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Biography (print)

Lawrence Quirk. The Films of Joan Crawford (Revised Edition). Secaucus, NJ: Lyle Stuart, 1970. ISBN 0806503416

Lawrence Quirk, William Schoell. Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 2002. ISBN 0813122546

Shaun Considine. Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud. New York: Penguin USA, 1989. ISBN 052524770X

Carl Johnes. Crawford: The Last Years. New York: Dell, 1979. ISBN 0440115361

Steven Harvey. Joan Crawford (A Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies). New York: Pyramid Publications, 1974. ISBN 0515034177

Charles Castle. Raging Star: Biography of the Real Joan Crawford. London: New English Library, 1977. ISBN 0450036855

Christopher Nickens, Karen Swenson. Possessed: The Turbulent Life of Joan Crawford. London: Fourth Estate, 1997. ISBN 1857025059

Frederick Lawrence Guiles. Joan Crawford: The Last Word. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing, 1995. ISBN 155972269X

Roy Newquist. Conversations With Joan Crawford. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing Group, 1980. ISBN 0806507209

Jane Ellen Wayne. Crawford's Men. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988. ISBN 0131886657

Joan Crawford. A Portrait of Joan. New York: Doubleday, 1962.

Christina Crawford. Mommie Dearest. New York: William Morrow, 1978. ISBN 0688033865

Alexander Walker. Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Star. New York: Harper & Row, 1983. ISBN 0060151234

Bob Thomas. Joan Crawford: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1978. ISBN 0671240331

David Bret. Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2006. ISBN 0786718684

Charlotte Chandler. Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, a Personal Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. ISBN 1416547517

Joan Crawford. My Way of Life. 1971.

Biographical movies

Mommie Dearest (1981)

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002) (TV)

Portrayed in

The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980) (TV)

"Saia Justa" (2002)

Article

"The Los Angeles Times" (USA)	27 March 2008, by: Kevin Thomas, "A Star Rises in Hollywood"
"Vanity Fair" (UK)	March 2008, Iss. 571, pg. 148 - 153, by: Charlotte Chandler, "Daughter Dearest"
"The New York Times" (USA)	19 February 2008, Vol. 157, Iss. 54,225, pg. E1 & E7, by: Dave Kehr, "Absolute Artifice From a Movie Star of the Old School"
"Movieline" (USA)	August 1998, Vol. 9, Iss. 11, pg. 82, by: Edward Margulies, "Sawdust and Caviar (Bad Movies We Love: Berserk)"
"Superstars intim" (Germany)	January 1984, pg. 42-45
"Film Reader" (UK)	1978, Iss. 3, pg. 24-34, by: Jean-Loup Bourget, "Faces of the American melodrama: Joan Crawford"
"The New York Times" (USA)	11 May 1977, by: Peter B. Flint, "Joan Crawford Dies at Home"
"Hollywood Family Album" (USA)	1961, Iss. 10, "I'm Proud Of You, Christina"

Pictorial

"Movieline" (USA)	September 1999, Vol. 11, Iss. 1, pg. 41, by: Stephen Rebello, "Risqué Business"
"Playboy Special Edition" (USA)	April 1999, pg. 39, by: staff, "Playboy's Sex Stars of the Century"
"Playboy" (USA)	January 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 1, pg. 105-128+214-220, by: D. Keith Mano, "Sex Stars Of The Century"
"Playboy" (USA)	April 1997, Vol. 44, Iss. 4, pg. 84, by: James R. Peterson, "Playboy's History of the Sexual Revolution, Part III (1920-29): The Jazz Age"
"Celebrity Sleuth" (USA)	1997, Vol. 11, Iss. 1, pg. 23, by: staff, "Star-tistics"
"Celebrity Skin" (USA)	April 1995, Vol. 17, Iss. 41, pg. 63, by: staff, "The Best of Skin"
"Australian Electric Blue" (Australia)	1990, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, pg. 27, by: n/a, "Magnum Muff Presents Screen Legends"
"Oui" (USA)	January 1984, Vol. 13, Iss. 1, pg. 22-27, by: staff, "Mommie Barest"
"Oui's Celebrity Nudes" (USA)	1984, Vol. 4, Iss. 52, pg. 87-92, by: staff, "Mommie Barest"
"High Society" (USA)	October 1980, "Bath Tub Scenes"
"¡Hola!" (Spain)	30 January 1971, Iss. 1379, pg. 13, "Cinegrama"
"Playboy" (USA)	November 1965, Vol. 12, Iss. 11, pg. 152, by: Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert, "The history of sex in the cinema - Part Six : The thirties - Censorship and the Depression"
"Playboy" (USA)	September 1965, Vol. 12, Iss. 9, pg. 173, by: Arthur Knight & Hollis Alpert, "The History of Sex in Cinema - Part Five: Sex Stars of the Twenties"
"Jeunesse Cinéma" (France)	July 1965, Iss. 91, pg. 65, "Star Book : Gloires de Hollywood"
"Midi-Minuit Fantastique" (France)	1964, Iss. 10-11, pg. 48O, "STRAIT-JACKET (1963), ou Joan Crawford et la folie..."

Magazine cover photo

"Satellite Direct" (USA)	August 2002
"After Dark" (USA)	March 1978
"Woman's Home Companion" (USA)	January 1955
"Oggi" (Italy)	9 July 1953
"Motion Picture" (USA)	February 1948
"Cine Illustrato" (Italy)	16 November 1947, Vol. 3, Iss. 47
"Screen Stories" (USA)	August 1947
"Picturegoer" (UK)	2 February 1946
"Ecran" (Chile)	November 1945
"Look" (USA)	12 March 1940
"Picturegoer" (USA)	28 October 1939
"Screen Book" (USA)	October 1939
"Look" (USA)	28 March 1939
"Picturegoer" (UK)	25 March 1939
"Pic" (USA)	22 March 1938
"Pour Vous" (France)	29 December 1937, Iss. 476
"Picture Play" (USA)	March 1936
"Silver Screen" (USA)	November 1934
"Il Mattino Illustrato" (Italy)	7 August 1933
"Movie Mirror" (USA)	June 1933
"Film Weekly" (USA)	17 March 1933
"Picture Show" (USA)	7 April 1928

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