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作       者:Spoto, Donald

出  版  社:HarperCollins e-books

出版时间:2010-11-01

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Joan Crawford was one of the most incandescent film stars of all time, yet she was also one of the most misunderstood. In this brilliantlyresearched, thoughtful, and intimate biography, bestselling author Donald Spoto goes beyond the popular caricature the abusive, unstable mother portrayed in her adopted daughter Christina Crawford's memoir, Mommie Dearest to give us a three-dimensional portrait of a very human woman, her dazzling career, and her extraordinarily dramatic life and times.Based on new archival information and exclusive interviews, and written with Spoto's keen eye for detail, Possessed offers a fascinating portrait of a courageous, highly sexed, and ambitious womanwhose strength and drive made her a forerunner in the fledgling film business. From her hardscrabble childhood in Texas to her early days as a dancer in post World War I New York to her rise to stardom,Spoto traces Crawford's fifty years of memorable performances in classics like Rain, The Women, Mildred Pierce, and Sudden Fear, which are as startling and vivid today as when they were filmed.In Possessed, Spoto goes behind the myths to examine the rise and fall of the studio system; Crawford's four marriages; her passionate thirty year, on-and-off-again affair with Clark Gable; her friendships and rivalries with other stars; her powerful desire to become a mother; the truth behind the scathing stories in her daughter Christina's memoir; and her final years as a widow battling cancer. Spoto explores Crawford's achievements as an actress, her work with Hollywood's great directors (Frank Borzage, George Cukor, Otto Preminger) and actors (Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, John Barrymore), and later, her role as a highly effective executive on the board of directors of Pepsi-Cola.Illuminating and entertaining, Possessed is the definitive biography of this remarkable woman and true legend of film.
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Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Contents

INTRODUCTION: November 18, 1952

CHAPTER ONE: A Prairie Bernhardt: | 1906–1924 |

CHAPTER TWO: The Flapper, Flapping: | 1925|

CHAPTER THREE: Enter the Prince: | 1926–1929|

CHAPTER FOUR: Enter the King: | 1929–1930 |

CHAPTER FIVE: Virtuous Vices: | 1931–1932 |

CHAPTER SIX: Mrs. Tone: | 1932–1937 |

CHAPTER SEVEN: Joan, Julie, Susan—and God: | 1937–1940 |

CHAPTER EIGHT: A Trilogy of Transformations: | 1941–1942 |

CHAPTER NINE: Oscar: |1943–1947 |

CHAPTER TEN: Children! Children!: | 1947–1951 |

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Carrying a Torch Song: | 1952–1955 |

CHAPTER TWELVE: Some of the Best of Everything: | 1955–1962 |

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: “Miss Crawford Is a Star!”: | 1962–1970 |

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Fade-Out: | 1971–1977 |

Notes

Bibliography

Index

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

About the Author

ALSO BY DONALD SPOTO

Copyright

About the Publisher

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