Could her shoulder pads get any bigger? Though Joan Crawford was known for her glamorous sense of fashion, she is also remembered for those wide shoulder pads coupled with an illustrious screen career ...

The private Joan Crawford fought as hard to create a normal family life as she did to establish her career. She forged her own path and to that end became a single parent, eventually adopting and ...

Crawford’s rise from chorus line to leading lady was driven by the actress’s commitment to her movie-star dreams.

For nearly five decades, Joan Crawford captivated audiences on the big screen. A new book by West Palm Beach native and ...

Patrick is a former corporate drone who has a healthy obsession with current and classic cinema. He also harbors an unhealthy obsession with The Real Housewives franchise. Heads rolled! And it was an ...

A Woman’s Face,” by Scott Eyman (Simon & Schuster), elucidates Crawford’s life and work with passionate research, candid ...

One of the best talks I’ve attended about how women have been depicted in movies was given by scholar, professor and movie reviewer Molly Haskell one evening at the Dryden Theatre, which is part of ...

Crawford began acting at a young age. First in the theater, then in movies when she signed her first contract with MGM in 1925. However, many of Crawford’s silent-era films have her in small parts.