CRAWFORD JOAN: (1905-1977) American actress, Academy Award winner. Small series of three T.Ls.S., Joan, each one page, 8vo and slim 4to, Los Angeles and New York, May 1954 - April 1967, each to Sally Roberts (and one to her husband Bob too). Crawford writes a series of social letters, in part, 'Of course you haven't said anything out of line in your past few letters….And thank you for saying “It's not like you to ignore all the letters and cards I've sent you…” Sally, besides being out of town for two and a half months, besides working like the dickens, trying to get my TV show going, plugging “Johnny Guitar”, Easter vacation with four children (four of my own, two of Betty Grable's), with no nurse, then the children back into school, working again, trying to combat all the bad publicity coming out of a couple of people in Hollywood, doing my life story for Women's Home Companion, trying to run the house with mediocre and meagre help, working until four and five and six very often in the morning to get my letters done…..Now do you understand?.....Please try and understand how everything just piled up all of a sudden…..I leave a week from Thursday for Texas to ballyhoo “Johnny Guitar”….it will be a long, tedious, grind, but if it's helpful to Mr. Yates who has been very good to me than that's all that's necessary' (18^th May 1954), 'I am so happy that you enjoyed meeting Betty Barker while you were in Los Angeles. She had glowing reports to tell me about you and Bob too. I have just filmed a television show for du Pont called “The Ziegfeld Touch” which will be shown on NBC on October 29^th' (19^th September 1961), 'It was wonderful to hear from you again. That's the best part of birthdays, hearing from my old friends. Incidentally, I will be on “Hollywood Palace” on April 22. You may want to watch the show. I'll also be on Merv Griffin's Show on April 18' (13^th April 1967). Each of the letters are accompanied by their original envelopes. VG, 3