The Concluding Chapter of Crawford

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Categorized In Chronological Order
(Complete Listing of All Letters)

1960
June 30th, 1960
May 17th, 1960
August 1st, 1960
September 22nd, 1960
October 12th, 1960
October 30th, 1960
November 2nd, 1960
December 29th, 1960

1961
February 16th, 1961
March 8th, 1961
March 17th, 1961
April 5th, 1961
May 28th, 1961
June 19th, 1961
August 30th, 1961
October 30th, 1961(To Anita Loos)

1962
February 6th, 1962
June 2nd, 1962
June 30th, 1962
Christmas, 1962

1963
January 3rd, 1963
January 15th, 1963
February 4th, 1963
February 14th, 1963(To George Cukor)
February 25th, 1963
February 25th, 1963(#2)
April 6th, 1963
April 8th, 1963
April 10th, 1963
May 31st, 1963
July 16th, 1963
August 8th, 1963(To B.D. Hyman)
October 5th, 1963
October 26th, 1963

1964
January 2nd, 1964
January 30th, 1964(To Joseph La Rose)
March 21st, 1964(Telegram to Virginia Grey)
May 7th, 1964
May 21st, 1964
July 5th, 1964
July 24th, 1964 (To Vincent Sherman)
September 14th, 1964 (To Joseph La Rose)
October 6th, 1964(By "Ma Petite" (Joan's white poodle) to Don Parker, Joan's assistant)
November 21st, 1964
December 8th, 1964
December 9th, 1964(By Betty Barker)
Christmas Greeting, 1964(By "Ma Petite" (Joan's white Poodle) to Don Parker, Joan's assistant)

1965
February 13th, 1965
March 19th, 1965
March 26th, 1965
March 31st, 1965
April 9th, 1965 (To Hedda Hopper)

1966
January 3rd, 1966
January 26th, 1966
May 31st, 1966
August 17th, 1966
Christmas, 1966

1967
January 4th, 1967
January 9th, 1967
February 24th, 1967
March 14th, 1967
August 21st, 1967
November 1st, 1967
December 5th, 1967(To Shirley Eder)
November 11th, 1967
Christmas 1967

1968
February 1st, 1968
February 29th, 1968
April 29th, 1968
March 20th, 1968
March 21st, 1968
July 19th, 1968
November 30th, 1968

1969
January 3rd, 1969
April 28th, 1969
May 5th, 1969
May 14th, 1969
November 3rd, 1969

1970
July 9th, 1970
July 14th, 1970
May 28th, 1970
August 20th, 1970
September 7th, 1970
October 19th, 1970(To Vincent Sherman)
October 20th, 1970(To Maurice Chevalier)
Christmas Greeting, 1970

1971
May 19th, 1971
October 19, 1971
October 23rd, 1971

1972
January 4th, 1972
March 3rd, 1972
August 9th, 1972
September 12th, 1972

1973
February 12th, 1973
April 27th, 1973
June 13th, 1973(To writer Arthur Lewis)
September 11th, 1973
October 15th, 1973(To George Cukor, Thanks to Robert Leininger)
November 13th, 1973

1974
January 9th, 1974
January 16th, 1974
February 4th, 1974
February 4th, 1974 (#2)
February 20th, 1974
May 3rd, 1974
December 17th, 1974
Christmas greeting, 1974
Christmas greeting, 1974 (#2)
Christmas greeting, 1974 (#3)(To Mary Pickford)

1975
Undated handwritten letter to Katharine Hepburn, 1975
January 20th, 1975
April 1st, 1975
December 3rd, 1975
December 20th, 1975 (To John Engstead)

1976
March 9th, 1976
April 24th, 1976
August 3rd, 1976
August 18th, 1976(To Phyllis Diller)
October 13th, 1976
December 3rd, 1976

1977
Undated, 1977(To Vincent Sherman)

January 21st, 1977
February 15th, 1977
February 16th, 1977 (To editor John Willis)
April 6th, 1977
April 11th, 1977
April 12th, 1977
April 18th, 1977

Letters From Joan (Post 1960)

Categorized By Content
(Subdivided Into Categories)
Films
(In Chronological Order of Year Released)

"What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?"
June 2nd, 1962
April 8th, 1962
January 15th, 1963
May 31st, 1963 (Related to Cannes Film Festival)

"The Caretakers"
January 15th, 1963
February 25th, 1963

"Strait-Jacket"
October 26th, 1963

"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
May 21st, 1964 (Regarding upcoming filming)
July 24th, 1964 (To Vincent Sherman for taking her home from Cedars Of Lebanon Hospital, illness during filming of "Hush")
September 14th, 1964 (To Joseph La Rose, thank you note for his "get-well" card, illness during "Charlotte")

