Description: Possessed LP by Donald Spoto Drawing on a recently opened archive, as well as exclusive interviews and access to personal letters, the author explores the life of Joan Crawford, including her four marriages, her affair with Clark Gable, her adoptive daughters accusations of abuse, her acting career and her final years battling cancer. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description New York Times bestselling author Donald Spoto has already brilliantly explored the lives and careers of numerous Hollywood stars and entertainment icons--Grace Kelly, James Dean, Alfred Hitchcock, and Marilyn Monroe, to name but a few. In Possessed, his subject is the inimitable Joan Crawford, one of the most electrifying divas of the Golden Age of American film. A more thorough, revealing, and sympathetic portrait of the often maligned movie star--most notably lambasted, perhaps, in the scandalous bestseller, Mommy Dearest--Possessed is a fascinating study of the real Joan Crawford, a remarkable actress, businesswoman, mother, and lover. Back Cover Joan Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. In this brilliantly researched, thoughtful, and intimate biography, bestselling author Donald Spoto goes beyond the popular caricature--the abusive, unstable mother of her adopted daughter Christina Crawfords memoir, Mommie Dearest--to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, and her extraordinarily dramatic life and times. Illuminating and entertaining, Possessed is the definitive biography of this remarkable woman and true legend of film. Author Biography Donald Spoto has written two dozen bestselling biographies of film and theater stars--among them Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Ingrid Bergman, and Marilyn Monroe. Born in Westchester County, near New York City, he now lives in Denmark. Review Quote I was seduced into utter fascination by his fairness, his accuracy, his lack of hysteria, his willingness to probe behind the myths, his empathy, his feminism, his extraordinary humanity. (Erica Jong, in Washington Post Book World, on MARILYN MONROE: THE BIOGRAPHY) Details ISBN006200221X Author Donald Spoto Language English ISBN-10 006200221X ISBN-13 9780062002211 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 791.43028092 Short Title POSSESSED -LP Residence Los Angeles, CA, US Birth 1941 Subtitle The Life of Joan Crawford Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2010-11-02 NZ Release Date 2010-11-02 UK Release Date 2010-11-02 Pages 562 Edition Description Large type / large print edition Audience General Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint Collins Place of Publication New York Publisher US HarperCollins Imprint US William Morrow Large Print Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-11-17 US Release Date 2014-11-17 Illustrations Halftones, black and white We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:34165295;
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