Joan Crawford adopted 4 kids

[quote] Why did two of them get cut from the movie.

Because I was not one of their faaaaaaaaaans!

Because they came later and because they didn't hate Joan like Xtina & Xtopher. The book doesn't mention them either

Because the other kids knew where to find the boys AND the booze! pfft!

When she turned in her first draft, her editor screamed “Tina - bring me the ax!”.

Because the truth is, they were getting old. They weren’t the little shop girls anymore who made a great success. That’s the truth, to face, if they wanted to survive for the next book.

“Why did you adopt me!?!?”

*5* kids

[quote]Christopher Crawford (I) was born in April of 1941 - Joan adopted Christopher in June of 1941. Joan was heartbroken when, after raising Christopher as her own, Christopher's biological mother wanted her child back. Joan cared for Christopher for almost a full year. In 1942, young Christopher was taken away from Joan and her then husband, Phillip Terry. Both were devastated. The birth mother ended up selling Christopher sometime later to another couple for $250.00!!! Joan Crawford throughout her entire life always considered Christopher Crawford (I) as one of her adopted children. In a 1968 interview with David Frost, Joan mentioned that she had adopted five children in her lifetime - remembering the "first" Christopher Crawford she had adopted in 1941.

r6 For the PUBLICITY you EXPELLED little alcoholic whore!

Mommie Dearest deleted scene-

Christina: "I got the mail."

Joan(drunk): "That's nice darling."

Christina: "There was a package that said something about a 'blue movie'. Are you doing a new film?"

Joan suddenly grows angry.

Joan: "What are you doing going through MY MAIL? I see how you're looking at me like YOU KNOW! You think I'm cheap huh?!? I'll SHOW YOU CHEAP you little bitch!"

If my memory serves me, the twins threatened to sue if they were portrayed in the film, I think they both died broke & lived on welfare.

I dodged a fucking bullet!

Didn't Joanie leave most of her money to the twins?

For reasons well aware to THEM.

SHE'S ADOPTED!!!!!!!

"Do YOU think it's clean?"

As I recall, Cindy and Cathy Crawford inherited about $73,000 each in 1977. Joan spread her estate around to a bunch of other people and organizations. I might be remembering it incorrectly, they might have even split that surprisingly modest amount.

Christina was full of shit.

Joan was one sick bitch.

On her sickbed.

I think it was because neither of them gave permission for their names or characters to be used. Christina did pay Christopher a modest amount so he could be featured.

A lot of characters had their names changed and/or were composited for the film. Even an earlier draft of the script featured a rival star to Joan named Sheila Sandstone, a fictional counterpart to Norma Shearer. The knitting needles incident was included in this draft.

[quote] Why did two of them get cut from the movie.

For reasons which are well known to them.

Joan spent all the money on herself. She was a selfish woman. She didn’t even pay the children’s tuition. The kids became charity cases. Meanwhile, Joan was taking vacations.

come play with us, Christina.

“THAT….is a LIE!”

R20 what's the knitting needle incident?

She BOUGHT 4 kids.

"Why did two of them get cut from the movie."

Artistic differences?

Gary talked them out of it.

So crazy that she stayed in bed on Oscar night. You'd think she'd want to experience her win in person.

Was she the favorite to win the Oscar in the year she won?

[quote]Joan spread her estate around to a bunch of other people and organizations.

Like she did her legs at M.G.M. And Warners. And Fox. And Universal. And Pepsi-Co.

R25 Joan infamously ruined one of Norma’s closeups by clacking her knitting needles loudly behind the camera. She was supposed to be giving Norma her cues.

Christopher is barely in the film, and I guess most of the young Christina scenes are in the time frame pre-twins.

They weren't actual twins, but were in reality born a year apart. But Joan called them the twins and dressed them alike.

Did Joan really not show up at the Oscars as she was afraid of losing?

[quote]They weren't actual twins, but were in reality born a year apart.

They were fraternal, not identical twins. But they were twins.

R36 is correct, their mother died shortly after the twins were born, I think she suffered from kidney disease. The father felt overwhelmed & gave them up for adoption.

R31. Such a charming story, dear heart. Your bravery has always been one of your many gifts, Bette. You never let the fact while the attractive woman in Hollywood were enjoying the pleasure that being beautifully and desirable brought them, you were trying to correct your hunched back and locked knees. Girls like you, the ones who society and attractive males have forgotten, are the true heroes!

R34, the twins, Cathy and Cynthia, were biological, fraternal twins. Christina falsely said they were not; Cathy sued Christina for defamation. They were adopted through Georgia Tann’s children’s society.

R22, Joan Crawford was very generous to people and to charities. She actually paid for a room and medical services at the Motion Picture Country Home, for needy people in the film industry.

[quote]Joan Crawford adopted 4 kids Why did two of them get cut from the movie.

Why are you so careless with punctuation, troll?

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear.

Bette Davis was always the superior actress. Joan Crawford's off camera life was always more interesting than her work on the big screen. I was never 'one of her fans' but I did enjoy Mildred Pierce and the film Sudden Fear. Christina's story hit close to home for me because I was also adopted by a mean old lady who beat me, but of course, she didn't have Joan's wealth and fame. If even a fraction of Christina's book is true then it's very sad that people around her witnessed the child abuse and did nothing to intervene.

[quote] Joan Crawford was very generous to people and to charities.

I don't doubt you at all, but I'm sure she had many different sides to her. She was also very image conscious, like every Hollywood actress. On another note, Christina is 85 years old now. Time really flies. She's a survivor.

With that face, she’s survived a lot…..