I met her once and still have the autograph she gave me. She was finishing dinner at a restaurant and was sipping coffee or tea. After every sip she touched up her lip stick. Then another sip and more lipstick. I got her autograph as she was leaving, she was so sweet.
Plastic covering on a sofa is not very comfortable. I will never understand why people do that, the feel of the fabric is to be enjoyed, not preserved.
Liza Minnelli also lived at the Imperial House for 25 years. Her apartment was pretty fab, full of Warhols and sleek 90s modern design. She sold it about 10 years ago & moved to California.
Not necessarily. Sadly, that is an assumption made these days due to the indoctrination of the evils of cigarette smoking. Many people in my family smoked and none of our houses 'reeked.' Even when we all got together on holidays.
@@retroguy9494 Trust me, they roke. I've always had a large dog living inside with me. No matter how clean you keep a big dog, it smells like a dog, and everything it's on- the bed, the couch, the rug... smells like dog. Same with food and smoke. I couldn't smell it, but every visitor noticed it right away, especially kids, who say the first thing they think. "Ewwww! Stinky!"
@SpikeNLB, That is what I couldn't understand about Joan. She was a clean freak but yet she smoked like a trooper. Yes, Her house must have reeked of cigarette smoke and all the yellowish color from the smoke.
The only thing that bothers me is, did she really treat her daughter as she says she did. No matter how 'legendary' someone may seem, if you treat your family as such, your legacy means absolutely nothing. The reason for being on Earth, is not about who you become, but who you are internally.
@@Theyralltakenfu I agree. Something definitely went wrong with her and her children, though, because I don't think she was even speaking to most of them at the end of her life. We'll never know if Christina's claims were true.
I never heard of her donating MILLIONS. She did do certain charitable works. However, it's been the source of debate as to whether she did them because she really cared or just for publicity.
@@retroguy9494 I could write "I understand that Hedy Lamarr only ate pumpkin and squid," and it would take off, go viral, be believed, no receipts asked for.
@@akrenwinkle I agree with you. Which, I suppose, as I said her works of charity have been the source of much debate pretty much since her death. Pumpkin and squid? BLECH!! 🤢
@@retroguy9494 I never once heard of Joan being rich like Hepburn, or a major holder of real estate like Mae West or Garbo, or business tycoon like Mary Pickford or Lucille Ball. Joan strikes me as someone who wouldn't give anyone a penny unless it was publicized. A year from now, overheard at gym: "You know Hedy Lamarr's beauty secret? Pumpkin and squid diet. I'm starting tomorrow."
Just a couple of notes. I don't know who the woman in profile with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is, but it's not Joan. Also, I think you may be confusing two different places. She did have an apartment in New York in the 1940s where she would stay during her trips to the East Coast; I've seen a couple of colorized photos of that apartment in a magazine from the time. The penthouse, which she and husband Alfred Steele designed in the 1950s, was not a "retreat", but was their primary home. She sold the Brentwood mansion at some point after moving into the penthouse.
I guess for her it was downsizing but lets be real, my first thought was, wait how is that downsizing, maybe for someone with money for the rest of us, that would be upgrading, lol.
@@ch1ckmom217 She had a 9room apartment 22H, then she downsized to a 5 room apartment 22G down the hall. Obviously, money was becoming an issue as the man said in this video, her accountant told her to downsize.
In the book mommie dearest, carol anne traveling from New York to an audition at universal , she asks if she can stay in her mom’s West Hollywood apartment. Which is on fountain. You might want to add this location.
@@jusayawn actually, Christina moved from New York to Los Angeles and Joan allowed her to live in the Fountain Avenue apartment. But, Christina was caught using drugs there and Joan basically asked her to leave. The apartment was broken into via a door that is inaccessible from the street and is unseen from any public view not long after that, and two televisions were stolen.
I happen to agree with her. Prior to my having dinner, I put my plate on the stove (not on an actual burner) so the warmth from it or the oven will keep my plate warm until I'm ready to eat. Especially in winter.
Plastic covering on a sofa is not very comfortable. I will never understand why people do that, the feel of the fabric is to be enjoyed, not preserved.
