Above Suspicion 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen, Richard Ainley, Cecil Cunningham, Ann Shoemaker, Felix Bressart, Sara Haden
Newlyweds (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are honeymooning in Europe when World War II breaks out. The British Secret Service recruits them to find plans for a secret weapon, and as they become involved in espionage they travel from Paris to Salzburg on a trip filled with intrigue.
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Autumn Leaves 1956  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Ruth Donnelly, Shepperd Strudwick, Selmer Jackson, Maxine Cooper, Marjorie Bennett, Leonard Mudie
When relatives visit his home following his marriage to an older woman, Milly (Joan Crawford), Burt Hanson (Cliff Robertson) suffers mental anguish when he discovers his father in bed with his first wife.
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Berserk! 1968  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jim O'Connolly
Cast: Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough, Judy Geeson, Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Keen, Bryan Pringle, Milton Reid, Marianne Stone
Monica Rivers (Joan Crawford) faces financial ruin when a series of murders take place within her circus troupe.
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The Best of Everything 1959 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd, Suzy Parker, Martha Hyer, Diane Baker, Brian Aherne, Robert Evans, Louis Jourdan, Joan Crawford, Brett Halsey
Three women seek success in the Big Apple in this somewhat dated story adapted from Rona Jaffe's novel.
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The Caretakers 1963 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hall Bartlett
Cast: Robert Stack, Joan Crawford, Polly Bergen, Susan Oliver, Janis Paige, Constance Ford, Barbara Barrie, Herbert Marshall, Diane McBain, Robert Vaughn
A West Coast mental hospital is the subject of this drama providing insightful views from both medical staff and patients' perspectives.
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Chained 1934 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Otto Kruger, Stuart Erwin, Una O'Connor, Akim Tamiroff, Ward Bond, Marjorie Gateson, Lee Phelps, Paul Porcasi
A shipboard romance between Mike Bradley (Clark Gable) and Diane Lovering (Joan Crawford) is rekindled while she waits for her lover to get his divorce.
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Daisy Kenyon 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, Martha Stewart, Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts, George E. Stone, Art Baker, Mae Marsh, Damon Runyon, Ann Staunton
Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) works in the New York City fashion world and lives in Greenwich Village. Her dilemma is choosing between a rich lawyer (Dana Andrews) and a poor, former soldier (Henry Fonda) who are both in love with her.
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The Damned Don't Cry 1950 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran, Kent Smith, Morris Ankrum, Richard Egan, Eddie Marr, Hugh Sanders, Selena Royle, Jacqueline deWit
Tough broad Ethel Whitehead (Joan Crawford) leaves husband Roy (Richard Egan) and becomes involved with gangster Nick Prenta (Steve Cochran). When Nick is gunned down, Ethel returns to her husband's home in order to escape Nick's killer (David Brian).
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Dance, Fools, Dance 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Joan Crawford, Cliff Edwards, Lester Vail, William Bakewell, William(2) Holden, Clark Gable, Earle Foxe, Purnell Pratt, Hale Hamilton, Natalie Moorhead
Ex-socialite Bonnie (Joan Crawford) is a newspaperwoman who is assigned an undercover job to get to the bottom of a murder.
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Dancing Lady 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, Ted Healy, Nelson Eddy, Lynn Bari, Sterling Holloway, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine
This is Fred Astaire's movie debut, and he shines in this film about an aspiring performer (Joan Crawford) and stage producer Patch Gallagher (Clark Gable) who works toward making her a star. Also featured are the Three Stooges when they were known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges."
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Flamingo Road 1949  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet, David Brian, Gladys George, Fred Clark, Gertrude Michael, Virginia Huston, Alice White, Tristram Coffin, Sam McDaniel, Tito Vuolo, Iris Adrian, Pierre Watkin, James Flavin
Carnival dancer Lane Bellamy (Joan Crawford) is stranded in a small, Florida town where she gets a job as a waitress. She falls in love with Deputy Sheriff Fielding Carlisle (Zachary Scott), but Sheriff Titus Semple (Sidney Greenstreet), who will have none of their romance, frames Lane on a prostitution charge and sends her to jail. Later, after being released from prison, Lane returns to town and seeks revenge against the sheriff–an act that will bring death or destruction to all.
