I actually don't think that she's drunk here, but high on pain killers. She sounds exactly like my mother, who takes Hydrocodone daily for an old back injury that still causes her great pain. With the ankle injury, it makes perfect sense that Joan would be taking high doses of pain killers. Even so, she was still polite and appreciative of her fans here.
Christina Crawford clearly says in Mommie Dearest that Joan's last public appearances were drunken disasters. This just gives more credit to Dear Christina. Joan Crawford was a drunken, mean, control freak. She seems to have a little too much fun when she states that Christina supports herself. Yes, Christina told us all about the neglect, the forgotten checks, and the pitiful allowance. This is upsetting.
@MrRJMGREEN Were you present around the time of the alleged abuse? So how can you say what you're saying with such certainty? There are two sides to every story. I think her "fun" about Christina supporting herself kind of makes sense, seeing that Christina was nearly 30 by this time and should have been supporting herself anyway. And so what that Joan is drunk in this clip? She seems pretty charming to me.
I think Joan is beautiful. Her heavy drinking was clearly indicative of a deeper problem though, perhaps her difficult formative years. I have to laugh at the people knocking her for being drunk- shes not the first and wont be the last celeb to appear drunk in an interview. Get over yourselves.
@DiabolicalAngel I am so inclined to agree with you. BUT even if she was loaded on Percodan/barbiturates/or booze - consider TODAY's stars when they're F'd-up vs. what we saw here w/ Joan. Joan was fully CLOTHED, dressed beautifully, make-up well applied and dispute the slight slur, she was still coherant enough to manage her composure. NOT something we see with Miss Lindsay or Hilton. I'm just sayin'... :-)
@Dexie78 To even equate Lindsay and Paris with the likes of Joan and her contemporaries (not saying you did) would be laughable! Joan clearly could hold her alcohol, although she did admit she'd "Fall on her face" once she got finished with all the work she had to do. I love when she says, "I'm a stroonngggg Dame." And if you listen carefully, she says, "mmmkay?" after that. So sexy and bad ass! Have you seen her 1971 interview that she did in London? She's wearing pink and is so charming!
@DiabolicalAngel Oh no, I wouldn't even consider to equate Lindsay & Paris to Joan. Just drawing a distinction that Joan was pure class even loaded and it's sad b/c there aren't stars like Joan anymore and there never will be again. Today's stars are mostly trash. Are you referring to the David Frost interview where Joan wears the pink sleeveless gown w/ matching headwrap and the killer diamond necklace? I've seen that, but it it's another one, no - I haven't seen it.
@Dexie78 Joan could do loaded, gracefully. Only a few remain of her era...Liesbeth Scott, Lauren Bacall etc and once they've passed on all we can do is keep their memory alive by watching their films, reading about them etc. Yes the Frost interview is what im talking about! She's beautiful in that too and so classy. I love when she says "Clark Gable had balls," and when she's like "Oh My God they're hers! Not these!" *points to chest* These! *points to shoulders.* Yay for a new Joan friend!
@DiabolicalAngel LOL!! I know, Joan was SO friggin' funny. I don't know why it was ever said that Joan had no sense of humour. WTF?? She could have taken that act on the road - just telling stories about her days making films at Metro and Warner's. It could have been like what Bea Arthur did; something like "A Night With Joan Crawford". I would have LOVED to have seen her just talk - telling anecdotes for 90 minutes...what a DVD release something like that would have been. :-)
@Dexie78 What a crock of baloney!!! Joan definately had humor that was well ahead of her time. Mae West like in that regard. omg a DVD of just her talking would be amazing!!!!! I love how she handles Carol the little girl in this clip. She's so cute- both of them are! I'm watching a Joan Movie right now "The Women."
@DiabolicalAngel OMG!!! I LOVE "The Women". Outside of Joan "there's a word for you ladies but it's not used in high society...outside of a kennel.", Paulette Goddard & Roz Russell gave great performances. Never really thought all that much of Norma Shearer though.
@Dexie78 That was a GREAT quote. Also, when Norma Shearer looks at Joan's outfit and says something to the effect of "My husband would never go for that outfight," and Joan is like "Oh honey, when a man doesn't like what I'm wearing, I take it off!" I was like ooooohhhh shit FANTASTIC come back. Norma just walked out of there defeated. I think she's okay, but Joan rocked that part! Mildred Pierce too omg!!
@sweetcharlie63 I would have loved to ger drunk with Joan! Then I'd let her do what she wanted with me lol I'm bi and i think she's beautiful (she was bi too :))
@sweetcharlie63 Well Joan is a gay icon so that's perfect! And her first two husbands were bi apparently, Douglass and Franchot. Did you know she had a one night stand with marilyn monroe? Marilyn talked about it at length. I accepted ur request. Yay for a fellow Joan fan!
@DiabolicalAngel.... yes, and I believe Marlene Dietrich also. Thanks for accepting my request. Did you know that JC was about 5'4'' tall? What do you think of Christina? Mommie Dearest is about as Gay campy as you can get.
