Joan & Christina Crawford - Jerry Lewis Telethon (1968)

[@ClarenceFisher]

5:03 - "WE HAVE WORK TO DO! COME ON!" It's just like the scene in Mrs Chadwick's office - "CHRISTINA COME ON!"

[@tonyktown]

LOL...she wasn't having it. That was her spotlight and she had NO intention on sharing it with her "DAWTAH".

[@spicey6646]

+iflyTony Give me a break! Christina is a liar!

[@lulzalfest]

+spice66 don't you mean "Liah"?

[@sleedolfine15]

I don't know what's true about Joan Crawford and neither do you.

[@tonyktown]

Oh boy, another keyboard "tough guy". Seek help with that anger issue, before it consumes you, or gets you in a jam you're not prepared to get out of.

[@tonyktown]

Whatever. Consider yourself dismissed.

[@WIZZINGSHIRE]

whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,did you see joans face when she introduced christina????? WOW,cruella deville!

[@ritaxxx5192]

wtf u talking about

[@Vicky-ft6ee]

4:47 that pause before saying "my daughter " and then the way she dragged her off before they both could finish a sentence

[@ritaxxx5192]

@@Vicky-ft6ee you really have nothing else to do with your life?

[@matthewdunne8432]

モニカだよ wtf are you talking about

[@ritaxxx5192]

@@matthewdunne8432 ?

[@hisluckienstar614]

"we have work to do, come on!" "and after that you can scrub the bathroom floors here!"

[@Math-in4dd]

Did you scrub the bathroom floor today ?

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@Math-in4dd "but Mommie..." BAM! "Yes mommie dearest..."

[@haintedhouse2990]

@@Math-in4dd lol. "we're going to clean this bathroom floor together - GO!!!"

[@BEARGUY46]

Helen Hayes, a very close long-time friend of Joan's, admitted, "Joan tried to be all things to all people. I just wish to God that she never tried to be a Mother."

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

And Myrna Loy ( even rival BD ) didn’t side with CC

[@nassauguy48]

@@jeffreyjohnson8 Myrna Loy only said, when she once worked with Christina on some production, that she could at times be resistant and stubborn with the producers. (Perhaps that stemmed from constantly having to stand up to Joan). As for BD, she was simply jealous, and her allegations against mother Bette had absolutely no basis.

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

@@nassauguy48 no was referring not to BD Hyman but to the mother. She thought the Christina story was not true. And she despised Crawford. Loys response was when she was asked about the allegations. So what does Helen Hayes opinion matter ? Because it’s an opinion. Maybe Hayes disliked Crawford parenting because It wasn’t equivalent to Miss Hayes ( her son was adopted also if memory serves correct).

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

@@nassauguy48 and you write off BD Hymans claims as jealousy . Yet, don’t consider the fact that CC was also jealous of her mother .

[@stephenmaier8173]

Joan is smashed on vodka and Jerry is flying high on Percodans! Ahh the 1960s.

[@StrawberryK11]

I thought there was something off about him...

[@chewie2055]

Sarah Theresa He was a bastard

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Princess Chewie Yes, he was a horrible person and set a bad example for his sons.

[@carlamartinezvega13]

Christ, this is painful

[@KanishQQuotes]

God bless penicillin was there to save the day

[@seywhut2985]

LOL! The minute Jerry started to pay attention to Christina Joan snatched her off really fast, "Come on! We've got work to do."

[@jeffkiper8199]

+seywhut2985 LMAO, that was fuckin' hilarious.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

Yes Joan was tipsy but being playful and Christina is having fun also. You can see her laughing as Joan leads her off the stage.

[@kitterzy]

timerwolf700 You learn to laugh when you're nervous over your mom's weird drunken behavior on tv.

[@thomasreese5653]

There it is...textbook Borderline Personality Disorder. Christina Crawford did mention in her book that her mother was very jeolous of her.

[@fbnflaviusbroadcastingnetw6786]

timerwolf700 she was crying her poor heart out after another attack.. clearly

[@SymphonyBrahms]

"Do you have anything to say, Joan?" "Yes, Jerry. NO WIRE HANGERS! EVER!"

[@courtneynewton-john8862]

Dead 🤣☠

[@richeyrich]

BECAUSE I AM NOT ONE OF YOUR FAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNS

[@verymozart]

🤭😂😂😅

[@robertsaenz]

lol

[@retroguy9494]

I don't ask much from you GURL!

[@KanishQQuotes]

@@retroguy9494 Barbara please

[@retroguy9494]

@@KanishQQuotes Leave us alone Barbara. If you need anything, ask Carol Ann!

