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg and the 'Suits' at Lowe's Inc. in New York, this wasn't all self-congratulatory fluff, for the motion picture business had grown considerably from the humble origins less than 4 decades prior. By this time Hollywood was the proud home of what was the 5th largest industry in America; falling in behind STEEL, PETROLEUM, RAILROADS and AUTOMOBILE. WITH SUCH PROMINENCE, the public would surely want to get a look behind the scenes. It was 'Leo the Lion' who gave it to them. And don't you forget that! You got it, Schultz? NOTE: * We cannot close our somewhat caustic review without making an inclusion about the mention of what the film title card refers to as "the greatest MGM discovery of 1925." It was young Starlett, Lucille LeSuerr; who we all know better as Joan Crawford. Was the above review useful to you?

Lucille Fay Steele (LeSueur) (1905 - 1977) - Genealogy brother About Joan Crawford Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur) was an American actress in film, television and theatre. Starting as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway, Crawford was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925. Initially frustrated by the size and quality of her parts, Crawford began a campaign of self-publicity and became nationally known as a flapper by the end of the 1920s. In the 1930s, Crawford's fame rivaled MGM colleagues Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Crawford often played hardworking young women who find romance and financial success. These "rags-to-riches" stories were well-received by Depression-era audiences and were popular with women. Crawford became one of Hollywood's most prominent movie stars and one of the highest paid women in the United States, but her films began losing money and by the end of the 1930s she was labeled "box office poison".

After an absence of nearly two years from the screen, Crawford staged a comeback by starring in Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1955, she became involved with the Pepsi-Cola Company, through her marriage to company president Alfred Steele. After his death in 1959, Crawford was elected to fill his vacancy on the board of directors but was forcibly retired in 1973. She continued acting in film and television regularly through the 1960s, when her performances became fewer; after the release of the British horror film Trog in 1970, Crawford retired from the screen. Following a public appearance in 1974, after which unflattering photographs were published, Crawford withdrew from public life and became more and more reclusive until her death in 1977. Crawford married four times. Her first three marriages ended in divorce; the last ended with the death of husband Al Steele. She adopted five children, one of whom was reclaimed by his birth mother. Crawford's relationships with her two older children, Christina and Christopher, were acrimonious.

Crawford disinherited the two and, after Crawford's death, Christina wrote a "tell-all" memoir, Mommie Dearest, in which she alleged a lifelong pattern of physical and emotional abuse perpetrated by Crawford. Crawford's hand and footprints are immortalized in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. She also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine Street. In 1999, Playboy listed Crawford as one of the "100 Sexiest Women of the 20th century," ranking her #84. Main Mausoleum, Unit 8, Alcove E, Crypt 42 Joan Crawford Pictures | Getty Images Joan Crawford January 01, 1932 License Joan Crawford (1904 - 1977) the screen name of Lucille Le Sueur who was also known... Joan Crawford (1904 - 1977) the screen name of Lucille Le Sueur who was also known for a time as Billie Cassin. An American leading lady and one of Hollywood's most durable stars. She worked for many years for Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

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Lucille Le Sueur, Billie Cassin or Joan Crawford would have never spoken those words. It is no secret that Joan's childhood and home life were not favorable. Joan was very open on how she was treated as a child by her mother, brother, peers and several "step-father's." All of these elements affected her throughout the rest of her life. On this page I will discuss and elaborate on Joan's younger years and speculate a little on what events molded the young girl, Lucille LeSueur, to become the famous woman... Joan Crawford. This page touches on the places Joan lived and went to school. I also talk about what was going on at that time in her life when she was at a certain residence. This site will be a work in progress and I will be adding photos and information. If you have any information about Joan and the places she lived or went to school, please email me @ jcrawford1904@yahoo.com Joan Crawford with her mother Anna in 1934. Also pictured is director W.S. Van Dyke with his mother as well. Above: Top row center is Thomas Le Sueur, Joan's father.

