Charlotte Chandler - Not the Girl Next Door

Silent-screen goddess Joan Crawford's reputation has been in the dumps since 1978 when her daughter Christina Crawford's tell-all memoir MOMMIE DEAREST painted her as an abusive, obsessive, and alcoholic mother, cruel to her children and in love with her stardom. Charlotte Chandler's sympathetic biography, while admitting many of Crawford's demons, seeks to revarnish Crawford's life and career, mostly through quotations and interviews with those who knew her best, including Myrna Loy, George Cukor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and even her fierce rival Bette Davis. Minimize