[@sanfrancisco89]

"Oh, you were told about her?" - that says it all.

[@carlamartinezvega13]

My dawtah

[@retroguy9494]

@@carlamartinezvega13 Ah yes. The diva from Texas always the actress trying for an eastern locust valley lockjaw accent!

[@pjesf]

@@retroguy9494 : Exactly! How many Texans pronounce “again” as “agayn”

[@retroguy9494]

@@pjesf None. It would be more like 'a-gin."

[@alandale2182]

@@pjesf OR tamotto instead of tomato?

[@lisaguy1860]

WOW THE WAY JOAN PULLS HER OFF STAGE AND QUICKLY TAKES HER TO HER TELETHON CHAIR!!! JERRY WAS STILL TALKING TO HER AS JOAN PULLS HER AWAY!! CRAZY JOAN!!! CHRISTINA TOLD THE TRUTH! IT SHOWS HOW JEALOUS JOAN WAS OF HER JUST BECAUSE JERRY ASKED ABOUT HER!

[@lindaeasley4336]

I find it disturbing that she would grab her 27 year old daughter by the hand and pull her away as if she were an 8 year old

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@lindaeasley4336 I listened for slaps, - HOW DARE YOU - but couldn't hear any. How about anyone else? "You always have to have people look at you WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT?! TELL ME!!! YOU SIT STILL NOW!!!!!!!!!"

[@zenarcade64]

Anyone else notice how Joan acted like she didn't want anyone to see Christina? For one thing she pulled her off the stage as fast as she could. Pretty telling.

[@creativewriter3887]

yeah.. that even SHE knew how much of a leech Lewis really was..

[@CaseyMorris-du7qv]

It was a definite "get your ass over here" moment!😂

[@jedijones]

Yes, I could see now how pretty Christina was as a young girl. Joan was probably threatened by that as she was losing her own youthful looks.

[@RobinPM86]

"Oh you were told about her." she hoped he hadn't been told. As usual, she wanted the spotlight all to herself.

[@roystonmason9125]

good for her ! nobody came to see her daughter !

[@Noone9227]

Yeah, that was strange. As he’s running the telethon, why wouldn’t he be told about Christina?

[@thwtraxbax5038]

@@roystonmason9125 shut up you idiot

[@roystonmason9125]

@@thwtraxbax5038 you shut up ! magat trash

[@feefees9796]

The look at Joan face when he mentioned her dawtah LOL priceless. N grabbed her, off stage LOL 4:45

[@lindaeasley4336]

I'm not a psychologist but it seemed to me Joan was carrying out a display of control over Christina . What mother grabs her 27 year old daughter by the hand and leads her off ?

[@loukohigh]

In this video it's clearly, how Joan didn't like Christina taken the spotlight. 4:38 When parents are mad at their children, they call them by their full name, in Joan's case, Christina took over her spotlight only for few seconds... I truly believe on Christina's word.

[@tholian_web]

after the telethon, she took her daughter out for a steak. Extra rare, of course.

[@AshMukherjeeOfficial]

nukem so nice to read a comment that made me laugh amidst all the doom and gloom speculations.

[@80sjunkie88]

+nukem funny!!!!!

[@danielhayes1357]

That a fact?

[@sweetlildevil7597]

At Pirrino's? Hehehe

[@wyomingadventures]

Tina bring me the AXE!!!! Christof ,Tina damn it!! I told to be quiet

[@Lar308]

The way Joan Crawford caught her daughters hand and pulled her daughter off the stage was unseemly and demeaning for Christina I am sure. Its hard to read the comments of all those gullible Joan Crawford 'fans' who still adore her.

[@BL3SSed-Bliss]

Agreed.

[@exbronco1980]

it looked controlling.

[@j.c.b6473]

No kidding!

[@maryk446]

Yes. And the thing is that she did this in front of millions of people. It's almost certain that her behavior off-camera toward Christina was even worse than this.

[@Lar308]

@Dio Ego My opinion sir - I should have added that Joan seemed surprised and a little annoyed when the presenter asked about her daughter joining and wanting to meet her. Joan obviously could not stand being upstaged by her daughter for even a nano second so pulled her off rather savagely.

[@ramonperez8209]

Phony. Artificial. Mean-looking. I believe Christina. Each child in a family can have a different childhood experience and so Cathy's condemnation of her older sister means nothing.

[@orettasmith155]

So true, members can have a different view of the same situation. I'm 58 and finding out how my sisters and brothers Never knew me. We grew up in the same house for years. Just sad!!!

