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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 271086" data-attributes="member: 7">Joan Crawford had an affair with film director Vincent Sherman in the late forties and early fifties. He directed her in three films: THE DAMNED DON&#039;T CRY, HARRIET CRAIG, and GOODBYE, MY FANCY. In the biography Turner Classic Movies did on Joan called The Ultimate Movie Star, Sherman said that their affair began before the production of THE DAMNED DON&#039;T CRY. Crawford first made a pass at him when she invited him to her home to meet him directly. She apparently disrobed herself in front of him, and thus began an affair that lasted around almost three years.

Sherman himself made the comparison between Crawford and the title character she played in HARRIET CRAIG, a 1950 film noir that basically told the story of a woman who was more concerned about keeping up appearances rather than the people in her life. Sherman said that was &quot;true in many ways with Joan&quot;. A lot of people single in on HARRIET CRAIG as being close to Crawford in real life, and apparently Faye Dunaway drew inspiration from that film for her portrayal of Joan in MOMMIE DEAREST in 1981.[ATTACH=full]27230[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 271086, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY]Joan Crawford had an affair with film director Vincent Sherman in the late forties and early fifties. He directed her in three films: THE DAMNED DON'T CRY, HARRIET CRAIG, and GOODBYE, MY FANCY. In the biography Turner Classic Movies did on Joan called The Ultimate Movie Star, Sherman said that their affair began before the production of THE DAMNED DON'T CRY. Crawford first made a pass at him when she invited him to her home to meet him directly. She apparently disrobed herself in front of him, and thus began an affair that lasted around almost three years. Sherman himself made the comparison between Crawford and the title character she played in HARRIET CRAIG, a 1950 film noir that basically told the story of a woman who was more concerned about keeping up appearances rather than the people in her life. Sherman said that was "true in many ways with Joan". A lot of people single in on HARRIET CRAIG as being close to Crawford in real life, and apparently Faye Dunaway drew inspiration from that film for her portrayal of Joan in MOMMIE DEAREST in 1981.[/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="466px" alt="1621013780228.png"]27230[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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