15K views · 986 reactions | JOAN CRAWFORD explaining the exhausting dedication, effort the research she put into her Academy Award-nominated portrayal as a murderous schizophrenic in "Possessed" (1947) "I use this body as a shell to project and release the emotions of the character. I forget Joan Crawford....Study, study, study; read, read, read; work, work, work." | Joan Crawford: The Concluding Chapter Of Crawford | Facebook

Humoresque is a 1946 American melodrama film by Warner Bros. starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield in an older woman/younger man tale about a violinist and his patroness. The screenplay by Clifford Odets and Zachary Gold was based upon the 1919 short story "Humoresque" by Fannie Hurst, which previously was made into a silent film in 1920. Humoresque was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Jerry Wald. | Because We Love Classic Cinema