Possessed, Donald Spoto
Possessed, Donald Spoto
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Possessed
The Life of Joan Crawford

Author: Donald Spoto

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 12 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/30/2020

Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Donald Spoto has already brilliantly explored the lives and careers of numerous Hollywood stars and entertainment icons—Grace Kelly, James Dean, Alfred Hitchcock, and Marilyn Monroe, to name but a few. In Possessed, his subject is the inimitable Joan Crawford, one of the most electrifying divas of the Golden Age of American film. A more thorough, revealing, and sympathetic portrait of the often maligned movie star—most notably lambasted, perhaps, in the scandalous bestseller, Mommie Dearest—Possessed is a fascinating study of the real Joan Crawford, a remarkable actress, businesswoman, mother, and lover.

About Donald Spoto

Donald Spoto is the author of more than twenty books, including bestselling biographies of Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich, Ingrid Bergman, and Audrey Hepburn. He lives with his husband, Danish artist and school administrator Ole Flemming Larsen, near Copenhagen, Denmark.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anna on September 27, 2022

This biography is written by a person who is obviously infatuated with Joan Crawford which isn't a bad thing on it's own but it made it read like a biased fan article. There's hardly anything new to learn from this book, a lot of topics were simply left out and the detailed account of all of her mov......more

Goodreads review by Lee Anne on January 03, 2013

I don't know why, but I always mistakenly think of Donald Spoto as a hack. I mean, he's no William Manchester or Robert Caro, but for the business of celebrity memoirs, he's actually not bad. This well-researched biography of Joan Crawford even taught me a few things (no small feat considering this......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 22, 2021

Well that was an easy read! Nothing new or exciting really to learn from this book! It covers Joan Crawford's life from start to finish in detail and giving little snippets of stories from various sources. A good read, not a great read but still entertaining.......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on June 02, 2017

Not bad. Didn't know too much about Crawford before. She had a rough life. Hard to know what is truth and what is fiction concerning Christina and her story in Mommie Dearest. Only ones who really know are Joan and her children. Interesting read overall.......more

Goodreads review by Bert on May 08, 2017

Joan Crawford, what a woman! It's quite obvious that the author of this book is a big fan of Miss Crawford, he writes with such passion and enthusiasm about one of the greatest movie stars of our time. The book really should be called Possessed: The Films of Joan Crawford as opposed to "the life", i......more

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