@sweetcharlie63 Four of my special ladies-Dietrich, Garbo, Crawford and Bankhead were all bisexual, Bette, sadly was straight. I say unfortunately, not because I have anythign against heterosexuals, I just think it would be fun to fool around with her! haha. Yes Joan was quite adorable..you can see her shortness in the episode of the Lucy Show where she pretends to not be interested in acting. Gah, so sweet. Christina? I think she's appalling. She and BD Hyman.
@sweetcharlie63 Four of my special ladies-Dietrich, Garbo, Crawford and Bankhead were all bi. Bette, sadly was straight. Not that I have anything against heterosexuals, I just think it would be fun to fool around with her! haha. Yes Joan was quite adorable..you can see her shortness in the episode of the Lucy Show where she pretends to not be interested in acting. Gah, so sweet. Christina? I think she's appalling. She and BD Hyman.
How fascinating, I had no idea this footage existed. I agree with the others, Joan still looked great and does seem to radiate fun and kindness here. She was very professional and seeing her so candid is very interesting. As for the drinking, why not? She had been through a lot and knew all the happy years were behind her. That said, she soldiered on with glamour, polish and class...take a lesson, 21st century hippies and slobs!
You certainly are, Miss Crawford. Stone cold sober, or stinking drunk -- doesn't matter. She was a Movie Star from the top of her head to the tip of her fingers.
I also find it interesting, since alcohol supposedly reveals the "true" nature of a person, that Joan seems genuinely pained about her separation from Christopher, and also truly proud of Christina ("I got news for ya... she's independent!").
"Dislocated??? It's kinda smashed!"...Almost as bad as Joan! LOL! I love her...I pick up Children wherever I go! She has a cigarette going in one hand and a little girl in another. Somebody needs to get her another drink! LOL!
I love this woman...if u look up the word star her photo should be right there..i dont believe all the crap her ungrateful kid said..she musta 4got 2 include how she would flash round her moms name n have bitch fits n get fired from production...rip joan...burn in hell christina.
Gosh I would love to have met her and just gushed how much I love her!! To this day there is not one star who loved being a movie star so much and truly loved and appreciated her fans!
@elwoodsn ---You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! It Drives me crazy when her name is mentioned and people think they're funny with the "hanger" jokes! No one loved their fans more!
What a cool clip! Even though she's clearly drunk, she's every inch a star, looking glamorous and treating her fans & the press with courtesy and kindness. And as has been commented on here, she sounds VERY much like Bette Davis at times! THANKS for posting this fabulous footage! :)
She was still in poise saying "You wanna see it???" LOL Maybe the effect of the pain killer was this making her look like drunk or maybe she really is drunk. But still glamourous! I'd imitate you when I'm drunk Joan, still graceful and with poise! A star!
Who couldn't love this woman? I never thought I would be able to call Joan Crawford "adorable" but she sure is here! She appears to be drunk (as I have been..which *most of us* have been at one time or another) and she absolutely radiates fun and kindness. Notice how she fumbles when she tells a little white lie about hearing from Christopher. Bless her heart. A great lady.
Crawford was clearly on SOMETHING here -- alcohol, painkillers, a combination of the two. But.. DAMN! Some inner working of her brain still made her want to perform "like a SOLDIAH!" and play the Great Star. And that, my friends, is tarnished Klass with a capital K. Sure, she's bombed; sure, it's slightly embarassing -- but goddamn it, SHE'S A STRONG DAME! And she's giving her BEST. Even smashed, the true Greats were, well... GREAT. Today, a drunk Lindsay or Britney is just a another drunk slut.
if joan was in pain because of her accident to her ankle's, then she was probably on painkiller's as well as drinking! Boy! Seeing her in color is very different to black and white~A very mask like visage!
Interesting but sad -- Crawford was obviously drinking during her flight and is obviously drunk. Her speech is very slurred, yet she still plays her role as a star (and she was, in my opinion, a great star) like the professional she was. I'm glad to see this unusual interview. It's a reminder that Crawford, like anyone else, was a complex person.
Her publicist must've been on a separate flight.... I can't imagine allowing her to interview in that condition!! This is just wrong on so many levels.
LOL at 3:39 the exchange and expression of the blushing little girl and Joan after she says, "I have to earn a living to support children". You just wanna say, awwww golly gosh geee"
My God, was Joan Crawford the ONLY celebrity who ALWAYS took time for the fans? NOBODY replies to fan mail or signs an autograph anymore. I wish I had been around while she was still alive just to have gotten an autograph. God bless Joan for always remembering her fans. What a woman!
@Dexie78 --I tell people that same thing all the time when every time I mention her name they all say "NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!" Only thing they know about her....drives me crazy!!!! That little girl was so lucky!
@SHRINA17 I know! For real! Faye Dunnaway totally screwed Joan's legacy via that movie (not that it was her fault - it was just an over the top script) among people who don't take the time to dig deeper to understand who Joan really was and or who are much too young to have known of Joan during her prime. IMO, and I'm 32 years old - I take Christina's allegations of "abuse" in context with the times. My parents were beaten with switches from a tree. Today, that's abuse - back then - not.
I swear, EVERY time I watch this, I enjoy it more and more. I feel like Miss Crawford was being VERY real and that we got a very good peek as to how Joan really was and she's absolutely enchanting. When she's asked about Christopher, the look of pain that sweeps over her face and in her eyes is just heartbreaking. She seems at one point like she's going to cry when she says "Once in awhile, yes." in response to the ?: "Do you hear from him?". I wonder if Christina has seen this footage?
