Genuine, Authentic JOAN CRAWFORD autographed LETTER 4/1/1975 wEnvelope Birthday For Sale

Genuine, Authentic JOAN CRAWFORD autographed LETTER 4/1/1975 w/Envelope! Mentioning her birthday, “Our Dancing Daughters,” John Springer’s “Legendary Ladies” & Easter.

This letter, according to my research was written the same year in 1975, Joan Crawford was retired from acting, continuing to make small social appearances, including hosting a cocktail party and a larger outing to the New York Finger Lakes. She also appeared in a radio ad campaign for a Pennsylvania store, was the subject of an Architectural Digest feature on her apartment and attended a live interview with John Springer at NYC's Town Hall. While her health began to decline, she still socialized with friends and watched television.

This unique letter Joan wrote 50+ years ago would make the perfect gift for the Crawford fan in your life!

Check out the picture of the ticket stub from the Antiques Road Show where I took my collection of Joan Crawford letters for verification. It was authenticated by a very reputable ARS appraiser who quickly identified this letter as genuine. He actually knew Ms. Crawford and was positive that she signed it in person! He stated that the stationary, letter and envelope as well as the postmark, return address and especially signature are all real and from Joan Crawford herself! And I have since learned she, at this time in her life actually did her own typing in these personal correspondence!

I did not want to sell this letter as I had bought it to aid in my research of this legendary film star. However, I believe film preservation is more important to me than actually keeping this treasure to myself. So, I am selling this personal letter to help fund my recent purchase of rare film.

Pay fast with and it gets shipped the NEXT DAY! BOOK VALUE in a California Movie Memorabilia shop they would ask over $125.00! Don’t believe me, look it up in the Sanders Price Guide to Autographs. My guide list a Joan Crawford signed letter at $150-200! But don’t let a dealer or a sniper get this piece, offer early and offer high -- it really belongs in your own private Hollywood movie museum…! Super Christmas gift for the Joan Crawford fan in your life!

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This UNIQUE, VINTAGE AND GENUINE CELEBRITY SIGNATUREcomes from a collection of a life long fan who carried on a special friendship via mail with Ms. Crawford for over thirty years. I have made copies of this letter and plan to write a magazine article or book about this friendship and how wonderful Ms. Crawford was, which can be seen in how she spoke in this letter…

This original, one-of-a-kind letter reads…

JOAN CRAWFORD

April 1, 1975

Dear Lee,

It was so thoughtful of you to remember my birthday…….

I hope you had a happy Easter.

Joan (signed in her own hand, in blue ink.)

CONDITION:

Near MINT to EXCELLENT… As you can see in these pictures this letter is on Joan Crawford’s special baby blue stationary, the letter is near perfect. Only the soft aging (discoloration) on the envelope is evident. My pictures of this letter demonstrate the signature, letter are BEAUTIFUL! This can be framed and displayed wonderfully for years to come. To the right buyer this lovely, choice collectors item is an investment!

ITEM HISTORY:

Autograph collecting is one of the oldest and noblest hobbies, however I recommend you study up before investing… please visit www.Autographs.com and research how to tell the real and genuine article from the fake, especially when it comes to sport figures. I specialize in Movie stars and I did not purchase the autographs I sell… I got them in person! See your local library for books on autograph authentication. One book I recommend is “The Official Autograph Collector Authentication Guide,” where you’ll learn as I did… See Over 1,000 Authentic Examples of Vintage and Current Celebrities. Useful Tips On: Spotting Forgeries * How to Tell if a Signature is Rubber Stamped or Printed * Types of Inks Used Over the Years* Tools You'll Need to Help You Authenticate * Handwriting Analysis, etc.

SHIPPING:

Domestic shipping would be USPS Ground Advantage (includes $100 insurance) and well packed in plastic, with several layers of cardboard support/protection and delivery tracking. The USPS has removed FIRST CLASS from ’s postage label system. (Darn it!) I would be happy to combine shipping to save us both on shipping cost. International shipping depends on the location, and the package would weigh close to a half a pound with even more extra ridge packing.

PAYMENTS:

Please pay by ! All of my items are unconditionally guaranteed. E-mail me with any questions you may have. ! Be sure to offer high enough to WIN! ! This is Larry41, wishing you great movie memories and good luck…

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:

