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Mommie Dearest
Director:
Frank Perry
(Dir)
Release Date:
1981
Premiere Information:
New York opening: 18 Sep 1981; Los Angeles opening: 25 Sep 1981
Duration (in mins):
129
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Cast:
Faye Dunaway
(Joan Crawford)
Diana Scarwid
(Christina Crawford, adult)
Steve Forrest
(Gregg Savitt)
Howard Da Silva
(L. B. Mayer)
Mara Hobel
(Christina Crawford, child)
Summary:
Production Company:
Frank Yablans Presentations
Distribution Company:
Paramount Pictures Corp.
(Gulf & Western Industries, Inc.)
Director:
Frank Perry
(Dir)
Producer:
Frank Yablans
(Prod)
Writer:
Frank Yablans
(Scr)
Frank Perry
(Scr)
Tracy Hotchner
(Scr)
Robert Getchell
(Scr)
Photography:
Paul Lohmann
(Dir of photog)
Art Direction:
Bill Malley
(Prod des)
Film Editor:
Peter E. Berger
(Film ed)
Music:
Henry Mancini
(Mus)
MPAA Rating:
PG
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Music:
Songs:
Source Text:
Based on the book
Mommie Dearest
by Christina Crawford (New York, 1978).
Authors:
Christina Crawford
Copyright Claimant
Copyright Date
Copyright Number
Paramount Pictures Corporation
17/11/1981
dd/mm/yyyy
PA120510
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Genre:
Biography
Melodrama
Note:
Bibliographic Sources:
Date
Page
Hollywood Reporter
8 Sep 1981
p. 3.
Los Angeles Times
20 Sep 1981
p. 27.
New York Times
18 Sep 1981
p. 15.
Variety
9 Sep 1981
p. 18.
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