Joan Crawford / filmography
Joan Crawford's Extended Filmography lists all of the actress's feature films, including cameos . Contributions as an extra are not listed. Also not included is the short film Jewel Robbery in Hollywood , which was produced exclusively for charitable purposes and which all major film studios showed free of charge in their respective contract cinemas.
The list provides information about the film studio or distributor responsible for the production and, if verified information is available, about the production costs and box office results. The theatrical release date refers to the start of official distribution in the USA.
The technical data column shows the duration in minutes as well as whether it is a black and white (b & w) or color production (f) or a silent (S) or sound film (T). The production costs and the values in the column Evaluation of the box office results refer to US dollars. For some films, information is only available for box office earnings in the USA. These are marked accordingly. The order of the information:
- Box office earnings USA
- Earnings abroad
- Cumulative earnings
- Profit (+) / loss (-)
- k. A .: no information available.
Most frequent co-star:
- Clark Gable : 8 Films
- Franchot Tone : 7 Films
- Robert Montgomery : 6 films
Most frequent director:
- Clarence Brown : 5 films
- Jack Conway : 5 films
- Harry Beaumont : 4 films
- WS Van Dyke : 4 films
Decades | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s |
year | German title Original title |
Technical specifications | Studio | Theatrical release | Director | Contributors | costs | evaluation | action | Remarks |
1920s | ||||||||||
1925 | Pretty ladies | 74 / sw / S | MGM | July 15, 1925 | Monta Bell |
ZaSu Pitts , Myrna Loy |
k. A. | k. A. | Marriage drama set against a Broadway show | Only appearance under her maiden name Lucille LeSueur. |
1925 | Old clothes | 65 / sw / S | MGM | 9/11/1925 | Eddie Cline |
Jackie Coogan , Ted Davidson |
k. A. | k. A. | Two poor friends get rich by speculating in precious metals. | First appearance as Joan Crawford. |
1925 | Sally, Irene and Mary | 58 / sw / S | MGM | December 7, 1925 | Edmund Goulding |
Constance Bennett , Sally O'Neil |
156,000 | 373,000 98,000 471,000 +141,000 |
Three friends experience romantic entanglements. | |
1926 | Tramp, tramp, tramp | 62 / sw / S | First National | March 21, 1926 | Harry Edwards | Harry Langdon | k. A. | k. A. | The naive Harry takes part in a sports competition out of love for a girl. | |
1926 | Paris | 67 / sw / S | MGM | May 24, 1926 | Edmund Goulding |
Charles Ray , Douglas Gilmore |
198,000 | 275,000 92,000 367,000 +33,000 |
A young dancer has to choose between two men and ends up making the wrong choice. | First dance film for Joan Crawford. Rise to Leading Lady status . |
1926 | The boob | 64 / sw / S | MGM | June 14, 1926 | William A. Wellman |
George K. Arthur , Carmel Myers |
108,000 | 142,000 41,000 183,000 -30,000 |
Comedy about a man who turns into an undercover agent out of love. | The film was shot in mid-1925. |
1927 | Winners of the Wilderness | 68 / sw / S | MGM | January 15, 1927 | WS Van Dyke | Tim McCoy | 86,000 | 158,000 125,000 283,000 +74,000 |
Westerns against the backdrop of the Anglo-French conflict in America. | |
1927 | The Taxi Dancer | 64 / sw / S | MGM | 5.2.1927 | Harry billion | Owen Moore | 143,000 | 263,000 100,000 363,000 +67,000 |
A young dancer experiences difficult trials in search of true love. | First film to name Joan Crawford above the title (so-called "top-billing"). |
1927 | The Understanding Heart | 67 / bw with color sequences / p |
Cosmopolitan Productions MGM |
February 12, 1927 | Jack Conway | Francis X. Bushman, Jr. | 248,000 | 427,000 109,000 536,000 +70,000 |
Love story against the background of a forest fire that endangers the lives of everyone involved. | |
1927 |
The Unknown The Unknown |
65 / sw / S | MGM | 6.4.1927 | Death Browning | Lon Chaney | 217,000 | 578,000 269,000 847,000 +362,000 |
