Joan Crawford at Pepsi Dedication in San Diego 1963
April 25, 1963
A tremendous crowd turned out this morning for the formal opening of Frank Alessio’s one and a half million-dollar Pepsi-Cola bottling plant on Kearny Mesa. Among the dignitaries was actress Joan Crawford, one of the company directors. City manager Tom Fletcher headed a long list of city county officials. Company president Herbert Barnet presented Alessio with a plaque commemorating the opening, and Miss Crawford pulled the lanyard to tear a large seal from across the front of the plant. Barnet told newsmen that he looks on San Diego as “one of the brightest spots in their business future.” The plant was then toured by the official party and throughout the day, and again tomorrow, the plant will be open for public visiting. The bottling company employs eighty persons and produces a quarter million bottles of soft drinks a day. Alessio opened his first bottling plant in San Diego in 1936. The new plant is on Kearny Mesa opposite Montgomery Field.
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She threw herself 100% into anything she did whether it was making movies or promoting Pepsi. She was a treasure, and I hope she would be pleased to know how many people still admire her. Thanks fr this great clip.
This woman is long gone and we STILL can't get enough of her!
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Her legacy will live on.
@VivaSepulchre
Жыл бұрын
I sure can. Who the 'ell is she? 🧐
@1tinahaj
11 ай бұрын
I can
@alanmurr6562
3 ай бұрын
@@VivaSepulchre The Babe Ruth of actors! You should have seen her in her 20's and 30's! WOW!
She looked people straight in the eyes, Joan was a real professional. Today's movie stars haven't a patch on her, she was immaculate.
@Greatdome99
3 жыл бұрын
If you look again, she diverted her eyes away from the interviewer after every question. I'll leave that up to the shrinks to interpret.
@gobnaitaine5103
3 жыл бұрын
@@Greatdome99 Maybe she was thinking? Pausing for thought..
@Themanwhocameback2
3 жыл бұрын
@@Greatdome99 Uh, could that have been when was when she was thinking about the question, and formulating her answer?. Unlike the interviews you watch, this was not scripted beforehand.
@ruthnail915
3 жыл бұрын
She was a real Movie Star ⭐️. Never to be seen again.
@tinahillsdon2776
3 жыл бұрын
she might have been a good actress, but a nasty woman
Joan had one of the most lovely voices. Joan never let her fans down - she would make time to answer all of her fan mail.
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
She never hired a maid. She did all of housework by herself.
@WLHS
2 жыл бұрын
I heard her say that in a previous you tube interview video. Joan said she writes between 10000&11000 letters a month answering fans…that would be @ 8 minutes a letter, around 16 hours a day, five days a week.lol..
@akrenwinkle
2 жыл бұрын
@@harperstacey9604 Supervising and inspecting housework isn't the same as doing it. Joan had maids, but they quit on her so often that the service stopped sending them to her. She had two secretaries full-time for years, and I suppose they did some housekeeping chores when not answering fan mail.
@harperstacey9604
2 жыл бұрын
@@akrenwinkle at least Joan Crawford answered her own fan mail. Many celebrities don't read their fan mail. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@akrenwinkle
2 жыл бұрын
@@harperstacey9604 Maybe you need some help with this. I said- and it's true- that Joan's secretaries answered her mail. Someone else addressed that topic, too.
The eye contact she gives is admirable.
Joan Crawford was always so immaculately groomed. Her clothes, jewelry, hair and makeup (not to mention her grammar) were always perfect.
@Darrigrande
3 жыл бұрын
She was like an american royalty!
@esausjudeannephew6317
3 жыл бұрын
I see her beauty
@mehmetokay7073
3 жыл бұрын
Classy and trashy.
@rhondabitler2461
3 жыл бұрын
Looking at how charming and calm she is here...it's hard to relate her to Mommie Dearest. Completely opposite demeanors.
3 жыл бұрын
@Robert A. Lofgren Jr. stop ageism
Stark contrast to celebrity behavior today. What a class act.
What a classy and marvelously poised woman Joan Crawford was. She was a true vision of grandeur from the time when real movie stars roamed the earth. She was so perfectly relaxed and at ease in these interviews that you just want the interview to go on endlessly. And that fabulous face of hers. Let's just say the word iconic was never more fitting than in her case. The alpha and the omega indeed. Rest in peace wherever you are, you gorgeous creature, you!
I like the way ppl in those days were sharp at responding and with clear and not rushing to opinion annunciation.
Joan looks fantastic....great hat! Could wear that today.
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Joan crawford was a fashion plate.
