Joan Crawford at Pepsi Dedication in San Diego 1963

[@erict7093]

This woman is long gone and we STILL can't get enough of her!

[@harperstacey9604]

Her legacy will live on.

[@VivaSepulchre]

I sure can. Who the 'ell is she? 🧐

[@1tinahaj]

I can

[@alanmurr6562]

@@VivaSepulchre The Babe Ruth of actors! You should have seen her in her 20's and 30's! WOW!

[@chrisn7259]

She threw herself 100% into anything she did whether it was making movies or promoting Pepsi. She was a treasure, and I hope she would be pleased to know how many people still admire her. Thanks fr this great clip.

[@simonleaf2765]

Joan had one of the most lovely voices. Joan never let her fans down - she would make time to answer all of her fan mail.

[@harperstacey9604]

She never hired a maid. She did all of housework by herself.

[@WLHS]

I heard her say that in a previous you tube interview video. Joan said she writes between 10000&11000 letters a month answering fans…that would be @ 8 minutes a letter, around 16 hours a day, five days a week.lol..

[@akrenwinkle]

@@harperstacey9604 Supervising and inspecting housework isn't the same as doing it. Joan had maids, but they quit on her so often that the service stopped sending them to her. She had two secretaries full-time for years, and I suppose they did some housekeeping chores when not answering fan mail.

[@harperstacey9604]

@@akrenwinkle at least Joan Crawford answered her own fan mail. Many celebrities don't read their fan mail. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@harperstacey9604 Maybe you need some help with this. I said- and it's true- that Joan's secretaries answered her mail. Someone else addressed that topic, too.

[@Heartbeat214]

Joan Crawford was always so immaculately groomed. Her clothes, jewelry, hair and makeup (not to mention her grammar) were always perfect.

[@Darrigrande]

She was like an american royalty!

[@esausjudeannephew6317]

I see her beauty

[@mehmetokay7073]

Classy and trashy.

[@rhondabitler2461]

Looking at how charming and calm she is here...it's hard to relate her to Mommie Dearest. Completely opposite demeanors.

@Robert A. Lofgren Jr. stop ageism

[@gobnaitaine5103]

She looked people straight in the eyes, Joan was a real professional. Today's movie stars haven't a patch on her, she was immaculate.

[@Greatdome99]

If you look again, she diverted her eyes away from the interviewer after every question. I'll leave that up to the shrinks to interpret.

[@gobnaitaine5103]

@@Greatdome99 Maybe she was thinking? Pausing for thought..

[@Themanwhocameback2]

@@Greatdome99 Uh, could that have been when was when she was thinking about the question, and formulating her answer?. Unlike the interviews you watch, this was not scripted beforehand.

[@ruthnail915]

She was a real Movie Star ⭐️. Never to be seen again.

[@tinahillsdon2776]

she might have been a good actress, but a nasty woman

[@rustymertz]

The eye contact she gives is admirable.

[@valsainking]

What a classy and marvelously poised woman Joan Crawford was. She was a true vision of grandeur from the time when real movie stars roamed the earth. She was so perfectly relaxed and at ease in these interviews that you just want the interview to go on endlessly. And that fabulous face of hers. Let's just say the word iconic was never more fitting than in her case. The alpha and the omega indeed. Rest in peace wherever you are, you gorgeous creature, you!

[@brockbaby]

Stark contrast to celebrity behavior today. What a class act.

[@ernestchacon4928]

I like the way ppl in those days were sharp at responding and with clear and not rushing to opinion annunciation.

[@themacfan]

I always admired Joan Crawford. Thank you so much San Diego cbs 8 for sharing this with us . Greetings from Ukraine! 🇺🇦

[@arturdabrowski3976]

I hope you're safe and sound. Greetings to a fellow fan from 🇵🇱!

[@chrisn7259]

Stay safe. Millions of us are wishing you and your countrymen the best.