To the right of him, wearing a black bow in her hair is Joan's aunt, Betty Johnson. In the second row (left to right) are Joan's uncle, her mother Anna Bell Johnson Le Sueur holding Joan's brother Hal, Joan's maternal grandmother Mary Ellen Johnson holding Joan's sister Daisy, and far right is Joan's grandfather Sylvester Johnson. The picture was taken before Joan's birth. Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay Le Sueur on March 23rd 1904, 1905 or 1906 in San Antonio, Texas. She lived with her mother, Anna Bell and older brother, Hal. Her father, Thomas, lived with the family in Texas until Joan was three or four years old. Thomas abandoned the family and never returned. Anna was bitter over his leaving the family and her to struggle to make ends meet. Anna and her two children lived in a rundown apartment building. Anna moved her family to Lawton, Oklahoma where another man would soon enter into the family. A picture of the small house they would soon call 'home' in Lawton.

After moving to Lawton, Oklahoma around 1909, Anna soon met a vaudeville opera house owner named, Henry Cassin in the early part of 1910. Anna wanted a better life for her children and herself and marrying Cassin would provide the broken family with security and stability.....or so Anna thought. They moved in with Cassin to the above home that was located at 804 D Avenue in Lawton. A census report was taken in 1910 and was completed on April 20th 1910. On the census report it says that Lucille was five years old and Hal is eight years old. One theory this is that since Lucille would have turned six years old on March 23rd and the census report is dated less than a month later, the census taker most likely took the information before Lucille turned six years old and the report wasn't officially entered into the proper document until April 20th. Also, Hal was most likely born in 1902 since on the report his age is listed as eight years old.

So with Hal being born in 1902, it makes sense that Lucille (Joan Crawford) was born in 1904. 1905 or 1906 could be birth years for Joan as well. The censue could be correct and in fact she was born in 1905. It's hard to rely on this census since Hal's age is wrong. One will never know the true year of Joan's birth. Below is a picture of the census report. Click on the census picture above to see a better view of it. Lucille and family lived with Cassin from 1910 till about 1916. During this time Lucille had taken a shine to her "new" father, Henry Cassin, and also showed a lot of interest in dancing. Lucille would watch people perform at the opera house and long for the day she could entertain the public through dancing. She even had a stage named picked out by her stepfather, Billie, and she adopted his last name, Cassin. Billie Cassin would be the name Lucille would go by for several years.

When Billie was eight years old, she injured her leg while jumping from a porch and cutting open her leg on a broken bottle. Billie had to have several operations and was held back from school almost two years, which explains why she was much older and still in elementary school at an older age. Billie's world would come to a halt in 1916 when her mother discovered her husband was being intimate with her twelve-year-old daughter. The marriage quickly came to an end and Billie learned that Henry Cassin was not her biological father. Billie was crushed and remained devoted and expressed her love for Cassin. Anna took her two children and left Cassin. Billie had been enrolled at Scarritt Elementary School and was forced to work in the school in order to stay enrolled. Below is a photo of the Scarritt Elementary School Billie attended. Anna left Lawton and moved her family to Kansas City. Henry Cassin was said to have followed the family in hopes of reconciling but his attempts were short-lived. Henry never lived with the family in Kansas City, although he made an attempt, Anna was not about to let this man back into her life and continue an abnormal relationship with her daughter.

Anna and Billie never really got along but Billie was a child and Anna knew that what Henry was doing was sick and wrong. Anna moved herself, Hal and Billie into a rundown hotel she had managed called, "The New Midland Hotel." Anna was working across the street at a laundry place called "City Gate Laundry." Eventually, the family moved out of the rundown hotel into the laundry across the street. Below is a photo of where the laundry existed where the family lived. Billie was enrolled at the age of thirteen at the St. Agnes Academy in Kansas City in 1917. St. Agnes was a school filled with well-to-do girls who had parents to pay for them to be there. Billie who was living in a laundry and coming from a poor family, she had to work for her tuition. Billie spent hours cleaning bathrooms, waiting tables and doing menial chores. This is where I believe Joan developed her obsession with cleanliness that would carry through for the rest of her life. The other girls were very mean to Billie and would pick on her clothes and her appearance and Billie envied the other girls. Billie spent two years at St.

