The Evolution of Joan Crawford

There is no Hollywood studio age star who succeed in inventing and then reinventing her image so often and so successfully as Joan Crawford. It’s astonishing how much her look and persona changed throughout her over four-decade career. Her willingness to evolve and change with the times played a role in her ability to stay a star as long as she did. This series of clips moves chronologically through Crawford’s career to demonstrate those shifts and how each decade revealed a new Joan. A time-stamped list of titles is below.

Music:
Moonlight Sonata (Sonata No. 14, 1st Movement, Ludwig Van Beethoven, 1801)
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Films in Order of Appearance:

Opening
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
00:00:20
The Circle (1925)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)
Pretty Ladies (1925)
The Boob (1926)
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
The Unknown (1927)
Twelve Miles Out (1927)
Across to Singapore (1928)
00:01:00
Our Dancing Daughters (1928)
West Point (1927)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Our Modern Maidens (1929)
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Montana Moon (1930)
Paid (1930)
00:01:29
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
This Modern Age (1931)
Possessed (1931)
Laughing Sinners (1931)
Rain (1932)
Grand Hotel (1932)
Letty Lynton (1932)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Today We Live (1933)
Sadie McKee (1934)
Forsaking All Others (1934)
00:01:59
Chained (1934)
I Live My Life (1935)
No More Ladies (1935)
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
Love on the Run (1936)
Mannequin (1937)
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
The Bride Wore Red (1937)
The Shining Hour (1938)
00:02:32
The Women (1939)
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
Strange Cargo (1940)
Susan and God (1940)
A Woman's Face (1941)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Reunion in France (1942)
Above Suspicion (1943)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
00:03:04
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Humoresque (1946)
Possessed (1947)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Flamingo Road (1949)
00:03:33
Harriet Craig (1950)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
Sudden Fear (1952)
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
Torch Song (1953)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
00:04:00
Queen Bee (1955)
Female on the Beach(1950)
Autumn Leaves(1956)
The Story of Esther Costello(1957)
The Best of Everything(1959)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Caretakers(1963)
Strait-Jacket(1964)
00:04:40
I Saw What You Did(1965)
The Karate Killers(1967)
Berserk! (1967)
Trog(1970)
Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Hollywood Canteen (1944)