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Joan Crawford   1905-1977

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Glamorous studio portrait of Joan Crawford

in her Oscar-winning performance

as Mildred Pierce.

It was used

in advertising campaigns with the tag line:

‘The kind of Woman that most men want

– BUT SHOULDN’T HAVE!’

Photograph: MPTVimages

Mean, moody and magnificent:

film noir studio portraits – in pictures

Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart and Rita Hayworth

were never more glamorous

than in the photographs taken by studio photographers

to publicise black and white thrillers in the 1940s and 50s.

Here is a selection of the most memorable

Film Noir Portraits by Paul Duncan and Tony Nourmand

is published by Reel Art Press

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Thu 10 Nov 2022    11.11 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2022/nov/10/
mean-moody-and-magnificent-film-noir-studio-portraits-in-pictures

Joan Crawford    1905-1977

Joan Crawford

rose from waitress

and chorus girl to become one

of the great movie stars

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/25/
christina-crawford-on-life-after-mommie-dearest-
my-mother-should-have-been-in-jail

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/
movies/critic-s-choice-film-a-western-with-echoes-of-the-blacklisting-days.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/30/
theater/musical-joan-crawford-one-man-s-impression.html

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/
general/onthisday/bday/0323.html - May 11, 1977

https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/15/
archives/joan-crawford-is-not-a-grotesque.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/19/
archives/-a-true-star-joan-crawford.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/11/
archives/circus-chiller.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/23/
archives/film-opens-as-part-of-a-double-feature.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1962/11/07/
archives/screen-bette-davis-and-joan-crawfordthey-portray-sisters-in.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1956/08/02/
archives/screen-a-new-agonizer-joan-crawford-stars-in-autumn-leaves.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/23/
archives/the-screen-queen-bee-new-film-at-loews-state-drones-along.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1954/05/28/
archives/the-screen-in-review-johnny-guitar-opens-at-the-mayfair.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1958/05/11/
archives/joan-crawford-son-called-delinquent.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1952/02/28/
archives/the-screen-in-review-this-woman-is-dangerous-
in-which-joan-crawford.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/08/
archives/the-screen-three-local-film-premieres-
the-damned-dont-cry-with-joan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1949/05/07/
archives/the-screen-in-review-flamingo-road-starring-joan-crawford-zachary.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1947/05/30/
archives/possessed-psychological-film-
with-joan-crawford-as-the-star-opens.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1945/09/29/
archives/the-screen-mildred-pierce-warner-drama-starring-joan-crawford-new.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/16/
archives/the-devil-and-miss-jones-a-lively-comedy-at-the-music-hall-joan.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1940/07/12/
archives/the-screen-in-review-the-capitol-presents-joan-crawford-and-fredric.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1939/09/22/
archives/the-screen-four-films-in-review-featured-in-new-pictures-here.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1938/07/20/
archives/leaves-joan-crawford-tone-agrees-to-friendly-separation-in.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1938/01/21/
archives/the-screen-joan-crawford-and-spencer-tracy-in-mannequin-at.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1933/05/13/
archives/divorce-is-granted-to-joan-crawford-fairbanks-jr-unbearably-jealous.html

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