I always admired Joan Crawford. Thank you so much San Diego cbs 8 for sharing this with us . Greetings from Ukraine! 🇺🇦
@arturdabrowski3976
2 жыл бұрын
I hope you're safe and sound. Greetings to a fellow fan from 🇵🇱!
@chrisn7259
2 ай бұрын
Stay safe. Millions of us are wishing you and your countrymen the best.
@themacfan
2 ай бұрын
@@chrisn7259 Thank you 🤝
Joan is true glamour. She’s to be admired and respected. She was self made. She was an extremely lovely lady to her end (of her life on earth). She loved her men. What’s not to like about her. Hollywood Icon.
@anonymousgirl799
3 жыл бұрын
@Raphael M. Arias She beat her kids, for one.
@ianbrewer4843
11 ай бұрын
Very much agree
@SallyListrom-gq7yi
9 күн бұрын
According to one greedy daughter she did.
What a great interview. She was Hollywood royalty, no doubt about it.
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Joan crawford will never be forgotten.
This clip is from a time after the peak of Crawford's career. She didn't have a studio contract anymore and no steady supply of film rolls or income. Despite that, she looks totally put together. It likely was expensive to maintain the stylish wardrobes that she exhibits in this clip (the white outfit more than the initial dress). You got to give her a LOT of credit for never giving up. She kept herself in shape, stylishly dressed and handled the interview very professionally. A lot of celebrities these days appear to throw in the towel when their career starts to wane. Crawford definitely did not do that. I've always thought Crawford may get a bad wrap. She may not have been "mother of the the year" or the easiest person to be around. However, there is a LOT to admire about her work ethic and determination. Crawford came from nothing and was self-made. This clip shows that, despite being over 60 and with an accomplished career that was winding down, Crawford kept going.
@themacfan
3 жыл бұрын
“ she may not have been mother of the year “ - uhmmm I suppose you kept the candle , didn’t you ?
@themacfan
3 жыл бұрын
@Jarred Knox that’s a saying when someone pretends that he knows better than anyone else.
@osimeon00
3 жыл бұрын
It's easy to "not give up" when she married rich. Just saying.
@Themanwhocameback2
3 жыл бұрын
@@osimeon00 Just sayin' - you're ignorant. She did not "Marry rich". Her husband, Alfred Steele, died 5 years before this, and left her with a lot of debts
@January.
3 жыл бұрын
*film roles.... She kept her figure by chain smoking
Such a gem of a clip, thank you for posting this.
@cbs8sandiego
3 жыл бұрын
It was such a wonderful surprise to see her on a film reel titled "Pepsi dedication." Way to bury the lead!
She was the definition of classic glamor, they just don't make them like her anymore.
@idrk3571
3 жыл бұрын
She was an awful person
@SallyListrom-gq7yi
9 күн бұрын
@idrk3571 No she wasn’t.
Such a dynamic and charismatic woman Joan was. She was a true Star. A consummate professional, and intensely all woman. This caliber of people, never mind Hollywood talents, no longer exist. Sad. She was still gorgeous here, too.
@OneAdam12Adam
Жыл бұрын
I disagree. There are a few more left out here.
Style icon. 60 years later and that white hat ensemble is every bit as relevant today. Joan is like Coco Chanel... timeless classic style and good taste.
Very strong, beautiful and admirable lady with a winning smile.
@mikeamico6763
2 жыл бұрын
I would swear you are speaking of yourself.
When she was speaking of her enthusiasm for her work, i could see her in Dancing Lady when Gable offers her a job. It was the same expression of joy and "let's get to it" attitude.
My goodness, she was stunning. 💙
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
She was better dressed than Bette Davis.
Joan in the white dress and hat is really beautiful. Ty for this.
She was so glamerous and beautiful right to the end ❤❤❤
Immaculate Diva. She was the definition of glamour
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
She had style and grace.
My first thought...”DON’T F*CK WITH ME FELLAS this ain’t my first rodeo!”😂
@retroguy9494
3 жыл бұрын
LOL I actually expected her to say that when she with was those old Pepsi fat cat guys!
@katiejackson7907
3 жыл бұрын
This was her $$$ so she was out there pimping that Pepsi
@eddierosa250
3 жыл бұрын
🤣😂😅😭😂😅🤣😭😂😅🤣😭
@meganagetro6302
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@sony3694
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. That's too funny. " Trying to push the poor widow under the rug, well think again," ....Stong Woman, that Joan....Great actress.
Love watching anything about Joan Crawford. What a classy Lady. Love reading every1s comments.
the video quality is amazing thank you
Not very interesting questions but she had to accommodate the reporter because she was working.
