MAURICE CHEVALIER and JOAN CRAWFORD
Copy of The Picturegoer's Art Portfolio of Great Lovers of the
Screen, signed by Maurice Chevalier and Joan Crawford on the cover
Pamphlet signed "Maurice/Chevalier" and "Joan
Crawford" on the cover. 18p, 6¼x8¾. The Picturegoer's Art Portfolio of
Great Lovers of the Screen, October 1, 1932. Photograph, b/w, 5x7½, of
Crawford and George Montgomery in film Letty Lynton on cover. Inside
cover has full-page b/w photo of Chevalier with Jeannette MacDonald. Among the
other featured screen couples are Greta Garbo/Melvyn Douglas, Greta Garbo/Ramon
Novarro, Norma Shearer/Clark Gable, Joe McCrea/Fay Wray and Ann Harding/Laurence
Olivier. Legendary French entertainer CHEVALIER (1888-1972, born Maurice
Auguste Chevalier in Paris, France), was nominated for Best Actor Academy
Awards in 1929-1930 for The Big Pond and The Love Parade. He won
an Honorary Oscar in 1959 "for his contributions to the world of
entertainment for more than half a century". Over his long career, Chevalier's
appeared in a number of feature films, including The Merry Widow (1934),
Folies Bergere (1935), Gigi (1958), Pepe (1960),
Can-Can (1960), Fanny (1961), In Search of the Castaways
(1962) and I'd Rather Be Rich (1964). CRAWFORD (1904-1977, born
Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas) shot to stardom on the strength of
1928's Our Dancing Daughters, starring as Diana "Di" Medford, a role
originally intended for Clara Bow. The film was hugely successful, and MGM soon
doubled her salary and began featuring her name on marquees. Unlike so many
stars of the period, Crawford successfully made the transformation from the
silents to the sound era, although she preferred the silents. Crawford,
originally a professional dancer, had made her film debut in 1925. She won a
Best Actress Academy Award for Mildred Pierce (1945) and was
nominated for Best Actress Oscars for Possessed (1947) and
Sudden Fear (1952). A tell-all memoir, Mommie Dearest (1978, later
made into a feature film), by her daughter Christina, portrayed Crawford as
unfeeling and ruthlessly ambitious. However, Crawford was a faithful
correspondent with her large fan base. Lightly worn at edges. Fine
condition.
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