Dramatic love story in a circus environment. | Lon Chaney gave Crawford numerous tips during the filming to master her complex role. |
1927 | Twelve Miles Out | 85 / sw / S | MGM | July 9, 1927 | Jack Conway | John Gilbert | 462,000 | 655,000 238,000 893,000 +125,000 |
An alcohol smuggler kidnaps a young woman on his ship and falls in love with her. In the end, he sacrifices his life for her. | First of two films starring John Gilbert. |
1927 | Spring fever | 60 / sw / S | MGM | October 18, 1927 | Edward Sedgwick | William Haines | 314,000 | 386,000 119,000 505,000 +115,000 |
Romantic love story. | First of three films with William Haines. |
1928 |
The smart West Point |
80 / sw / S | MGM | 2.1.1928 | Edward Sedgwick | William Haines | 205,000 | 502,000 190,000 692,000 +238,000 |
Romantic entanglements in America's most famous cadet school. | Some of the filming took place in West Point . |
1928 | The Law of the Range | 60 / sw / S | MGM | January 21, 1928 | William Nigh | Tim McCoy | 52,000 | 139,000 102,000 241,000 +87,000 |
Western about two different brothers who love the same woman. | |
1928 | Rose-Marie | 70 / sw / S | MGM | February 11, 1928 | Lucien Hubbard | James Murray | 494,000 | 679,000 293,000 972,000 +165,000 |
A young woman stands in the Canadian wilderness between two men and her criminal brother. | Film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II . |
1928 |
Duty and love across to Singapore |
78 / sw / S | MGM | April 30, 1928 | William Nigh |
Ramón Novarro , Ernest Torrence |
292,000 | 548,000 333,000 881,000 +306,000 |
A young sailor loves his brother's girlfriend. During a crossing, there is a dramatic argument on board the ship. | Film adaptation of the novel All the Brothers Were Valiant by Ben Ames Williams. |
1928 | Four walls | 60 / sw / S | MGM | August 11, 1928 | William Nigh |
John Gilbert , Carmel Myers |
255,000 | 605,000 198,000 803,000 +289,000 |
A gangster story about a former criminal who tries to lead an honest life after being released from prison. | |
1928 | Our Dancing Daughters | 86 / sw / S |
Cosmopolitan Productions MGM |
September 9, 1928 | Harry Beaumont |
Anita Page , Dorothy Sebastian , John Mack Brown |
178,000 | 757,000 342,000 1,099,000 +304,000 |
A flapper experiences romantic entanglements in search of true love. | Breakthrough to a top star. There are two more films with the addition "Our" in the title, but they do not refer to each other in terms of content. |
1928 | Dream of Love | 65 / sw / S | MGM | 1.12.1928 | Fred Niblo |
Nils Asther , Aileen Pringle |
221,000 | 339,000 232,000 571,000 +138,000 |
Gypsy girl falls in love with the heir to the throne of a dwarf state, turns unhappy love into a stage star and in the end saves him from execution. | |
1929 | The Duke Steps Out | 62 / sw / S | MGM | March 16, 1929 | James Cruze | William Haines | 218,000 | 714,000 206,000 920,000 +343,000 |
A spoiled boy becomes a man out of love for a poor girl. | |
1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | 82 / bw with color sequences / T | MGM | August 14, 1929 | Charles Reisner | Star cast | 426,000 | 1,517,000 894,000 2,421,000 +1,135,000 |
Number revue with appearances by all MGM stars except Greta Garbo and Ramón Novarro . | Sound film debut by Joan Crawford. She presents the first tap dance of the sound film. Song: "I've got a feeling for you". |
1929 |
Modern Girls Our Modern Maidens |
70 / sw / S with sound effects | MGM | 8/24/1929 | Jack Conway |
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Dorothy Sebastian , Rod La Rocque |
283,000 | 675,000 182,000 857,000 +248,000 |
The rich heiress is left sitting in front of the altar and only finds true love after many errors. | Only appearance at the side of her first husband Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. Last silent film. |
1929 | Untamed | 65 / sw / T | MGM | 11/23/1929 | Jack Conway | Robert Montgomery | 229,000 | 714,000 260,000 974,000 +508,000 |
