Faye Dunaway stars as screen legend Joan Crawford in this biographical feature about Joan’s life from her adopted daughter’s point of view. Joan Crawford was a powerful star produced by the Hollywood Studio System but as the old saying goes, money can’t buy happiness and she yearned to be a mother. As a single woman she adopted children but her dependence on alcohol led to the alleged abuse of the children and her personality at home is revealed to be controlling and overbearing. Script is based on the tell-all novel “Mommie Dearest” by Christina Crawford. Also stars Diana Scarwid as the older Christina.
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318935
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M (15+)
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Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Crawford, Christina, 1939-
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture actors and actresses - Biography
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Abused children
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Children of alcoholics
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Abused children
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adoption
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children of alcoholics
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Mothers and daughters
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Alcoholism
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children of alcoholics
Music & Performing Arts → Motion picture actors and actresses - Biography
People → Crawford, Christina, 1939-
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