[@themacfan]

@@chrisn7259 Thank you 🤝

[@robertjackson5645]

Joan looks fantastic....great hat! Could wear that today.

[@harperstacey9604]

Joan crawford was a fashion plate.

[@karensnowden962]

Love watching anything about Joan Crawford. What a classy Lady. Love reading every1s comments.

[@RaphaelMArias]

Joan is true glamour. She’s to be admired and respected. She was self made. She was an extremely lovely lady to her end (of her life on earth). She loved her men. What’s not to like about her. Hollywood Icon.

[@anonymousgirl799]

@Raphael M. Arias She beat her kids, for one.

[@ianbrewer4843]

Very much agree

[@SallyListrom-gq7yi]

According to one greedy daughter she did.

[@19ccj65]

Such a gem of a clip, thank you for posting this.

[@cbs8sandiego]

It was such a wonderful surprise to see her on a film reel titled "Pepsi dedication." Way to bury the lead!

[@woodinhead62]

Such a dynamic and charismatic woman Joan was. She was a true Star. A consummate professional, and intensely all woman. This caliber of people, never mind Hollywood talents, no longer exist. Sad. She was still gorgeous here, too.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

I disagree. There are a few more left out here.

[@eugenesmith5173]

This clip is from a time after the peak of Crawford's career. She didn't have a studio contract anymore and no steady supply of film rolls or income. Despite that, she looks totally put together. It likely was expensive to maintain the stylish wardrobes that she exhibits in this clip (the white outfit more than the initial dress). You got to give her a LOT of credit for never giving up. She kept herself in shape, stylishly dressed and handled the interview very professionally. A lot of celebrities these days appear to throw in the towel when their career starts to wane. Crawford definitely did not do that. I've always thought Crawford may get a bad wrap. She may not have been "mother of the the year" or the easiest person to be around. However, there is a LOT to admire about her work ethic and determination. Crawford came from nothing and was self-made. This clip shows that, despite being over 60 and with an accomplished career that was winding down, Crawford kept going.

[@themacfan]

“ she may not have been mother of the year “ - uhmmm I suppose you kept the candle , didn’t you ?

[@themacfan]

@Jarred Knox that’s a saying when someone pretends that he knows better than anyone else.

[@osimeon00]

It's easy to "not give up" when she married rich. Just saying.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

@@osimeon00 Just sayin' - you're ignorant. She did not "Marry rich". Her husband, Alfred Steele, died 5 years before this, and left her with a lot of debts

[@January.]

*film roles.... She kept her figure by chain smoking

[@seand2711]

What a great interview. She was Hollywood royalty, no doubt about it.

[@harperstacey9604]

Joan crawford will never be forgotten.

[@ericplunder2744]

When she was speaking of her enthusiasm for her work, i could see her in Dancing Lady when Gable offers her a job. It was the same expression of joy and "let's get to it" attitude.

[@darreylhenderson702]

She was the definition of classic glamor, they just don't make them like her anymore.

[@idrk3571]

She was an awful person

[@SallyListrom-gq7yi]

@idrk3571 No she wasn’t.

[@jm7804]

Style icon. 60 years later and that white hat ensemble is every bit as relevant today. Joan is like Coco Chanel... timeless classic style and good taste.

[@gregoryagogo]

Joan Crawford will always be a favorite of mine!

[@thomassperduti4500]

She was the movie stars Movie Star!

[@angelacalloway2002]

Very strong, beautiful and admirable lady with a winning smile.

[@mikeamico6763]

I would swear you are speaking of yourself.

[@safeinmyheart1]

My goodness, she was stunning. 💙

[@harperstacey9604]

She was better dressed than Bette Davis.

[@dementednun1175]

Wow thanks Joan she just said somthing inspirational that helped me

[@jessemonster7292]

She was so glamerous and beautiful right to the end ❤❤❤

[@ruthnail915]

Joan in the white dress and hat is really beautiful. Ty for this.