Heiress from the jungle becomes a lady with manners in New York and almost loses her true love in the process. | First pure sound film and first of six joint films with Robert Montgomery. |
1930s | ||||||||||
1930 | Montana Moon | 71 / sw / T | MGM | March 20, 1930 | Malcolm St. Clair |
John Mack Brown , Dorothy Sebastian |
227,000 | 751,000 209,000 960,000 +326,000 |
Romance in love in the Wild West. | One of the first sound films with numerous outdoor recordings. |
1930 | Our Blushing Brides | 74 / sw / T | MGM | July 19, 1930 | Harry Beaumont |
Dorothy Sebastian , Anita Page , Robert Montgomery |
337,000 | 874,000 337,000 1,211,000 +412,000 |
Three young employees in a department store experience intricate, sometimes dramatic love stories. | Last film in the "Our" series. |
1930 | Paid | 80 / sw / T | MGM | 12/30/1930 | Sam Wood | Marie Prevost | 385,000 | 920,000 311,000 1,231,000 +415,000 |
An innocent young woman goes to jail and later takes revenge. | |
1931 |
Life's wrong ways Dance, Fools, Dance |
82 / sw / T | MGM | February 21, 1931 | Harry Beaumont | Clark Gable | 234,000 | 848,000 420,000 1,268,000 +524,000 |
Wealthy heiress loses all of her fortune in the stock market crash and, as a reporter, uncovered a criminal syndicate. | First of eight joint films with Clark Gable. |
1931 | Laughing Sinners | 71 / sw / T | MGM | May 30, 1931 | Harry Beaumont |
Neil Hamilton , Clark Gable |
338,000 | 624,000 141,000 765,000 +156,000 |
Young woman ends up with the wrong man and only realizes the value of real love after much confusion. | |
1931 | This Modern Age | 68 / sw / T | MGM | August 29, 1931 | Nicholas Grinde | Pauline Frederick | 316,000 | 708,000 183,000 891,000 +218,000 |
Dramatic mother-daughter story. | |
1931 |
Everything for your happiness possessed |
76 / sw / T | MGM | 11/31/1931 | Clarence Brown | Clark Gable | 378,000 | 1,030,000 492,000 1,522,000 +611,000 |
The easiest route to luxury is horizontal: poor woman from the slums becomes the mistress of a rich politician and almost ruins his career. | |
1932 |
People in the Hotel Grand Hotel |
115 / sw / T | MGM | April 12, 1932 | Edmund Goulding |
Greta Garbo , Wallace Beery , John Barrymore , Lionel Barrymore |
700,000 | 1,235,000 1,359,000 2,594,000 +947,000 |
Fateful hours in a Berlin luxury hotel. | First large-scale production with a star cast. |
1932 | Letty Lynton | 84 / sw / T | MGM | April 30, 1932 | Clarence Brown |
Robert Montgomery , Nils Asther |
347,000 | 754,000 418,000 1,172,000 +390,000 |
Rich young woman is accused of killing her sadistic lover. The film is vaguely based on the case of Madeleine Smith . | |
1932 | Rain | 92 / sw / T | United Artists | 10/12/1932 | Lewis Milestone | Walter Huston | 591,000 | 538,000 166,000 704,000 -198,000 |
Prostitutes find their way into a bourgeois existence via detours. | Film adaptation of the play of the same name by William Somerset Maugham . Loan-out at Crawford's own request. |
1933 | Today We Live | 115 / sw / T | MGM | 3/3/1933 | Howard Hawks |
Gary Cooper , Franchot Tone |
663,000 | 590,000 445,000 1,035,000 -23,000 |
English noblewoman falls in love with an American bomber pilot. | First of seven appearances alongside Franchot Tone, her second husband. |
1933 |
I only dance for you Dancing Lady |
94 / sw / T | MGM | 11/24/1933 | Robert Z. Leonard |
Clark Gable , Franchot Tone |
923,000 | 1,490,000 916,000 2,406,000 +744,000 |
Young dancer becomes the star of a revue and stands between two men. | |
1934 | Sadie McKee | 88 / sw / T | MGM | 9.5.1934 | Clarence Brown |
Franchot Tone , Gene Raymond , Edward Arnold |
612,000 | 838,000 464,000 1,302,000 +226,000 |
Employee falls in love with the son of the master and has to leave the house. She marries a millionaire and ends up finding true happiness. | |
1934 |
Chained in golden chains |
74 / sw / T | MGM | September 9, 1934 | Clarence Brown |
Clark Gable , Otto Kruger |
544,000 | 1,301,000 687,000 1,988,000 +732,000 |
A young woman marries an older and rich man out of a sense of duty and then falls in love with a younger man without money. | |
