JOAN CRAWFORD READS FAN MAIL IN MGM PORTABLE DRESSING ROOM (1942) BTS photo

[Los Angeles]: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [1942]. Vintage original 8 x 10″ (20 x 25 cm.) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamp of 1278×15 on verso, wear along bottom blank white margin. Near fine.

Proof that Joan Crawford did read her fan mail — and answered it, too. While in costume between takes for Above Suspicion, she stays busy behind-the-scenes going through an album, reading a fan letter and talking on the phone, her faithful dachshund by her side. Printed blurb on verso describes her “rolling home”.