[@michaelmccarrol4523]

Exactly thank you

[@thaism6878]

Perfect

[@1justice2012]

Philip Alumbo No, her mother exploited her.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@Philip Alumbo Joan by adopting children just for publicity photos and clips, while privately she abused her two older adoptees exploited them. And circa 1964 when Christina was hospitalized a few days and could not perform her role on the tv soap opera The Secret Storm, sixtyish Joan opportunistically jumped in to substitute for Christina, which horrified Christina.

[@sammiekaymusic]

How could nobody see her aggression towards her daughter?

[@iaap123]

I CAN !!! I can also see IMMEDIATELY what a fake BITCH she was!!!!

[@roystonmason9125]

@@iaap123 hurt me with a hanger mommie dearest ! lol

[@robyn7465]

3:50, Get your hands off me!! lol..

[@agsspr]

Feel the same.

[@lindagurrera685]

yep i noticed that aswell

[@allengreene9954]

@@lindagurrera685 She was super OCD.

[@JacksonStorms-mv7yb]

Dudes dong was pressed up all in her...Im shocked she didnt smack him in the jewels. 😂 Lewis was a mess.

[@TrangPakbaby]

“The falling down child” Joan related to that poem ALOT after drinking her “Pepsi” and “ice water”

[@JudgeJulieLit]

And perhaps after her own childhood temporarily disabling foot injury, which prompted her to heal by dancing.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@JudgeJulieLit Or slapping Tina-darling so hard she goes flying across the room.

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

A lot

[@marcalexwatts]

Christina was absolutely beautiful here and Joan was drunk and jealous.

[@frewofstew6304]

You bet she was!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Perhaps that was why Jerry had to arm escort Joan, here just age 63 or 64, to her post onstage.

[@11rokerito]

It could be a bad mother. But Cristina beautiful and Joan not ?? Jealous of the mother who was the queen of the cinema? Real data please. Yes, I was drunk ... and ??

[@ChrisHansonCanada]

I would say the opposite. That hair on Christina made her look about 45. Joan was ravishing for 63.

[@shaymathiesson8235]

@@ChrisHansonCanada I agree with you.on that!

[@cynthiajokela7773]

Joan couldn't have pulled her daughter off the stage quick enough, could she? "Dammit, a little bit of spotlight hit that girl and not ME, the STAH!"

[@absolutelyfreestockshots1931]

+Cynthia Jokela Hey mommy b.t.w I am writing a book.'I'll let you read it when I'm done ok.

[@randysue1456]

Joan was a high conflict, manipulative narcissist who likely had chosen Christina to be her scapegoat. Parents set the tone in families.abused children rarely lie. It is obvious that Joan was more interested in enhancing her public image because she used her adopted children and her contributions to charities to achieve that end. She was a fraud, no doubt about it. Christina told her story honestly. The reason it is so shocking to some people is that most children who find themselves in Cristina"s predicament are shamed into silence. We should applaud Christina"s courage and strength.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

She knows where to find the boys AND the booze.

[@hilltopstudio5541]

...the face she makes as she pushes Jerry Lewis's hand off from around her waist!

[@sky-et6md]

@@hilltopstudio5541 🤣😂🤣

[@Dizzyfingers2]

Joan: "Many great writers have expressed in moving terms the tragedy represented by ... ... muscular dystrophy"

[@irisgreene4175]

😂😂😂. Yeah, that whole speech was cringe worthy. She’s an actress, yet can’t even pretend to have feelings

[@jedijones]

@@irisgreene4175 She also clearly faked crying, badly, and had a scripted line about knowing that she would cry prepared.

[@nassauguy48]

@@jedijones Her entire life in public was an acting job.

[@windstorm1000]

Joan was never Bette's type of star or person--with Joan is was all about the surface, the look etc--Bette had no time with that--

[@YouTalker]

Very interesting to see this... thanks so much for posting.

[@brentaudi9354]

Awesome footage! Thanks for sharing!

[@BradFine-e7z]

Joan,what a true Lady and a loving person and heaven is a better place cause shes there.And i cant wait to watch her in heaven ❤

[@BigLovinB]

Jeez ... she literally yanked her daughter away.

[@88feji]

She was afraid her daughter may spill the beans about her abuse on national tv for the whole world to know ... so she had to drag her off in double quick time ...

[@dmnemaine]

@@88feji It was about attention. Narcissists can't stand someone else getting attention instead of them. I'm sure her thoughts were, "I'm the star. Why is he talking to her?"

[@lindaeasley5606]

The disdain couldn't be hidden when Christina walked on stage

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

She was awkward and unattractive. Not a child here the way she conducted herself. She needed her mom’s guidance and efficiency in front of the camera .

