With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic by Hoff, A. Ashley
With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic by Hoff, A. Ashley

With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic

When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age--until publication...
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Author: A. Ashley Hoff
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With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic by Hoff, A. Ashley

With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic

$45.28
With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic by Hoff, A. Ashley

With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic

$45.28
Author: A. Ashley Hoff
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age--until publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest.

Christina Crawford's book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse.

When Paramount Pictures released the film, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford, it was critically panned, and remains one of the most legendary critical bombs in film history. The lavish, big-screen adaptation drew unexpected laughter in the scenes depicting life in the Crawford household. Rarely have such good intentions been met with such ridicule.

Despite this, the movie was a commercial success and remains, four decades later, immensely popular. With Love, Mommie Dearest details the writing and selling of Christina's book and the aftermath of its publication, as well as the filming of the motion picture, whose backstage drama almost surpassed what was viewed onscreen in the film.

Based on new interviews with people connected to the book and the film, Hollywood historian A. Ashley Hoff explores the phenomenon, the camp, and the very real social issues addressed by the book and film.

Author: A. Ashley Hoff
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 05/07/2024
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781641607681


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2024

About the Author
A. Ashley Hoff is the author of Match Game 101: A Backstage History of Match Game and My Huckleberry Friend: Holly Golightly and the Untold History of Breakfast at Tiffany's. He previously worked for talent agencies in Chicago and Los Angeles and has written articles on Hollywood for The Advocate and Films in Review. He has been interviewed on numerous pop culture subjects on The Nick Digilio Show on WGN Radio, The Frank DeCaro Show on Sirius XM, Feast of Fun on iTunes, in magazines such as Closer Weekly, and on various local talk shows and podcasts.
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