Fall for the Book Presents: With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic
With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic
Mommie Dearest, by Christina Crawford, daughter of iconic actress Joan Crawford, chronicled the child abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother and became a blockbuster sensation. But the film by the same name remains one of the most legendary critical bombs in film history. Despite this, the movie was a commercial success and four decades later is still wildly popular. In With Love, Mommie Dearest, Hollywood historian, A. Ashley Hoff, details the drama surrounding the publication of the book as well as the filming of the movie, all while exploring the phenomenon, the camp, and the infrequently addressed social issues in both. Author Alonso Duralde calls the book,“Dishy and thoroughly researched, [a] page-turner [that] takes us deep inside a movie that wrecked careers and reputations while launching a thousand midnight screenings.” Sponsored by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.