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Forsaking All Others 1934  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Charles Butterworth, Billie Burke, Frances Drake, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Treacher
Although Mary (Joan Crawford) and Dill (Robert Montgomery) are getting married, Jeff (Clark Gable) pines for his lost love, Mary. Events turn out happily ever after when Dill marries another woman, and Jeff and Mary discover their true love.
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Goodbye, My Fancy 1951 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Arden, Janice Rule, Lurene Tuttle, Howard St. John, Ellen Corby, John Qualen, Virginia Gibson
When Agatha Reed (Joan Crawford) returns to her alma mater to receive an honorary degree, she becomes involved with college president Dr. J. Merrill (Robert Young) AND reporter Matt Cole (Frank Lovejoy). This film marks Janet Rule's film debut.
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The Gorgeous Hussy 1936 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas, James Stewart, Franchot Tone, Louis Calhern, Beulah Bondi, Sidney Toler, Gene Lockhart
This is the story about the Peggy Eaton scandal during the early 19th century and of President Andrew Jackson's rejection of those in his cabinet (including Vice President John C. Calhoun) who played a part in destroying Peggy Eaton's reputation.
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Grand Hotel 1932 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Jean Hersholt, Robert McWade, Purnell Pratt, Rafaela Ottiano, Tully Marshall, Lewis Stone, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Morgan Wallace, Frank Conroy, Murray Kinnell
This anthology won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1931-1932. The story takes place in Berlin following World War I and involves guests of the Grand Hotel. Among those visiting are a ballerina (Greta Garbo), a jewel thief (John Barrymore), and a young stenographer (Joan Crawford).
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 Harriet Craig 1950 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Lucile Watson, Allyn Joslyn, Ellen Corby, William Bishop, K.T. Stevens, Raymond Greenleaf, Virginia Brissac, Douglas Wood
In this remake of "Craig's Wife," Joan Crawford takes on the Rosalind Russell role of the domineering perfectionist who alienates all around her.
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Hollywood Canteen 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Cantor, Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Peter Lorre, Theodore von Eltz, Eddie Marr, Many Guest Stars
Cpl. Ed "Slim" Green (Robert Hutton), a soldier on sick leave during World War II, visits the famous U.S.O. Hollywood Canteen founded by Bette Davis (Herself) and John Garfield (Himself). Slim gets a kiss from Joan Leslie (Herself) who is the woman of his dreams. He returns to the Canteen and, this time, wins a date with Joan when he is named the Canteen's millionth visitor. Does romance lie ahead?
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The Hollywood Review of 1929 1929 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Riesner
Cast: Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Bessie Love, Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Jack Benny, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Buster Keaton
This was the premier for a series of films starring Hollywood production company stars. Silent-screen M.G.M. stars appear in speaking roles, and musical numbers contribute to the film.
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Humoresque 1946 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Craig Stevens, Paul Cavanagh, Nestor Paiva, Monte Blue, Fritz Leiber, Peggy Knudsen, Joan Chandler, Tom D'Andrea
Helen Wright (Joan Crawford) gives Paul Boray (John Garfield) financial help to further his career as a concert violinist in this film about Paul's devotion to his music, Helen's love for Paul, and her own devotion to alcohol.
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I Live My Life 1935 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, Frank Morgan, Aline MacMahon, Eric Blore, Arthur Treacher, Hedda Hopper, Frank Conroy, Sterling Holloway, Lionel Stander
Poor archaeologist Terry (Brian Aherne) and society woman Kay (Joan Crawford) follow an uneasy path–all the way to the altar.
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I Saw What You Did 1965 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Patricia Breslin, John Archer, John Crawford, Douglas Evans
Teenagers Kit (Sarah Lane) and Libby (Andi Garrett) pull telephone pranks until they unwittingly call a murderer, Steve Marak (John Ireland), who thinks they are on to him, and he is determined to track them down in an effort to get rid of "witnesses."