[@Vicky-ft6ee]

5:04 The way Joan drags her away before they both finish their sentences. She didnt ever want to share her spotlight with Christiana

[@michelformika]

That was an interesting choice of poems for the venue. 😳

[@lindashelley3635]

michelformika It’s interesting to note the changing attitudes towards disabled people over the years. Here in the 1960s they were still clearly regarded as objects of pity, whereas now of course we know that that they are just regular people who just need a bit of extra help to enable them to be a part of mainstream society (I’m sorry if I phrased that clumsily, I mean no offence to anyone). In fact, as an example, at the time of this broadcast there had already been two Paralympic events with another one taking place the very same year of 1968, at which America won a total of 99 medals, placing them 1st in the rankings - just 8 fewer than the regular Olympics. And of course in the 50 years since then, many people with disabilities have been able to take their rightful place in society, instead of being hidden away. I realise of course that things are still not perfect, but surely no-one can argue that we have come a long way since this programme was first aired.

[@callen7502]

WEIRD HUH! 😲😬😲

[@kathyjarvis8191]

Wow, she couldn't stand anyone having more attention than her. She was a piece of work.

[@verymozart]

Yes, it's what it looks like

[@2Ryled]

I know several people like that. In every conversation has to get it back on them. And God help you if even by accident you get more attention

[@nassauguy48]

When Christina got a part in Marcus Welby, MD, Joan went insane because she had long wanted to appear in that show. Then, after Christina got another guest role in a television series called The Sixth Sense, wouldn't you know, Joan appeared in that show not long after. Of course, no one can forget (or stop laughing at) an over 60 Joan substituting for the hospitalized Christina in her 28 year old soap opera role. Geesh, woman, you were a millionaire Oscar winner, and you were jealous of your daughter's tidbit acting roles?

[@allengreene9954]

@@nassauguy48 She had an ego the size of Texas and the Soviet Union.

[@JenX1975]

Say what you will about her but Joan Crawford was a class act

[@TrangPakbaby]

OH! You were told about HER?! Christina Crawford! My DooHtuh!

[@jrbaytown]

TrangPak2 , the way she said that. Like Christina was a dog!!!

[@lindaeasley4336]

It was said like he wasn't suppose to know anything about Christina's existence

[@CyrusNixes]

Wow Joan acts exactly the way she was portrayed in "Mommie Dearest" in this clip. She doesn't want her daughter to come out, and when she does she literally pulls her off the stage. How odd.

[@Marchant2]

I rewatched that, and Joan displays some anxiousness when Christina comes out, and Joan hauls her daughter offstage forcefully. On top of that, Joan appears uncomfortable when she's reading off her tablet by the way her shoulders are raised, indicating she's tense.

[@ericklynch6873]

​@@Marchant2 😢

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

Live TV time is of the essence

[@jeffreyjohnson8]

Joan was a pro. Nobody said they had a perfect relationship .

[@danielpena2726]

She literally grabbed her by the hand and dragged her away!

[@McDuff457]

I watched this a few times and it was obvious that Joan had soaked her insides with booze. Her speech was slurred at times and her behavior was overly dramatic and even had difficulty remembering what she was talking about. The scathing look on her face when Jerry asked about her daughter was priceless.

[@iloy1218]

I don’t blame her this woman been through trauma And Hollywood is brutal

[@iCyclone]

I watched this a few times, too, and I derive none of these same conclusions.

[@jedijones]

@@iloy1218 Hollywood is brutal because people like Joan are in it.

[@retroguy9494]

Joan in her full length evening gown and Christina in her mini dress! ROTF LMAO!

[@allengreene9954]

4:47: Joan was the Real life Version of Cruella Deville😆😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GEhotpants101]

She's very clearly drunk here. _Very_ clearly drunk.

[@billiamdabne9932]

saaaame

[@19869babygirl]

It amazes me how many can not see that. To me it is painstakingly obvious. These people would not see an alcoholic abuser if they had slapped in the face.

[@lindaeasley4336]

She had to f-ing play a role in every public appearance . Such a phoney

[@thaism6878]

and crazy

[@jondstewart]

She was between 69 and 72 years old when she died. Pretty long life for a chronic alcoholic.

[@elishiamariewilson8289]

When she says my DAWTUH, I felt such a cringe of horror. She had to have every second of control over Christina. She couldn't fathom anyone being more interested in anyone else but her. Her abandonment issues, Her abuse issues were all reflected on her daughter. Christina never stood a chance with Joan.

[@barbaravick5634]

Thank God Joan and Jerry never got together as a couple, the kids would never have survived.

[@frewofstew6304]

Yeah Joan and Jerry were on the same wave-length!

