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baby brokers, 150, 173, 191

Back Street
(film), 162

Bacon, James, 257, 278

Bainter, Fay, 132, 136

Baker, Diane, 247, 248, 261, 262, 268, 270

Bakewell, William, 48–49, 77, 78

Ball, Lucille, 268

Bankhead, Tallulah, 104

Barbier, Larry, 2–3

Barefoot in the Park
(play), 279

Barker, Betty, 122, 159, 199, 286, 290

Barrymore, John, 64, 93, 94

Barrymore, Lionel, 4–5, 53, 93

Bautzer, Gregson, 151, 153, 180, 186–87, 189, 190, 192, 199, 201, 205, 209

“Because I Love Him” (TV episode), 223

Beery, Wallace, 4–5, 45, 93, 138

Belasco Theatre (Los Angeles), 51

Bell, Monta, 22, 23

Belloc Lowndes, Marie, 94, 95, 140

The Bells of St. Mary’s
(film), 182, 183

Bennett, Constance, 33, 34–35, 36, 37, 39, 45, 83, 122

Bennett, Joan, 34

Bergman, Ingrid, 36, 154, 183

Bermuda: Steele-Crawford holiday in, 244

Bern, Paul, 21, 51, 52, 284

Bernhardt, Sarah, 23

Berserk
(film), 269, 271, 274, 275, 276

The Best of Everything
(film), 245, 247–50, 261, 276

A Bill of Divorcement
(film), 119

The Black Pirate
(film), 51

Blackglama Mink campaign, 291

Blackwell, Earl, 228–29

Blanding, Don, 8–9

Blanke, Henry, 172–73

Blyth, Ann, 174, 176, 178, 183, 188

The Boob
(film), 44

Booth, Clare, 138

Booth, Shirley, 227

Borzage, Frank, 127, 135, 136, 141, 143

box-office poison, 133–34

Brady, Scott, 224

Branch, William, 118, 144

Brandeis University, 6, 281

Brando, Marlon, 216

brassiere, torpedo/bullet, 219

Brazzi, Rossano, 241

Breen, Joseph, 173–74

Brian, David, 200, 202, 203, 206, 213

The Bride Wore Red
(film), 127, 129–31

Bridgwood, Florence (a.k.a. Florence Lawrence), 27

Brinke, Anna Maria, 264

The Broadway Melody
(musical), 62

Brown, Clarence, 86–88, 95, 96, 114, 115, 134, 140, 164

Brown, John Mack, 57, 68, 81, 82

Brynner, Yul, 195

Buono, Victor, 254, 255

Cain, James M., 173, 176–77, 178, 281

Capra, Frank, 119

The Caretakers
(film), 251

Carroll, Madeleine, 210

Carson, Jack, 174, 175, 179, 200–201

Caruso, Enrico, 65, 66

Casablanca
(film), 174

Cassin, Billie.
See
Crawford, Joan

Cassin, Henry J., 7–8, 9, 10–11, 14, 41

Castle, William, 260, 261, 262, 269

Cecil B. DeMille Award, 276

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles), 267

censors: and
The Damned Don’t Cry,
204; and
Dance, Fools, Dance,
77, 80; and
Forsaking All Others,
116; and
Goodbye, My Fancy,
211; and
The Gorgeous Hussy,
123; and
Johnny
Guitar,
224; and
Mildred Pierce,
173–74

Chadwick School, 222–23

Chained
(film), 113–15, 117, 130, 131, 167

Chandler, Jeff, 227, 259

Chaney, Lon, 46, 47, 62, 64

Chaplin, Charlie, 24, 41, 51, 128

Charisse, Cyd, 219

charity donations, 259, 268, 272, 280, 281–82, 286, 290.
See also
generousity, Crawford’s

Chester, Genie, 113, 181, 282

Chevalier, Maurice, 52

Chicago, Illinois: Crawford as dancer in, 16

children: baby brokers for, 150, 173, 191; of celebrities, 196–97, 198; and Crawford as disciplinarian, 196, 197–98; as Crawford’s blind spot, 197; Crawford’s decisions to adopt, 136–37, 149–51, 158–59, 168, 191, 197; and Crawford’s frame of reference for motherhood, 197; and Crawford’s fund-raising for nursery schools, 169; and Crawford’s miscarriages, 125, 137, 149; and Crawford’s need to save children, 158, 197; and Crawford’s personality, 196–97; and Terry- Crawford divorce, 180.
See also
specific child