@DiabolicalAngel OMG, I know. I believe that back then, what is considered now "child abuse" was good parenting. I think Joan did the best she knew how and I believe she truly loved her children. It sounds to me like Christina and Christopher were a bunch of ingrates. I know that's terrible to say, but - - it happens. Love to Joan...God bless her soul.
@Dexie78 Exactly. Definitions of "child abuse" vary. Back when my mom was a small child in the 50s, a spank on the ass was no big deal. I think Joan was a product of her environment and her era and much like BD Hyman, Christina especially exploited Joan's fame in order to make a profit. I think Joan is lovely and I'm positive the two of us would have gotten on amazingly well. Damn her for so predating me :S
@DiabolicalAngel Hell, I was born in 1978 and I had a healthy fear of the wooden spoon and I don't feel I was abused. But you're absolutely right - BD Hyman (ugh, what a pig) and Christina both made money on their mothers' backs. Disgusting. And I think I'd get along with Joan too. I LOVE shoulder pads! ;-)
Just a little factoid. In the movie "Mommie Dearest", she say, "No wire hanger", not "no MORE wire hangers". It's stupid, yeah, but it's bugged me for a while.../
@ccipollini1984 she was brought up around wire hangers due to her mother doing laundry. hence. "No wire hangers!" It reminded her of poverty and maybe abuse! The same abuse she went onto repeat.
What a trooper Joan was! She sure looks exhausted and confused from being so doped up on pain killers. I know that there's always so much bad stuff out there about her, but I honestly don't think that we should be remembering her for the bad things that have been said. She was truly a great actress who should be remembered for her beauty and talent. It's a shame that most people only know her because of Mommie Dearest. I think there's more to Joan than that.
She was a pathetic embarrassing DRUNK making a fool of herself... The very so called "children" she was pretending to adore and talk about that she so called had to earn money to support... ended up fucking her over in the end!
I am a lifelong Crawford fan and I absolutely love this footage!! No doubt a healthy mix of Percodan (the pre-Vicodin era "go-to" RX painkiller) and Joan's infamous 100-proof Smirnoff at play here. She is smashed!! I like how the guy doing the interview keeps coming back for the sound bite, prodding her to say this or that...
@TrumanHugh Percodan was around back then? Oh! Wait a minute - maybe I'm confusing Percocet with Percodan...Percodan has aspirin & oxycodone and Percocet is acetaminophen & oxycodone, right? And Percocet came AFTER Percodan. I think. Either way, I can totally buy the 100 proof + narcotics or barbiturates combo.
Please, anybody here says, you can hear southern accent - I don't speak English naturally, so I can't catch it, what's the difference, where can I hear it, what's typcial for southern accent?
i kinda love her, in a comical way. yet just her face alone comes across and VERY very hard, cold, and wicked witch mean. doesnt seem like a stable woman at ALL.
Yup. Blotto. Probably her "white water". At least she wasn't beating Carol, that child she picked up to make her look better and distract attention from her inebriated state.
Joan was tireless and always found time to keep in touch with her fans, no matter how busy her life was - she WAS a soldier and a wonderful actress besides. As far as being "tipsy," so what? Lots of people have enjoyed a glass of wine or two on long flights (myself included) and what's the crime (for as long as you're not hopping into a rental car and driving yourself somewhere!) Thanks for keeping her memory alive!
Crawford was born in Texas, and spent her earliest years there. She worked really hard to speak "cor-rect-ly" but it was said that her natural southern drawl would appear randomly if she was tired or "under the influence". This is certainly true here--- one of the very few times when you can really hear the southern accent coming through. She was probably tired and medicated, and she doesnt't really seem to make any big attempt to hide it. Interesting.
After watching this and comparing it with other people's accounts of Joan while drunk its obvious that she was NOT an angry drunk... if anything she was overly happy and kept talking about the children. Her daughter would always say she was a raving maniac while drunk... I don't see it here. Proof?
@OCEANLINERBABY The only prob with that is that she's not drunk, she's loaded/baked...She prolly took too many pills for the pain from whatever happened to her leg
@ccipollini1984 ritas & ginger rogers are fucking ass fucd bitches r they in movies? who r they? rita & ginger roger r fucking dog shit craps i dont know them they fucking whors.
@ccipollini1984 fuc u old crap why u call me sir? u old dog crap yeah call me sir u fucking penis im a sir im better u said u called me a sir fuc off :) u dumb ahhhhhhahhhhhhahhhhaaaaaaaa u fucing penis
yea. i'd say she's a little drunk... lol.
hisluckienstar614 2 months ago
..LAX ?
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I actually don't think that she's drunk here, but high on pain killers. She sounds exactly like my mother, who takes Hydrocodone daily for an old back injury that still causes her great pain. With the ankle injury, it makes perfect sense that Joan would be taking high doses of pain killers. Even so, she was still polite and appreciative of her fans here.
