"Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see at smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication...with a talent for living." – Celebrated novelist of THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald on Crawford who epitomized the jazz age in her breakthrough role in OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS ('28). A featured player at MGM, Crawford had stolen a copy of the script and begged producer Hunt Stromberg for the role – which would be revised to suit her party-girl persona. Se

Joan Crawford, American motion-picture actress who made her initial impact as a vivacious Jazz Age flapper but later matured into a star of psychological melodramas. | Hollywood Stars and Movies