[@puddinhehe859]

Immaculate Diva. She was the definition of glamour

[@harperstacey9604]

She had style and grace.

[@bigbandsrock1]

Perfectly wonderful interview!! Love dear Joan!!! ❤️🌹

[@justinmccurdy1651]

She beat and abused her kids

[@DanBellFilmIt]

Class, beauty, everything. She was lovely.

[@stephensanders1688]

Not very interesting questions but she had to accommodate the reporter because she was working.

[@lucky1206]

I would like to go back in time to meet her..thanks to youtube recommendation I been watching a lot of Joan Crawford videos ha ha. She looks and her personality is very nice and mature.

[@annvroom5539]

This is a nice segment with Ms. Crawford - she's much more attractive in natural lighting and "daytime" makeup rather than the harshly accentuating appearances on TV during this same period - let's face it, not complicated, just a hard working gal who made the most the cards she got dealt in life - her simple downright sincerity in this interview, and kind of toothy grin, is really kind of endearing - all for a Pepsi bottling plant opening - ah, back in the day, good times :-) - thx for posting!

[@ernestmchugh3132]

I once tried Joan's recipe for Joan Crawford's impossible key lime pie and it was out of this world!

[@harperstacey9604]

Joan crawford was simply amazing.

[@valr1260]

My first thought...”DON’T F*CK WITH ME FELLAS this ain’t my first rodeo!”😂

[@retroguy9494]

LOL I actually expected her to say that when she with was those old Pepsi fat cat guys!

[@katiejackson7907]

This was her $$$ so she was out there pimping that Pepsi

[@eddierosa250]

🤣😂😅😭😂😅🤣😭😂😅🤣😭

[@meganagetro6302]

🤣🤣

[@sony3694]

Yes. That's too funny. " Trying to push the poor widow under the rug, well think again," ....Stong Woman, that Joan....Great actress.

[@Godheadfoundation]

God bless Joan and the Crawford family !

[@philipdraper7284]

Sharp woman. Shrewd. Intense. Engaged. Obsessed. Meticulous. Glamorous. You have to be to scale the heights she did coming from an incredibly Dickensian childhood. A rarity in Hollywood, that never took it for granted. A real professional.

[@andygreen1a]

She looks absolutely stunning here. Thank you for uploading

[@aletterhome9129]

That voice. Crawford and Garbo had the best screen voices.

[@2btuff]

I admire my Miss Joan!

[@justinmccurdy1651]

She beat her kids

[@gedigi9010]

I Met Joan at a Pepsi event in New Orleans in the early 60 ,My Uncle A Pepsi executives.

[@harperstacey9604]

Was Joan Crawford nice to you? Did you get her autograph?

[@gedigi9010]

Harper Stacey I was only about 8 she was very pleasant,and looked just like a Movie Star ⭐️,my mother and my aunt were star ⭐️ struck.

[@harperstacey9604]

@@gedigi9010 you were so lucky to meet her. I am glad that she was nice to you and your family. She was a wonderful person. Joan crawford was one of a kind. Thank you so much for your response. Stay safe and healthy and have a good night 🌉.

[@catlover34fl]

Classy, gracious lady and a great actress too. Loved her performances. She's one of a kind and will never be forgotten.

[@gregoryagogo]

she changed outfits somewhere in the middle of all this!

[@cbs8sandiego]

Gregory I was a little confused about that and thought it might have been a two day event but Keen asked her about wardrobe changes so it makes sense.

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

Changed clothes in the public restroom: that broad was a trooper!

[@themacfan]

@@Armistead_MacSkye don’t be jealous dear

[@parkerhowell646]

@@themacfan don't think they're jealous, just giving her praise for being adaptable in various locations.

[@robertbullock9554]

@@Armistead_MacSkye - Aren't we all?