1934 |
Never Marry First Time Forsaking All Others |
82 / sw / T | MGM | December 23, 1934 | WS Van Dyke |
Clark Gable , Robert Montgomery |
392,000 | 1,399,000 800,000 2,199,000 +1,132,000 |
The rich heiress is abandoned the day before the wedding and realizes almost too late who she really loves. | |
1935 | No more ladies | 79 / sw / T | MGM | June 14, 1935 |
Edward H. Griffith , George Cukor |
Robert Montgomery , Franchot Tone , Gail Patrick |
765,000 | 1,117,000 506,000 1,623,000 +166,000 |
Rich woman stands between two men and first chooses the wrong one. | |
1935 |
Where love falls I Live My Life |
88 / sw / T | MGM | October 4, 1935 | WS Van Dyke |
Brian Aherne , May Robson |
586,000 | 921,000 557,000 1,478,000 +348,000 |
Young heiress loves poor archaeologists. | |
1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | 105 / sw / T | MGM | 8/28/1936 | Clarence Brown |
Robert Taylor , Melvyn Douglas |
1,119,000 | 1,451,000 561,000 2,019,000 +116,000 |
Fictional account of the events surrounding the petticoat affair . | |
1936 | Love on the run | 81 / sw / T | MGM | 11/20/1936 | WS Van Dyke |
Clark Gable , Franchot Tone |
578,000 | 1,141,000 721,000 1,862,000 +677,000 |
The rich heiress runs away to Europe shortly before the wedding and is followed by two reporters. | Screwball Comedy . |
1937 | The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | 98 / sw / T | MGM | February 19, 1937 |
Richard Boleslawski , Dorothy Arzner |
William Powell , Robert Montgomery |
741,000 | 1,107,000 690,000 1,797,000. +460,000 |
Con artist falls in love with a lord and lands her last coup. | Second adaptation of the play by Frederick Lonsdale . |
1937 |
The bride wore red The Bride Wore Red |
103 / sw / T | MGM | October 15, 1937 | Dorothy Arzner |
Robert Young , Franchot Tone |
960,000 | USA: 1,200,000 | Cabaret singer poses as a society lady and experiences happy hours in high society. | |
1938 | mannequin | 95 / sw / T | MGM | January 20, 1938 | Frank Borzage | Spencer Tracy | 595,000 | 1,066,000 568,000 1,634,000 +475,000 |
A young woman from the slums marries the wrong man and ends up finding happiness at the side of a ship magnate. | |
1938 |
Burning fire of passion The Shining Hour |
76 / sw / T | MGM | 11/18/1938 | Frank Borzage |
Melvyn Douglas , Margaret Sullavan , Fay Bainter |
1,068,000 | 942,000 425,000 1,367,000. -137,000 |
Nightclub dancer hastily marries a rancher and has to fight family prejudices. | |
1939 |
Dance on the Ice The Ice Follies of 1939 |
83 / bw with color passages / T | MGM | 3/10/1939 | Reinhold Schünzel |
James Stewart , Lew Ayres |
1,108,000 | 725,000 448,000 1,213,000. -343,000 |
Unknown ice skater becomes a celebrated film star and thus endangers her marriage. | The film has numerous autobiographical elements relating to Crawford's own career. |
1939 |
The Women The Women |
134 / bw with color passages / T | MGM | September 9, 1939 | George Cukor |
Norma Shearer , Rosalind Russell , Paulette Goddard |
1,688,000 | 1,691,000 704,000 2,415,000 -202,000 |
Two women fight for a man with the participation of an armada of supposed friends. | Not a single man in front of the camera. |
1940s | ||||||||||
1940 |
The wonderful rescue Strange Cargo |
113 / sw / T | MGM | 3/10/1940 | Frank Borzage | Clark Gable | 1,252,000 | 1,311,000 603,000 1,924,000. +21,000 |
Cabaret singer accompanies a group of fugitives. | Last film with Clark Gable. |
1940 |
Susan and God Susan and God |
117 / sw / T | MGM | September 9, 1940 | George Cukor |
Fredric March , Ruth Hussey |
1,103,000 | 817,000 179,000 1,096,000 -433,000 |
Society matron vacillates between false beliefs and real feelings. | First mother role. |
1941 |
The woman with the scar A woman's face |
105 / sw / T | MGM | May 15, 1941 | George Cukor |
Melvyn Douglas , Conrad Veidt |
1,343,000 | 1,077,000 830,000 1,907,000 -131,000 |
A woman with a cruelly disfigured face is healed of her external scars by an operation and must now face her emotional wounds. | Remake of En Kvinnas Ansigte with Ingrid Bergman . |