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It's a Great Feeling 1949 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Danny Kaye, Ronald Reagan, Irving Bacon, Claire Carleton, Mel Blanc, Michael Curtiz, David Butler, Frank Cady
This spoof on Hollywood musicals is Doris Day's third movie, and many Warner Bros. stars make cameo appearances. The story begins as Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson (Themselves) are preparing their next film and are unable to find a director, so Carson decides to take the job. Morgan is unhappy with Carson's decision and threatens to bow out–until Carson promises a waitress, Judy Adams (Day), at the Warner Bros. commissary a job as an actress if she will pose as his pregnant wife and convince Morgan that he needs the money. The ploy works, but there is no part for Judy in the film, and a dejected Judy returns to her Wisconsin home to marry her boyfriend. The film ends at the wedding when the newly married couple turns around, and the groom looks just like Errol Flynn (played by himself).
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 Johnny Guitar 1954 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Paul Fix, Scott Brady, Ward Bond, John Carradine, Ben Cooper, Ernest Borgnine, Dennis Hopper
This psychologically based Western pits saloon owner Vienna (Joan Crawford) against Emma (Mercedes McCambridge), the head of a vigilante group. While critics did not care for this film when it was released, it has since developed a cult following, and through the added perspective developed with time, its value has been reconsidered.
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1937 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Cast: Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Jessie Ralph, Nigel Bruce, Benita Hume, Melville Cooper, Ralph Forbes, Sara Haden
This remake of the 1929 film casts Joan Crawford in the title role of an American jewel thief who travels in upper-crust London society where her victims are easy prey. This film, too, was remade in 1951 as "The Law and the Lady."
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Laughing Sinners 1931 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Neil Hamilton, Marjorie Rambeau, Guy Kibbee, Cliff Edwards, Roscoe Karns, Johnny Mack Brown
Nightclub performer Ivy (Joan Crawford) is saved from a near suicide by Salvation Army worker Carl (Clark Gable), who convinces her to start life anew–until her past lover, Howard Palmer (Neil Hamilton), appears back on the scene.
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Love on the Run 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Reginald Owen, Mona Barrie, Ivan Lebedeff, William Demarest, Donald Meek, Dewey Robinson, Charles Judels
Foreign correspondent Michael Anthony (Clark Gable) gets involved in the world of espionage during his attempt to woo the beautiful heiress Sally Parker (Joan Crawford).
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Mannequin 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Leo Gorcey, Elisabeth Risdon, Mary Philips, Bert Roach, George Chandler, Paul Fix, Oscar O'Shea, Wade Boteler, James Flavin, Mary Gordon, Frank Puglia
A poor working girl, Jessie Cassidy (Joan Crawford), uses wealthy shipping tycoon John L. Hennessey (Spencer Tracy) to attain her dreamed-of destiny. "Always and Always" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song.
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 Mildred Pierce 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Joan Crawford, Bruce Bennett, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Eve Arden, George Tobias, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Charles Trowbridge
Mildred Pierce (Joan Crawford) is a divorced mother of two daughters. The mother/daughter relationship with Veda (Ann Blyth) is highlighted as Mildred tries to give her unthankful daughter everything she wants. Joan Crawford received an Oscar for this film. There were five other nominations, including Best Picture and two for Best Supporting Actress (Eve Arden and Ann Blyth).
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Night Gallery 1969 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Spielberg, Boris Sagal, Barry Shear
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Ossie Davis, Joan Crawford, Sam Jaffe, Barry Sullivan, George Macready, Richard Kiley, Tom Bosley, Norma Crane, Barry Atwater, George Murdock, Byron Morrow, Garry Goodrow, Shannon Farnon
In this three-story anthology, the offering "Eyes" is Steven Spielberg's directorial debut. It features Joan Crawford as a blind woman who dreams of seeing. Other stories, "The Cemetery" and "Escape Route" were directed by Boris Sagal and Barry Shear.