@@malomama4750Christina Crawford, and her attorneys, refused to furnish Joan Crawford's attorneys with a copy of the "Mommie Dearest" manuscript during Christina's contest of the will. Even after the court ordered Christina to provide the manuscript, she categorically REFUSED. Why would Christina refuse? Perhaps because Christina Crawford's February 1978 sworn deposition is in total and complete contrast from what she alleged in "Mommie Dearest" only seven months later, in October 1978. When "New York" magazine published Christina's "Mommie Dearest" article in September 1978, which is a condensed version of Christina's book, Joan Crawford's attorneys petitioned the court for a SECOND deposition of Christina Crawford. On the day of Christina's scheduled second deposition, 39-year-old Christina complained of "chest pains" and did not attend the deposition, and then literally FLED the state.
Humble beginnings to the out of lavish spending. Also. You hire interior decorators and artists to assist in all this. You may have an idea what you want but most likely will become a giant mess. These people were not trained in architecture, design or fashion. They were created by an industry.
@@akrenwinkle well, Joan didn't have OCD. She was a clean person who respected her home. For whatever reason, in modern day terms, not being a slob means a person must have some type of "disorder." Just another demonstration of the collapse of society and basic standards.
@@malomama4750 There's no reason to be sad for "Concluding." He just doesn't get the meaning of OCD. I read Joan's as-told-to book "My Way of Life," and yes, there were major clues about her OCD, like preparing meals in advance, packing, labeling, freezing them... matching hat, dress, handbag perfectly, and on and on. These things had nothing to do with not being a slob. My husband has it, but not to Crawforesque proportions... facing cans the same direction on the shelf, for one example. But he's a slob about other things.
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford I am a senior, and not exactly fresh off anything. I resist anything resembling hoarding, because I was raised in a hoarding home, and it was pain I won't ever forget. It's no crime not knowing something and better to find things out instead of being defensive. That's always been my approach. I'll try to explain OCD. If you insist on keeping spices on a rack instead of leaving them all over the kitchen, that's not being a slob. If you must store them in alphabetical order, that's still not OCD. If you cannot leave the room until they're alphabetized, that's OCD. If you freak out when you find someone mixed up the order, or placed the bottle backwards, that's OCD. If you're obsessed over the idea of contamination (plastic covers on furniture) and believe "immoral" people are physically toxic (Crawford felt this way about Davis), that's OCD. If you demand perfection in those you insist on controlling (Christina), that's OCD. There are many other symptoms you can see online if you're so inclined, but I don't think you're the curious type. Crawford had OCD, no question. How she had dogs, I dunno. I have to assume Mamacita cared for them, but even so. Also, the stench of smoking... contaminating her lovely artwork and fabrics, is a mystery to me.
An 18 room apartment? Geez my house only has 8 rooms! LOL Also, I HATE that staircase in the 5th Avenue apartment and plastic laminate on window ledges is tacky. So she and Al had separate bedrooms eh? Perhaps she snored! 😂
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford I think you mean 'more' not 'better.' My house happens to be very nice. If I wanted a bigger place, I could afford one. But I'm an old bachelor and I don't see the point in it, especially when there are so many homeless, even veterans. It's almost sinful for one guy to have such a big place. In any event, my point was that if I were to have a place with that many rooms, it wouldn't be an apartment. It would be a freestanding house.
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford They have them. They're called 'townhomes' or 'brownstones.' Think of the house the Huxtables lived in on The Cosby Show. Of course, theirs was in Brooklyn. But they have them in Manhattan too. Just fewer of them. Just a couple thousand left now. There were more in Crawford's day though. That is what I would choose to buy and live in if I had Crawford and Al Steele's money.
@@retroguy9494 And what is "Crawford and Steele's money"? What is that figure, and what is the figure for a Manhattan Brownstone on the east side of Central Park? Lots of assumptions and ignorance of many factors in your comment.
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I met her once and still have the autograph she gave me. She was finishing dinner at a restaurant and was sipping coffee or tea. After every sip she touched up her lip stick. Then another sip and more lipstick. I got her autograph as she was leaving, she was so sweet.
Where was the restaurant and how long ago did you meet her?
