The House That Joan Crawford Built

It is a close bond indeed that ties Joan Crawford to her house, which she bought for her dwelling twenty years ago. She lives in it through the four seasons of the year, and nothing will part her from it but an earthquake that razes it to the ground, or a calamity that befalls her and removes her from it forever...

People ask in wonder: could Joan possibly love one man and prefer him to this house?? The questioners doubt that it is possible, for Joan gave up her three husbands, but she did not give up this beautiful house; she lavished her bounty upon it until it became a perfect model of the elegant, comfortable home, and she lives in it with her four children, whom she adopted at different periods of time.

Whoever keeps company with Joan, and studies the story of her life in its various stages, perceives at close range the strength of her attachment to this house of hers, and cannot but admire this double personality that has joined femininity and elegance to a keen intelligence — so much so that it comes to mind that she makes no mistakes in her conduct with her children and in her house... As for the men — husbands and lovers — no one can pass a final judgment upon this exciting screen star. But it appears that she has a great confidence in herself, and that she will bear no wrong... Do you not see her divorcing three well-known husbands and living a free, unfettered life, without one backward glance of regret at her past?!

This is what Joan Crawford tries to proclaim about herself; as for the truth, none knows it but God. There is no doubt that in Joan's face there is something of melancholy and unrest, and however happy and content with her life she may outwardly be