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No More Ladies 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Charles Ruggles, Franchot Tone, Edna May Oliver, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Vivienne Osborne, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Denny
To teach her philandering husband, Sherry (Robert Montgomery), a lesson, Marcia (Joan Crawford) pretends to be interested in Jim (Franchot Tone).
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Our Blushing Brides 1930 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian, Robert Montgomery, Raymond Hackett, John Miljan, Hedda Hopper, Albert Conti, Edward Brophy, Louise Beavers
Sales girls Jerry (Joan Crawford), Connie (Anita Page), and Franky (Dorothy Sebastian) seek rich husbands in this rather unconvincing–and dated–drama.
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Paid 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Armstrong, Marie Prevost, Douglass Montgomery, John Miljan, Purnell Pratt, Hale Hamilton, Polly Moran, Robert Emmett O'Connor, William Bakewell
An innocent woman, Mary Turner (Joan Crawford), is sent to prison where she turns into a hardened soul bent on revenge.
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Possessed 1947 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Nana Bryant, Moroni Olsen, Erskine Sanford, Peter Miles
Joan Crawford was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in this film about a woman who marries her boss (Raymond Massey) and then is plagued by her growing mental problems involving her obsession for David (Van Heflin).
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Queen Bee 1955 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ranald MacDougall
Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland, Fay Wray, Tim Hovey, William Leslie, Lucy Marlow, Bill Walker, Olan Soule
Eva Phillips (Joan Crawford) rules the roost at her Southern mansion as she drives her husband (Barry Sullivan) to alcohol and his sister (Betsy Palmer) to suicide–then, her former lover (John Ireland) plots to end her evil reign in the only way possible: MURDER.
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Rain 1932 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Beulah Bondi, Matt Moore, Kendall Lee, Walter Catlett, Fred Howard, Ben Hendricks Jr.
Set in Pago Pago, this Somerset Maugham story is about prostitute Sadie Thompson (Joan Crawford) who must deal with the hypocritical Reverend Davidson (Walter Huston) when she is trapped in the area by a quarantine.
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Reunion in France 1942 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann, John Carradine, Henry Daniell, Howard Da Silva, J. Edward Bromberg, Moroni Olsen
During World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, a Parisian woman (Joan Crawford) teams up with an American pilot (John Wayne) to escape the clutches of the Gestapo.
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Sadie McKee 1934 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Tone, Edward Arnold, Esther Ralston, Jean Dixon, Leo G. Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Mary Forbes, Helen Ware, Matt McHugh, Zelda Sears, Wade Boteler, Selmer Jackson, Samuel S. Hinds
Housemaid Sadie McKee (Joan Crawford) is working for wealthy Michael Alderson (Franchot Tone) and his family when she elopes with her boyfriend Tommy (Gene Raymond) to New York City. But, before Sadie and Tommy get married, Tommy dumps her when he takes up with showgirl Dolly (Esther Ralston). Devastated, Sadie takes a nightclub job, accepts a drunken marriage proposal from millionaire Jack Brennan (Edward Arnold), and marries him. Now known as a gold digger, Sadie does help Brennan overcome his alcoholism. Has Sadie possibly found true love, or is it still waiting in the wings? The song "All I Do Is Dream of You" was introduced in this film.
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The Shining Hour 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Bainter, Allyn Joslyn, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Albertson, Oscar O'Shea, Frank Puglia
A conservative farmer, Henry Linden (Melvyn Douglas), marries showgirl Olivia Riley (Joan Crawford), and problems develop when he introduces her to his family.
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The Story of Esther Costello 1957 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears, Lee Patterson, Ron Randell, Fay Compton, Bessie Love, Sid James, Denis O'Dea, John Loder
Esther Costello (Heather Sears) has been deaf, mute, and blind since childhood and has suffered through subsequent exploitation; now an American woman, Margaret Landi (Joan Crawford), is involved in her life.
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Strait-Jacket 1964 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater, Howard Hoffman, Mitchell Cox, Lee Majors, Vicki Cos
Twenty years after she was sentenced to prison for murder, Lucy Harbin (Joan Crawford) is released and reunited with her daughter, Carol (Diane Baker)–then more murders begin to take place.