[@handlebar41]

She was one of the loviest lady’s I’d ever seen...I have great respect for her being a survivor...it crushed me in reading what she said after being at a party with Rosalind Russell....she was horrified by how she looked..She said “If tis is how I look...I’ll never be seen again”...I’m paraphrasing...But to have such true beauty...then that...it’s heartbreaking to me

[@Themanwhocameback2]

She really never said that. There's a lot of misinformation out there. Roz died of cancer and Joan not long afterwards die of it, too.

[@Blumoon_vii]

Joan is a humble person ❤

[@adrienasqmuels8826]

She seems so nice good heart and beautiful soul

[@freedolphin3077]

She had such a youthful inner side to her that shines through the tough exterior. I bet she was actually a very sweet person to be around, I've always felt that. All the photos of hers when she was not posing for the camera, but taken randomly, she had that little girl presence and it was another beautiful aura surronded her, just like in this interview.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

I see it, too.

[@robinswallows8013]

The beautiful and talented Miss Joan Crawford...

[@thomassperduti4500]

Thank you CBS San Diego for this rare gem. As a life long JC fan I was just amazed to come upon it.

[@cbs8sandiego]

Me too!!

[@gabor273]

Beautiful voice

[@TahariBlue]

She looks so lovely when she smiles

[@levieenrose7646]

Joan was wonderful! Always immaculately dressed and accessorised. She was a true star...the like we will never see again. Joan worked tirelessly promoting Pepsi for many years until she was cruelly pushed out by greedy board directors. It is rumoured that Joan was terribly hurt by this betrayal from Pepsi. Always the consummate professional and Hollywood star, Joan was a legend.

[@alexandreintouch1847]

Amazing Joan Crawford ...

[@johnayala2540]

Joan was so graceful & very beautiful

[@josebenito15]

Great Video. Thanks for posting it. She was so star quality.. So Crawford indeed even when her time in movies was almost finished. But if you are a Star and you are in front of Camera.. You are a Star forever. Call it acting, if you want

[@Nick-zn1vj]

The simplicity is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

[@simbalantana4572]

Only a 6th grade education, and she's so much more poised and well-spoken than most people

[@1Kent]

She was a true professional.

[@4nlover635]

She spoke properly. She had class.

[@joannajazzyrimmer]

Perfect actress AND business woman. Love you Joan.

[@kariivins-senft9302]

My all time favorite STAR !!!

[@harperstacey9604]

She was a better actress than Bette Davis.

[@justinmccurdy1651]

She beat her kids

[@damin9913]

She is a good actress I like her classic movies

[@foxibot]

I hope she said that speech to the board from mommy-dearest where she tells them off, when threatened, after hearing her say she worked 18 to 19 hrs a day traveling 850, 000 miles across the world opening up plants for Pepsi. It’s a grating job and she did it with a smile, and even said she did all the cooking and cleaning.

[@ernestmchugh3132]

What a real movie star should be like!

[@harperstacey9604]

Joan Crawford had real class.

[@OhSankYouDoktor]

Where in San Diego did Joan Crawford land? The hangar!

[@harperstacey9604]

No wire hangers 😂.

[@CaliforniaDreamin.]

I wish I lived during these times in America. It seemed so much more golden.

[@nylesodom6509]

I totally understand. It was, however alot of glitz and glam of golden age Hollywood. I would love to have lived in the romanticized version. I know that I would've been ridiculed and outcast for being gay and racism was much worse. Oh, the fun it would be to live back then IF those things were not an issue. The garments, propriety, and couth... absolutely stunning.

[@johnboys4697]

@@nylesodom6509 One of her best friends were gay

[@bob494949]

@@nylesodom6509 I’m gay and I lived in those times and it wasn’t that bad. People in California and New York didn’t really care. You just did your own thing ... quietly. I miss the days when gay was underground. It was like being part of a secret club.