I once tried Joan's recipe for Joan Crawford's impossible key lime pie and it was out of this world!
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Joan crawford was simply amazing.
I Met Joan at a Pepsi event in New Orleans in the early 60 ,My Uncle A Pepsi executives.
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Was Joan Crawford nice to you? Did you get her autograph?
@gedigi9010
3 жыл бұрын
Harper Stacey I was only about 8 she was very pleasant,and looked just like a Movie Star ⭐️,my mother and my aunt were star ⭐️ struck.
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
@@gedigi9010 you were so lucky to meet her. I am glad that she was nice to you and your family. She was a wonderful person. Joan crawford was one of a kind. Thank you so much for your response. Stay safe and healthy and have a good night 🌉.
Only a 6th grade education, and she's so much more poised and well-spoken than most people
Wow thanks Joan she just said somthing inspirational that helped me
Perfectly wonderful interview!! Love dear Joan!!! ❤️🌹
@justinmccurdy1651
Жыл бұрын
She beat and abused her kids
Sharp woman. Shrewd. Intense. Engaged. Obsessed. Meticulous. Glamorous. You have to be to scale the heights she did coming from an incredibly Dickensian childhood. A rarity in Hollywood, that never took it for granted. A real professional.
I would like to go back in time to meet her..thanks to youtube recommendation I been watching a lot of Joan Crawford videos ha ha. She looks and her personality is very nice and mature.
Joan Crawford will always be a favorite of mine!
@thomassperduti4500
3 жыл бұрын
She was the movie stars Movie Star!
I admire my Miss Joan!
@justinmccurdy1651
Жыл бұрын
She beat her kids
She looks absolutely stunning here. Thank you for uploading
That voice. Crawford and Garbo had the best screen voices.
Great Video. Thanks for posting it. She was so star quality.. So Crawford indeed even when her time in movies was almost finished. But if you are a Star and you are in front of Camera.. You are a Star forever. Call it acting, if you want
This is a nice segment with Ms. Crawford - she's much more attractive in natural lighting and "daytime" makeup rather than the harshly accentuating appearances on TV during this same period - let's face it, not complicated, just a hard working gal who made the most the cards she got dealt in life - her simple downright sincerity in this interview, and kind of toothy grin, is really kind of endearing - all for a Pepsi bottling plant opening - ah, back in the day, good times :-) - thx for posting!
Beautiful voice
Thank you CBS San Diego for this rare gem. As a life long JC fan I was just amazed to come upon it.
@cbs8sandiego
3 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
Joan is a humble person ❤
she changed outfits somewhere in the middle of all this!
@cbs8sandiego
3 жыл бұрын
Gregory I was a little confused about that and thought it might have been a two day event but Keen asked her about wardrobe changes so it makes sense.
@Armistead_MacSkye
3 жыл бұрын
Changed clothes in the public restroom: that broad was a trooper!
@themacfan
3 жыл бұрын
@@Armistead_MacSkye don’t be jealous dear
@parkerhowell646
3 жыл бұрын
@@themacfan don't think they're jealous, just giving her praise for being adaptable in various locations.
@robertbullock9554
2 жыл бұрын
@@Armistead_MacSkye - Aren't we all?
God bless Joan and the Crawford family !
Classy, gracious lady and a great actress too. Loved her performances. She's one of a kind and will never be forgotten.
She was one of the loviest lady’s I’d ever seen...I have great respect for her being a survivor...it crushed me in reading what she said after being at a party with Rosalind Russell....she was horrified by how she looked..She said “If tis is how I look...I’ll never be seen again”...I’m paraphrasing...But to have such true beauty...then that...it’s heartbreaking to me
@Themanwhocameback2
3 жыл бұрын
She really never said that. There's a lot of misinformation out there. Roz died of cancer and Joan not long afterwards die of it, too.
Joan was wonderful! Always immaculately dressed and accessorised. She was a true star...the like we will never see again. Joan worked tirelessly promoting Pepsi for many years until she was cruelly pushed out by greedy board directors. It is rumoured that Joan was terribly hurt by this betrayal from Pepsi. Always the consummate professional and Hollywood star, Joan was a legend.
She had such a youthful inner side to her that shines through the tough exterior. I bet she was actually a very sweet person to be around, I've always felt that. All the photos of hers when she was not posing for the camera, but taken randomly, she had that little girl presence and it was another beautiful aura surronded her, just like in this interview.
@Themanwhocameback2
3 жыл бұрын
I see it, too.
She spoke properly. She had class.
She seems so nice good heart and beautiful soul
The beautiful and talented Miss Joan Crawford...