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bloodncorsets 3 months ago
For a woman who was so into control and image, this is pretty sad.
sauroid1 4 months ago
Christina Crawford clearly says in Mommie Dearest that Joan's last public appearances were drunken disasters. This just gives more credit to Dear Christina. Joan Crawford was a drunken, mean, control freak. She seems to have a little too much fun when she states that Christina supports herself. Yes, Christina told us all about the neglect, the forgotten checks, and the pitiful allowance. This is upsetting.
MrRJMGREEN 5 months ago
@MrRJMGREEN Were you present around the time of the alleged abuse? So how can you say what you're saying with such certainty? There are two sides to every story. I think her "fun" about Christina supporting herself kind of makes sense, seeing that Christina was nearly 30 by this time and should have been supporting herself anyway. And so what that Joan is drunk in this clip? She seems pretty charming to me.
DiabolicalAngel 4 months ago
Is anyone else here insanely jealous of Carol (the little girl?) ARGH!
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
I dont care what anybody says, she is sweet and gracious (I didn't say she was perfect) but she seems lovely to me.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
Theres a liquor store to the right.
freefalln329 5 months ago
HI how are u! XD! The way she said that is so very southern, she totally brought Texas back :) <3 Joan.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
Notice how she gets very sad when she discussed Christopher. She said that he really hated her, flat out spat in her face once. :(
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
Best part: HI THERE DOLLFACE!!! XD! Damn where was I in 68.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
I think Joan is beautiful. Her heavy drinking was clearly indicative of a deeper problem though, perhaps her difficult formative years. I have to laugh at the people knocking her for being drunk- shes not the first and wont be the last celeb to appear drunk in an interview. Get over yourselves.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel I am so inclined to agree with you. BUT even if she was loaded on Percodan/barbiturates/or booze - consider TODAY's stars when they're F'd-up vs. what we saw here w/ Joan. Joan was fully CLOTHED, dressed beautifully, make-up well applied and dispute the slight slur, she was still coherant enough to manage her composure. NOT something we see with Miss Lindsay or Hilton. I'm just sayin'... :-)
Dexie78 5 months ago
@Dexie78 To even equate Lindsay and Paris with the likes of Joan and her contemporaries (not saying you did) would be laughable! Joan clearly could hold her alcohol, although she did admit she'd "Fall on her face" once she got finished with all the work she had to do. I love when she says, "I'm a stroonngggg Dame." And if you listen carefully, she says, "mmmkay?" after that. So sexy and bad ass! Have you seen her 1971 interview that she did in London? She's wearing pink and is so charming!
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel Oh no, I wouldn't even consider to equate Lindsay & Paris to Joan. Just drawing a distinction that Joan was pure class even loaded and it's sad b/c there aren't stars like Joan anymore and there never will be again. Today's stars are mostly trash. Are you referring to the David Frost interview where Joan wears the pink sleeveless gown w/ matching headwrap and the killer diamond necklace? I've seen that, but it it's another one, no - I haven't seen it.
Dexie78 5 months ago
@Dexie78 Joan could do loaded, gracefully. Only a few remain of her era...Liesbeth Scott, Lauren Bacall etc and once they've passed on all we can do is keep their memory alive by watching their films, reading about them etc. Yes the Frost interview is what im talking about! She's beautiful in that too and so classy. I love when she says "Clark Gable had balls," and when she's like "Oh My God they're hers! Not these!" *points to chest* These! *points to shoulders.* Yay for a new Joan friend!
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel LOL!! I know, Joan was SO friggin' funny. I don't know why it was ever said that Joan had no sense of humour. WTF?? She could have taken that act on the road - just telling stories about her days making films at Metro and Warner's. It could have been like what Bea Arthur did; something like "A Night With Joan Crawford". I would have LOVED to have seen her just talk - telling anecdotes for 90 minutes...what a DVD release something like that would have been. :-)
Dexie78 5 months ago
@Dexie78 What a crock of baloney!!! Joan definately had humor that was well ahead of her time. Mae West like in that regard. omg a DVD of just her talking would be amazing!!!!! I love how she handles Carol the little girl in this clip. She's so cute- both of them are! I'm watching a Joan Movie right now "The Women."
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel OMG!!! I LOVE "The Women". Outside of Joan "there's a word for you ladies but it's not used in high society...outside of a kennel.", Paulette Goddard & Roz Russell gave great performances. Never really thought all that much of Norma Shearer though.
Dexie78 5 months ago
@Dexie78 That was a GREAT quote. Also, when Norma Shearer looks at Joan's outfit and says something to the effect of "My husband would never go for that outfight," and Joan is like "Oh honey, when a man doesn't like what I'm wearing, I take it off!" I was like ooooohhhh shit FANTASTIC come back. Norma just walked out of there defeated. I think she's okay, but Joan rocked that part! Mildred Pierce too omg!!
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel *outfit lol
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
I just realized her hair is rather reddish here. Did she dye it?
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel I think red was her natural colour, though by 1968 she may have been coloring it or wearing wigs perhaps.
