Joan Crawford's Home Movies

1940 - 1942 40 min

35mm

Following our screening of DANCING LADY, we are excited to be once again joined by Casey LaLonde as he presents a rare and intimate collection of home movies from the Crawford Estate.

The private Joan Crawford fought as hard to create a normal family life as she did to establish her career. She forged her own path and became a single parent, eventually adopting and raising four children. Like many parents, she picked up a 16mm camera and began filming both the special and the ordinary events of her family’s life. These home movies (ca. 1940–42) present that which one rarely gets to see: a larger-than-life personality at home, unadorned, just being herself — and often in color, at a time when her feature films were black and white. Crawford filmed most of the home movies herself; when she is on camera, it is unclear who is behind it.

Your Festival Pass or Ticket to DANCING LADY includes admission to JOAN CRAWFORD’S HOME MOVIES.

Director Joan Crawford

Country USA

Language English