Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford

Have not had chance to read all through this book but has good section of photos and seems an interesting read.. am pleased with propmt delivery and condition.. a good addition to my collection. I also ordered a second copy to my friend in B'ham and she too was completely happy.

I had watched Feud and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane and was intrigued about Joan Crawford, The book was informative and charted Joan's discipline and determination to overcome her tough start in life to become an accomplished actress. She was a flawed human being but it seems she did not deserve the vindictive portrayal of her character in "Mommie Dearest".

The book begins brilliantly depicting the era Joan was born into and her hard beginnings. An era i love learning about as it has gone. This is all too brief. Her early years are evocative of the era and portray a spirited and hard working young woman who made something of her life at a time when you could leave home and work in your early teens. But as the book goes on it becomes more a filmography and less a biography. I became very bored with page after page of technical details of films - I can research these elsewhere. I wanted to know more about Joan the woman in her later years and it disappoints in this regard. Also, i wanted to know about Joan's relationship with her brother (who she supported so must have felt something towards) and her mother, but these threads just evaporate. But, a fan will enjoy many aspects of the book, and it did leave me admiring a woman who has been much misunderstood, and wishing I had known her and shared her era.

Thought there was too much detail given to all her movies. Would have preferred more detail of her life and less of her many movies

Good book, my mother loved it !!!!!!!

A mind-numbingly dull read.'...no one is waiting for you, and many people have the idea that you're difficult to work with.' (p.173)

As a major Bette Davis fan and reader of many bio's on her, this was a great read to understand Joan Crawford more.

Great book