1941 | When Ladies Meet | 105 / sw / T | MGM | 9/28/1941 | Robert Z. Leonard |
Robert Taylor , Greer Garson , Herbert Marshall |
640,000 | 1,162,000 684,000 1,846,000 +607,000 |
Successful writer fights for the affection of a married man to find true love in the end. | Remake of the 1933 film of the same name. |
1942 |
One kiss too many They All Kissed the Bride |
86 / sw / T | Columbia Pictures | June 11, 1942 | Alexander Hall | Melvyn Douglas | k. A. | k. A. | Cold-hearted businesswoman discovers true love. | Crawford took on the role for Carole Lombard, who had just had an accident . |
1942 | Reunion in France | 102 / sw / T | MGM | 12/12/1942 | Jules Dassin | John Wayne | 1,054,000 | 1,064,000 817,000 1,863,000 +222,000 |
French fashion designer fights side by side with an American pilot for free France and against the German occupiers. | |
1943 |
Dangerous Honeymoon Above Suspicion |
91 / sw / T | MGM | August 6, 1943 | Richard Thorpe |
Fred MacMurray , Conrad Veidt |
k. A. | k. A. | An American couple fights against fascism and successfully spies on crucial secrets. | Last film after 18 years with MGM. |
1944 | Hollywood Canteen | 123 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | November 15, 1944 | Delmer Daves | Star cast with cameo appearances from all Warner Stars. | 2,126,000 | 3,813,000 1,621,000 5,452,000 k. A. |
Bette Davis and John Garfield lead through a number revue with sketches and shows. Joan Crawford dances with one of the soldiers in a short sequence. | The proceeds went to charities. |
1945 |
As long as a heart beats Mildred Pierce |
111 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | September 24, 1945 | Michael Curtiz |
Zachary Scott , Jack Carson , Ann Blyth |
1,453,000 | 3,483,000 2,155,000 5,638,000 k. A. |
Complex mother-daughter relationships lead to numerous conflicts. | Oscar / Best Actress at the 1946 Academy Awards for Crawford. Artistically and financially most successful film of the year for the studio. |
1946 |
Humoresque Humoresque |
125 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | 11/25/1946 | Jean Negulesco |
John Garfield , Oscar Levant , Anne Revere |
2,164,000 | 2,281,000 1,118,000 3,399,000 k. A. |
Ambitious musician falls in love with an alcoholic society lady who breaks up in the relationship. | One of the first American films, of the New Look of Christian Dior adapted into the costume design. |
1947 |
Unrestrained love possessed |
108 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | July 26, 1947 | Curtis Bernhardt |
Van Heflin , Raymond Massey |
2,592,000 | 1,987,000 1,085,000 3,072,000 k. A. |
The unrequited love for a man leads to the total emotional breakdown of a woman who only gets back on the path of recovery through psychoanalysis. | Nomination for an Oscar for best actress at the 1948 Academy Awards . |
1947 | Daisy Kenyon | 99 / sw / T | 20th Century Fox | December 25, 1947 | Otto Preminger |
Dana Andrews , Henry Fonda , Ruth Warrick , Peggy Ann Garner |
1,852,000. | USA: 1,750,000 | A successful commercial artist has an affair with a married man and ends up choosing someone else. | First large-scale production to address the internment of Americans of Japanese descent. |
1949 |
The road of Successful Flamingo Road |
96 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | 6.5.1949 | Michael Curtiz |
Zachary Scott , Sydney Greenstreet , Gladys George |
1,528,000 | 2,263,000 633,000 2,896,0000 k. A. |
Burlesque dancer achieves promotion through a relationship with a seedy politician and fights against corruption and felt in a small town. | One of the most financially successful films of the year for the studio. |
1949 |
A great feeling It's a great feeling |
85 / F / T | Warner Brothers | 1.8.1949 | Michael Curtiz |
Doris Day , Jack Carson , Dennis Morgan |
1,452,000 | 2,059,000 645,000 2,713,000 k. A. |
Numerous Warners stars made cameo appearances , including Joan Crawford, who made fun of her screen image in a short sketch. | |
