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This page features all the press the Legendary Joan Crawford has received from print publications, television, online, DVDs
etc. If you see any press pieces that are not included on this page that relate to this Website, please email me at the email
address above!
Above: Exclusive photos from Tonner Doll Co. of the Joan Crawford Box Design! The box color is inspired by Joan's famous blue
stationary and a copy of her famous signature appears on the box as well!
Above: Quoted in "The World's Greatest Newspaper," The Daily Express in an article about Christina celebrating her
alleged abuse. Click on the above images to read the full article.
Above: Exclusive photos from Tonner Doll Co. of the Joan doll progress! Feast your eyes on Joan's chiseled face and head!
Stay tuned for more!
Above: Click the image below to read the press release on The Midnight Palace site, regarding the line of Joan dolls coming
soon from Tonner Doll Co!
Above: Coming in May 2008, I will appear on blogtalkradio to talk Joan! Read the press release above!
Above: Click the photo above to read the article about Joan and Bette Davis called "Death becomes them: rivals in life,
Crawford, Davis still share the throne!" I am quoted in this article. (April 2008)
Above: A thank you letter from writer Joey DiGuglielmo - notice the "Joan" stationary!
Above: Actual scans of the Washington Blade newspaper the article appeared in!
Above: Click the photo above to read the two articles about Joan called "Mommie Queerest" and "What Ever Happened
to Joan Crawford?" I am quoted and featured in both articles. (March 2008)
Above: Screen shots of my appearance in the documentary "Life in the Shadows - The Making of Daisy Kenyon," which
can be seen on the "Daisy Kenyon" DVD. (March 2008)
Above: Screen shot of my appearances 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)
Above: My very own IMDb page. Stay tunned for more additions to my IMDb page! Click on the image above to go to my IMDb page.
(February 2008)
Above: The Spring 2008 issue of Out Traveler! I was asked to be featured in the Viva la Diva section which celebrates popular
gay icons and the fans that collect their memorabilia. Click the article above to read the write up on the Legendary Joan
Crawford Website. How cool is this!? (January 2008)
Above: An extension of he Out Traveler article on the Web! Click the above screen grabs to see the article on gay.com and
planetout.com. (January 2008)
If you would like to inquire about using high-resolution photographs for video productions, books, magazines, newspapers etc.,
please contact me at the email address below. When emailing, please state what media form you would like to use the images
for and what types of images you are looking for. If you would like to contact the Webmaster, Neil Maciejewski, pertaining
to anything press related or if you require his services for any media outlets, you can also email him at the link below.
I was contacted by Blackstone Audio Inc. for the packaging of Charlotte Chandler's new audio book on Joan Crawford "Not
the Girl Next Door." They wanted an image of Joan to use for the cover of the audio jacket. The image you see of Joan
from 1926 above on the cover of the audio book was supplied by the Legendary Joan Crawford Website! The audio book will be
released on February 12th 2008 - same day as the hardcover book. You can purchase the audio book through blackstoneaudio.com
Neil Maciejewski is a Joan Crawford historian, fan and avid collector of Joan Crawford paraphernalia. Neil will be appearing
in several Joan Crawford documentaries. Neil also designs and operates the Legendary Joan Crawford Website, the official Joan
Crawford Website, which has been in existence for three years.
Neil has also partnered with author Michelle Vogel and Joan Crawford's grandson, Casey LaLonde in writing a Joan Crawford
book, which will be released in 2008.
Our lawyer at the Author's Guild, says:
If you are planning to use an image of a Hollywood celebrity to sell merchandise, California Celebrity Rights Statute
990 requires that you contact that celebrity's estate or representatives to obtain permission and pay a percentage. However,
if you are printing a negative or copying a photo of a Hollywood celebrity solely for personal enjoyment or artistic purposes
(editorial use that conveys information), the following applies.
All Hollywood still photographs and negatives made on or before December 31, 1977 are in the public domain. The revised
copyright law went into effect 1/1/78.
1. The work was made for hire. The film studios hiring the still photographers decided the content of the photographs.
No photographer or estate can claim intellectual copyright on Hollywood publicity photos.
2. The film studios did not copyright either photographic negatives or prints. Once the images appeared in print without
a registered copyright notice, they immediately lapsed into the public domain. This has been established beyond doubt by the
copyright search firm of Thompson and Thompson in Washington, D. C., which states that no motion picture company ever applied
for a copyright for any still photograph made in connection with a Hollywood feature film.
California Civil Code §990 prohibits the unpaid and unlicensed use of celebrity images registered with agencies such as
Curtis Management, but makes important exceptions:
This section shall not apply to the use of a deceased personality's name, voice, signature, photographs, or likeness in
any of the following instances:
(1) A play, book, magazine, newspapers, musical composition, film, radio, or television program . . . .
(2) An advertisement or commercial announcement for use permitted by paragraph . . .
Below are letters I have received from press related items such as, magazines, DVD documentries and photo releases. Thanks
for the support everyone!
Hello,
I just saw your Legendary Joan Crawford site. I got the link from Out magazine. I don't know how to verify this, but
I delivered newspapers to a house she lived in 1952-53. I collected the money from the maid. One day, I knocked on the side
door but the maid came out the garage door. I saw, through the doorway, the open door of the walk-in refrigerated locker.
Anyway, the house was a modern rancher on a cull-de-sac. It had the redwood siding with some floor to ceiling windows.
The housed backs to the shore in Mamaroneck , New York. I was told she lived there occasionally. The devotement is called
Greenhaven.
I did see Ms Crawford at the drugstore. My surprise was that she was short in real life. I loved her movies.
Regards,
Al Miller
Hello,
I read about your collection and website last night in Out Traveler and vowed that I would take a look at it today.
I've just spent a ridiculous amount of time there and am still not finished and still fascinated! You've done an
admirable job and I congratulate you. I have several celebrity websites myself (Jennifer Jones, Greta Garbo, Deborah Kerr
and more) and understand the amount of work that goes into one.
I was especially fascinated by the information you found on Joan's children. How on earth did you track this down? I've
been trying for years to find information bout Jennifer Jone's children and can't seem to find anything. And I'm a
librarian!
I've always loved Joan Crawford and I was excited to hear that one of my favorite films - "A Woman's Face" -
is finally being released on dvd. A biography on her is long overdue. I'll be looking forward to your book.
Keep up the great work!
Sincerely,
Phillip Oliver
Hi Neil,
First, I want to tell you I have really enjoyed checking out your site and I know how much work you must have put into
it!!! It's definitely one of the best Joan sites out there!
I thought I'd ask you since I've had no luck looking for this certain piece of Joan memorabilia and I thought you may
have seen one. I'm looking for a photo (if not the real thing) of a cardboard axe that William Castle supposedly handed out
to movie patrons to promote Strait-Jacket. I collect Strait-Jacket memorabilia in particular (and some other Joan things)
and have been looking for even a photo of the axe. It's never appeared on ebay. Any help or info you could give me would be
great!
Take Care,
Carson Baxter
Hi Neil,
Just found your site...it has to be the best out there.
You and I share many similarities with regards to our interest/introduction to "Joan". It is nice to know I
am not the only one.
Thank you so much for taking the time to put together your web page so that we may all share in our passion for Joan.
I look forward to more updates and watching the site grow even larger.
Be well
Jeffrey
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