Joan Crawford, 1959
© Eve Arnold
The artist formerly known as LeSueur.
The Devil in Miss Davis
A few days later, a small crisis involving the book arose: “[Joan] Crawford wants an autographed book.”Zing!
“Give her one,”I said.
“But what will I write? I sure as hell can’t start out with ‘Dear Joan.’”
The next time I stopped by her house, she was in a very good mood. “I autographed a book for La Belle Crawford. I wrote, ‘Joan, Thanks for wanting my autograph. Bette.’”