That is amazing!!
It was a joy to see the various homes of Joan Crawford. Thanks for this video!
Joan Crawford is one of my favorite movie stars from old Hollywood!❤
Note the clear plastic covers on the red sofa. Joan wasn't going to risk her upholstery being ruined by a sloshed cocktail or a stray ash. No, ma'am!
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lol!!
Or semen
Plastic covering on a sofa is not very comfortable. I will never understand why people do that, the feel of the fabric is to be enjoyed, not preserved.
She had a thing with clumsiness another documentary shows how she made her bed every morning that she put plastic over her on bedspread
Liza Minnelli also lived at the Imperial House for 25 years. Her apartment was pretty fab, full of Warhols and sleek 90s modern design. She sold it about 10 years ago & moved to California.
Imagine how those rooms and furniture wreaked of cigarette smoke.
… “reeked” …
@@alexeios "Roke." I don't care if it's wrong; I'm sticking to it!
Not necessarily. Sadly, that is an assumption made these days due to the indoctrination of the evils of cigarette smoking.
Many people in my family smoked and none of our houses 'reeked.' Even when we all got together on holidays.
@@retroguy9494 Trust me, they roke. I've always had a large dog living inside with me. No matter how clean you keep a big dog, it smells like a dog, and everything it's on- the bed, the couch, the rug... smells like dog. Same with food and smoke. I couldn't smell it, but every visitor noticed it right away, especially kids, who say the first thing they think. "Ewwww! Stinky!"
@SpikeNLB, That is what I couldn't understand about Joan. She was a clean freak but yet she smoked like a trooper. Yes, Her house must have reeked of cigarette smoke and all the yellowish color from the smoke.
Great video. I had no idea Joan Crawford had such a difficult early life and also didn't know she lived in NYC!
You should watch Feud Bette and Joan by Ryan Murphy. I think they did great and tons of stars are in it!
@@tula1433 "Feud" is 90% FALSE info.
The only thing that bothers me is, did she really treat her daughter as she says she did. No matter how 'legendary' someone may seem, if you treat your family as such, your legacy means absolutely nothing. The reason for being on Earth, is not about who you become, but who you are internally.
@Theyralltakenfu try educating yourself on the facts. Everyone who lived in the home said she lied.
@@Theyralltakenfu I agree. Something definitely went wrong with her and her children, though, because I don't think she was even speaking to most of them at the end of her life. We'll never know if Christina's claims were true.
Love ❤ Joan Crawford. What an amazing and talented actress. She is indeed a Hollywood legend and icon.
I like them very much. She was a great actress. I understand she donated millions to charities over the years. Thank you for the video!
I've never seen evidence that she was especially wealthy. Whenever I see things like "I understand that " or "Reportedly..." they're urban legend.
I never heard of her donating MILLIONS. She did do certain charitable works. However, it's been the source of debate as to whether she did them because she really cared or just for publicity.
@@retroguy9494 I could write "I understand that Hedy Lamarr only ate pumpkin and squid," and it would take off, go viral, be believed, no receipts asked for.
@@akrenwinkle I agree with you. Which, I suppose, as I said her works of charity have been the source of much debate pretty much since her death.
Pumpkin and squid? BLECH!! 🤢
@@retroguy9494 I never once heard of Joan being rich like Hepburn, or a major holder of real estate like Mae West or Garbo, or business tycoon like Mary Pickford or Lucille Ball. Joan strikes me as someone who wouldn't give anyone a penny unless it was publicized.
A year from now, overheard at gym: "You know Hedy Lamarr's beauty secret? Pumpkin and squid diet. I'm starting tomorrow."
Just a couple of notes. I don't know who the woman in profile with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. is, but it's not Joan. Also, I think you may be confusing two different places. She did have an apartment in New York in the 1940s where she would stay during her trips to the East Coast; I've seen a couple of colorized photos of that apartment in a magazine from the time. The penthouse, which she and husband Alfred Steele designed in the 1950s, was not a "retreat", but was their primary home. She sold the Brentwood mansion at some point after moving into the penthouse.
The woman is Joan Crawford 🎉
@@christinejoseph4636 No, it definitely is not.
