Latest News & Website Updates Over the past three months.

June 30th 2008 Joan Crawford Tonner Doll Exclusive! EXCLUSIVE: Another Website exclusive that you will only see here on the Legendary Joan Crawford Website. Tonner has released another sneak peak of the Joan Crawford Box art for the forthcoming Joan Crawford Tonner Doll. You can view the box design by clicking the image to the left or the link below. The box features a classic baby blue color that was designed to match Joan's signature stationary. Also, the box features a copy of Joan's famous signature. Stay tuned for more exclusives on the progress of the Joan Crawford Tonner Doll that you will only find on this site. Crawford Tonner Doll Box Design FILM REVIEW: I love getting in-depth, meaningful reviews from fans critiquing Joan's films. A stellar review for the film "The Damned Don't Cry" has been posted to its respected film page. Please excuse the appearance of "The Damned Don't Cry," it's under construction. The Damned Don't Cry EVENTS: "Drama Queens," the Palm Springs International Film Society is presenting a series of films with melodramatics and strong women characters. The screenings will be free. "Mildred Pierce" will be showing on July 16th and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" will be showing on July 23rd. You can see more detailed information at the link below and other upcoming Joan events. Thanks Darwin! Events Palm Springs Film Fest June 27th 2008 EXCLUSIVE: Respected author Peter Cowie is releasing a new Joan Crawford book on February 17th 2009! How exciting! The cover of the book is breathtaking and can be viewed at the link below or by clicking on the image to the left. How wonderful for all the Joan fans to be honored with yet another Joan Crawford book. Stay tuned for more information on the details of this book! Thanks Mark! New Joan Crawford Book! PRESS: A new review on the Joan Crawford Volume II Box Set was published in the San Francisco Bay Area Reporter. The title of the review is called "From Maid to Hollywood Star." To read the positive review, click the link below. From Maid to Hollywood Star UPDATE: Earlier this year the highly successful book, "Not the Girl Next Door" was released by Charlotte Chandler. Now you can buy the entire book and listen to it! iTunes is offering the audio book for sale. If you go to iTunes and type in "Joan Crawford" it will take you to the audio book. You can also write a review on iTunes. Congrats Charlotte. iTunes.com June 26th 2008 FILMS: Two film pages have been redesigned; "Hollywood Canteen" and "It's a Great Feeling." Both of these films Joan made a cameo appearance in. Both films were filled with several popular stars at the time. Since Joan appeared briefly in both films, the pages are short and sweet. "It's a Great Feeling" would be the second time people would see Joan on the big screen in Technicolor, "The Ice Follies of 1939" being the first. Click the links below to view the two new film pages. Hollywood Canteen It's a Great Feeling FILM PHOTOS: Several photos have been added to the various film pages below: - One photo and a very rare glass slide has been added to "The Circle" film page. The glass slide is very striking on color. Also, an early rare magazine clipping from 1925 talks about Joan's "starring" role in the movie "The Circle." Joan had anything but a starring role, she appeared very briefly in the film. Thanks Michelle for the slide! The Circle - An amazing fourteen photos have been added to the "Our Dancing Daughters" film page (4th photo in 4th row - four photos in 9th row - entire 10th row - first two in 11th row and last two photos in 12th row). Also, two very colorful and clear lobby cards have been added along with a few other pieces of memorabilia. Our Dancing Daughters -Seven new photos and one new poster have been added to the "Daisy Kenyon" film page (entire 7th row, last photo in 12th row and photo in 14th row). Daisy Kenyon CRAWFORD'S MEN: Several photos and nostalgia have been added to the pages below: Two new photos of Doug Fairbanks Jr. and Joan has been added. One is in the 1929 section (only photo in last row) and the other photo is under the 1933 section (first photo in first row). Also, a very interesting newspaper article from 1933, talks about details of their divorce (under the "Extra! Extra!" section). It's very interesting to read what some of the details were. Sounds like they were both trying to cover up affairs! Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Six new photos have been added to the Franchot Tone page (one photo under 1935 - last photo in 4th row, 1936 - 2nd photo in 2nd row, 1937 - last photo in 4th row and 1939 - entire first row). Franchot Tone June 12th 2008 PHOTOS: I am excited to announce that the "Photos" page is underway! I opened all the links to the photo pages from 1925 to 1977. You can see that all the pages are under construction BUT I am giving you a sneak peak of what to expect on each photo page. I added beautiful rare photos from my personal collection to introduce each year. Over 50 photos were added to these photo pages - the best is yet to come:-) Enjoy a glimpse of what will be the most amazing photo galleries of Joan Crawford. Click the link below to take a sneak peak! Photos EVENTS: Joan Crawford fan, contributor and friend, Mark Toscani attended Gay Pride in Philadelphia this past weekend. Mark had a kissing both to raise money for a wellness center in his partner name. A flyer of Joan kissing Jimmy Stewart from "The Ice Follies of 1939" was used to promote the event! Congrats Mark on raising a hefty amount of money for the wellness center. To see the photos from this event, click the link below. Events FILMS: A film review has been added to the "Humoresque" film page. Thanks M. for this review! If you have a review you would like to submit, send them in to me at jcrawford1904@yahoo.com Humoresque June 3rd 2008 NEWS: Famed author, Mark Vieira, has a new book coming out on Irving Thalberg but you wouldn't know it by looking at the cover. Yes, Joan Crawford graces the cover of the new Irving Thalberg book titled: "Hollywood Dreams Made Real: Irving Thalberg and the Rise of M-G-M." What a stunning book cover! Take that Norma Shearer:-) The book hits stores on October 22nd but you can pre-order the book now at the link below. Thanks Mark for sending me the picture and the information, good luck on the new book. Click Here to Pre-Order Thalberg Book! ASK CASEY: FIVE new letters have been added to the "Ask Casey" page. Also, a new photo of Casey, in London, has been added to the page as well. Click the link below to read the new letters! Ask Casey COMING ATTRACTIONS: The remake of "The Women" will be released later this year. Click the link below to get a glimpse of the trailer for the film. There are a lot of mixed reactions so far to this film being remade - I am looking at it as a positive thing - since it will raise awareness to the original film. I am sure after the remake flops, many will want to see the original and how perfect it was. The Women 2008 Trailer June 1st 2008 EXCLUSIVE: I am excited to share with everyone a first look at the 13th Annual Silent Film Festival Poster! Look what photograph graced the top of the poster; Joan Crawford and Lon Chaney from the 1927 oddity film "The Unknown." This film will be playing at the Castro Theatre on July 12th @ 10pm with live piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne. There will also be several other great silents being shown during this highly anticipated festival. Click the link below to see the full schedule for the 13th Annual Silent Film Festival. A huge thank you to my friend Scott for the wonderful poster, I am going to frame it! 13th Annual Silent Film Festival Schedule EVENTS: Several upcoming and ongoing events have been added to the "Events" page. One of the ongoing events is "The House of Crawford" in San Francisco. This monthly event pays tribute to Crawford with an all Joan drag show on the last Saturday of each month. Friend and fan, Darwin, sent me his photos from last months show. Click the link below to see the photos from the event and the several new upcoming events. Events ANNIVERSARY: Happy 3rd Anniversary to the Legendary Joan Crawford Yahoo Chat Group! I am proud to say that this group is the longest running active Joan Crawford chat group and most successful on Yahoo. The people in this group are intelligent, thoughtful and offer incredible insight into the life and career of Joan Crawford. This group is an exclusive private group and we're only accepting new members through a strict verification process. The reason being; to keep out hecklers, bullies, spammers and stalkers. Sometimes one person can be all those traits wrapped up into one! Congrats to the chat group and the awesome members of the group. Join the Legendary Joan Crawford Group! CONTRIBUTORS: I am pleased to announce a new contributor to the "Links/Contributors" page, Erika Santy. Erika has been a longtime member and fan of this website. If you would like to be a featured contributor on this website, please email me a brief bio, your Joan Crawford connection and photo of yourself. To view Erika's profile and over 20 more contributors of this site, click the link below. Links/Contributors Be a Contributor! May 28th 2008 EXCLUSIVE: "Hollywood Canteen" will be released on DVD this summer! The DVD will be part of "The Home Front Collection" included three titles: "This is the Army (1943) "Thank Your Lucky Stars" (1943) "Hollywood Canteen" (1944) Stay tuned for the exact date of release. Thanks Simon for the tip! PRESS: An article has been published in "The World's Greatest Newspaper," The Daily Express. The article is called "Joan Crawford: HOLLYWOOD'S VILEST MOTHER?" Christina once again relives her alleged abusive childhood and is "celebrating it" be rereleasing the book, "Mommie Dearest" for the umpteenth time. I am quoted in the article defending Joan. To read the online version of the article, click the link below. JOAN CRAWFORD: HOLLYWOOD'S VILEST MOTHER? FILMS: An in-depth film review has been added to the "Sudden Fear" film page. The film page is still under construction, but please check out this impressive review! Thanks Keith for this very insightful review! Sudden Fear May 20th 2008 FILMS: "They All Kissed the Bride" film page has been redesigned! I was originally redesigning the film pages in chronological order, but I have been jumping around a bit. "They All Kissed the Bride" is the film that Carole Lombard was filming during her tragic death. Not only did Joan volunteer to take over the role, but also she donated her entire salary to the Red Cross in the name of Carole. I saw this film recently on TCM and it really is an enjoyable film and Joan is at the height of her beauty in this film. To view the many photos and movie memorabilia from this film, click the link below. This film page is dedicated to Donna Nowak! They All Kissed the Bride ASK CASEY: The letters are pouring in! Please be patient, Casey, Joan Crawford's grandson, will answer all your letters soon! FOUR new letters have been added to the "Ask Casey" page. Read about Joan and her connection with David Niven, more inquires about Joan's Miriam Haskell jewelry and the interest in the new Joan Crawford doll! Click the link below to read the new letters and the letters over the past two years! Ask Casey May 16th 2008 Warren Cowan, 87; legendary Hollywood publicist, died on May 14th 2008. NEWS: Warren played a big part in campaigning for Joan to win the Oscar for her role in "Mildred Pierce." He was a pioneer in this form of publicity. Warren generated buzz long before the film "Mildred Pierce" was released in 1945 and the buzz carried through the entire year. After the film was a huge hit the Oscar buzz followed Joan right up until her win for Best Actress at the 1946 Academy Awards. Warren was a great man, I had the pleasure of meeting him this past February, he spoke so highly of Joan. One of the stories I loved best that he told was, he went to visit Joan at her Brentwood home and he was told to go to the back door prior to meeting Joan. He went to the back door and peered through the screen door to see a woman with a handkerchief on her head scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees. Warren asked the woman (thinking she was the maid) if Joan was available. The woman didn't look back and said "Come on in, it's me Joan!" LOVE that story! You will be missed Warren, thank you for all you did for Joan and her amazing career. Click below to see Warren's full obituary. The photo to the left of Warren was taken by me on February 25th 2008, it could possibly be the last photo taken of Warren. Warren Cowan's Obituary COLLECTING: Added another crown jewel to my Joan Crawford glass film slide collection. I recently purchased the glass film slide for "Laughing Sinners." This is a highly rare glass slide, notice on the upper left hand of the slide it says "children 6-16 not admitted!" Love that. On the right hand of the slide it says "dramatic successor to 'Within the Law.'" The film "Within the Law" was renamed to the film we all know as "Paid." So not only is the slide rare but it has those little tidbits along with beautiful colorful graphics of Joan. Click the link below to see all the glass slides in my collection. Thanks Michelle for tipping me off about this slide.:-) Collecting Joan FILMS: An in-depth film review has been added to the "Humoresque" film page. Thanks Chris Morris for this very insightful and personal review! If you have a great story about your connection to one of Joan's films or just want to write a review, send them in to me at jcrawford1904@yahoo.com Humoresque May 13th 2008 PRESS: I am very proud to announce that the Legendary Joan Crawford website was honored with the Comtech Enterprises WEX Award! Comtech Enterprises WEX Award was introduced in 2000 and since then they have reviewed over 350,000+ websites. Each website is carefully analyzed by professional web developers. Four of the keys factors the judges look for are: how attractive the web site design is, navigation, presentation and how well optimized the site is for search engines. This award has built a reputation and is well recognized on the NET. I am truly honored by this award! COLLECTING: Slowly but surely I am getting bits and pieces of my collection on the "Collecting" page. I've been having a blast showing my collection to fans in San Francisco! -I added NINE original candid snapshots. -Also, I added a new rare foreign illustrated postcard of Joan with Clark Gable. To view the above additions and what I currently have of my collection online, click the "Collecting Joan" link below! Collecting Joan FILMS: Three