Description: Joan Crawford * Jeff Chandler * Jan Sterling in "Female on The Beach" Universal 1955 - Lobby card is in very good condition!!!!.... very minor wear ........small tear see last photo "She was too hungry for love...to care where she found it!" The 1955 Joan Crawford melodrama Female on the Beach has achieved cult status thanks to its plummy dialogue and the on-screen teaming of the iconic star with Universal's top action star and the future Lovey Howell (of Gilligan's Island fame). Rackmil at Universal gave Crawford the run of the lot. She not only commandeered the largest dressing room, but also demanded script changes to enlarge her role and had her pick of leading men. Having learned from Sudden Fear that in her mature years she needed a co-star whose masculine presence could stand up to her own powerful screen image, she chose the studio's top action star, Jeff Chandler. It didn't hurt that he was also their top box-office star. The role of the aging beach bum gave the studio ample opportunities to display Chandler's ample chest, making him more than a match for Crawford's powerhouse acting and still impressive figure. The skilled Chandler, an Oscar® nominee for playing Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), was also more than a match for Crawford as an actor, perfectly capturing his character's growing disgust with his dissolute lifestyle. Thanks to Crawford's popularity, Female on the Beach performed well enough to keep her career going and move Zugsmith into a more permanent berth at Universal. Crawford did not stay at Universal, instead signing a short-term deal at Columbia. The relationship with Rackmil didn't last either. The film wrapped on New Year's Eve, and Crawford stayed in her dressing room to finish answering fan mail, eventually deciding to spend the night. It was there she received a holiday phone call from friends in Las Vegas who took the opportunity to introduce her to Pepsi Cola executive Al Steele, who would become her fourth husband. Eventually Female on the Beach would become a part of the Crawford legend in another way when Faye Dunaway studied it to capture Crawford's mannerisms and makeup style for Mommie Dearest (1981). Also listed Myrna Loy SIGNED, Barbara Stanwyck SIGNED, Robert Taylor, John Garfield, Steve Reeves SIGNED, Carole Lombard, Lana Turner SIGNED, Rosalind Russell, Shirley Temple SIGNED, Maureen O'Hara SIGNED & other Hollywood Items!! Thanks for looking and happy bidding Combine postage offered on all items
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