@@juliereynolds3488 looks more like bette davis :)
@@drDJtv I did a little digging out of curiosity. It's Fairbanks' second wife, Mary Lee Hartford.
@@drDJtv Like Bette Davis? Yes. Both female, mammals.
Very interesting, and well done! Thank you!
A ping pong table AND bar???? NO WAY!!!!! 😂🤪
comparing jc's younger self to her older self almost makes her look like 2 different people
Some of this video is true but so much of it is jumbled or downright wrong!
What's wrong?
One of the most extraordinary golden age actresses of all time ❤
Rest in Peace Ms Crawford 🙏
That is not Joan Crawford @3:12
I thought it was just me, but yes, that's definitely not her.
I agree. 👍
She downsized once more after the last apartment that was shown, it was in the same building.
True
I guess for her it was downsizing but lets be real, my first thought was, wait how is that downsizing, maybe for someone with money for the rest of us, that would be upgrading, lol.
@@ch1ckmom217 She had a 9room apartment 22H, then she downsized to a 5 room apartment 22G down the hall. Obviously, money was becoming an issue as the man said in this video, her accountant told her to downsize.
I admire her ambition coupled with humility.
In the book mommie dearest, carol anne traveling from New York to an audition at universal , she asks if she can stay in her mom’s West Hollywood apartment. Which is on fountain. You might want to add this location.
Christina.
@@jusayawn actually, Christina moved from New York to Los Angeles and Joan allowed her to live in the Fountain Avenue apartment. But, Christina was caught using drugs there and Joan basically asked her to leave. The apartment was broken into via a door that is inaccessible from the street and is unseen from any public view not long after that, and two televisions were stolen.
"Carol Anne" was her maid. I think you meant "Christina," her adopted daughter.
@@RobertodelaVega-t3w "Carol Ann" is a fake character in a fake film.
"Never serve hot meat on a cold plate." - Joan Crawford She was such a perfectionist.
Anyone who knows anything about serving someone food knows this. They do it in restaurants.
I happen to agree with her. Prior to my having dinner, I put my plate on the stove (not on an actual burner) so the warmth from it or the oven will keep my plate warm until I'm ready to eat. Especially in winter.
a lot of pictures that are not joan crawford btw
She was insane
@@josephhaynes3017 that's a lie.
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford u here just to attack people?
@@malomama4750 and you're here to spread misinformation.
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawfordWhy. Can't. You. Give me. The RESPECT. That I would. Receive. From any. STRANGER ON THE STREET?
@@jelsner5077 you're obviously mentally ill.
Plastic covering on a sofa is not very comfortable. I will never understand why people do that, the feel of the fabric is to be enjoyed, not preserved.
The abuse that went on that house is crminal!!!
@@lynneuribeross2695 that never happened.
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawfordu getting paid to comment on every post that doesn’t praise Lucille?
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawfordu getting paid to comment on every post that doesn’t praise Lucille?
@@malomama4750 Looks like we have a worthless Davis cultist here.
@@malomama4750Christina Crawford, and her attorneys, refused to furnish Joan Crawford's attorneys with a copy of the "Mommie Dearest" manuscript during Christina's contest of the will.
Even after the court ordered Christina to provide the manuscript, she categorically REFUSED.
Why would Christina refuse?
Perhaps because Christina Crawford's February 1978 sworn deposition is in total and complete contrast from what she alleged in "Mommie Dearest" only seven months later, in October 1978.
When "New York" magazine published Christina's "Mommie Dearest" article in September 1978, which is a condensed version of Christina's book, Joan Crawford's attorneys petitioned the court for a SECOND deposition of Christina Crawford.
On the day of Christina's scheduled second deposition, 39-year-old Christina complained of "chest pains" and did not attend the deposition, and then literally FLED the state.
If you’re going to report on various celebrities, please use the correct photos
The Cadence it's too fast I'm certain this is a great video but I felt rushed
This is riddled with errors.
plastic coverings ? 6:21
Noticing her ocd then everyone lying about Christina lying about her saying she had to have the bathroom spotless period.
She was probably super clean bc she was raised in filth.