new film reviews/comments have been added to "The Women," "A Woman's Face" and "Harriet Craig" film pages. Thanks to all the reviewers for sending in their thoughts on these films. Please email in your reviews! May 10th 2008 In Memory of Joan Crawford's death - May 10th 1977. Joan Crawford Tonner Doll Exclusive! EXCLUSIVE: Today is the 31st anniversary of Joan Crawford's death. What better way to commemorate Joan's death than by bringing her back to life! Yes, Joan is coming back to life in the form of a highly professional custom made doll. Earlier this week, this website announced the line of Joan Crawford dolls that are being produced by the amazing doll makers, Tonner Doll Co. Well, here are the exclusive photos that the site promised you would see of the dolls progress. Feast your eyes on Joan's chiseled face and head! I can't think of a better way to commemorate Joan's death than by showing her coming back to life! Click the link below to see all of the photos. This is the only website that will feature the exclusive photos of the progress of this amazing Joan Crawford doll! Stay tuned! More Pictures of Joan Doll May 9th 2008 CRAWFORD'S MEN: I am very excited to own this new addition to my collection. It's an original Clarence Sinclair Bull 11 x 14 photograph of Joan Crawford and her first husband Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The photo has been added to the "Douglas Fairbanks Jr." page as the main photo. Joan looks so cute with her ice cream soda! The film was taken in 1932, the last year of their marriage. Click the link below to view photo. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. -The Phillip Terry page is finally complete! Over 40 photographs, of Joan Crawford with her third husband, Phil Terry, have been added to the "Phillip Terry" page. Many of the photos are very rare and from my private collection and original scrapbooks. The photos range from 1942 to 1946 over the course of their marriage. To view the photographs, click the link below. Phillip Terry FILM PHOTOS: A variety of new photos have been added to several film pages, most of these photos are part of my personal private collection: - Two original newspaper advertisements and an original review, mentioning Lucille LeSueur, were added to the "Pretty Ladies" film page. Pretty Ladies -Four extremely rare images from my collection were added to the "Winners of the Wilderness" film page (last in 3rd row, all three in last row). Winners of the Wilderness -Two rare images, from my collection, have been added to "The Taxi Dancer" film page (last photo in last row and photo at bottom of page). The Taxi Dancer -Two images, one is from my collection, have been added to the "This Modern Age" film page (last two photos in last row). This Modern Age May 7th 2008 FILMS: The "Harriet Craig" film page has been redesigned! I was originally redesigning the film pages in chronological order, but I have been jumping around a bit. "Harriet Craig" is the second of the 1950s films that I have redesigned thus far, "Torch Song" being the first. I saw this film recently on the big screen and it was brilliant! To view the many photos and movie memorabilia from this film, click the link below. This film page is dedicated to Darwin Bell! Harriet Craig EVENTS: The Joan's will be paying tribute to the anniversary of Joan Crawford's death this Saturday. May 10th at Mary's Attic on 5400 N. Clark in Chicago!! I have been there and it's a great place! Come and rock it out in ankle strapped heels and shoulder pads as The Joan's celebrate the life of the ultimate star, woman and mother - Miss Joan Crawford. There will be prize give-a-ways, including the recent book - "Not the Girl Next Door" by Charlotte Chandler, Joan DVDs and a special wire hanger shot! Showtime is at 10pm so arrive early! The Joans Band PRESS: The word is spreading about the line of Joan Dolls coming soon from Tonner Doll Company! Gary from The Midnight Palace site has posted the press release accompanied with a stunning color photo of Crawford. Click the link below to view the press release. Press May 1st 2008 Tonner Doll Company to Release Joan Crawford Dolls! EXCLUSIVE: World renowned doll designer and manufacturer Tonner Doll Company is in the preliminary design stage of a Joan Crawford doll line. The Tonner Doll Company's Joan Crawford doll line will be the first authorized, faithful reproduction of the glamorous classic Hollywood screen legend Joan Crawford. The Tonner Doll Company is in the preliminary design stage, based on photographs provided by noted Joan Crawford authority Neil Maciejewski. The "Legendary Joan Crawford" is the only website that will provide frequent and exclusive updates of the doll design process, to potentially include photographs of the various doll design and manufacturing stages and will be one of the first media outlets to note the exact availability date of the Joan Crawford doll line