Joan Crawford's Home Movies(1942)

Joan Crawford's Home Movies Synopsis

The private Joan Crawford fought as hard to create a normal family life as she did to establish her career. She forged her own path and to that end became a single parent, eventually adopting and raising four children. Like many parents, she picked up a 16mm camera and began filming both the special and the ordinary events of her family’s life. These home movies (ca. 1940–42) present that which one rarely gets to see: a larger-than-life personality at home, unadorned, just being herself—and often in color, at a time when her feature films were black and white. Crawford filmed most of the home movies herself; when she is on camera, it is unclear who is behind it.

Joan Crawford's Home Movies (1942) is a documentary film directed by Joan Crawford, released on January 1, 1942 with a runtime of 28m. It stars Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Christina Crawford and Charles McCabe.