Amazing Joan Crawford ...
She looks so lovely when she smiles
The simplicity is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
Class, beauty, everything. She was lovely.
Perfect actress AND business woman. Love you Joan.
I wish I lived during these times in America. It seemed so much more golden.
@nylesodom6509
3 жыл бұрын
I totally understand. It was, however alot of glitz and glam of golden age Hollywood. I would love to have lived in the romanticized version. I know that I would've been ridiculed and outcast for being gay and racism was much worse. Oh, the fun it would be to live back then IF those things were not an issue. The garments, propriety, and couth... absolutely stunning.
@johnboys4697
3 жыл бұрын
@@nylesodom6509 One of her best friends were gay
@bob494949
3 жыл бұрын
@@nylesodom6509 I’m gay and I lived in those times and it wasn’t that bad. People in California and New York didn’t really care. You just did your own thing ... quietly. I miss the days when gay was underground. It was like being part of a secret club.
@guardianoftheduat
3 жыл бұрын
@@bob494949 u were probably privileged enough to get away with it but guess what not everyone was as lucky as u nobody but u would ever want sexuality to be underground ever again
@guardianoftheduat
3 жыл бұрын
Hell no I mean besides racism and homophobia this was an era where mental health was cast aside
The quality of this video is great!
My all time favorite STAR !!!
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
She was a better actress than Bette Davis.
@justinmccurdy1651
Жыл бұрын
She beat her kids
She was a true professional.
Where in San Diego did Joan Crawford land? The hangar!
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
No wire hangers 😂.
These bottling companies should have stuck with glass bottles. The plastic bottles are now a nightmare!
@LaDivinaLover
3 жыл бұрын
Well that’s what happens when profit is the ONLY motivator in business. Plastic is cheaper and that’s all anyone cares about.
@richardc7869
3 жыл бұрын
@@LaDivinaLover Pretty much.
Joan was so graceful & very beautiful
Boy, always a movie star! She was so practiced in being interviewed, and not all questions seem fed (for instance, when Harold Keen asks about gross on the picture). You gotta hand it to Joan, she looks like a movie star. But did you all get a handle when she dissed Christina and Christopher by only mentioning the twins at first?!
@LaDivinaLover
3 жыл бұрын
She didn’t diss anyone. He asked about her family. She mentioned the twins first because they both still lived with her and one happened to be with her at the time. So it was a natural jumping off point. Not to mention, At this point Christina and Christopher no longer lived with their mother. Besides she talked about Christina in the very next sentence, no reluctance at all. She logically assumed he meant the members of her family she was still rearing. As that’s who she was referring to in the sentence just before that question. (The twins would’ve been 15 at the time) Though to be quite honest and in my opinion from all of the first hand accounts and written records I’ve watched, read, and researched Christina was a manipulative monster and habitual liar. And Christopher had some sort of serious mental health problems so I wouldn’t blame her for not wanting to talk about them if that were the case. However it obviously is not the case here. I think this is a case of projection. No offense intended.
@Themanwhocameback2
3 жыл бұрын
@@LaDivinaLover Well said! Christopher and Christina were grown up, out of the house and living their own lives in 1963. With a lot of help, from Joan. She mentions the twins because they were still children.. And YES, projection accounts for most of the hatred spewed toward Joan Crawford today.
@julief634
2 жыл бұрын
I see how you all in here defend narcissistic abuse. Disgusting! You are all just like a “mommie dearest” cruel and lack empathy to an abused child.
@TheHarryleemartin
2 ай бұрын
@@LaDivinaLover Just saw your note. I am a huge Joan Crawford fan, so I don't appreciate you slamming me for an observation.
@TheHarryleemartin
2 ай бұрын
@@Themanwhocameback2 Just saw your note. I am a huge Joan Crawford fan, so I don't appreciate you slamming me for an observation.
What a real movie star should be like!
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Joan Crawford had real class.
My my how times have changed!
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
There will never be another movie star like Joan Crawford.
I hope she said that speech to the board from mommy-dearest where she tells them off, when threatened, after hearing her say she worked 18 to 19 hrs a day traveling 850, 000 miles across the world opening up plants for Pepsi. It’s a grating job and she did it with a smile, and even said she did all the cooking and cleaning.
So THAT'S a Lady!!! (I heard of them!... I didn't know they were actually real)
He asked some good questions I'm not sure Joan was ready for. A very skilled and tactful interviewer.
@Themanwhocameback2
3 жыл бұрын
Not ready? She reeled off facts and figures about her films that no actress of today could.