[@guardianoftheduat]

@@bob494949 u were probably privileged enough to get away with it but guess what not everyone was as lucky as u nobody but u would ever want sexuality to be underground ever again

[@guardianoftheduat]

Hell no I mean besides racism and homophobia this was an era where mental health was cast aside

[@richardc7869]

These bottling companies should have stuck with glass bottles. The plastic bottles are now a nightmare!

[@LaDivinaLover]

Well that’s what happens when profit is the ONLY motivator in business. Plastic is cheaper and that’s all anyone cares about.

[@richardc7869]

@@LaDivinaLover Pretty much.

[@lexisisk8079]

The quality of this video is great!

[@tentcater4710]

My my how times have changed!

[@harperstacey9604]

There will never be another movie star like Joan Crawford.

[@pietrob7420]

What an extraordinary woman.

[@tomsperduti2967]

Joan Crawford was the movie stars Movie Star 🌟

[@brutusalwaysminded]

Sat what you want about her, she was a class act. Thanks.

[@Blonde_Somnambulist]

Beautiful lady. 💕

[@andrewwalton1520]

Joan Crawford was absolutely wonderful. I will never join the haters !

[@medievalknievel]

The gold standard of how a woman should act behave and conduct herself

[@rickferrer4409]

Charming refined genuine

[@umeshvaghjiani822]

She was very intelligent, no denying that!

[@justinmccurdy1651]

She abused and beat her kids! No denying that!

[@Honeymoon1988]

Such a classy, graceful lady.

[@WintersWar]

she's very engaging. no wonder she went far.

[@jonimoroni7475]

He asked some good questions I'm not sure Joan was ready for. A very skilled and tactful interviewer.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Not ready? She reeled off facts and figures about her films that no actress of today could.

[@robertrobbins5691]

Very gracious.

[@alexfernandohuenten1374]

Divine

[@larryshaver3568]

I think Mommie Dearest was quite exxagerated,Christina even implied that on Larry King

[@harperstacey9604]

Christina crawford's book was filled with lies. She wrote the book because her mother cut her out of the will.

[@timjones9128]

@@harperstacey9604 film documentaries always exaggerate the truth and even add things that did not happen but there was likely some truth to the abuse. Clearly they had a rocky relationship.

[@harperstacey9604]

@@timjones9128 it's too bad that Joan Crawford isn't around to defend the lies told about her. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@rubinha199]

Incredible her eye contact as she searches the reporter's eyes in 1:10

[@anthonybiamonte472]

This Pepsi factory was in operation until 2021. Not a bad run!

[@TheHarryleemartin]

Boy, always a movie star! She was so practiced in being interviewed, and not all questions seem fed (for instance, when Harold Keen asks about gross on the picture). You gotta hand it to Joan, she looks like a movie star. But did you all get a handle when she dissed Christina and Christopher by only mentioning the twins at first?!

[@LaDivinaLover]

She didn’t diss anyone. He asked about her family. She mentioned the twins first because they both still lived with her and one happened to be with her at the time. So it was a natural jumping off point. Not to mention, At this point Christina and Christopher no longer lived with their mother. Besides she talked about Christina in the very next sentence, no reluctance at all. She logically assumed he meant the members of her family she was still rearing. As that’s who she was referring to in the sentence just before that question. (The twins would’ve been 15 at the time) Though to be quite honest and in my opinion from all of the first hand accounts and written records I’ve watched, read, and researched Christina was a manipulative monster and habitual liar. And Christopher had some sort of serious mental health problems so I wouldn’t blame her for not wanting to talk about them if that were the case. However it obviously is not the case here. I think this is a case of projection. No offense intended.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

@@LaDivinaLover Well said! Christopher and Christina were grown up, out of the house and living their own lives in 1963. With a lot of help, from Joan. She mentions the twins because they were still children.. And YES, projection accounts for most of the hatred spewed toward Joan Crawford today.

