Mommie Dearest

Overview:

In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM studios, her callous and abusive behavior towards her daughter Christina becomes even more pronounced. Christina leaves home and takes her first acting role, only to find her mother's presence still overshadowing her.

Released: 1981-09-18

Duration: 02:09:00

Genre: Biography, Drama

Director: Frank Perry

Writer: Robert Getchell, Frank Yablans, Frank Perry, ...

Cast: Virginia Kiser, Gary Allen, Alice Nunn, ...

Director: Frank Perry

Writer: Robert Getchell Frank Yablans Frank Perry Tracy Hotchner

Cast: Virginia Kiser Gary Allen Alice Nunn Russ Marin Faye Dunaway Robert Harper Rutanya Alda Peter Jason Phillip R. Allen S. John Launer Margaret Fairchild Michael Talbott Dawn Jeffory Steve Forrest Diana Scarwid Howard Da Silva Mara Hobel Harry Goz Michael Edwards Jocelyn Brando Priscilla Pointer Joe Abdullah Selma Archerd Adrian Aron Xander Berkeley Arthur Taxier Belita Moreno Brent Dunsford Carolyn Coates Cathy Lind Hayes David Price Jeremy Scott Reinbolt David Sanderson Dick McGarvin Ellen Feldmann Erica Wexler James Kirkwood Jr. Jerry Douglas Joe Warren Joseph Dypwick Matthew Campion Matthew Faison Michael Hawkins Nicholas Mele Peter Paul Eastman Warren Munson

Genre: Biography Drama

Description

The relationship between Christina Crawford and her adoptive mother Joan Crawford is presented from Christina's view. Unable to bear children, Joan, in 1940, was denied children through regular adoption agencies due to her twice divorced status and being a single working person. Her lover at the time, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lawyer Greg Savitt, was able to go through a brokerage to adopt a baby girl, who would be Christina, the first of Joan's four adoptive children. Joan believes that her own difficult upbringing has made her a stronger person, and decides that, while providing the comforts that a successful Hollywood actress can afford, she will not coddle Christina or her other children, she treating Christina more as a competitor than a daughter. Joan's treatment of Christina is often passive-aggressive, fueled both by the highs and lows of her career, the narcissism that goes along with being an actress, and alcohol abuse especially during the low times. However, Joan sees much of her actions toward Christina as Christina purposefully provoking her. Despite the physical and emotional abuse Joan hurls at Christina over the course of their relationship, Christina, who often wonders why Joan adopted her seeing as to the abuse, seemingly still wants her mother's love right until the very bitter end.

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