Agnes and rarely had time for her academics and transferred in 1919 to the Rockingham academy. Below is a photo of St. Agnes Academy. Above: An early photo of young "Billie Cassin" with her classmates at St. Agnes. Billie is first from the left. Above: St. Agnes school that Billie attended located at, 128 North Hardesty at Scarritt, Kansas City, Missouri. At the young age of fifteen years old, Billie was transferred to a school for "difficult" children, Rockingham Academy. Once again, she had to 'work' at the school to pay her way but the work over powered her schooling and she was basically the maid for the academy. Joan was becoming very social at Rockingham and especially with the boys. Her sexuality was most likely more developed and aware for her at this time. She would attend dances and was well known to the boys as "easy." Billie stayed at Rockingham until 1921 where she then transferred to Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Billie was not at Stephens long, actually leaving before the first term was over.

Billie was seventeen at this time and was restless for what she wanted to do the most...dance. Billie was now living back home with her mother and her mother's new husband, Mr. Hough. The living situation was tense with Anna threatened by her attractive young daughter and bad memories from the past. Billie worked odd jobs and focused on her dancing. By the time Billie was nineteen, she had resorted back to her birth name Lucille and had won numerous dance contests. Lucille then fled to Chicago and worked various jobs. She then was spotted by a Broadway mogul and moved to New York City and worked in nightclubs and performed in stage revues. In 1924, Harry Rapf came to NYC and spotted Lucille while he was scouting for new talent for MGM studio. Lucille passed the screen test and was on her way to California. It was January 1925 and Lucille was soon to turn 21. She stayed in the Hotel Washington, which was four blocks away from the MGM studio. The Hotel Washington is pictured below. Above: The Hotel Washington where Lucille stayed when she first came to California for MGM Studios.

Below: A young Lucille Le Sueur and her many dance contest-winning trophies. During her first year at MGM, Lucille posed for cheesy photos and had small minor roles. She was known for her youthful energy and her talent for dancing, she mastered the Charleston and Black Bottom dances. During 1925, she started dating a wealthy boy by the name of Michael Cudahy who was her dancing partner and as a team they won several dance trophies together. It was also around this time that MGM mogul, Louis B. Mayer, decided that the name Lucille Le Sueur wasn't the best name to launch the up and coming actress. Lucille Le Sueur was now known as, Joan Crawford. Joan appeared in eight movies from 1925-1926 each more successful then the other and she rented her first bungalow and bought a brand new car. Joan was on her way to becoming on of MGM's biggest stars. Above: A rare photo of Michael Cudahy and Lucille Le Sueur on the beach in 1925. Below: A group of young starlet's at the MGM studio. Lucille is the first from the left wearing the black button down dress.

While Joan was enjoying her new success in her cozy bungalow, Hal and her mother also wanted a piece of that success and they came to live with Joan in the bungalow. Her mother and Hal treated her very cruel and Joan already couldn't wait to escape from her new home. Joan would stay at the Culver City bungalow until 1927. Her next home would be at 513 North Roxbury Dr., Beverly Hills, CA she would buy with help from MGM. The purchase price was $28,000 completely furnished!! Joan was loaned $6,000 for the down payment. The house was a Spanish style; cluttered with Spanish furnishings. It was rather dark inside as was the furniture all dark woods. In the house, behind a great Spanish divan (sofa,) was a large velvet hanging with a painting of Joan almost nude on the wall. Red velvet was everywhere in the house. Giant red velvet floor pillows made the living area very inviting. The bedroom had a low, huge bed once again covered in velvet and drapes matched perfectly. The house was very seductive throughout with soft lighting and soft atmosphere.