[@123NiceBe]

Wow! She pulled Christina right out of the lime light and pushed women off the phones to not let Christina speak. Sheesh!

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

Joan who is visibly tipsy here was being playful and Christina thought it funny because when Joan takes her hand and leads her off the stage she's having a laugh. And where do you get 'pushed the women off the phones'? She did no such thing!

[@souhlsis]

I know, I saw that too!!

[@ratso69ful81]

I noticed that too, what a controlling, uptight bitch...

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

She wasn't going to let the daughter flirt with Jerry boy: that was Joan's role! "And now..." "I got it." "yer got a check for 5,000 dollars!!!!"

[@MusicandDancing4Ever]

BeNice I'm glad they showed the end, that's the real Joan - nasty, abusive, evil, cruel drunk! She glared at Jerry like she was mad like he wasn't appreciative enough of the money!

[@heavenmorgan3073]

It is little moments like these that cause me to believe Cristina!

[@cattycorner8]

Why? What did she do? I thought she was awesome

[@Dizzyfingers2]

You said it!!!

[@daphnemaxwell149]

cattycorner - She was a ridiculous old fake, drunk and unnecessarily dramatic. Mean and disgraceful as always.

[@sheree1994sa]

@@daphnemaxwell149 you knew her personally?

[@cindydufala7646]

@@sheree1994sa did you? Stop it with cancel culture nonsense.

[@fleurelise997]

Tears for the child in a poem, but callous disregard for her own daughter. That vicious expression when she called Christina's name was bone chilling.

[@direfranchement]

STFU. You know nothing. Christina is spoiled, lying, selfish brat!!!!

[@ericajackson9722]

🤣😂😭 stumbled across this while watching mommie dearest

[@xxcharmed1xx]

LMAO "Ohhhhh you were told about her" Then she drags her off stage. Bet she gotta ass whoopin as soon as she got home.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Why did you adopt me? 😆😆😆😆😆

[@catlady7773]

"I should of known you knew where to find the boys, and the booze! CHRISTINA COME ON!!!"

[@homhable]

Which mother would talk for 5 minutes and then push her daughter off stage after 2 seconds? Christina, I believe you.

[@MustardSeedish]

Me too.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

She didn't push her or yank her off. I think Joan who is visibly tipsy here was being playful and Christina must have thought it funny because when Joan takes her hand and leads her off the stage she's having a laugh.

[@inaj27]

because she was young vibrant, pretty with the possibility of outshining her after all the hard work and pain she went through , she was not going to let someone close to her benefit from her and possibly go further. Joan was a strong woman with deep seeded issues that poured onto Christina.

[@jackietosh]

timerwolf700 you keep commenting that she's being "playful" but she's not. She's being rude by yanking her daughter off the stage and you can tell her daughter is laughing to play it off so no one can see the her mother is a psycho.. open your eyes!!

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

Jacqueline R Who are we to judge someone who's been gone from this earth for nearly 40 years and cannot defend herself? What do you or I know about Joan Crawford except what her daughter wrote. Nothing!

[@lindaeasley4336]

She acts like she's playing a role in a movie for god's sake . It's just a personal appearance at a benefit. Read the poem and sth up . " oh you were told about her " Translation : I'm not proud of her . I want to conceal the fact that I'm her mother

[@patriziadavid4595]

Joan adopted kids and hoped they would be like her. That was her mistake. When she saw how different they were she lashed out

[@mesa4592]

The only thing on Joan's mind was "girl, wait til i get your ass at home"

[@JacksonStorms-mv7yb]

😂😂😂 Shit, the way she snatched her ass up...they didnt make it home ...she tore dat ass up during commercial break.

[@mehmetokay7073]

150 proof recitation. Her entire demeanor changes when Christina is mentioned and appears. "Oh, you were told about her." "Don't flirt Christina." The tension between them is palpable. Christina looks pretty hot. Maybe Joan was jealous.

[@irisgreene4175]

Maybe? For sure!!!

[@rickgreenway1583]

Joan was afraid of speaking in public. She was offered roles on Broadway but was terrified of acting live. She may have had a case of nerves. Oh I believed she drank and drank a lot.

[@kirkmorgan-austin8361]

After seeing the 2 of them together in 1968,This was the year Joan filled in a couple days for Christina on The Secret Storm its even more lubricious that she did the show ‼️

[@frewofstew6304]

"Oh you heard about her..." Weird! Pushes those ladies, in active phone calls, out of the first two seats! It's like...I have arrived!

[@sxippydennison3577]

She's slammed here! It's like an Anna Nicole Moment from yesteryear

[@courtneynewton-john8862]

Listen, say what you want about Joan, but she was a real actress, please don't compare her to someone vacuous like Anna Nicole.

