JOAN
CRAWFORD
Joan
Crawford is best
known for melodrama,
shoulder pads, and
-- of course -- wire
hangers.
But she started out
as a chorus dancer
-- in vaudeville, in
nightclubs, and on
Broadway -- before
getting a film
contract with
M-G-M.
She
garnered the bosses'
attention by winning
Charleston contests
all over Hollywood.
And
finally broke
through with the
aptly-named "Our
Dancing Daughters"
in 1928.
We've
got a clip from that
seminal movie to
show you, but first,
some items from our
website:
As
promised, Joan's
famous dance from
"Our Dancing
Daughters":
M-G-M
kept her dancing
into the 1930's,
like here in "Dance
Fools Dance" from
1931:
and
in "Dancing Lady"
from 1933, where she
shared two dances
with Fred Astaire,
who was making his
movie debut
playing....himself!
For the next 20
years, Joan mostly
did heavy emoting,
before filming
"Torch Song" in
1953, which combined
heavy emoting with
dancing.
She sports what was
then-called
"Tropical makeup"
for the role, and
her eyebrows were
lined on top with
diamonds (a feature
heavily-publicized
at the time):
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