1950s | ||||||||||
1950 |
In Satan's Pay The Damned Don't Cry |
103 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | 7.4.1950 | Vincent Sherman |
David Brian , Steve Cochran |
1,233,000 | 1,540,000 671,000 2,211,000 k. A. |
After divorce, a lower-class woman manages to rise as a criminal's mistress. In the end, she returns to her hometown disaffected. | |
1950 |
The Liar Harriet Craig |
94 / sw / T | Columbia Pictures | November 2nd, 1950 | Vincent Sherman |
Wendell Corey , Lucile Watson |
k. A. | k. A. | Harriet Craig suffers from a childhood trauma that leads to control mania and fear of loss and ultimately destroys her marriage. | Third adaptation of George Kelly's play Craig's Wife . |
1951 | Goodbye, my fancy | 107 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | May 30, 1951 | Vincent Sherman |
Robert Young , Eve Arden |
1,312,000 | 1,130,000 228,000 1,358,000 k. A. |
Liberal MPs in the US Congress return to their alma mater and have to choose between two men. | Political comedy, film adaptation of the Broadway hit of the same name by Norman Krasna . |
1952 | This Woman is Dangerous | 97 / sw / T | Warner Brothers | 28.2.1952 | Felix E. Feist |
Dennis Morgan , David Brian |
k. A. | k. A. | The head of a gangster syndicate is about to go blind and falls in love with her doctor. | Last film for Warner Brothers. |
1952 |
Masked Heart Sudden Fear |
110 / sw / T | RKO | 6.8.1952 | David Miller |
Jack Palance , Gloria Grahame |
k. A. | USA: 1,650,000 | Rich heiress and successful playwright falls in love with a shady man who wants to murder her. A game of cat and mouse begins. | Third Oscar nomination for best actress at the 1953 Academy Awards . Comes back after a series of flops. |
1953 |
Hearts in the Fever Torch Song |
90 / F / T | MGM | 23.10.1953 | Charles Walters |
Michael Wilding , Gig Young , Marjorie Rambeau |
1,029,000 | 1,135,000 533,000 1,668,0000 -260,000 |
Broadway star falls in love with a blind pianist and clears up the complicated relationship with her mother. | First color film and first film for MGM since 1943. Crawford's songs were sung by India Adams. |
1954 |
Johnny Guitar - When women hate Johnny Guitar |
110 / F / T | Republic Pictures | May 27, 1954 | Nicholas Ray |
Sterling Hayden , Mercedes McCambridge |
k. A. | USA: 2,500,000 | A saloon owner is almost lynched by her rival for the affection of an outlaw. | Western that has become one of Crawford's best-known films over the years. |
1955 |
The Beach House Female on the Beach |
97 / sw / T | Universal Pictures | August 20, 1955 | Joseph Pevney |
Jeff Chandler , Jan Sterling |
k. A. | k. A. | Rich widow falls in love with a gigolo and fears that he will murder her. | Coming back after a series of financially unsuccessful films. |
1955 |
Marriage in Shackles Queen Bee |
95 / sw / T | Columbia Pictures | November 7, 1955 | Ranald MacDougall |
John Ireland , Fay Wray |
k. A. | k. A. | Tyrannical wife of a rich man drives her sister-in-law to suicide and torments those around her. | The costumes were designed by Jean Louis . |
1956 |
Autumn storms Autumn Leaves |
108 / sw / T | Columbia Pictures | 2.8.1956 | Robert Aldrich |
Cliff Robertson , Vera Miles , Lorne Greene |
k. A. | USA: 1,100,000 | Lonely secretary falls in love with a much younger man who has a complicated relationship with his father. | Nat King Cole sings the title track . |
1957 |
Esther Costello The Story of Esther Costello |
127 / sw / T | Columbia Pictures | 11/6/1957 | David Miller |
Heather Sears , Rossano Brazzi |
k. A. | USA: 1,075,000 | Rich philanthropist takes care of a blind and deaf-mute girl and helps her to overcome a childhood trauma. | Film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Nicholas Monsarrat . The shooting took place in England. |
1959 |
All of my dreams The Best of Everything |
121 / F / T | 20th Century Fox | 10/9/1959 | Jean Negulesco |
Louis Jourdan , Brian Aherne , Suzy Parker , Hope Lange |