Joan lived here until she married her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Above: Joan in front of her new home in Beverly Hills, Ca. She paid $500 a month to live in this stunning home. Above: An inside view of the exquisite dining room. Joan's next residence would be on 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood California. Joan purchased this property for $57,000 in 1929 and lived there for 26 years and over that time the home changed quite often. After each husband she pretty much had the house redecorated. Her life long friend, William Haines, was responsible for the interior changes to the home and Joan was one of his first clients before he became know as the "IT" interior designer. Joan went through three marriages in the Brentwood home, Fairbanks, Tone and Terry. It was known that every time she divorced each of her husbands, she had the toilet seat changed. Also she raised four children in this home as well. Once she married Al Steele in 1955, she sold her home of 26 years and moved to New York. ~Above: Newlyweds Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

in the garden of their Brentwood garden.~ When she first purchased the home in 1929, she was newly married to Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The Spanish style home was named "El JoDo", a take on both their names and was completely refurbished into a New England style house. The furniture was all English antiques; drapes were now a bright rose color and green chintzes. The same pattern carried through to the divans in the parlor. A mauve rug welcomed a beautiful English fireplace that was decorated with pewter accents. The dining room was very large and had a genuine Duncan Phyfe dining table that was nine feet long and was surrounded by nine matching chairs! A matching sideboard, also a piece of Phyfe, was six feet long. Large windows on one side of the dining room welcomed a large watering hole and on the other side of the room, you could see a goldfish fountain in the yard. There was also a spacious music room with a grand piano, which matched the living room and was home to many etchings and drawings done by Doug Jr. A playroom was off of the music room that housed Joan's collection of dolls, over 300 dolls!

The stairs, leading to the upstairs, were adorned with original Spanish tiles. The first room upstairs was the guest room, which was decorated very feminine with a four-poster bed with a lace canopy and gingham accents. Opposite of the guest room is Doug's room that is decorated in hunting scenes on the bedspread and hunting scene pictures throughout the room. Finally, Joan's room. An eight by six four poster canopy bed faces you when you enter the room. The room is decorated in rose taffeta and several pieces of antique furniture. A chest of drawers that was one hundred and fifty two years old sat next to Joan's bed. (The chest would be two hundred and twenty-years old today!) The bathroom off of Joan's room has rose tile with a huge linen closet filled with drawers. The drawers are filled with soaps, bath salts, hair accessories and make-up. Shelves of colorful towels are folded perfectly. A separate shower stall with glass doors and an individual bathtub are also in this large bathroom. Click on the picture below of the gates to the entrance of the Brentwood home to see more photos. Click on the gates above to see the Brentwood Estate photo gallery. "Doug often asks me why I don't relax when I come home?

No matter what time it is, or whether I have worked twenty hours or eight, I always go through every corner of this house to see that things are, as I want them. My home is my life, now, you see." ~ Joan Crawford quoted and pictured (above) in the 1930 issue of Screenplay magazine. ~Joan's love for dolls was very apparent here in this photo but soon after her marriage to Fairbanks ended, she found the collection childish and got rid of her cherished doll collection.~ Joan lived in Brentwood for 26 years and over that time the home changed quite often. After each husband she pretty much had the house redecorated. Her life long friend, William Haines, was responsible for the interior changes to the home and Joan was one of his first clients before he became know as the "IT" interior designer. Joan went through three marriages in the Brentwood home, Fairbanks, Tone and Terry. It was known that every time she divorced each of her husbands, she had the toilet seat changed. Also she raised four children in this home as well.

Once she married Al Steele in 1955, she sold her home of 26 years and moved to New York. Above & Below: Joan Crawford at her Brentwood home in the mid-1940's. Above: A very intense Joan playing ping-pong at her Brentwood home. Below: Is that Harriet Craig? Joan Crawford in her Brentwood home in the late-1940's. Joan was now calling her home an upscale penthouse apartment that over looked Central Park. The apartment was completely renovated to Joan's liking and actually put Al Steele in a financial bind. The apartment was a very spacious eight-room haven that Joan would call home for the next ten years. Once again her life long friend, William Haines, helped design the look. Bright colors were apparent throughout and it had more of a California feeling to it than a New York vibe. The free-flying staircase was a focal point in the apartment and the skylight above lit everything beautifully. Joan's trademark white was apparent her as well with it being splashed on the carpet and the walls. There were two large fireplaces one in the drawing room and one in the bedroom.

