Evento

DAISY KENYON Starring Joan Crawford

DAISY KENYON
Thursday, July 7 at 7:30pm Members $9 Public $13
Includes Reception & Book Signing

Guest Speaker: PASCAL TONE, Friend of Joan Crawford!
Son of her ex-husband, actor Franchot Tone, Pascal will provide intimate perspectives on her, Christina Crawford (Mommie Dearest) and more!

A screening of
a rare 35mm print of Daisy Kenyon, and discusses the life and work of this legendary star
Starring Joan Crawford

Donald Spoto's Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford is the first
serious biography of one of the most electrifying divas in movie history, which reveals a
much more sympathetic and intelligent portrait than we've seen before. Joan Crawford was one
of the greatest film stars of all time, but also one of the most misunderstood. The image many
have is that of the unstable, abusive mother in Christina Crawford's Mommie Dearest. With this
book, Donald Spoto, the author of many biographies (Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred
Hitchcock, et al.), provides a contrasting portrait of Crawford as a courageous, ambitious woman
with good business sense, whose strength and drive made her a forerunner in her field. The
years right after World War II were among the best of Crawford's career as she starred in a series
of classic films (Mildred Pierce, Humoresque) that explored the changing roles of women in
post-war America. In Otto Preminger's powerful Daisy Kenyon, Crawford stars as a New York fashion illustrator who finds herself in
a love triangle with a married lawyer (Dana Andrews) and a troubled ex-GI (Henry Fonda). (USA, 1947, 99 min., b/w, 35mm)
Screening, Discussion, Reception and Book Signing
Thursday, July 7 at 7:30pm Members $9 Public $13
Includes Reception & Book Signing DAISY KENYON