And you saw Hollywood with their eyes — an overcrowded brothel, a merry-go-round with beds for horses.
That is when they began to blackmail her and threaten to sell stories for money, which forced her at times to make payoffs.
Finally, on August 18th 1925, Lucille was christened with the new name Joan Crawford! She said she would be starring with Miss Davis and that I should be able to do some wonderful things.
Magnum photographer Eve Arnold, who became associated with the agency in the early 1950s in New York, photographed Crawford on several occasions, over which an intimate bond formed.
Lucille was about to receive the biggest Christmas present she had ever received! You know how it is.
Joan swept in, her square-shouldered suit and very high-heeled clear plastic shoes making her appear tall she was in reality only five foot four.