Old Pepsi ads

Joan Crawford for RC Cola, 1945

Which is kind of funny considering she married the Chairman of the Board of Pepsi later in life and became one of their spokeswomen in the 1960s.

Mommie’s Home!

I am a die hard Joan Crawford fan. I thought she was a damn good actress and had a fierce personality – she had a drive and a passion that was evident in almost all her acting work. Much had been made of her rivalries, real (Norma Shearer) and imagined (Bette Davis, mostly a made up a tabloid rivalry), but I tend to judge people by the company they keep and in this light Joan was also awesome. Her closest Hollywood friends were Barbara Stanwyck,  Myrna Loy, Ann Blyth ( her wicked daughter Vida in “Mildred Pierce”!), and Cesar Romero. I don’t know what to make of her daughter, Christina’s,  subsequent book that made all sorts of allegations of abuse but I do know that, for me, it still doesn’t diminish my adoration of her as an actress and a star. Just in case, though, I don’t use any wire coat hangers.

“Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” promo picture (Bette Davis and Joan Crawford)

Bette Davis in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” – all are GIFs (click to activate)