I WAS INVITED TO VISIT THE SET ON THE DESILU LOT BACK IN LATE 1961 TO WATCH A SCENE THEY WERE FILMING OF "THE CARETAKERS".........THE DIRECTOR WAS HALL BARTLETT AND HIS FATHER AND MINE WERE FRIENDS FROM KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI...I WAS 21 AT THE TIME AND A REAL STAR STRUCK YOUNG MAN...SO THIS WAS A THRILL TO WATCH HOW MOVIES WERE MADE....AND THERE WAS JOAN CRAWFORD IN ALL HER GLORY WAITING TO BE CALLED TO THE SET...SHE WAVED AT ME AND CAME OVER TO SAY HELLO...WHAT A WARM AND CARING THING TO DO, SEEING I WAS ILL AT EASE BEING LEFT ALONE ON MY OWN...I STILL REMEMBER HER KINDNESS...

My God she was in her 60's here...she looks amazing!

Joan could be making a picture in the middle of the Gobi desert and still have that key light accentuating her eyes. She demanded it ever since her study of the camera and lighting effects in the early days.

I find her facinating, and beautiful, a very interesting actress.

In spite of her private life, Crawford was a phenomenal actress.

I love Joan Crawford, she was a phenomenal actress.

Crawford was not the star of this film but she stole every scene

Don't we all wish that professionally and artfully placed shadows could follow us around in real life after a certain age...

Her neck was always in shadow! Haha! She knew exactly how the key lights worked and used it to her advantage!

No matter how bright the scene is lit, Joan always has shadows on her face, especially her neck area. This was key lighting hardly to be find in todays movies.

She was photographed beautifully here.

She was such an amazing actress, every role she was in I believed that was really her, she took it on and became it. Even in later years she was still so beautiful 😍

All of her movies are the best . The way she plays the script no one will EVER be able to play . Charisma uniqueness nerve and talent that’s all about Joan Crawford .

Joan Crawford could read the phone book and make that movie interesting. She just had it. The screen becomes her.

I never have seen Joan in this movie........Joan always outshined most in a scene.

Nice to have Crawford's scenes like this, instead of having to skip/search for them. Thanks!

Wow! Constance Ford! She was on "Another World" I can't believe she worked with Joan Crawford!! Thank You for this video.

THIS IS LADDER DAY CRAWFORD....I WAS A FRIEND OF THE DIRECTOR, HAL BARTLETT, AND WAS ON SET AT DESILU TO WATCH CRAWFORD FILM SOME SCENES...WORD PERFECT EVERY TIME..AND SHE WAS NO KID ANYMORE...

I find her facinating, and beautiful, a very interesting actress

Mildred Pierce was Joan's best film.