Dexie78 5 months ago
@Dexie78 Red really? I always thought she was blondish for some reason.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
No offense but Joan is very reminiscent of Baby Jane Hudson with the slurred speech and white face makeup!
jaazdadiva 6 months ago
@jaazdadiva hahah that's what makes this clip especially ironic and funny! I wonder if Bette Davis ever saw this? If so, she must have died laughing.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
yes ,,anotha pall mall please...thenx
czerashni 6 months ago
she sounds very southern at times
MyGward 6 months ago
I like this interview, she is wasted, but a genius!!
septube26 7 months ago
She's drunk as a skung lol
richierichnumber1 8 months ago
She's DRUNK! LOL!
sweetcharlie63 8 months ago
@sweetcharlie63 I know and I hate to say it but it's kind of hilarious XD!!!
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel....what's too worry about? it's true she was a drunk. and yes, it is kinda hilarious!
I've been in a wheelchair at the airport before, the combination of liquor and altitude does not mean "getting happy"
sweetcharlie63 5 months ago
@sweetcharlie63 I would have loved to ger drunk with Joan! Then I'd let her do what she wanted with me lol I'm bi and i think she's beautiful (she was bi too :))
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel....Me too!!! LOL But, I'm not Bi, I'm Gay. Hmm, we should be friends! She was exquisite beauty.
sweetcharlie63 5 months ago
@sweetcharlie63 Well Joan is a gay icon so that's perfect! And her first two husbands were bi apparently, Douglass and Franchot. Did you know she had a one night stand with marilyn monroe? Marilyn talked about it at length. I accepted ur request. Yay for a fellow Joan fan!
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel.... yes, and I believe Marlene Dietrich also. Thanks for accepting my request. Did you know that JC was about 5'4'' tall? What do you think of Christina? Mommie Dearest is about as Gay campy as you can get.
sweetcharlie63 5 months ago
@sweetcharlie63 Four of my special ladies-Dietrich, Garbo, Crawford and Bankhead were all bisexual, Bette, sadly was straight. I say unfortunately, not because I have anythign against heterosexuals, I just think it would be fun to fool around with her! haha. Yes Joan was quite adorable..you can see her shortness in the episode of the Lucy Show where she pretends to not be interested in acting. Gah, so sweet. Christina? I think she's appalling. She and BD Hyman.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@sweetcharlie63 Four of my special ladies-Dietrich, Garbo, Crawford and Bankhead were all bi. Bette, sadly was straight. Not that I have anything against heterosexuals, I just think it would be fun to fool around with her! haha. Yes Joan was quite adorable..you can see her shortness in the episode of the Lucy Show where she pretends to not be interested in acting. Gah, so sweet. Christina? I think she's appalling. She and BD Hyman.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel I love the random kid in Joan's arms. Kid in one arm, cig in the other. What a diva. Maybe we will meet in another life! :P
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
I love Joan in this video :)
jess00821 8 months ago
Ineresting how she talks about her daughter... saying she supports herself
RodTalon0000 8 months ago
@RodTalon0000 As well she should, she was nearly 30 years old lol.
DiabolicalAngel 4 months ago
How fascinating, I had no idea this footage existed. I agree with the others, Joan still looked great and does seem to radiate fun and kindness here. She was very professional and seeing her so candid is very interesting. As for the drinking, why not? She had been through a lot and knew all the happy years were behind her. That said, she soldiered on with glamour, polish and class...take a lesson, 21st century hippies and slobs!
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her ankle is samshed and so is she...but I guess its tough to be a movie star...
amie11601 8 months ago
her ankle is samshed and so is she...but I guess its tough to be a movie star...
amie11601 8 months ago
Light my cigarette and wheel me to the airport lounge. I need a vodka and Pepsi!
SymphonyBrahms 8 months ago 11
She is fierce, even loaded she remebers what to say. Just like my grandma. I adore her!
MrThesheenster 8 months ago
chiiiiildren!!!
MyGward 9 months ago
"HI DOLL FACE!!!" Haha! Love her =)
je1rowe 9 months ago
high as shit
blondedozier 9 months ago
It's OK Joanie I have to get drunk to get on a plane too!
DA90027 10 months ago
hiccup!
brooksp1202 11 months ago
@brooksp1202 LOL I laughed out loud at your "hiccup!" comment. :-)
FreidaClaxton 11 months ago
Light my cigarette and fix me another vodka and Pepsi! Drunk or sober, I love old Joan! She was a great actress and a great star!
jmuslvr 11 months ago
your the best joan!!! rip
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Phony Joany's foot is smashed!!! She is pissed as a fart!!!
I wonder why her kids didn't want to have any thing to do with her?
After 10 abortions, I'm not surprised."Miss Morality" is a classic American fraud.
How sad for the children she adopted. She reminds me of a female pedophile. Absolutely pathetic!
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paleastrinalover 1 year ago
"I'm a STROOONNNG dame."
You certainly are, Miss Crawford. Stone cold sober, or stinking drunk -- doesn't matter. She was a Movie Star from the top of her head to the tip of her fingers.
I also find it interesting, since alcohol supposedly reveals the "true" nature of a person, that Joan seems genuinely pained about her separation from Christopher, and also truly proud of Christina ("I got news for ya... she's independent!").
tjbnyc76 1 year ago
I'm gonna take the cast off and walk in like a soldier! HAHA I almost shit my pants hearing that!