[@annajeehee]

What mom pushes off her daughter like that - and the living will says everything

[@meritofapproval]

You guys dislike of Crawford is so distorted, that you're seeing "competition" that simply isn't there! Christina herself, in a rare moment of generosity for her mother, later said that this night was one of the happiest and enjoyable moments they ever spent together. Less myth...more facts.

[@thwtraxbax5038]

@Marilyn Willett because of this. Jerry was manipulated by these two bitches, the daugther and his last wife. Like some women, they are only to pursue and find a rich guy to enjoy his money.

[@frewofstew6304]

Bella 2019...You would have thought that she would want to show her off...in what a beautiful young lady she raised. Totally weird!

[@snappy5]

Its obvious that Joan was annoyed that her daughter was on TV. She called her up there because Jerry told her that he knew Christina was there. So Joan had no choice. Notice how she rushed her off the stage? I believe Christina however she may have stretched the truth on some stuff. Still i do believe Joan was abusive. I watched an old interview and she mentioned her daughter giving her problems. Normally someone wouldnt telling the world negative things about their own kids regardless if its true. She sounds like a very self absorbed person.

[@chrisolson1710]

I think she looks hurt, not annoyed. JC had some problems, no doubt, especially with her two oldest kids. Some the usual kind of things, some her fault, some her kids'. Christina lied as much as she told the truth in my opinion.

[@jeffkiper8199]

I agree with you on your point, about there being either, psychological or physical abuse, but not to the degree that the book or movie states. Lets face it, from what I've read, Joan's own mother, Anna Bell, was abusive and seemed to resent her. I think this might have something to do with the father abandoning the family right around the time of Joan's birth. I think, even though she may have loved her, she couldn't help but feel that Joan was the catalyst for his abandonment. How would Joan know how to be a loving, nurturing and supportive parent, when her own mother was none of these things. She had a rotten role model. Your comment about Crawford being a self absorbed woman, is probably true to a certain extent. I think she craved the love and attention she didn't get from her own childhood, and took the audiences love and admiration for her as a substitute for it. Even though she presented herself as a tough, confidant and self- reliant woman, I believe she was extremely insecure and needed peoples approval to feel good about herself. But I have to point out, if normally someone wouldn't say negative things about a family member, even if it's true, then why is alright for Christina to do so. She was nearly forty years old, when she came out with these claims. If these horrific abuses went on, why didn't she come out with them, ten to twenty years earlier, and not right after her mother's death, and finding out she was disinherited. Which leads me to believe it was for fame and money, and not this claim that it was to draw awareness to child abuse, which seems to me like a perpetrated excuse for writing the book. I'm not one of those people that just make idle statements about her. I have read several sources of varying information over the years, and have tried to come to an objective analysis from comparison of them. If my lengthy comment suggests that I'm trashing your opinion, that's not my intention. I just like an intelligent debate.

[@RT804]

Jeff Kiper I think she was a disciplinarian and had a temper. I think Christina was a troubled child. Nothing you read from Joan's closest friends points to anything more than that. Not even the drinking. She drank but was never seen as drunk by any of her friends. And they all drank. Back then holding your liquor was a serious charecter trait. Does Spencer Tracy get dragged through the dirt for admitting he was drunk constantly for 25 years? People are incapable of being fair to Joan because of a book that was written after her friends failed to testify for Christina's inheritance lawsuit.

[@jeffkiper8199]

RT....."People are incapable of being fair to Joan because of a book that was written..." Yes, I agree, that one book that has been accepted by the public as the gospel truth.

[@meritofapproval]

Jeff Kiper Well said. 👍

[@IStillSay]

I loved the telethon in the 60's, it was more like a Las Vegas show.

[@Snake-qw9oh]

After reading all the comments on here, and then watching the actual video, am I missing something? Because I didn’t see anything wrong with what I watched with how Joanne reacted towards Christina. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@bellydancer3146]

wow... I just finished watching "Mommie Dearest" for the 56th time tonight. She sounds drunk here. Barely made it through that sad, depressing poem.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

3:02 - PONDEROUS PONDEROUS - That scared the hell out of me when she shouted like that. 😆😆😆😆😆

[@corbindallas18]

3:50 gotta love the subtle get your hands off me.

[@videox222ify]

$5,000. in 1968 is equal to over $35,000 in today's money. With help from generous people like Joan, Mr. Lewis raised billions of dollars for his kids.

[@barbaraaspengen9810]

Joan was so jealous of her daughter. Thank goodness Christina wrote her book.Mommie Dearest.