A two-level bedroom actually had a working fountain in it! One thing that stayed constant with Joan was her pink carpet in her bedroom. As early as 1927 when she lived in Beverly Hills, she had shades of pink in her bedroom. This apartment was truly a showcase. Above: Joan and Al spending a quiet night by the fire playing backgammon. Above: Joan ascending the floating staircase with her husband Alfred Steele. Joan would call her apartment in New York home for ten years 1957-1967. Joan shared the 5th avenue apartment with Al for just a short two years when Al suddenly died on April 19th 1959. Joan would then live at the apartment for almost nine more years without having ever remarried. Joan moved out of the apartment on 2 East 70th Street where she resided for 10 years and into a nine-room apartment in New York. Joan moved into the Imperial House at 150 East 69th Street, which is between Lexington Ave and 3rd Avenue. The new apartment cost Joan $500,000.

One again, the walls were white but the furniture had some color to it. The sofas were a bright vivid yellow and so were the drapes. Matching the sofas with the drapes was a must if you look back at all the houses she had lived in. The canary yellow runs also into the kitchen/dining area. The accent colors are green on chairs, rugs and pillows. Joan also loved her books and had bookshelves that went floor to ceiling loaded with books. Joan would live there for the next six years. Above: Joan lived in this apartment complex from 1967 up until her death in 1977. Joan left her nine-room apartment at the Imperial house and downgraded to a 5-room apartment in 1973. This unit only cost her $85,000 a big difference from the $500,000 she paid for the nine-room unit. Joan kept her apartment very tidy just like all her other places. The plastic was all over ever piece of furniture to protect it from wear and tear. Joan even admitted she was "Harriet Craig" in her later years.

Joan loved to watch her old movies late at night when they would broadcast them on TV. It must have brought back a lot of good memories when she saw her old movies and her youthful beauty. Joan continued to have small parties and luncheons in her apartment and saw her twin on a regular basis. As Joan got older and her health declined she alienated several friends because of her drinking, her late night phone calls and her temperament. She had serious health problems by 1976 and had become very recluse and isolated. Joan had started out with nothing a long time ago in Oklahoma so it was fitting she would want to face death her own way. The last months of her life she withdrew from friends and was accompanied by a woman named Darinka Papich, a fan, and a fellow Christian Scientist named Mrs. Campbell. Joan's long time maid for many years, Mamacita, was away when Joan died. Joan Crawford died on May 10th 1977 in her apartment 22-G at the Imperial House. Below are photos of her last residence. I admire Joan for so many reasons.

As you can see from the start of this page about her life and schooling, Joan started off with nothing and amounted to have so many things and she became one of the biggest stars of our time. She truly is an inspiration to me and to many others. Some people don't understand why Joan was the way she was as far as being so tidy, having everything just so in her home and wanting everything so perfect. She worked for it. She came from the poorest of poor and turned herself into a millionaire. She appreciated everything she had worked for and never took it for granted. I think when people go through hard times in life it makes them better people, more aware of their surroundings. Joan never lost sight of her past and where she came from. Hard times might be good for people but I feel it did make Joan a hard person in life. Joan's life was rather amazing and respectable. Their will never be another person like her. Joan Crawford - TV.com Joan Crawford 3/23/1905, San Antonio, Texas, USA Died EDIT Academy Award winning actress who was one of the biggest movie stars of the 1930's and 40's at both MGM and Warner Brothers studios.

No one has ever questioned Crawford's talent on-screen but her reputation will be forever tarnished by the tell-all book written after her death by… more Credits S 1: Ep 7 The Ziegfeld Touch 10/29/61 S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1 2/1/54 S 1: Ep 109 March 7, 1963 3/7/63 S 8: Ep 16 Nightmare 1/21/70 S 2: Ep 100 January 16, 1970 1/16/70 S 1: Ep 2 Eyes 11/8/69 S 7: Ep 26 September 22, 1969 9/22/69 S 6: Ep 12 September 17, 1968 9/17/68 S 5: Ep 174 May 2, 1968 5/2/68 S 5: Ep 125 February 23, 1968 2/23/

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Stars: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 1885 titles created 26 Feb 2011 a list of 62 titles created 29 Oct 2011 a list of 31 titles created 09 Jun 2012 a list of 368 titles created 29 Dec 2014 a list of 1734 titles created 31 Aug 2015 Title: 1925 Studio Tour (1925) 5.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? A chronicle of the life and career of silent film star Mary Pickford.

