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12 de may. de 2024 · One person who did not attend the screenings, either in New York or later in Los Angeles, was Christina Crawford, the author of the book Mommie Dearest, on which the movie was based.
6 de may. de 2024 · Joan Crawford was an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, beloved until her death in 1977. But her daughter Christine's tell-all memoir of shocking child abuse, Mommie Dearest , threw the...
7 de may. de 2024 · Christina Crawford’s book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse. When Paramount Pictures released the film, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford, it was critically panned, and remains one of the most legendary critical bombs in film history.
11 de may. de 2024 · “Anne Bancroft will bring the late Joan Crawford to life in Frank Yablans’s big-screen translation of the sad and sorry Mommie Dearest penned by Christina Crawford.” In fact, Bancroft had a...
12 de may. de 2024 · One cannot think of Joan Crawford without the image of Faye Dunaway portraying her in 1981’s campy, almost satirical film, Mommie Dearest, adapted from Christina Crawford’s 1978 autobiography following her and her brother Christopher’s upbringing under their allegedly abusive, controlling and manipulative actress mother who ...
8 de may. de 2024 · Starring Oscar winner Faye Dunaway as Oscar winner Joan Crawford, the movie adaptation of a memory by Crawford’s adopted daughter, Christina, was intended to be a serious drama. An...
6 de may. de 2024 · The 1981 film stars Dunaway as Hollywood legend, Joan Crawford, and reputed to expose Crawford's abusive nature as a mother. It was based on the 1978 memoir of the same name by Christina...
