Any Actress Who Appears In

When Television Killed Comedy And Love Stories, The Movie Makers Went In Slugging. They Offered The Downbeat, The Degenerate As Competition. This Seems To Me To Be A Sad Campaign For Hollywood To Use To Combat Box Office Disaster.

If I Weren't A Christian Scientist, And I Saw "trog" Advertised On A Marquee Across The Street, I'd Think I'd Contemplate Suicide.

I'd Like To Think Every Director I've Worked With Has Fallen In Love With Me, I Know Dorothy Arzner Did.

I Had Read The Criticisms Of Me And My Movies And They Were Discerning. They Said That Crawford Needs A New Deal, And They Asked If I Was Doomed To Explore Forever The Emotional Misfortunes Of The Super-sexed Modern Young Woman. And So, To Break Away From The Pattern, I Wanted To Do "the Gorgeous Hussy". Selznick Laughed At Me. 'you Can't Do A Costume Picture. You're Too Modern.' But I Begged And Begged And Begged, And So They Let Me Do It. I Was Totally Miscast.

There Was A Saying Around Mgm: "norma Shearer Got The Productions, Greta Garbo Supplied The Art, And Joan Crawford Made The Money To Pay For Both".