THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER OF CRAWFORD

Missed Opportunities

1929
"Desert Nights"

"The Single Standard"


1930
"Great Day!"


1931
"A Free Soul"


1932

"Red Headed Woman"


1934

"Stamboul Quest"

"Hollywood Party"


1935

"Reckless"


1936
"Elegance"

Untitled Joan of Arc film


1937
"Parnell"


1942
"Her Cardboard Lover"


1943

"Cry Havoc"

"Night Shift"

"Ethan Frome" (First attempt)

1944
"Never Say Goodbye"


1945

"The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry"

"Love Lies Bleeding"


1946

"The Searching Wind"

"Portrait In Black"

"Arch of Triumph"

"Past All Dishonor"


1947
"No Sad Songs"
"Ethan Frome" (Second attempt)

"Anna Lucasta"


1948
"Miss O'Brien"

Untitled remake of "La Orta"

"Until Proven Guilty"

"Hill of The Hawk"

"Women Without Men"

"A Musical Comedy"

"Kiss In The Dark"

"The Fountainhead"

"La Otra"


1949
"Sweet Poison"

"Broadway Revisited"


1950
"Born Yesterday"

"Harriet Craig" (Stage)


1951

"The Helen Morgan Story"

"The U.S.O. Story"

"Size 12"

"Helen Blazes"

"A Streetcar Named Desire"

Untitled Weekly Radio Show (Radio)


1952
"Clash By Night"


1953
"Lisbon"

"Kind Sir" (Stage)
"From Here To Eternity"


1955
"Miss O'Brien" (Second attempt)
Untitled Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Ginger Rogers film
"Stubborn Wood"
"Strange Houses"
"Shocking Life"

"Women's Prison"


1956
"Storm In The Sun" (aka "Until Proven Guilty")
"Three Isabelles"
"Sex And Mrs. McAdoo"


1957

"Monkey Girl"


1958
"Lucy Crown"
"The Dinah Shore Chevy Show"
"The Perry Como Show"


1959
"Taras Bulba"

"The 30th Annual Academy Awards"


1961
"Return To Peyton Place"
"Toys In The Attic"
"The Joan Crawford Show" (Television)
"Wild In The Country"
"Walk On The Wild Side"
"The Chalk Garden"


1962
"The Idol"
"Lady In A Cage"
"The Dick Powell Show" (Television)
"The Virginian" (Television)

1963
"Wives And Lovers"
"The Movie Fan"
"Two In The Bush"
"Sex And Mrs. McAdoo" (Second attempt)
"A House Is Not A Home"
"Royal Bay" (Television)

Greta Garbo Tribute Special (Television)


1964
"The Strange Story"
"The Night Walker"

"A Summer Affair"
"Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte"
"The Web And The Rock"


1965
"That Pellet Woman"
"Look Homeward, Angel"
"The Magician's Wife"


1966
"Bob Hope's Chrysler Theater" (Television)
"The Lonely"
"Crescendo"
"Mame" (Stage)


1967
"You'll Hang, My Love"
"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (Television)

"Mame" (Stage)

"John Brown's Body" (Stage)

"Don Juan In Hell" (Stage)


1968
"The Bastard"

"The Killing of Sister George"

"Dear Mr. Gable" (Television)


1969
"Murder In Chintz"
"The Fame Game"
"Coco" (Stage)

"What Happened To Christmas?"

1970
"Jenny By Nature"
"The Name of the Game" (Television)
"Matt Lincoln" (Television")
"The Men From Shiloh" (Television)
"Butterflies Are Free" (Stage)


1971
"The Joan Crawford Talk Show" (Television)


1972
"There Was An Old Woman"
"Listen For The Whisperer"

"Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole"

"Never The Sunrise"

1973
"Sleuth" (Stage)

Untitled Joan Crawford and Gloria Swanson film
"Follies" (Film version)
"The Other Side"


1974

"An Evening With Joan Crawford" (Stage)


1975
"The Carol Burnett Show" (Television)

"Cannon" (Television) (rumored)


1976
"Airport '77"


1977
"Superman" (rumored)


 Joan Crawford only appeared in six feature films after 1960, however, she was involved with many productions, which, for one reason or another, were not filmed, or another actress was chosen. The purpose of this section is to document these productions. It's an inaccurate myth that Joan Crawford was not approached for projects during this period of her life. The Webmaster's research within this section corrects that incorrect assumption. Also included below are pre-1960 missed opportunity projects that Joan actively sought, was considered for, or was originally slated to appear in.