Ferocious Ambition: Joan Crawford's March to Stardom

by Robert Dance

Robert Dance's new evaluation of Joan Crawford looks at her entire career and--while not ignoring her early years and tempestuous personal life--focuses squarely on her achievements as an actress, and as a woman who mastered the studio system with a rare combination of grit, determination, beauty, and talent.

Crawford's remarkable forty-five-year motion picture career is one of the industry's longest. Signing her first contract in 1925, she...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496846516
• ISBN13: 9781496846518
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.7"