Conversations With Joan Crawford

Lightly Used First Edition Hardcover published by Citadel Press, N.J., 1980, 175 pages in Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket has minor wear along some of the edges, there is also a small tear (about a 1/4 of an inch long) along one of the edges. Text is clean and unmarked with no rips, tears, creases, loose or bent pages. Spine is firm, binding tight. A very frank, candid interview with a major Hollywood starlet of the Golden age of Hollywood and the subject of the best-selling "Mommie Dearest" book. Joan Crawford was a tough, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is (and if you didn't like it, then tough!) lady. In this entertaining book she is interviewed by veteran Hollywood interviewer, Roy Newquist and he asks some tough questions and gets some tougher answers for instance: CRAWFORD SAYS THAT THE DISNEY STUDIOS MAKES MOVIES FOR "RETARD" CHILDREN / THAT JOHN WAYNE GETS BY WITH LIMITED TALENT / THAT THE STUDIO KNEW THAT CLARK GABLE WAS A WOMANZIER BUT KEPT IN YOUR THE PUBLIC / WHY SHE HATED HER BROTHER & MISTREATED HER MOTHER / SHE DENIES BEING A "BAD" MOTHER & ENCOURAGES NEWQUIST TO SPEAK WITH HER CHILDREN / SHE DENIES THEN ADMITS TO HAVING A DRINKING PROBLEM BUT SAYS THAT NEWQUIST HAS A DRINKING PROBLEM ALSO / TALKS ABOUT THE STARS & MOVIES OF THE PAST AND ALSO THOSE OF TODAY IN A VERY CANDID MANNER / THAT MARLON BRANDO IN THE NUDE IN "LAST TANGO IN PARIS" HAS ONLY SEX APPEAL TO A MEATPACKER / SHE BASHES CO-STARS LIKE BETTE DAVIS / SHE REFUSES TO DISCUSS ANY OF HER MOVIES AFTER "BABY JANE" BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL TRASH / TALKS ABOUT HER AFFAIR WITH CLARK GABLE AND THE LAST TIME SHE SPOKE WITH HIM DURING HIS LAST MOVIE "THE MISFITS" and much more. You will be surprised how volatile she could become when Newquist asks sensitive questions such as: her alleged "Porno" movie, her treatment of her children, husbands, affairs and other private issues, to Newquist's credit he doesn't back down. Great book, but BEWARE JOAN GIVES NO SPIN HERE, THIS IS THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JOAN