Christian Science, 291

Clark, Dane, 171–72

“Claustrophobia” (short story), 120–21

cleanliness: Crawford’s concerns about, 130, 133, 169, 170, 171, 270

Clift, Montgomery, 250

close-up shots, 157–58, 178

Clurman, Harold, 112

Cobb, Lee J., 112

Cochran, Steve, 202, 203, 259

Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles), 26, 52

Cocteau, Jean, 52

Coffee, Lenore, 87, 89, 216

Cohen, Herman, 271, 273, 274–75

Colbert, Claudette, 104, 110, 119, 178

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 272

Columbia Studios, 161, 190, 206, 228, 235, 240, 261, 264, 280

Comédie-Française, 23

comedy: and Crawford as comedy actress, 116, 124, 167, 201; high, 160–61; political, 212; screwball, 115–16, 119, 123, 161.
See also
specific film

Complete Surrender
(film). See
Laughing
Sinners

Connery, Sean, 261

contract players, 5, 23, 24, 25, 42

contracts, Crawford: Metro-Crawford, 19, 20, 29, 84, 103, 117, 134; morals clause in, 91; and morals clause in contracts, 91; Warner Bros.–Crawford, 171, 172, 190, 199

Coogan, Jackie, 30

Cooper, Ben, 224, 226

Cooper, Gary, 104, 130, 200

Cornell, Katharine, 17, 112

Coward, Noel, 281

Craig’s Wife
(play). See
Harriet Craig
(film)

Crawford, Anna.
See
Le Sueur, Anna Bell Johnson

Crawford, Catherine “Cathy” (adopted daughter): adoption of, 191; childhood of, 192; Christina’s relationship with, 222, 289; and Crawford’s drinking, 286; and Crawford’s finances, 234, 246; Crawford’s relationship with, 192, 198–99, 239, 288–90, 291; and Crawford’s will, 290; education of, 223; European vacation of, 238; marriage/divorce of, 289; and
Mommie Dearest,
193, 198–99; and Steele-Crawford relationship, 231, 235

Crawford, Cheryl, 112

Crawford, Christina (adopted daughter): acting ambitions of, 238–40, 257, 277; adoption of, 152–53; Bacon interview of, 278; and Bautzer-Crawford relationship, 187; at Chadwick School, 222–23; charity work of, 272; childhood of, 165, 169–70; and Christopher on location with Crawford, 224; Crawford as TV replacement for, 272–73; Crawford’s comments about, 279; and Crawford’s finances, 234, 246; and Crawford’s generosity, 153; Crawford’s gifts to, 258, 274, 280; and Crawford’s preoccupation with her career, 195; Crawford’s relationship with, 153, 192–99, 239, 250–51, 257–59, 272–73, 277, 279–80, 288–89, 290–91; and Crawford’s will, 193, 290; and Davis and Crawford comparison, 253; education of, 193; European vacation of, 238; and Hal, 60; illness of, 272; Loy’s comments about, 198, 279; and McCabe-Crawford relationship, 152; Medlinsky marriage and divorce of, 257, 277;
Mommie
Dearest
of, 192–99, 258, 263, 273, 274, 278–79, 280, 289; personality of, 192; and Steele-Crawford relationship, 231, 235; television appearances of, 272–73, 277, 278; Terry as father for, 163; and Terry-Crawford divorce, 180; twins’ relationship with, 289

Crawford, Christopher (a.k.a. Marcus Gary Kullberg) (adopted son), 159, 162, 173

Crawford, Christopher (a.k.a. Phillip Terry II) (adopted son): adoption of, 168; Barker’s comments about, 199; at Chadwick School, 222–23; childhood and youth of, 195, 196, 222–23, 224; Crawford’s comments about, 196, 243–44; and Crawford’s finances, 234, 246; Crawford’s relationship with, 195, 198, 239, 288–89, 290; and Crawford’s will, 193, 290; death of, 243; delinquency/legal problems of, 243; European vacation of, 238; legal name change for, 180; on location for
Johnny Guitar,
224; Loy’s comment about, 198; marriages/divorces of, 243; and Steele-Crawford relationship, 231, 235; twins’ relationship with, 289

