Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002 TV Movie)

Bob Thomas: Self - Crawford Biographer

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Self - Crawford Biographer : Its a great tragedy when people hear the name Joan Crawford, the first thing they think of is, "No more wire hangers." There is another Joan Crawford that people should remember.

• Self - Crawford Biographer : She created Joan Crawford. That was a wall for her to shut out that miserable childhood.

• Self - Crawford Biographer : Joan never got bored with being praised.

• Self - Crawford Biographer : Joan was a very tough task master. She was abused herself, as a child. And very often, abused children turn out to be abusive parents.

• Self - Crawford Biographer : "Torch Song" was a B picture. Yet, it was a job. She could show off her body, which was still - pretty good. It was directed by Chuck Walters and he told me he went to Joan's house and she was wearing a kimono. He first words were, "This is what you're getting." And she opened the kimono - and she was stark naked. That's our Joan.

• Self - Crawford Biographer : She loved publicity. She knew, unlike most of today's stars, publicity was part of her career.

• Self - Crawford Biographer : [final lines]  Some of her screen performances are of the best of any woman who has worked in Hollywood. Much of that is forgotten now and it shouldn't be. Maybe in 50 years or so, her own saga will be rather dusty and curious, people probably won't even care to look it up. But, the films last forever.