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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

 

The Guardian

 

Thu 10 Nov 2022    12.11 CET

Last modified on Thu 10 Nov 2022    12.38 CET

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joan Crawford    USA    1889-1977

 

born Lucille Fay LeSueur

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Joan_Crawford

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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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