DA90027 1 year ago
"Dislocated??? It's kinda smashed!"...Almost as bad as Joan! LOL! I love her...I pick up Children wherever I go! She has a cigarette going in one hand and a little girl in another. Somebody needs to get her another drink! LOL!
jpwilson19 1 year ago
Is she drunk, or high on painkillers? What a messy interview.
dgonzalee 1 year ago 2
"I pick up children everywhere." Classic
Mikeyt369 1 year ago 2
@Mikeyt369 I cringed when she said that line.
winebox 1 year ago
I love this woman...if u look up the word star her photo should be right there..i dont believe all the crap her ungrateful kid said..she musta 4got 2 include how she would flash round her moms name n have bitch fits n get fired from production...rip joan...burn in hell christina.
giavannira 1 year ago
she is so drunk! :-) how many vodkas did she have on that plane? :-)))))
faciurut 1 year ago
Gosh I would love to have met her and just gushed how much I love her!! To this day there is not one star who loved being a movie star so much and truly loved and appreciated her fans!
elwoodsn 1 year ago 8
@elwoodsn ---You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! It Drives me crazy when her name is mentioned and people think they're funny with the "hanger" jokes! No one loved their fans more!
SHRINA17 5 months ago
This is to die for!!
blackdunaway 1 year ago
Joan Crawford doing the very first hit of E
jpptown58 1 year ago
That's sad...I don't like her drunk. It makes me sad.
dangeroussuzie 1 year ago
And I bet she screamed all the way to the Hotel! What a trooper! Love it!
splurben 1 year ago 3
She was so drunk she could hardly talk!
Fitchpatrick99 1 year ago
What a cool clip! Even though she's clearly drunk, she's every inch a star, looking glamorous and treating her fans & the press with courtesy and kindness. And as has been commented on here, she sounds VERY much like Bette Davis at times! THANKS for posting this fabulous footage! :)
JubalCalif 1 year ago 2
She oozed saccharine and spit venom.
What a nasty old cow she was.
jod6cindy 1 year ago
remarkable footage
jbbeatle 1 year ago
She sounded like Bette Davis at some parts of this clip. Great upload tho! She was still poised and classy!
glamourous888 1 year ago
are you bowred???
glamourous888 1 year ago
She was still in poise saying "You wanna see it???" LOL Maybe the effect of the pain killer was this making her look like drunk or maybe she really is drunk. But still glamourous! I'd imitate you when I'm drunk Joan, still graceful and with poise! A star!
glamourous888 1 year ago
Joan Crawford embodied the classic Hollywood star stereotype. her entire adult life was a stereotype.
MisterBouncyBounce 1 year ago
i wish i was that drunk
lootie99 1 year ago
what a bitch all i got to say but a good actress
1234funnyman1 1 year ago
i love joan but was she drunk she sounds like it
tracytcb111111111111 1 year ago
Who couldn't love this woman? I never thought I would be able to call Joan Crawford "adorable" but she sure is here! She appears to be drunk (as I have been..which *most of us* have been at one time or another) and she absolutely radiates fun and kindness. Notice how she fumbles when she tells a little white lie about hearing from Christopher. Bless her heart. A great lady.
nonbreeder 1 year ago 4
@nonbreeder ---I totally agree with you---I just love this amazing clip!!!
SHRINA17 1 year ago
The 60's were fun weren't they kiddies? Booze everywhere and no one gave a shit.
DA90027 1 year ago
@DA90027 --So true!!!
SHRINA17 1 year ago
Crawford was clearly on SOMETHING here -- alcohol, painkillers, a combination of the two. But.. DAMN! Some inner working of her brain still made her want to perform "like a SOLDIAH!" and play the Great Star. And that, my friends, is tarnished Klass with a capital K. Sure, she's bombed; sure, it's slightly embarassing -- but goddamn it, SHE'S A STRONG DAME! And she's giving her BEST. Even smashed, the true Greats were, well... GREAT. Today, a drunk Lindsay or Britney is just a another drunk slut.
tjbnyc76 1 year ago 2
if joan was in pain because of her accident to her ankle's, then she was probably on painkiller's as well as drinking! Boy! Seeing her in color is very different to black and white~A very mask like visage!
markc517 1 year ago
Interesting but sad -- Crawford was obviously drinking during her flight and is obviously drunk. Her speech is very slurred, yet she still plays her role as a star (and she was, in my opinion, a great star) like the professional she was. I'm glad to see this unusual interview. It's a reminder that Crawford, like anyone else, was a complex person.
lauraalittle 1 year ago
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I am so sick to death of putting in the term "Joan Crawford" and getting people's lameass, unfunny "Mommie Dearest" impersonations.
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
She's totally sloshed here! I love how she tells the interviewer getting into the car...."I don't need any help!" LOL~
MommieDearest67 1 year ago
@MommieDearest67
If I had to suffer a kid like Christina, I'd drink alot too.
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
joan crawford rules
hoi2000d 1 year ago 10
Her publicist must've been on a separate flight.... I can't imagine allowing her to interview in that condition!! This is just wrong on so many levels.
TimothySEnglish 1 year ago
A few vodkas go great with Precodan!
MerleOberon 1 year ago
She was sauced!!!
