The more I learn about Joan, the more I want to defend her.  Perhaps she wasn’t the Greatest Mother in the World™, but she wasn’t the monster of Mommie Dearest either.  To see such greatly regarded names saying the same means a lot.

tsarevich:

joan-webster:

theflapperfactor:

Old Hollywood’s Response to Mommie Dearest:

“Joan was a fine mother to Tina, she spoiled her beyond belief, though. What Tina has done in return is disgusting.”

- Gloria Swanson

“Excuse me while I toss my lunch.”

- Barbara Stanwyck

“I was never close to Joan, but I found that sickening.”

- Katherine Hepburn

“It makes me want to cry.”

- Doris Day

“I can’t understand why Christina would do something like this, it’s terrible.”

- Ava Gardner

“That’s not the Joan I knew.”

- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

“I knew both Tina and Joan pretty well. Every time I saw Tina, she seemed almost jealous of Joan; It’s like she wanted to be Joan. I swear, that Brat made me glad I didn’t have kids.”

- Myrna Loy

“Nobody Deserves a Death like that.”

- Marlene Dietrich

“Now I know why tigers eat their young.”

- Bob Hope

The fact that Myrna Loy was such good friends with Joan Crawford tells me everything I could possibly need to know about her. Myrna wouldn’t have bothered with Joan were she abusive, bitter or lacking in a sense of humour.

anyone have a source for these quotes? some are for sure legit, but some sound off to me and googling the stanwyck, dietrich and loy quotes, for instance, only brings up reblogs of this tumblr post. i mean they could totally all be legit but… receipts wouldn’t hurt tbh.