Film biography of Joan Crawford, based on the book by her adopted daughter Christina, starring Faye Dunaway. Christina and Christopher, the adopted children of film star Joan Crawford, grow up in a blaze of publicity. But their life suffers when Crawford's popularity wanes in the 1940s.
This absolutely riveting biographical drama about Joan Crawford is based on her daughter Christina's vengeful memoir. Faye Dunaway is astonishing as Crawford, risen from rags to bitches, who still scrubs the floors, runs rings around studio bosses and creates a living hell for her daughter (brilliantly played by young Mara Hobel and, as she grows up, by Diana Scarwid). When Crawford yells "Tina! Bring me the axe!" because she wants to prune the roses, or when she screams "No wire hangers!", the movie enters an asylum of its own. This is lavish and pretty accurate as far as Hollywood lore is concerned, but Dunaway makes Norma Desmond look like Doris Day.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Joan Crawford | Faye Dunaway |
| Christina Crawford | Diana Scarwid |
| Greg Savitt | Steve Forrest |
| Louis B Mayer | Howard Da Silva |
| Christina as a child | Mara Hobel |
| Carol Ann | Rutanya Alda |
| Al Steele | Harry Goz |
| Ted Gelber | Michael Edwards |
| Barbara Bennett | Jocelyn Brando |
| Christopher | Xander Berkeley |
| Christopher as a child | Jeremy Scott Reinbolt |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Frank Perry |