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Strange Cargo 1940 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Albert Dekker, J. Edward Bromberg, Eduardo Ciannelli, Victor Varconi, Paul Fix, John Arledge, Frederick Worlock, Bernard Nedell, Betty Compson, Francis McDonald
Convicts escape from a penal colony off the coast of South America. They board a sloop commandeered by another escapee Andre Verne (Clark Gable), and his girlfriend Julie (Joan Crawford) joins the group. Another in the group is a mystic, Cambreau (Ian Hunter), and, one-by-one, the escapees come under his spell as they die. Few survive the trip, but at the end, Verne believes that Cambreau is God, and he repents. Now, Verne returns to serve out the rest of his sentence, and Julie agrees to be there for him when he is released.
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Sudden Fear 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston, Mike Connors, Bess Flowers, Taylor Holmes, Arthur Space
A playwright, Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford), learns that her new husband (Jack Palance) is planning to kill her. She devises a unique way to beat him at his own game. Crawford and Palance were nominated for Oscars.
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Susan and God 1940 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Rita Hayworth, Nigel Bruce, Bruce Cabot, Rose Hobart, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main
Susan (Joan Crawford) is a socialite whose family and friends have problems understanding her new religion–until she begins to understand what charity is really all about.
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They All Kissed the Bride 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Allen Jenkins, Andrew Tombes, Helen Parrish, Emory Parnell, Mary Treen, Nydia Westman
This entertaining comedy is centered on the inane premise that a man could be arrested for kissing the bride during her wedding festivities.
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This Modern Age 1931 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Joan Crawford, Pauline Frederick, Neil Hamilton, Monroe Owsley, Hobart Bosworth, Emma Dunn, Albert Conti, Marjorie Rambeau, Ann Dvorak, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Marcelle Corday
Debutante Valentine (Joan Crawford) is reunited with her mother in Paris where she becomes the object of romantic attention from two men.
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This Woman Is Dangerous 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian, Richard Webb, Philip Carey, Ian MacDonald, Sherry Jackson, Mari Aldon, George Chandler, Douglas Fowley
When criminal Beth Austin (Joan Crawford) undergoes an operation to prevent impending blindness, she falls in love with her doctor (Dennis Morgan).
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Today We Live 1933  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Roscoe Karns, Robert Young, Louise Closser Hale, Rollo Lloyd, Hilda Vaughn, C. Montague Shaw, Frank Marlowe
Set during World War I, this story is about three soldiers (Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, and Robert Young), their mutual interest in the beautiful Diana (Joan Crawford), and how their lives change through the effect of battle.
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Torch Song 1953 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Benny Rubin, Nancy Gates, James Todd, Eugene Loring, Peter Chong, Maidie Norman, Chris Warfield, Peggy King
Broadway star Jenny Stewart (Joan Crawford) falls in love with her blind piano accompanist (Michael Wilding)–a major stepping stone in her egotistical life that brings compassion into her persona. Marjorie Rambeau received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Jenny's devoted mother.
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1926 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harry Edwards
Cast: Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Tom Murray, Alec B. Francis, Edward Davis, Carlton Griffin, Brooks Benedict
Harry Langdon competes in a walking race across country–fraught with many obstacles–to win Billy Burton's (Joan Crawford) love AND $25,000.
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The Unknown 1927 N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Romance
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning, John St. Polis, Julian Rivero, Louise Emmons
Alonzo the Armless (Lon Chaney)–but he really does have arms– is a knife thrower in a circus who uses his feet to accomplish his feats. He falls in love with his assistant Nanon Zanzi (Joan Crawford) who has a morbid fear of being touched by men's arms. To gain her love, Alonzo decides to have his own arms amputated. The deed is done, but in the interim the object of his love gets over her phobia and falls in love with another man. Now, Alonzo schemes to get her back.
