Young Joan Crawford strikes a pose (1928)
When this picture was taken in September 1928, actress Joan Crawford
was just 23 years old, and on the verge of making her first “talkie” film, Untamed (from 1929).
was just 23 years old, and on the verge of making her first “talkie” film, Untamed (from 1929).“The best example of the flapper”
“Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication, toying iced glasses with a remote, faintly bitter expression, dancing deliciously, laughing a great deal, with wide, hurt eyes. Young things with a talent for living.” – F Scott Fitzgerald
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