"No more wire hangers ever" is one of the most quotable lines in Hollywood history, and it almost didn’t happen. Faye Dunaway, who portrayed silver screen star Joan Crawford in 1981’s "Mommie Dearest, ...

Legendary Hollywood star Joan Crawford died in 1977. In 1978, her adopted daughter, Christina, published Mommie Dearest, a memoir that revealed the abusive reality of her life in the Crawford ...

May 7 will see the publication of "With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic," a new book that tells the story of the making of, and the aftermath of the now legendary ...

Many people know the campy horror flick “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” and the 1945 noir thriller that won Crawford her Oscar, “Mildred Pierce.” These three films, available to rent for less than ...

Erick Massoto is a Brazilian writer who's always loved film and TV and loves finding connections between them. That's why he supports double features, especially if they are of a modern film paired ...

The A.K. Smiley Public Library’s Southern California in Film series continues Saturday, Oct. 19, with a 2 p.m. screening of “Mommie Dearest” at the Contemporary Club, 173 S. Eureka St., Redlands. The ...

May 10th marked the 50th anniversary of Joan Crawford's death at age 71. In its front-page obituary, The New York Times said, "Miss Crawford was a quintessential superstar " an epitome of timeless ...

In spite of its reputation, and thanks in part to Faye Dunaway’s remarkable performance as Joan Crawford, this 1981 adaptation of Christina Crawford’s memoir about her driven, abusive mother is ...