Mommie Dearest Remix

In November 1978, a year and a half after Crawford's death, Christina published an exposé entitled Mommie Dearest which contained allegations that Crawford was emotionally and physically abusive to her and her brother Christopher. Many of Crawford's friends and co-workers, including Van Johnson, Ann Blyth, Marlene Dietrich and others denounced the book, categorically denying any abuse.[47] Crawford's rival Bette Davis, however, strongly supported the book, saying that Christina could not have made it up (Davis would ironically become the target of her own daughter B. D. Hyman's tell-all book in 1985, My Mother's Keeper).[48] The book became a bestseller and was later made into the 1981 film Mommie Dearest, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford. Twitter http://twitter.com/LindsayStone Gender Voice http://GenderVoice.com/LindsayStone Myspace http://myspace.com/stonepoet