[@jeralynmccandless7923]

mommie Dearest is not 100% fact. Even Christina said the wire hangar incident didn't happen. The twins always disputed her claims. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

[@CharleyK222]

@@jeralynmccandless7923 she said the movie version of the wire hanger incident was false, not the book

[@jeralynmccandless7923]

@insanityisme I didn't say she said the book was false. Just the wire hangar incident.

[@jeralynmccandless7923]

@InsanityIsMe

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@jeralynmccandless7923 The twins had not yet been adopted, when Christina age 6 or so experienced the wire hanger incident. Perhaps overdramatized in the film, yet plausible, as Joan as a young girl (yet older than Christina at 6) had to work in a dry cleaner, hence her detestation of wire hangers, which reminded her of her young servitude.

[@Trevaspo13]

Christina looked stunning.

[@pennicandy2799]

Joan crawford looked stunning!!

[@tiffanywilliams7209]

@@pennicandy2799 They both did but Joan’s jealousy & coldness towards Christina is unacceptable.

[@pennicandy2799]

@@tiffanywilliams7209 Joan crawford was gorgeous. I believe that you are very jealous of joan crawford.

[@fibonaccisequins4637]

@@pennicandy2799 why would someone be jealous of a drunk, abusive dead woman?

[@KanishQQuotes]

I never found Christina pretty

[@annajeehee]

I can tell Jerry knows between the kid and her - look back and rewind

[@theexmann]

They never should have allowed that woman to adopt those kids. Joan simply used them as extras in her life and she was always the star.

[@stevers62]

What a fun clip! Joan was the greatest star of them all, and according to her other children and friends, a wonderful mother. Thanks for posting!

[@wrtpbd]

lol ok

[@tinasan3870]

uh...yah...

[@birilol]

did she pay you beyond the grave to post this?

[@goodqualityoflife8855]

That poem? And her drunkenly reading it! Ponderous! Ponderous! Dead silence.

[@jeffkiper8199]

lmao

[@farrellmcnulty909]

5:18 - I love how Joan just throws the other woman out of her chair.

[@jollyj3285]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@jollyj3285 this would have been a great scene in Mommie Dearest - when they think they're off camera, Joan gives Tina another slapping and telling-off....AT THE PHONES FOR THE MUSCULAR DISTROPHY TELETHON. "WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING AT YOU? WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT, TELL ME! YOU SIT STILL NOW!" 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@Kykylandfarming]

Christina was beautiful!

[@LilacDaisy2]

Sharon Stone could play the next Mommy Dearest. Am shocked at the likeness.

[@olimpio69]

@@eleanorrigby924 oh please

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Likeness to Joan, or Christina?

[@farrellmcnulty909]

@@JudgeJulieLit Sharon Stone would probably want to play Christina - AS A LITTLE GIRL

[@fstfwd7601]

Couldn't stand anyone taking a piece of that limelight. I believe Christina, this woman was a vulture

[@philipdraper7284]

People who only reference “Mommie dearest” really don’t know Joan and I feel sorry for them honestly. It’s sad that one of the finest women and actresses of the 20th century was reduced to a silly camp film from 1980….Faye Dunaway hammed up that performance so much that it was as if Joan was actually missing from the performance and all that was there was the “straw man” equivalent of what modern audiences wanted to believe ….if anything Joan was more polite and even keeled and very very aware of her diction and candor. She was not some histrionic whacko. She was strict and mildly OCD with cleanliness for sure as she was beaten by nuns in a boarding school and forced to clean 15 rooms for wealthier girls to earn her keep. She joined a traveling dance troupe in Chicago and was spotted by an MGM scout who brought her to Hollywood and effectively metamorphosed her into Joan Crawford circa 1925. And from about 29-72 she had the highest highs and the lowest lows but always remained gracious and loyal to her fans. I’m not saying Christina didn’t have a hard time in that house but there’s two sides to every story. And the one aspect left from Christina’s memoir was her own behavior -the reader doesn’t see that. The willfulness or mischievousness of her childhood transgressions. Kids can be brats and Joan was a career oriented woman who demanded perfection-not always an easy personality for sure but can easily be translated as “abuse” when it’s merely just “tough love”. It’s a complicated situation to evaluate. It’s just a shame she’s remembered for wire hangers and not Grand Hotel and Sadie McKee and Sudden Fear

[@huckhuckleberry5679]

Waa was waa! Joan was a bitch!

[@Allison_Wonderland.]

Some of these comments are truly hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

[@katherineg9396]

Joan couldn't yank Christina off the stage fast enough. Joan was an abusive narcissist, and Christina was the scapegoat.