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scotchrks 1 year ago
LOL at 3:39 the exchange and expression of the blushing little girl and Joan after she says, "I have to earn a living to support children". You just wanna say, awwww golly gosh geee"
ScrapNfight 1 year ago
My God, was Joan Crawford the ONLY celebrity who ALWAYS took time for the fans? NOBODY replies to fan mail or signs an autograph anymore. I wish I had been around while she was still alive just to have gotten an autograph. God bless Joan for always remembering her fans. What a woman!
Dexie78 1 year ago 2
@Dexie78
Seriously. a true star.
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
@Dexie78 --I tell people that same thing all the time when every time I mention her name they all say "NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!" Only thing they know about her....drives me crazy!!!! That little girl was so lucky!
SHRINA17 1 year ago 2
@SHRINA17 I know! For real! Faye Dunnaway totally screwed Joan's legacy via that movie (not that it was her fault - it was just an over the top script) among people who don't take the time to dig deeper to understand who Joan really was and or who are much too young to have known of Joan during her prime. IMO, and I'm 32 years old - I take Christina's allegations of "abuse" in context with the times. My parents were beaten with switches from a tree. Today, that's abuse - back then - not.
Dexie78 1 year ago
I swear, EVERY time I watch this, I enjoy it more and more. I feel like Miss Crawford was being VERY real and that we got a very good peek as to how Joan really was and she's absolutely enchanting. When she's asked about Christopher, the look of pain that sweeps over her face and in her eyes is just heartbreaking. She seems at one point like she's going to cry when she says "Once in awhile, yes." in response to the ?: "Do you hear from him?". I wonder if Christina has seen this footage?
Dexie78 1 year ago 4
@Dexie78 I know the Christopher part was hard to watch. Joan once said that he spat in her facce once. Terrible. Love Joan.
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel OMG, I know. I believe that back then, what is considered now "child abuse" was good parenting. I think Joan did the best she knew how and I believe she truly loved her children. It sounds to me like Christina and Christopher were a bunch of ingrates. I know that's terrible to say, but - - it happens. Love to Joan...God bless her soul.
Dexie78 5 months ago
@Dexie78 Exactly. Definitions of "child abuse" vary. Back when my mom was a small child in the 50s, a spank on the ass was no big deal. I think Joan was a product of her environment and her era and much like BD Hyman, Christina especially exploited Joan's fame in order to make a profit. I think Joan is lovely and I'm positive the two of us would have gotten on amazingly well. Damn her for so predating me :S
DiabolicalAngel 5 months ago
@DiabolicalAngel Hell, I was born in 1978 and I had a healthy fear of the wooden spoon and I don't feel I was abused. But you're absolutely right - BD Hyman (ugh, what a pig) and Christina both made money on their mothers' backs. Disgusting. And I think I'd get along with Joan too. I LOVE shoulder pads! ;-)
Dexie78 5 months ago
She had a few drinks on the plane but i still love her,she was one of a kind actress,one of my favs.
Latebargirl 1 year ago
woman is blatantly FKED up on somethin! oh, and she reeks from an evil wicked child beating witch
Jako32 1 year ago
"How are you gonna do it with your leg in a cast?"... "Take the cast off and walk in like a soldier!" What great determination, she inspires me.
joewilliamson09 1 year ago
We need MORE Joan Crawfords. Have you seen the kids nowadays!?
Take a tip from ol Joanie-beat the little fuckers!
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
Just a little factoid. In the movie "Mommie Dearest", she say, "No wire hanger", not "no MORE wire hangers". It's stupid, yeah, but it's bugged me for a while.../
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
@ccipollini1984 she was brought up around wire hangers due to her mother doing laundry. hence. "No wire hangers!" It reminded her of poverty and maybe abuse! The same abuse she went onto repeat.
travelogue200 1 year ago
@travelogue200
what I'm stating is she never said "No MORE" in the film. Just "No wire hangers."
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
@ccipollini1984 You've made that clear already.
travelogue200 1 year ago
"it's just shattered, that's all..." priceless....
thebigskynow 1 year ago
She seemed to be flying the friendly skies....gulp gulp gulp.keep em coming stewardess!
Newtwist75 1 year ago
"I never laid a hand on those F@*king Kids" - Joan Crawford
pimpalan 1 year ago
What a trooper Joan was! She sure looks exhausted and confused from being so doped up on pain killers. I know that there's always so much bad stuff out there about her, but I honestly don't think that we should be remembering her for the bad things that have been said. She was truly a great actress who should be remembered for her beauty and talent. It's a shame that most people only know her because of Mommie Dearest. I think there's more to Joan than that.
SonnyJamesJefferson 1 year ago
"walk in like a soldiahhhhh" that's my Joan. Doped up and hurting but hell there's a camera there so she's still going for that Oscar.
zamusicza 1 year ago
LMFAO she is smashed
toothbrush55 1 year ago
What is wrong with her?? I love her but is she on pain killers for her legs or what's up? she is talking werid and slow =(
SexyStudChris 1 year ago
@SexyStudChris
travelogue200 1 year ago
Fake old drunken bitch.
travelogue200 1 year ago
@travelogue200 yo momma
Shanniquitie 1 year ago
She was a pathetic embarrassing DRUNK making a fool of herself... The very so called "children" she was pretending to adore and talk about that she so called had to earn money to support... ended up fucking her over in the end!