1,965,000 | k. A. | Three young women experience romantic entanglements in a New York publishing house. | Much of Crawford's appearance as the cynical head editor fell victim to the final cut. |
1960s | ||||||||||
1962 |
What really happened to Baby Jane? What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
132 / sw / T |
Seven Arts Pictures Warner Brothers |
10/26/1962 | Robert Aldrich |
Bette Davis , Victor Buono |
980,000 | 3,500,000 | Two former famous sisters have been living secluded in one house for decades. | The two stars shot the film each for a fraction of their usual fee. Crawford, however, received a percentage share of the gross profit. |
1963 |
Women who are not allowed to love The Caretakers |
97 / sw / T | United Artists | August 21, 1963 | Hall Bartlett |
Robert Stack , Polly Bergen , Herbert Marshall |
k. A. | 2,050,000 1,110,000 3,160,000 k. A. |
A young doctor reforms the treatment of people with mental illness. | Joan Crawford plays the supporting role of a head nurse who is reluctant to come up with a new idea. |
1964 |
The straitjacket Strait jacket |
93 / sw / T | Columbia Pictures | January 19, 1964 | William Castle | Diane Baker | k. A. | USA: 2,195,000 | An ax murderer is released from psychiatry after years and is soon suspected of having committed new murders. | Joan Crawford took on the role after Joan Blondell was injured shortly before filming began. |
1965 |
It happened at 8:30 am I Saw What You Did |
82 / sw / T | Universal Pictures | May 21, 1965 | William Castle | John Ireland | k. A. | USA: 1,000,000 | Two young girls play pranks on the phone and unintentionally track down a double murderer. | Supporting role for Crawford, who is murdered after just 25 minutes. |
1967 |
The Karate Killer The Karate Killers |
108 / F / T | Columbia Pictures | Barry Shear |
Robert Vaughn , David McCallum , Telly Savalas , Curd Jürgens |
k. A. | k. A. | Two agents are looking for a formula that can turn water into gold. | Supporting role for Joan Crawford. It is the double episode The Five Daughters Affair from the US TV series Solo for ONCEL , which were edited together. | |
1967 |
Circus of Death Berserk! |
96 / F / T | Columbia Pictures | 11/11/1968 | Jim O'Connolly |
Diana Dors , Ty Hardin |
k. A. | 1,100,000 2,095,000 3,195,000 k. A. |
A traveling circus is startled by a series of gruesome murders. | Edith Head designed some of the costumes for Joan Crawford. |
1970s | ||||||||||
1970 |
The monster trough |
90 / F / T | Warner Brothers | October 24, 1970 | Freddie Francis | Michael Gough | k. A. | USA: 2,900,583 in first week of rental. | A world-famous anthropologist introduces an ape-like creature to the basics of communication. | The last film by Joan Crawford. |
Remarks
- ↑ The source is the information here: joancrawfordbest.com
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the information originates from the MGM films: The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Appendix 1: MGM Film Grosses, 1924–1948 . In: Historical Journal of Film, Television, and Radio , Vol. 12, No. 2, 1992. For the Warner Brothers films: The William Schaefer Ledger, Appendix 1, Warner Bros. Film Grosses, 1921–1951 . In: Historical Journal of Film, Television, and Radio , Vol. 15, No. 1, 1995.
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- ↑ cumulative values including re-release 1947
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- ↑ Top Grosses of 1957 . In: Variety , January 30-8, 1958
- ↑ Shaun Considine: The Devine Feud , p. 336. Anders: Alain Silver, James Ursini: Whatever Happened to Robert Aldrich? P. 256, which is assumed to be US $ 1,025,000. Again A. Walker, who gives a budget of 825,000 US dollars on p. 171.
- ↑ Considine, p. 346 with reference to “the income statement from Warner Seven Arts”. Different z. B. IMDB, which is assumed to be $ 9 million. In contrast, Walker even speaks of 10-12 million US dollars, without naming sources.
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