Crawford, Cynthia “Cindy” (adopted daughter): adoption of, 191; childhood of, 192; Christina’s relationship with, 222, 289; Crawford as attending to, 192; and Crawford’s drinking, 286; and Crawford’s finances, 234, 246; Crawford’s relationship with, 198–99, 239, 288–89; and Crawford’s will, 290; education of, 223; European vacation of, 238; marriage/divorce of, 289; and
Mommie Dearest,
193, 198–99; and Steele-Crawford relationship, 231, 235

Crawford, Joan: abuse of, 11, 134, 187; Academy Awards for, 183–84; in accidents, 49–50, 55, 108; ambitions of, 10, 19, 21, 45, 65, 71, 75, 80, 94, 129; appearance of, 2, 95, 110–11, 120, 142–43, 176, 221, 237, 238, 259, 287, 288, 291; “biography” for, 27–28; birth of, 6, 127; childhood and youth of, 7–15, 16, 197, 198, 210; complexity of, 288; contest for naming, 23, 26– 30; cosmetic surgery for, 56, 118, 219, 285; death of, 292; depression of, 134, 149, 150, 162, 170, 256; divorces of, 105–6, 135, 180, 181; drinking by, 135, 184, 209, 223, 249, 258, 271, 272, 273, 275, 277, 280, 286; education of, 9–10, 11, 12, 13–14; fame of, 46, 53; family background of, 6–7; father figures for, 14, 41; film assignments for, 70, 99, 140; first top billing for, 44; illness of, 144, 149, 183–84, 223, 267–68, 274–75, 284, 285, 286, 291–92; image of, 46, 91, 101–2, 129, 221, 233, 235, 244, 262, 263, 279, 287–88; inferiority complex of, 10, 11, 12, 54, 71, 100, 101, 111, 158; insecurity/vulnerability of, 26–27, 73, 112–13, 127–28, 134, 135, 150, 176, 186, 205, 206, 219, 227, 235, 248, 249, 262, 271, 272; legal name change for, 30; library of, 280; loneliness of, 10, 11, 102, 180, 221, 222, 223, 231, 236, 249, 250, 271, 285; marriages of, 63, 64, 121, 163, 230–32; miscarriages of, 125, 137, 149; as Movie Queen, 210, 242; as national figure, 34; overdose of sleeping pills of, 212– 13; penitential performances by, 228; personality of, 29, 39, 54, 72, 98, 129, 133, 189, 196–97, 209–10, 288; popularity of, 12, 14, 80, 90, 234; possession mania of, 222; public appearance of, 33–34, 110–11, 128, 129, 209, 223, 242; as recluse, 223, 226, 286; reputation of, 44; as romantic, 206; self-confidence of, 21, 71, 140, 157, 184; self-improvement program of, 12, 72, 76, 85, 117; sense of self of, 21, 45, 46, 72, 128, 210, 227, 286, 287–88, 291–92; social life of, 34, 72, 117, 122; talents of, 8, 41, 47, 70, 73–74, 80, 167; as threatened by younger actresses, 212; tour requirements for, 264–67; will of, 193

The Crawford News,
92–93

crew, film: Crawford’s relationships with, 94, 117, 170–71, 209, 217–18, 220, 247–48, 269, 274

Crothers, Rachel, 119, 144, 145, 146, 159, 160, 161

Cudahy, Michael, 31–33, 34, 42–44, 52

Cukor, George, 119–20, 138, 139, 140, 146–47, 155, 156, 157, 164, 282

Curtis, Alan, 130, 131

Curtiz, Michael, 174, 175–76, 178, 182, 183, 200

Daisy Kenyon
(film), 130, 190–92, 215

The Damned Don’t Cry
(film), 202–5, 206, 208, 209

Dance, Fools, Dance
(film), 76–80, 82

dancing, Crawford’s: Anna’s objections to, 8; in Chicago strip clubs, 16; as child and teenager, 7–8, 10, 12–13, 15–16; and Crawford’s ambitions, 10, 19; and Crawford’s early performances, 15–16; and Crawford’s physical appearance, 53; in dance contests, 15, 22, 26, 30, 34, 52; in
The Hollywood Revue
of 1929,
62–63; as means of losing weight, 1; nude, 15; in
The Shining
Hour,
136; and silent versus sound films, 41; in
Torch Song,
218.
See also
specific club or musical

Dancing Lady
(film), 106–9, 111, 112, 117, 130, 161, 219

Dangerous
(film), 121

Dassin, Jules, 164–65

Davies, Marion, 5, 21

Davis, Bette, 58, 121, 172, 202, 205, 206, 252–56, 260, 263, 267, 268