Director: Nicholas Eliopoulos Mabel sneaks away from her parents for some mischievous fun at the fairgrounds with a pair of impromptu suitors. Directors: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mack Sennett Stars: Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy Carter DeHaven announces that he will perform a series of "impressions." For each impression we see him applying makeup, then he ducks down below the makeup table and pops up, in order, as ... See full summary » Stars: Carter DeHaven, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Jackie Coogan One of the sons of Frankenstein finds his father's monster in a coma and revives him, only to find out he is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge. Director: Rowland V. Lee This Traveltalks short film visits the North Holland province in Netherlands and looks at its culture and customs with a focus on its well-known industry of cultivating tulips and other bulbous plants. Director: Ruth FitzPatrick The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.

Directors: Irving Lerner, Joseph Krumgold Stars: Desi Arnaz, Claire Chennault, King George VI A tribute to the wedding of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier of Monaco , with lots of music, ballet, and fireworks. Director: Jean Masson Two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars. Director: George Sidney A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star. Director: Roy Mack After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects move towards the camera, including a ... See full summary » Directors: Jacob Leventhal, John Norling Stars: Pete Smith This Traveltalks entry begins with a short look at Arizona's Painted Desert. We then get two views of the Grand Canyon's majesty. The first is from the rim, looking down from an automobile.... See full summary » Stars: James A. FitzPatrick On a set resembling a yacht, Roger Wolfe Kahn leads his orchestra in several popular tunes of the day. Billed and un-billed guest acts also perform.

At the end, Kahn thrills his guests by piloting a biplane. Director: Roy Mack Edit Storyline This documentary provides a behind the scenes look at the making of movies in 1925 at the M-G-M Studios in Culver City, California. The studio itself is a small city, encompassing forty-five buildings, including fourteen sound stages (number fourteen which is currently under construction), connected by three miles of paved roads over the forty-three acre property. The stories, the soul of any movie, are vetted through a story department headed by Mrs. M.F. Lee . The approved stories are passed to the scenario writers, supported by the research department, who ensure factual accuracy. Taking the script, the director makes up the storyboards, and casts the lead roles. The director has a plethora of big name stars available at his disposal. The casting office, headed by Robert McIntyre , fills the supporting roles. His office is filled with aspiring actors, hoping to be the next big star. Being M-G-M with many of the movies being "musicals", a large subgroup of the performers are dancers, ... Written by Huggo Did You Know?

Trivia Although this film has no titles for cast and crew at the beginning of the film, the intertitles identify many of the MGM employees shown, including Joan Crawford under her real name of Lucille LeSueur, "a recent MGM discovery". See more » Quotes Title Card: A bob, a shave, a manicure, a shine - - the Studio barber shop keeps M-G-M employees looking young. (Buffalo, New York) – See all my reviews This silent documentary short is a studio tour of the newly created MGM studios at the time. We get to see all the stars that were under contract at the time as well as a lot of behind the scenes people and the studio executives, topped off by Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was just getting started at this time. It was an amalgamation of Metro studios and the former Goldwyn Picture Company. Sam Goldwyn was originally Sam Goldfish and he originally was with Famous-Players-Lasky which eventually became Paramount. Goldfish and Edgar Selwyn left Famous-Players-Lasky and formed Goldwyn Pictures taking the first syllable from Goldfish and the last from Selwyn as their company name.