Twifty1 1 year ago
I am a lifelong Crawford fan and I absolutely love this footage!! No doubt a healthy mix of Percodan (the pre-Vicodin era "go-to" RX painkiller) and Joan's infamous 100-proof Smirnoff at play here. She is smashed!! I like how the guy doing the interview keeps coming back for the sound bite, prodding her to say this or that...
LOVE THIS!! Truly a rare gem!
TrumanHugh 1 year ago
@TrumanHugh Percodan was around back then? Oh! Wait a minute - maybe I'm confusing Percocet with Percodan...Percodan has aspirin & oxycodone and Percocet is acetaminophen & oxycodone, right? And Percocet came AFTER Percodan. I think. Either way, I can totally buy the 100 proof + narcotics or barbiturates combo.
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TrumanHugh 1 year ago
That child is a lucky lady now!
Please, anybody here says, you can hear southern accent - I don't speak English naturally, so I can't catch it, what's the difference, where can I hear it, what's typcial for southern accent?
Etheline 1 year ago
I got newwws fer ya...
strobe155 1 year ago
oh she is high foh tha GAWDZ!!LoL!!
TheMrMarilyn 1 year ago
"ill make it i dont want any help! im a stong dame...mmkay!?!?"
ronnyboy1988 1 year ago
i kinda love her, in a comical way. yet just her face alone comes across and VERY very hard, cold, and wicked witch mean. doesnt seem like a stable woman at ALL.
Jako32 1 year ago
This is where Jack Nicholson got the makeup for his Joker
thebulbous 1 year ago
She was very nice about Christina.She complimented her acting and said she supported herself and she was kind to her fans.
DaxShaw 1 year ago
What a BITCH!
rure1968 1 year ago
@rure1968
we love her for it!
84ccipollini 1 year ago
at least she was still friendly and willing to sign autographs even at her drunk stage. ha.
GustaveKwak 1 year ago
I'll always love Ms Crawford no matter what.
OldHollywood93 1 year ago 3
Yup. Blotto. Probably her "white water". At least she wasn't beating Carol, that child she picked up to make her look better and distract attention from her inebriated state.
postgraduate 1 year ago
Joan was tireless and always found time to keep in touch with her fans, no matter how busy her life was - she WAS a soldier and a wonderful actress besides. As far as being "tipsy," so what? Lots of people have enjoyed a glass of wine or two on long flights (myself included) and what's the crime (for as long as you're not hopping into a rental car and driving yourself somewhere!) Thanks for keeping her memory alive!
etienne818 1 year ago
Crawford was born in Texas, and spent her earliest years there. She worked really hard to speak "cor-rect-ly" but it was said that her natural southern drawl would appear randomly if she was tired or "under the influence". This is certainly true here--- one of the very few times when you can really hear the southern accent coming through. She was probably tired and medicated, and she doesnt't really seem to make any big attempt to hide it. Interesting.
dave00004483 1 year ago 2
Joan was afraid of flying for years, so she might have had a few just to calm her down...None-the-less she's still the best...=)
MissGarland18 1 year ago
WTF IS DIS REAL
trehaus 1 year ago
If I was with Miss Crawford having microphones and cameras thrusted in my face everywhere - I would have probably been drinking too!!
myrnaloysboy 1 year ago
great futage!
gertkrys 1 year ago
What an amazing piece of history - who gives a flying fuck if she was pissed or on pills - she was a STRONG WOMAN - is that such a fucking crime?
mistressmon 1 year ago 2
What a great video!!!!!!!!!
TristanMacLaine 1 year ago
Poor Joan, she was sweet, but they should let her be,keep this level of respect to her and just let her be...
Etheline 1 year ago
ah give the lady a break....
1212matt 1 year ago
After watching this and comparing it with other people's accounts of Joan while drunk its obvious that she was NOT an angry drunk... if anything she was overly happy and kept talking about the children. Her daughter would always say she was a raving maniac while drunk... I don't see it here. Proof?
OCEANLINERBABY 1 year ago
@OCEANLINERBABY The only prob with that is that she's not drunk, she's loaded/baked...She prolly took too many pills for the pain from whatever happened to her leg
mberger78 1 year ago
"Where did you find her?
"Oh, I always pick up children."
She was definitely drunk.
travis7310 1 year ago
the old bitch is loaded ah!ah!
papoocanada 2 years ago 3
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hoi2000d 2 years ago 14
@hoi2000d
What the hell are you saying?
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
@ccipollini1984 ritas & ginger rogers are fucking ass fucd bitches r they in movies? who r they? rita & ginger roger r fucking dog shit craps i dont know them they fucking whors.
hoi2000d 1 year ago
@hoi2000d
Sorry I don't speak idiot.
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
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hoi2000d 1 year ago
@hoi2000d
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ccipollini1984 1 year ago
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hoi2000d 1 year ago
@hoi2000d
Who dat!!!!??? you azz hell done shit dumazz fuck hella HEY HEEEYYY!~
ccipollini1984 1 year ago
@hoi2000d your a total idiot!
jlb554344 1 year ago
FUC OFF :))))))) Joan rules ritas ginger roger woman who r they? r fuc slut ho ass fucd whors fuc u lol
hoi2000d 2 years ago 8