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 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee, Marjorie Bennett, Maidie Norman, Dave Willock, Bert Freed, Wesley Addy, James Seay, Julie Allred, Anne Barton, William Aldrich, Russ Conway, Robert Cornthwaite
Two aging sisters–Jane (Bette Davis) and Blanche (Joan Crawford)–co-exist in a decrepit, Los Angeles mansion. Jane was once the vaudeville child star "Baby Jane" (Julie Allred). Blanche had lived in Jane's shadow as a child but gained stardom as an adult in the film world while Jane's career faded. Blanche enjoyed her success until a drunken Jane caused a car accident that crippled Blanche and left her wheelchair-bound. Now, Jane works with pianist Edwin Flagg (Victor Buono) in hopes of finally gaining stardom as an adult. At the same time, she goes crazy and plots to kill Blanche. A good thriller/black comedy. Academy Award nominations went to Davis (Best Actress) and Buono (Best Supporting Actor).
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When Ladies Meet 1941 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Strange Skirts
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Herbert Marshall, Spring Byington, Rafael Storm, Mona Barrie, Max Willenz, Leslie Francis, Florence Shirley
In this remake of the 1933 film, a publisher and authoress, along with their spouses, spend a weekend together. While there, the two women discuss the problems of upper-class society, some of which is not relevant today.
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A Woman's Face 1941 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek, George Zucco, Connie Gilchrist, Richard Nichols, Charles Quigley, Henry Kolker
A con artist, Anna Holm (Joan Crawford), has suffered from a scarred face since she was a child. When Anna meets Dr. Segert (Melvyn Douglas), he performs plastic surgery on her, and she experiences a change in her life. But, she isn't sure that a "good" life is better than the one she had, and her lover (Conrad Veidt) lures her back into the criminal world when she aids him in a kidnap and murder plot. There is a murder trial, but Anna is cleared, goes through a spiritual rebirth, and finds a new life with Dr. Segert who has finally realized that he loves her.
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 The Women 1939 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Butterfly McQueen, Phyllis Povah, Virginia Weidler, Virginia Grey, Muriel Hutchison, Hedda Hopper
After Mary's (Norma Shearer) friend Sylvia (Rosalind Russell) arranges for her to get the information that Mary's husband is having an affair, Mary heads for Reno to obtain a divorce. When she returns home to New York, she learns that her husband has married his mistress Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford), and now Mary plots to win her husband back. This all-female-cast movie is a classic.
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1. Above Suspicion (1943)
2. Autumn Leaves (1956)
3. Berserk! (1968)
4. The Best of Everything (1959)
5. The Bride Wore Red (1937)
6. The Caretakers (1963)
7. Chained (1934)
8. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
9. The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
10. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
11. Dancing Lady (1933)
12. Female on the Beach (1955)
13. Flamingo Road (1949)
14. Forsaking All Others (1934)
15. Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
16. The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
17. Grand Hotel (1932)
18. Harriet Craig (1950)
19. Hollywood Canteen (1944)
20. The Hollywood Review of 1929 (1929)
21. Humoresque (1946)
22. I Live My Life (1935)
23. I Saw What You Did (1965)
24. Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
25. It's a Great Feeling (1949)
26. Johnny Guitar (1954)
27. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
28. Laughing Sinners (1931)
29. Love on the Run (1936)
30. Mannequin (1937)
31. Mildred Pierce (1945)
32. Montana Moon (1930)
33. Night Gallery (1969)
34. No More Ladies (1935)
35. Our Blushing Brides (1930)
36. Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
37. Paid (1931)
38. Possessed (1947)
39. Possessed (1931)
40. Queen Bee (1955)
41. Rain (1932)
42. Reunion in France (1942)
43. Sadie McKee (1934)
44. The Shining Hour (1938)
45. The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
46. Strait-Jacket (1964)
47. Strange Cargo (1940)
48. Sudden Fear (1952)
49. Susan and God (1940)
50. They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
51. This Modern Age (1931)
52. This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
53. Today We Live (1933)
54. Torch Song (1953)
55. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
56. Trog (1970)
57. The Unknown (1927)
58. Untamed (1929)
59. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
60. When Ladies Meet (1941)
aka: Strange Skirts
61. A Woman's Face (1941)
62. The Women (1939)
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