I think Mommie Dearest was quite exxagerated,Christina even implied that on Larry King
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Christina crawford's book was filled with lies. She wrote the book because her mother cut her out of the will.
@timjones9128
2 жыл бұрын
@@harperstacey9604 film documentaries always exaggerate the truth and even add things that did not happen but there was likely some truth to the abuse. Clearly they had a rocky relationship.
@harperstacey9604
2 жыл бұрын
@@timjones9128 it's too bad that Joan Crawford isn't around to defend the lies told about her. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
She is a good actress I like her classic movies
Team Christina period. Joan you're in a very warm place for eternity. Enjoy b
Joan Crawford was absolutely wonderful. I will never join the haters !
Wow this is great.
She was very intelligent, no denying that!
@justinmccurdy1651
Жыл бұрын
She abused and beat her kids! No denying that!
Fabulous wonderful stuff thanks for sharing! 🤩
This Pepsi factory was in operation until 2021. Not a bad run!
she's very engaging. no wonder she went far.
Joan was an excellent listener. She engaged with others without overpowering. It's a lost art.
What an extraordinary woman.
Wow ... it's crazy that this random film footage exists! Joan Crawford was exactly like you would have expected her to be. I always thought she got a bad rap, and that there was much more to the stories that Bette Davis always told about her, let alone her ungrateful brat of a daughter.
@DeepScreenAnalysis
3 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing that you can make a judgement based on things you see in public. You know nothing about what happened behind closed doors.
@helenthorpe1494
3 жыл бұрын
And neither do you so that knife cuts both ways!
@thomasalbus2656
2 жыл бұрын
@@DeepScreenAnalysis And neither do you, buster. Ever heard of the phrase 'innocent until proven guilty'?
@DeepScreenAnalysis
2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasalbus2656 then why do you treat Christina like she’s guilty when you have no proof.
@OasisJones
25 күн бұрын
@@DeepScreenAnalysisExactly, there’s no proof that Christina is lying esp when people have backed her stories. When people demonize her and call her an “ungrateful brat” (the most common phrase among Joan fans) it’s their need to believe in a wholeness of Joan’s classy, glamorous image like we see here, missing the fact that it IS an image. One can be fascinated by her and the complexity of her on and off screen life and still recognize that she was a malignant narcissist who abused her children. Whatever goodness she had buried was preserved maybe only in certain screen roles. These fans want to believe this goodness is radiating in these real life clips when they’re getting a movie star mask instead.
Joan Crawford was the movie stars Movie Star 🌟
Divine
Sat what you want about her, she was a class act. Thanks.
The gold standard of how a woman should act behave and conduct herself
Beautiful lady. 💕
I wonder if Joan actually enjoyed Pepsi 🤔 I don’t think she drank it at home in private surely? She was very careful about what she ate and drank from what I’ve read plus her teeth were in very good condition lol. Things JC fans think about but won’t ever really know 🤷♀️ Fantastic video! Slick lady ❤
Very gracious.
Wow. I always love these films of the real Joan Crawford. Look at he as she is engaging and sharp. She can bi-pass the Hollywood hype and get to the business of actual numbers with clarity and grace. So, why the hell did Ryan Murphy and Jessica Lang portray her as a quivering mess of ineptitude? "Feud" was evidently based on gossip, slander and a dim imagination.
@Themanwhocameback2
3 жыл бұрын
"Feud" is a piece of garbage, and so many ignorant people accept it as truth.
@allys744
3 жыл бұрын
I thought feud was pretty entertaining. But yes, I agree the casting of Jessica Lange was disagreeable since she didn’t sound or look like Joan. And feud wasn’t completely accurate at times. One instance was when Joan was doing a book signing. She told off two customers and walked out. The real Joan admired her fans very much and would never have done that.
@thomasalbus2656
2 жыл бұрын
Feud is completely inaccurate.
@OneAdam12Adam
Жыл бұрын
Feud is just overly dramatic. It's campy tripe.
Joan was very canny, and knew her worth got herself on the board and payroll. She worked very hard promoting Pepsi . She loved the travelling and wardrobe. A great role model for older woman when after a certain age the were tossed aside, sadly it still goes on but not to the same degree.
AMAZING
@harperstacey9604
3 жыл бұрын
Simply amazing.
Charming refined genuine
Incredible her eye contact as she searches the reporter's eyes in 1:10
Such a classy, graceful lady.
mommie dearest w/ a chapeau worthy of a windsor - our favorite "royal", queen of fizz.
No one has mentioned that the voiceover that is pretending to be from 1963 is totally fake, and was recorded in 2020.
Fantastic
The epitome of class.