"I Saw What You Did"
February 13th, 1965

"Berserk" (a.k.a. "Circus of Blood")
August 17th, 1966
March 14th, 1967

"Trog"
November 3rd, 1969
July 14th, 1970

Television Appearances

"The Bob Hope Show"
September 22nd, 1960

"Girl Talk"
April 9th, 1965

"The Merv Griffin Show"
July 14th, 1970

"The Hollywood Palace"
August 17th, 1966

"I've Got A Secret"
October 13th, 1961

"The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
February 24th, 1967

"The Miss America Pageant" (Televised)
August 30th, 1961

"Royal Bay" (a.k.a. "Della")
October 5th, 1963
January 3rd, 1969

"The Sixth Sense"
August 9th, 1972

"Startime" (a.k.a "Ford's Startime")
February 23rd, 1960

"The Tim Conway Comedy Hour"
September 7th, 1970

"The Virginian"
July 9th, 1970

"Zane Grey Theater"
May 17th, 1960
September 22, 1960
October 12th, 1960
February 16th, 1961

"The Ziegfeld Touch"
("Dupont Show Of The Week" episode)
August 30th, 1961
February 6th, 1962

Rejected/Canceled Projects
(Details on these projects can be found in
the website's "Missed Opportunities" section)

"Cyclone of Silence"
November 4th, 1971

"Follies" (Located in the post-script of the letter)

September 11th, 1973

"Jenny By Nature"
July 14th, 1970

"Lady In A Cage"
June 2nd, 1962

"The Name of The Game"
December 11th, 1970

"Return To Peyton Place"
August 1st, 1960

"The Smothers Brothers Show"
November 11th, 1967

"There Was An Old Woman"
July 21st, 1971

"Two In The Bush"
July 16th, 1963

"Toys In The Attic"
June 19th, 1961

Notable Acquaintances

Robert Aldrich
May 31st, 1963

Bette Davis
June 2nd, 1962
May 31st, 1963
August 8th, 1963 (Letter to B.D. Merrill Hyman)
May 19th, 1971

Paulette Goddard
September 11th, 1973

William Haines
February 20th, 1974

B.D. Merrill Hyman
August 8th, 1963

Joseph Levine
March 31st, 1965

Eleanor Powell
August 20th, 1970

Cliff Robertson
May 31st, 1963

Barry Sullivan
October 19th, 1970

Robert Young
March 14th, 1967

Joan's Children

Cathy & Cynthia:
August 1st, 1960 (Vacation with the twins)
October 12th, 1960 (Twins too busy to correspond)
August 21st, 1967 (Twins' allowance)

Christina:
June 19th, 1961 (Christina's acting career)
August 17th, 1966 (Christina's marriage)
November 30th, 1968 (Christina working on "The Secret Storm")
October 19th, 1970 (Christina's acting career, to Vincent Sherman)

Miscellaneous Content

"A Portrait of Joan" (Autobiography)
February 16th, 1961
March 28th, 1961
June 19th, 1961
October 13th, 1961
June 30th, 1962

The Academy Awards
March 19th, 1965
March 31th, 1965

Kaiser Cookout (Annual Hawaiian Pepsi Event)
April 9th, 1965

Motion Picture Hall Of Fame
October 13th, 1976

Moving apartments
October 15th, 1973
January 9th, 1974

"Playboy" Magazine
January 26th, 1966

Categorized By Letter's Addressee
(Alphabetical order)

George Burns (Comedian)
April 10th, 1963

Phyllis Diller (Comedian, friend)
August 18th, 1976

Maurice Chevalier (Entertainer, Friend)
October 20th, 1970

George Cukor (Former director, friend)
February 14th, 1963
October 15th, 1973(Thanks to Robert Leininger)

Shirley Eder (Reporter, friend)
December 5th, 1967
April 6th, 1977

John Engstead (Photographer)
December 20th, 1975

Virginia Grey
March 21st, 1964(Telegram)

Katharine Hepburn (Actress)
Undated, 1975

Hedda Hopper (Reporter, friend)
April 9th, 1965

B.D. Merrill Hyman (Daughter of Bette Davis)
August 8th, 1963

Joseph La Rose (Shoe designer)
January 30th, 1964
September 14th, 1964
December 9th, 1964(By secretary Betty Barker)

Peter Lawford (Actor)
April 6th, 1963(With Lawford's reply)

Anita Loos (Screenwriter, friend)
October 30th, 1961

Don Parker (Joan's assistant)
October 6th, 1964By "Ma petite" (Joan's poodle)
Christmas 1964By "Ma Petite" (Joan's poodle)

Mary Pickford
Christmas greeting, 1974

Vincent Sherman (Former director, friend)
July 24th, 1964
October 19th, 1970

Undated, 1977

Frances Spingold (Friend)
October 26th, 1963

John Willis (Editor of "Theatre World")
February 16th, 1977

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