exclusively offered through the Tonner Doll Company. The full line of Tonner dolls are available from www.tonnerdoll.com and respected doll retailers worldwide. tonnerdoll.com The Tonner Doll Company is internationally renowned for award-winning dolls that encourage the young - and the young-at-heart - to Believe in the Power of Play®. Inspired by a passion for doll collecting, the company has manufactured fine dolls designed and sculpted by Robert Tonner, from little girl and classic character dolls that recapture the magic of childhood memories, to fully articulated high fashion dolls with exquisite collections of costumes that depict the quintessential American style. Robert Tonner's life-long interest in dolls, top-level fashion designer experience, and designing and sculpting talents led to his creation of the Tonner Doll Company, one of the most successful and celebrated doll manufacturers in the world. Headquartered in Hurley, New York, the Tonner Doll Company, Inc. develops and markets high quality collectible Character Figures and dolls like Betsy McCall®, Mary Engelbreit®, Effanbee® Dolls, and the popular Tyler Wentworth® line of dolls and fashions, as well as other licensed characters, including those from THE WIZARD OF OZ, DC COMICS and HARRY POTTER TM. TONNER CHARACTER FIGURES TM is a trademark of the Tonner Doll Company, Inc. tonnerdoll.com * All the dolls pictures to the left can be purchased through the Tonner Doll Website at the link below. The dolls pictured to the left are (from top to bottom) The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz. Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler from Gone with the Wind. tonnerdoll.com April 30th 2008 FILMS: "The Ice Follies of 1939" film page has been completed. Over 40 photos, 20 movie posters and other related memorabilia have been added. Check out some rare COLOR shots of a gorgeous young Crawford! Click the link below to see "The Ice Follies of 1939" film page! "The Ice Follies 1939" BOOK REVIEW: A wonderful review on the Charlotte Chandler Book, Joan Crawford: Not the Girl Next Door was published in the San Francisco Bay Area Reporter. Click the link below to read this wonderful article! Thanks Danny! Bay Area Reporter Article LINKS/CONTRIBUTORS: Welcome Robbie Paton to the "Contributors" section of the Legendary Joan Crawford Website! Robbie lives in England and he's huge Anita Page fan and he also loves Joan. Robbie has signed on to be a contributor to this site. Check out his beautiful Anita Page Website and read all about him on at the link below! Welcome Robbie! Links/Contributors INTERACTIVE FEATURE: TCM has posted a beautiful screensaver from the 1953 film, "Torch Song." To download you screensaver, click on the link below. Thanks Gary! Torch Song Screensaver April 27th 2008 EXCLUSIVE: A census report from 1900 has been posted to the "Early Years" section. This census report, from June 7th 1900, shows both Thomas and Anna LeSueur listed on it as a married couple. Now this census report is rather interesting because it contradicts both Thomas and Anna's birth days and years. This census report says that Thomas LeSueur was born in June of 1878 and that Anna was born in October of 1878 as well. This would have made them much younger than we all believed them both to be (Thomas being 21 and Anna being 20 years old - as both ages are stated on the census). The census also has their named spelled wrong; "LeSuer," fair enough typo. It shows they lived on 363 Camden Street in San Antonio, Texas at this time and had NO children. So as of the summer of 1900, Joan's older sister, Daisy, had not been born yet. It's an interesting census report showing that, yes, they could both read, write and speak English also that Tom is listed as a "Laundry Man" for his employment. It's worth a fun look but as we can see with the the 1910 census, these census reports were commonly riddled with errors. It is interesting that both of their birth years are listed as 1878. Did they BOTH lie about their ages? One thing is for sure, if you look at the family photo at the "Early Years" link below you will see that both Thomas and Anna look about the same age (mid twenties). If you go by the birth year Anna gave of 1884 and Thomas' birth year of 1868 - Thomas would have been 16 years older than Anna. I don't think so! They both look to be about the same age, so maybe they WERE both born in 1878? All I know, Anna was not born in 1884. Check out the census report at link below. Thanks to Kat for sending this through to the site! *Pictured to the left (in order): 1900 census report, 1903 family photo and Hal's birth certificate posted earlier this month. Early Years April 25th 2008 EVENTS: May is Joan month at the Chelsea Clearview Cinemas in New York City! All you lucky Joan fans in NYC can enjoy four Joan films being shown on the big screen: May 1st: "Mildred Pierce" May 3rd: "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" May 8th: "Queen Bee" May 22nd: "The Women" To see the full list of Joan Crawford Events, click the link below for a beautifully detailed view. Thanks Donna!!! Events April 23rd 2008 EXCLUSIVE: This is a bit of a teaser to all you Joan fans. I have some exciting news in the Joan Crawford world that will be announced next week, once I get the official press release! This is a project a few well-known Joan fans have been working on for some time and I am thrilled that I can announce it next week. Stay tuned for some big Joan news! PRESS: The very popular Home Theater Forum has released their review of the Joan Crawford Box Set Volume II. Ken McAlinden, at Warner Brothers, wrote a very in-depth review of the set. Click the link below to read it. I am mentioned twice by name! Thanks Julie and Mark for the link. Home Theater Forum Review FILM REVIEW: A new review for the film "Humoresque" has been posted. Thank you Keith for wonderful review! Click the link below to read the new review. Humoresque April 19th 2008 ASK CASEY: Three new letters have been added to the "Ask Casey" page. If you would like to ask Joan Crawford's grandson a question or just send him an email, please do so at the link below! Ask Casey THANK YOU: There have been many people that have been mailing me photos and other fun Joan collectibles and I really appreciate all the gifts! I would like to send a big thank you to Carolyn Crawford for the wonderful photos of Joan that you mailed to me. It was a pleasant surprise to get those rare photos; they are a great addition to my ever-growing collection! NOW AVAILABLE: Joan fan and friend Peter Swanson's new book is now available for purchase! Peter's new book is called "The Joan Crawford Murders!" This book looks so juicy and I love the cover art! To order "The Joan Crawford Murders" click on the image to the left or the link below! Congrats Peter! Order The Joan Crawford Murders -Also, author, friend and Joan fanatic, Donna Nowak has a new book out called "Funhouse Mirrors: Stories of Shady Ladies! Click the below to order Donna's new book! I wonder if Joan is one of those "shady ladies?" Order Funhouse Mirrors April 17th 2008 NEWS: An essay written by Candy Spelling called, "Revenge of the Kids: Why I Pity Joan Crawford," can be viewed at the link below. Candy mentions Charlotte's new book, "Not the Girl Next Door," and sticks up for our Joan! Thanks Darwin! Why I Pity Joan Crawford FILMS REVIEWS: Two new film reviews have been added to "Sadie McKee" and "A Woman's Face" film pages! Thank you dkeithhunt for the great reviews! To see the reviews click the links below. Sadie McKee A Woman's Face CRAWFORD'S MEN: FOUR new photos have been added to the Douglas Fairbanks Jr. page (one photo under the 1929 section - 2nd photo 2nd row, one photo under the 1930 section - last in 2nd row and two photos under the 1932 section - last two photos in 6th row). This brings the total to 90 photos on the Fairbanks page! Click link below to see new additions! Douglas Fairbanks Jr. FILM PHOTOS: 27 new photos have been added to a variety of film pages: - One very cool program piece has been added to "The Taxi Dancer" film page. This is also a part of my private collection! The Taxi Dancer - One rare photo has been added to the "Dream of Love" film page (in the "Interesting Trivia" section). Again, this is also a part of my private collection! Dream of Love - Four photos have been added to "The Unknown" film page (first in 3rd row, last in 5th and two photos in "Reviews" section). This page has also been dedicated to Michelle Vogel. The Unknown - Five photos have been added to the "This Modern Age" film page (new main page photo, 2nd photo in 4th row and middle three photos in last row). One postcard has also been added. This Modern Age - Twelve photos have been added to the "Today We Live" film page (new main page photo, entire second row, entire 5th row and 1st photo in 11th row). Also, three movie memorabilia pieces have been added. Today We Live - Two photos have been added to the "Chained" film page (2nd photo in 3rd row and 3rd photo in 9th row). Chained April 14th 2008 FILMS: The "Humoresque" film page has been completed. Over 50 photos, 20 movie posters and other related memorabilia have been added. Check out some rare photos and three great fan reviews of the film. Click the link below to see the "Humoresque" film page! This page is dedicated to Sam DeLong and it's in memoriam of Tony Sparacino. Humoresque EVENTS: I added an "Upcoming Events" section to the "Events" page. Until now it only featured past events, now you can view all the upcoming Joan Crawford events that are in the pipeline. I am excited to announce that "The Unknown" will be playing at the Castro Theatre on Saturday, July 12th as part of the Silent Film Festival: Chaney by Midnight! I will be attending this event if you would like to join me! Click thew link below