You seem highly uneducated on this topic.
Christina Crawford LIED - that's a proven FACT.
Humble beginnings to the out of lavish spending. Also. You hire interior decorators and artists to assist in all this. You may have an idea what you want but most likely will become a giant mess. These people were not trained in architecture, design or fashion. They were created by an industry.
You need a better title.
6:25 Plastic covered sofa. Cheesy. Great video!
I've never understood how Joan- or anyone- could have OCD and also be a chain smoker... not the tidiest habit. Also, having a dog.
@@akrenwinkle well, Joan didn't have OCD. She was a clean person who respected her home. For whatever reason, in modern day terms, not being a slob means a person must have some type of "disorder." Just another demonstration of the collapse of society and basic standards.
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawfordvery sad for you
@@malomama4750 There's no reason to be sad for "Concluding." He just doesn't get the meaning of OCD. I read Joan's as-told-to book "My Way of Life," and yes, there were major clues about her OCD, like preparing meals in advance, packing, labeling, freezing them... matching hat, dress, handbag perfectly, and on and on. These things had nothing to do with not being a slob. My husband has it, but not to Crawforesque proportions... facing cans the same direction on the shelf, for one example. But he's a slob about other things.
@@akrenwinkle you're absolutely wrong. Sounds like you're fresh off of "Hoarders."
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford I am a senior, and not exactly fresh off anything. I resist anything resembling hoarding, because I was raised in a hoarding home, and it was pain I won't ever forget. It's no crime not knowing something and better to find things out instead of being defensive. That's always been my approach. I'll try to explain OCD. If you insist on keeping spices on a rack instead of leaving them all over the kitchen, that's not being a slob. If you must store them in alphabetical order, that's still not OCD. If you cannot leave the room until they're alphabetized, that's OCD. If you freak out when you find someone mixed up the order, or placed the bottle backwards, that's OCD. If you're obsessed over the idea of contamination (plastic covers on furniture) and believe "immoral" people are physically toxic (Crawford felt this way about Davis), that's OCD. If you demand perfection in those you insist on controlling (Christina), that's OCD. There are many other symptoms you can see online if you're so inclined, but I don't think you're the curious type. Crawford had OCD, no question. How she had dogs, I dunno. I have to assume Mamacita cared for them, but even so. Also, the stench of smoking... contaminating her lovely artwork and fabrics, is a mystery to me.
No wire hangers!
@@angie4027 oh shut up.
EVER!
Only fools cite that ridiculous line.
If a person could be a spider, this woman would be a J'ba Fo Fi.
An 18 room apartment? Geez my house only has 8 rooms! LOL
Also, I HATE that staircase in the 5th Avenue apartment and plastic laminate on window ledges is tacky.
So she and Al had separate bedrooms eh? Perhaps she snored! 😂
Sounds like you are jealous that you can't afford better...
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford I think you mean 'more' not 'better.' My house happens to be very nice.
If I wanted a bigger place, I could afford one. But I'm an old bachelor and I don't see the point in it, especially when there are so many homeless, even veterans. It's almost sinful for one guy to have such a big place.
In any event, my point was that if I were to have a place with that many rooms, it wouldn't be an apartment. It would be a freestanding house.
@@retroguy9494 Good luck finding a "free standing house" in the middle of Manhattan.
@@TheConcludingChapterofCrawford They have them. They're called 'townhomes' or 'brownstones.' Think of the house the Huxtables lived in on The Cosby Show. Of course, theirs was in Brooklyn. But they have them in Manhattan too. Just fewer of them. Just a couple thousand left now. There were more in Crawford's day though. That is what I would choose to buy and live in if I had Crawford and Al Steele's money.
@@retroguy9494 And what is "Crawford and Steele's money"? What is that figure, and what is the figure for a Manhattan Brownstone on the east side of Central Park? Lots of assumptions and ignorance of many factors in your comment.
Nice video, ugly house
The narration here is super gay and "over the top." Sorry I watched it and I think I'll take a pass on viewing others uploaded by this UA-camr!!
@gregrak9389, I guess you don't like gays. Watch out, homosexuality can end up in any family and in any home!