Goldfish liked the new name so much he took it for his own. Well, it could have wound up Selfish Pictures. Anyway Goldwyn soon left that to branch out on his own as an independent producer. Sam Goldwyn never had anything to do with what became MGM though his name is forever on their product. It was originally Metro-Goldwyn. Louis B. Mayer as president had enough ego and clout to then get his name tagged on at the end. And it became Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. I believe this short was a kind of cinematic brochure for the new studio that was being launched. I got a very big kick out of a shot with the caption of MGM showing off its new discovery, Lucille LeSeuer who as we all know shortly became Joan Crawford. The short is a real treat though, hopefully TCM will broadcast it at some point. And just think about a studio named Metro-Selfish-Mayer. 10 of 13 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Lesueur Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms Lesueur Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms Buy JPG Image » The prestigious surname Lesueur comes from the region of Provence, in France. The surname Lesueur is of local origin, and is therefore a type of hereditary surname. Local surnames are derived either from an already existing place-name or from a local feature of the geography. Lesueur Early Origins The surname Lesueur was first found in Provence, where this distinguished family held a family seat from ancient times. Lesueur Spelling Variations Lesueur Spelling Variations Spelling variations of this family name include: Lessard, Lessart, Lessar, Lessarde, Lesart, Lesard, Lesser, Lesseir, Leser, Lezer, Lesarde, Lesar, Lezard, Lezzard, Lezart, Lezar, Lezarde, Lisart, Lizart, Sarde, Sardo and many more. Lesueur Early History Lesueur Early History This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lesueur research.

Another 395 words (28 lines of text) covering the years 1384, 1406, 1552, 1554, 1574, 1614, 1620, 1622, 1645, 1665, 1728, and 1731 are included under the topic Early Lesueur History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lesueur Early Notables (pre 1700) Lesueur Early Notables (pre 1700) Notable amongst the names at this time was Hubert Le Sueur (c.1580-1658), a French sculptor with the contemporaneous reputation of having trained in Giambologna's Florentine workshop; Balthazard Sarde, Chief Auditor in the Audit Office in 1622; Jean Le... Another 37 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lesueur Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Lesueur Settlers in United States in the 18th Century Jaen Baptiste LeSueur, who arrived in New York in 1798 Lesueur Settlers in United States in the 19th Century Pierre LeSueur, who landed in New York, NY in 1841 Georges LeSueur, aged 25, who emigrated to the United States, in 1892 Paul.

Lesueur, aged 23, who landed in America, in 1893 Lesueur Settlers in United States in the 20th Century Paul Lesueur, aged 34, who emigrated to America from Paris, in 1904 Louise Lesueur, aged 30, who settled in America from Paris, in 1904 Maria Lesueur, aged 63, who emigrated to the United States from Paris, in 1904 Octave Lesueur, aged 36, who landed in America from Paris, France, in 1909 Frederick LeSueur, aged 47, who landed in America from London, England , in 1911 ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.) Contemporary Notables of the name Lesueur (post 1700) Contemporary Notables of the name Lesueur (post 1700) Emily LeSueur (b. 1972), American gold medalist synchronized swimmer at the 1996 Summer Olympic s Jeremy LeSueur (b.

1980), retired American NFL football defensive back Clinton Bernard LeSueur (b. 1969), American politician and journalist from the state of Mississippi Hal LeSueur (1901-1963), American actor Laurence Edward "Larry" LeSueur (1909-2003), American journalist and war correspondent who worked closely with Edward R. Murrow Lucille Le Sueur (1908-1977), original name of Joan Crawford, American Academy Award winning actress, recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award Dimitri Lesueur (b. 1987), French footballer ï¿½loyse Lesueur (b. 1988), French long jumper Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778-1846), French naturalist, artist and explorer, eponym of Lesueur National Park, Australia Hubert Le Sueur (1580-1670), French sculptor ... (Another 3 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.) Lesueur Historic Events Citations Other References Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8). Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print. D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Gï¿½nï¿½ral de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print. Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.

Guï¿½rard, Albert Lï¿½on. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print. Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print. Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print. ... The Lesueur Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Lesueur Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 25 April 2016 at 14:31.

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Question: By what name was Lucille Le Sueur better known?
Answer: Joan Crawford