[@ltcolumbo9708]

Amazing how many haters who have a hard time reaching for their medicines are united in giving their time in this room with comments. Go hug your cat

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

MOM loves EVERY minute of it!!!

[@yaywhewclips242]

Astouding vid, great thanx!!!

[@bramlintrent1145]

"I am not one of your fans!"

[@m.woodsrobinson9244]

Faye Dunaway was right. Only God knows the true dynamics that went on between Joan and Christina. This clip says alot.

[@ducheau100]

joan didnt want christina to get any attention from jerry

[@nassauguy48]

Joan was incredibly artificial. In public, she took great pains to sound like a Radcliffe socialite, but in private, she cussed and shouted like a trooper.

[@mikehudson8884]

Yes she maybe a little bit inhebriated but what a hair do!!!! Nothing else matters, it's Joan Crawford for heavens sake. Who cares about anything else. She is a Superstar.

[@Davey74Boy]

4:42. Very revealing “ we’re working ...come on!!” 😂 😂 😂 JC to CC followed by a strong desperate yank of CC away from the huge applause. A picture is worth 10,000 words in this case.

[@deedeetee17]

“Oh you were told about it!” Is what she really wanted to say

[@ijustkendall]

Do your research. Many people who know Joan personally during the time Christina was a child did come forward in her defense. Many say Christina was a brat as a child and never outgrew it. Joan knew that Christina was writing a book and that is why she did not inherit a thing.

[@JMFabiano]

Where's Mamacita?

[@allengreene9954]

She left Joan after she threw another vase at her head😆😆😆😆

[@setapart2serveministries]

When channels discuss topics on Narcissists, this video should be shown as an example of one. Wow!

[@laney3182]

I have been re-reading Mommy Dearest. What that girl went through was incredible! Joan Crawford was a fucking maniac.

[@DCFunBud]

LOL! Thanks for sharing, AnonB2B.

[@chrissylm37]

Joan was such an amazing actress and a classy, caring, giving person if front of the cameras. Behind closed doors she was a vicious, cruel, manipulative, child abuser. It makes me wonder if she had a split personality or if she was bi polar?

[@albertog7245]

Split personality? Bi-polar? I'm thinking, "the bitch was simply CRAZY...!!!"

[@irisgreene4175]

You said it all in your first sentence, “amazing actress”

[@MusicandDancing4Ever]

She grabbed Christina like bring your ass on, this is my time, not yours! Jerry looked at that check like "bitch, 😒you know you got more money then this."

[@brunom72]

ohhhh you were told about her? christina crawford, my doh-tah. what an odd thing to say and what an odd way to say it. prob had some brown juice just before she walked on stage,

[@Scruffy_Talks]

yes, Ive noticed in many interviews when Christina is brought up, joans whole tone changes......she stutters out something trying to sound nice...but you can hear it in her voice she doesnt want to talk about christina....or christopher ...the airport interview titled joan inebreated (i cant spell) airport interview... shes on so much pain meds and booze ..cuz she has 2 broken ankles...

[@brunom72]

kinda sad right? but that may go to show that no matter how brightly a celebrity's star may glow, there are always trials and tribulations that come with any job. i don't know much about her personal life but i do know that she was one of the most gifted actress in all of Hollywood's history.

[@booboobunny5655]

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed it.

[@thefrenchsailor2077]

Poor Christina :s you can see how Joan pulls her out of the stage so quickly :s she barely has the time to smile goodbye :s

[@roystonmason9125]

good nobody came for chrissy!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

@@roystonmason9125 Seems you're here to crucify "Chrissy."

[@roystonmason9125]

@@JudgeJulieLit isn't that what she did to her own MOTHER? screw the untalented jealous old hag

[@outinsider]

@hru98 Really? I know abuse is bad, but come on, she was an adult long before she wrote the book, and she only wrote it after she died. If she was truly abused and didn't want to make up inheritance money she did not receive, than she would have written the book sooner.

[@46foryounger]

Christina had an incredible stage presence when she entered the room and Joan pulled her right off. The whole movie demonstrating in 30 seconds of this video. Unbelievable wow. Tragic

[@Jessica8674]

Thank you Tracy for your comment your kindness made me cry ( sorry). Although our lives are a little bit better now that we are adults, no one can ever recover from this kind of abuse. As Christina, we grew up trying to get the aprooval of our mother, because you thing you're being abuse because you are a bad kid and it's your fault. I've tried over the year to forgive her in order for me to heal, but just last week she yell at me and won't talk to me. At least I know I tried.

[@ellieelizabeth5627]

Love that slurred speech. Abusive drunk.