[@julief634]

I see how you all in here defend narcissistic abuse. Disgusting! You are all just like a “mommie dearest” cruel and lack empathy to an abused child.

[@TheHarryleemartin]

@@LaDivinaLover Just saw your note. I am a huge Joan Crawford fan, so I don't appreciate you slamming me for an observation.

[@TheHarryleemartin]

@@Themanwhocameback2 Just saw your note. I am a huge Joan Crawford fan, so I don't appreciate you slamming me for an observation.

[@frederickcombs8661]

AMAZING

[@harperstacey9604]

Simply amazing.

[@snarkyenigma9219]

Wow ... it's crazy that this random film footage exists! Joan Crawford was exactly like you would have expected her to be. I always thought she got a bad rap, and that there was much more to the stories that Bette Davis always told about her, let alone her ungrateful brat of a daughter.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

It’s amazing that you can make a judgement based on things you see in public. You know nothing about what happened behind closed doors.

[@helenthorpe1494]

And neither do you so that knife cuts both ways!

[@thomasalbus2656]

@@DeepScreenAnalysis And neither do you, buster. Ever heard of the phrase 'innocent until proven guilty'?

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

@@thomasalbus2656 then why do you treat Christina like she’s guilty when you have no proof.

[@OasisJones]

@@DeepScreenAnalysisExactly, there’s no proof that Christina is lying esp when people have backed her stories. When people demonize her and call her an “ungrateful brat” (the most common phrase among Joan fans) it’s their need to believe in a wholeness of Joan’s classy, glamorous image like we see here, missing the fact that it IS an image. One can be fascinated by her and the complexity of her on and off screen life and still recognize that she was a malignant narcissist who abused her children. Whatever goodness she had buried was preserved maybe only in certain screen roles. These fans want to believe this goodness is radiating in these real life clips when they’re getting a movie star mask instead.

[@josephloftus3136]

Fantastic

[@lisajones3599]

Wow this is great.

[@esausjudeannephew6317]

So THAT'S a Lady!!! (I heard of them!... I didn't know they were actually real)

[@jimfreeh6141]

she was (is) amazing

[@zachwinderzight9278]

shes so elegant

[@Mamadukee1]

Every inch a movie star 🌟 🇬🇧

[@noellewestfield6849]

Joan was an excellent listener. She engaged with others without overpowering. It's a lost art.

[@Tojazzer]

Wow. I always love these films of the real Joan Crawford. Look at he as she is engaging and sharp. She can bi-pass the Hollywood hype and get to the business of actual numbers with clarity and grace. So, why the hell did Ryan Murphy and Jessica Lang portray her as a quivering mess of ineptitude? "Feud" was evidently based on gossip, slander and a dim imagination.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

"Feud" is a piece of garbage, and so many ignorant people accept it as truth.

[@allys744]

I thought feud was pretty entertaining. But yes, I agree the casting of Jessica Lange was disagreeable since she didn’t sound or look like Joan. And feud wasn’t completely accurate at times. One instance was when Joan was doing a book signing. She told off two customers and walked out. The real Joan admired her fans very much and would never have done that.

[@thomasalbus2656]

Feud is completely inaccurate.

[@OneAdam12Adam]

Feud is just overly dramatic. It's campy tripe.

[@nemanagaurmyrn8758]

The epitome of class.

[@JPJ740]

mommie dearest w/ a chapeau worthy of a windsor - our favorite "royal", queen of fizz.

[@thegamingburger4750]

She didn't mention her son Christopher. She adopted 4 children. He was the second oldest.

[@OasisJones]

That says something, that at first she avoided talking about the eldest two and focused on the twins which were her golden children.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Joan was very canny, and knew her worth got herself on the board and payroll. She worked very hard promoting Pepsi . She loved the travelling and wardrobe. A great role model for older woman when after a certain age the were tossed aside, sadly it still goes on but not to the same degree.

[@Goeisand]

She seems like a very sweet woman who knew what she wanted