to see all upcoming and past events. Events PRESS: Next month I will appear on blogtalkradio to talk Joan! Read the press release below: Upcoming Show First Week of May: Neil Maciejewski - Joan Crawford Fans - www.legendaryjoancrawford. I'm happy to announce that Mr. Neil Maciejewski, noted Joan Crawford historian, will be joining me the first week of May for what promises to be a great show and a real treat for Joan Crawford fans. Neil runs his own fabulous tribute to Joan Crawford on his website at www.legendaryjoancrawford.com. He has appeared in the two documentaries, "Crawford & Gable" on the "Strange Cargo DVD and "Tough Baby: Torch Song" on the "Torch Song" DVD. Both of these titles are available on the Joan Crawford Box Set II. (February 2008). Make plans to join us for a great show - exact date/time to be announced! Click the link below to see the Web capture of the press release. Press April 11th 2008 EARLY YEARS: Joan Crawford's brother, Hal LeSueur's, birth certificate has been posted to the "Early Years" page. This birth certificate is really quite interesting. It shows that Hal was in fact born on September 3rd 1903, also it shows Anna and Tom's name on the certificate and the place of birth was in San Antonio on 326 Rivers Street. What's even more interesting is that if Hal had a birth certificate, so did Lucille (Joan), many people who knew her very well said she had a birth certificate but destroyed it. I am determined to find Joan's birth year one way or another and I am on a hunt and will be doing a bit of traveling. I am also working with a few people that will remain anonymous to finally put to rest the long lost mystery of Joan's birth year. As we can see by Hal's birth year of 1903, there's no way that Joan could have been born in 1904. Joan's birth year of 1905 is in question because of the ridculosly inaccurate 1910 census report that has Hal's age two years off (he would have been only six years old in April of 1910 - his seventh birthday would have been that September, the census lists his age as eight years old). This census report says that Joan was five years old but it's likely to be wrong since Anna's age is also wrong (Anna would have been 26 years old in 1910, not 28 years old as the inaccurate 1910 census report claims). ALSO, Henry Casssin would have been at least 43 years old in 1910 and the 1910 census says he was only 38! The census doesn't add up at all - Henry, Anna and Hal's ages are way off and, most likely, so is Joan's. The most likely birth year for Joan is 1906, it's said Joan gave her birth year of 1906 when enrolling in Stephens College in 1922 and it's the year she used early on in her MGM career. Joan's birth year has yet to be proven with an official document but the hunt is on!!! Early Years BOUTIQUE: The "Boutique" features some wonderful Joan Crawford products and it's been a very successful addition to the Website. Many fans have bought items from the boutique and raved about them. I had to switch vendors so currently the "Boutique" items are not for sale until further notice. It will be up and running soon! BUT I am now happy to add the official Legendary Joan Crawford shirt, which is available for purchase at this time! You can order the shirt in many styles and colors. Inquire about your Legendary Joan Crawford shirt today! Click the Boutique link below for more details... Boutique TELEVISION: The May and June television schedule has been added to the "Television" page. Thanks Mike for posting this to the Legendary Joan Crawford Yahoo group. Also, I am working with Kyle Michael and Tom Clark to have the most comprehensive television appearances for Joan. I am excited to be working with both of them and Tom will also be offering some of those great television performances by Joan through this site as well. Stay tuned for that addition! Television PRESS: Follow up to the Chicago Tribune article and the Washington Blade article. Actual scans from the newspapers have been added. Also a wonderful letter from the author of the Washington Blade pieces, Joey DiGuglielmo. Doesn't the stationary look familiar!? Click link below to see additions. Press April 8th 2008 NOTICE: On April 8th (today) the Bette Davis Centenary Celebration Collection will be released to honor her 100th birthday. "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" is being re-released in this box set with a special documentary called Hush...Hush, Sweet Joan: The Making of Charlotte. BEWARE! I was originally told that this would include the long lost footage of Joan, but it turns out it doesn't include the footage. I have not seen this first hand, but a few fans have emailed me and told me the lost footage of Joan still remains "lost." My apologies for the earlier post expressing that the documentary called Hush...Hush, Sweet Joan: The Making of Charlotte would not include anything that we have not already seen. BUMMER! April 7th 2008