“In her youth a saucer-eyed, curvaceous beauty, Crawford underwent a remarkable metamorphosis as she got older; her hardened features, including flashing eyes and a cruel mouth, perfectly suited the manipulative, catty, unscrupulous women she later played. In truth, she clung to leading-lady status longer than she should have, but it was a hard-won status and one she was loathe to abandon. (And it can be legitimately maintained that, unlike many actresses who clawed their way to the top, she was as talented as she was ambitious.) A backstage child-her stepfather was a vaudeville theater manager-she took up dancing and by age 16 was working both in a Broadway chorus and an after-hours nightclub when MGM executive Harry Rapf spotted her and signed her to a studio contract. She debuted-under her real name-in 1925's Pretty Ladies then became Joan Crawford in Old Clothes that same year. More substantial roles followed in Sally, Irene and Mary (also 1925, as Irene), and The Boob (1926, as a Prohibition agent!), before she was loaned to First National to star opposite Harry Langdon in Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (also 1926).She returned to MGM and costarred in numerous melodramas, among them Taxi Dancer, The Unknown (opposite Lon Chaney), Winners of the Wilderness (all 1927), and Four Walls (1928); her roles were largely decorative, and contemporary reviewers didn't indicate any special confidence in her ability. But then came Our Dancing Daughters in which she performed a spirited Charleston atop a table, literally dancing her way into the memories of moviegoers. The picture's surprise success made Crawford an "instant" star, and she worked hard to convince both her bosses and her newly won fans that she had the right stuff. (She later top-lined in two follow-ups to Daughters 1929's Our Modern Maidens and 1930's Our Blushing Brides More romances followed: Dream of Love (also 1928), The Duke Steps Out, Untamed (both 1929, the latter her first talkie). Crawford demonstrated her hoofing abilities once again in a vigorous novelty number in The Hollywood Revue of 1929 She bulldozed her way into Hollywood's royal family by marrying Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., that same year; they divorced in 1933. This Pre-code sexy siren was more than a deco decoration, she was THE film noir babe!Crawford was an MGM stalwart for more than a decade, generally playing tough, independent-minded women-often poor shop girls or secretaries striving for success against formidable odds-in the likes of Paid (1930), Dance, Fools, Dance, Possessed (both 1931), Grand Hotel (1932, as the secretary), Rain (also 1932, out of character but very convincing as South Seas trollop Sadie Thompson), Today We Live (1933, opposite Franchot Tone, whom she wed in 1935), Dancing Lady (also 1933, singing and dancing opposite Fred Astaire in his screen debut), Sadie McKee, Chained (both 1934), The Gorgeous Hussy (1936), The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937), Mannequin (1938), Ice Follies of 1939, The Women (both 1939), Strange Cargo, Susan and God (both 1940), and A Woman's Face (1941). But her star went into decline (she'd been labeled "box-office poison" by a movie industry trade paper in 1938), and after completing Above Suspicion (1943), MGM prexy Louis B. Mayer showed her the door.Crawford did not work on-screen for two years except for a guest shot in Hollywood Canteen (1944). She persuaded Warner Bros. to cast her in the title role in Mildred Pierce (1945), and her Oscar- winning turn as a sacrificing mother put her back on top. It was a gamble for the actress, who didn't relish playing mother parts and feared she'd be typecast in them. Crawford remained at Warners in such films as Humoresque (1946), Possessed (1947, which earned her another Oscar nomination), and Flamingo Road (1949), and rebuilt her reputation as a top screen star. Her later work was somewhat erratic, but her more memorable characterizations of the period include the definitive horror-housewife in Harriet Craig (1950), the terrorized playwright in Sudden Fear (1952, an Oscar-nominated performance), a bitchy Broadway star in Torch Song (1953, back at MGM), the tough saloon-keeper in Johnny Guitar (1954, to this day a favorite cult Western), frustrated women in Female on The Beach (1955) and Autumn Leaves (1956), and a nasty magazine editor in The Best of Everything (1959).In 1955 she married Pepsi-Cola chair- man Alfred Steele; he died four years later, and she remained on the board of directors. In her 50s, she seemed to be at career's end, but in 1962 director Robert Aldrich teamed her with Bette Davis (not exactly a harmonious pairing) in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? a critical and commercial smash that revitalized both women's careers and kicked off an entire cycle of horror movies featuring older women. She dropped out of the follow-up. Hush, Sweet Charlotte but did make two for horrormeister William Castle, Strait-Jacket (1964) and I Saw What You Did (1965), as well as Berserk (1967) and Trog (1970, her final film) for English directors. Crawford's last nonhorror role was that of a venal nurse in The Caretakers (1963). In 1969 she starred in a telefilm that served as the pilot for a series called "Night Gallery." In it she played a wealthy woman who will stop at nothing to find a donor for her eye transplant operation. One of her last performances, it was also one of her best; her director was a newcomer named Steven Spielberg.She had been dead barely a year when her adopted daughter, Christina, wrote "Mommie Dearest," chronicling her traumatic experiences in Crawford's tyrannical household. It sparked endless talk and seriously damaged the actress' public image. The book was filmed in 1981, with Faye Dunaway as Crawford, but it was done in a campy style that further chipped away at her legend. It was an ignoble footnote to a distinctive and fascinating career.” – SEE THE NEW JOAN CRAWFORD BIOGRAPHY “A Woman’s Face” BY SCOTT EYMAN FOR THE FACTS!