Happy Birthday Joan.......you still have it...in my book

http://www.roberttonner.com/jcrawford.htm

5PM EST - Today @ www.tonnerdoll.com

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/joancrawfordtonnerdoll/

Fashion doll innovator Robert Tonner, CEO of the TONNER DOLL COMPANY, returns
one of
Hollywood's greatest treasures to her ardent fans!  Named one of the top ten
`Greatest
Female Stars of All Time' by the American Film Institute, Joan Crawford is sure
to be
named the Greatest Fashion Doll of All Time by fans and collectors everywhere.

The new Joan Crawford Fashion Doll is accurately sculpted in an amazing likeness
of the
Academy Award® winner herself, in cooperation with her family.  "I am very
pleased to
work with The Tonner Doll Company in creating the first ever, authorized Joan
Crawford
doll collection," said Casey LaLonde, grandson of Ms. Crawford.  "Joan Crawford
fans and
doll collectors worldwide will be equally delighted with this high quality,
life-like and
collectible doll line.  Tonner's attention to detail and features will make this
a much sought
after collection."

The approximately 16" tall starlet is crafted of fine quality vinyl and hard
plastic with 13
points of articulation (neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, bustline, waist, hips,
and knees), so
she can recreate all of her most glamorous poses before the camera.  She
features high
end details such hand painted facial features and hand styled, rooted saran
hair.

TONNER'S Joan Crawford collection will hit specialty retail store shelves later
this year.
Pre-order today from any of the following authorized TONNER retailers listed
below or
contact us directly at the Tonner Company Store at 845-339-2960.

Angelic Dreamz (Canandaigua, NY) – Toll Free (800) 860-9934 or (585) 394-5450
Bearzabout (Duvall, WA) – Toll Free (800) 595-1050 or (425) 844-9100
Cherished Friends (Laureldale, PA) – (610) 921-9141
My Doll Shop (Mt. Dora, FL) – Toll Free 800-731-3090 or (352)735-3090
Two Day Dreamers (El Granada, CA) – Toll Free (888) 688-DOLL (3655) or (650)
563-9258

The doll pages for pre ordering the Joan doll over at - www.tonnerdoll.com -
will be up
and running tomorrow - August 1st, 2008. Check in tomorrow morning. If it's not
up by
then it'll certainly be up by the afternoon. Orders will be taken via the
website and by
phone.

Let me know how you go and how you like the doll.

I will post some pics to the photos section now.

www.tonnerdoll.com



--- In JoanCrawfordHerLifeInLettersBook@yahoogroups.com, Lee Brown
<rubytarbox2@...> wrote:
>
> I went to the site and could find nothing about the doll please help as I am
interested I
even put Joan Crawford in the search and nothing.
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> --- On Thu, 7/31/08, vogelworld <mvozus@...> wrote:
>
> From: vogelworld <mvozus@...>
> Subject: [JoanCrawfordHerLifeInLettersBook] Joan doll being released for pre
order
tomorrow!
> To: JoanCrawfordHerLifeInLettersBook@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 3:32 PM
>
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>
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>
>
> Tonner Doll Co. has decided to release the Joan Crawford doll
> tomorrow - August 1st, 2008.
>
> This will be pre orders only. The doll will be available shortly after.
> Hopefully, by the end of summer, if not, sometime in October.
>
> Again, the dolls are in limited quantity so if the pre orders sell
> out then the doll will be retired. Be quick!
>
> If you're interested, be sure to visit www.tonnerdoll. com from
> tomorrow, August 1st, 2008 and order your very own Joan doll.
>
> They've done a beautiful job. It looks just like her.
>
> Alternatively, you can also call Tonner directly on 845 - 339 -2960.
>
> Michelle
>

Tonner Doll Co. has decided to release the Joan Crawford doll
tomorrow - August 1st, 2008.

This will be pre orders only. The doll will be available shortly after.
Hopefully, by the end of summer, if not, sometime in October.

Again, the dolls are in limited quantity so if the pre orders sell
out then the doll will be retired. Be quick!

If you're interested, be sure to visit www.tonnerdoll.com from
tomorrow, August 1st, 2008 and order your very own Joan doll.

They've done a beautiful job. It looks just like her.

Alternatively, you can also call Tonner directly on 845 - 339 -2960.

Michelle

I'm very excited to announce that the new Joan Crawford doll by Tonner is soon
to be
available. Joan's grandson, Casey, and myself got this project off the ground
and it's been
an enjoyable and rewarding ride. The dolls will be available in August of 2008.
In the
meantime, you can view pictures of the new dolls exclusively at...


http://legendaryjoancrawford.com

Today, May 10th, 2007 marks the 30th anniversary of Joan Crawford's death.

Take a moment to stop today and remember one of Hollywood's greatest stars.

Michelle

www.michellevogel.com

Hi Everyone!

Just a little note to let you all know that my two newest books are now
available for pre
order at Amazon.com.

Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty is scheduled for
release on May
30th, 2007.

AND...

Joan Crawford: An Illustrated Guide to her Appearances in Film, Radio and
Television will
be released a month later, on June 30th, 2007.

Thanks for your time!

Take care,

Michelle

www.michellevogel.com

http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Crawford-Illustrated-Appearances-Television/dp/
078643032X/sr=8-6/qid=1169512489/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6/102-2877046-2458553?
ie=UTF8&s=books


http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Thomas-Death-Silent-Beauty/dp/0786429089/sr=8-5/
qid=1169512489/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/102-2877046-2458553?ie=UTF8&s=books

The new Joan Crawford book is now available for pre order. See link below:

http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-3032-X

Happy Holidays to all!

Michelle

www.michellevogel.com

Received a post card in the mail a few days ago from USPS. It was a response to
my
nomination for the Joan Crawford stamp. They thanked me for my suggestion and
said
they would seriously consider it. It can take up to three years for a stamp to
become a
lickable, stickable reality, but, in time, a Joan Crawford commemorative stamp
may just
happen after all. Here's hoping!

Michelle

www.michellevogel.com

A little while ago, when I was gathering the letters for my book, "Joan
Crawford: Her Life In
Letters," I realized that if any movie star deserved to be on a stamp, it was
Joan Crawford.

She kept the post office in business with all that letter writing! This fact,
along with her
fabulous career should be enough for the USPS to commemorate her on a postage
stamp.

This process can take up to three years and it's primarily decided by letters
written by the
public. I've provided the address below. I've also included a copy of my letter
to them. If
you feel that Joan Crawford should be honored on a stamp, please, write a letter
too.

Thanks!

Michelle



Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee,
c/o Stamp Development, U.S. Postal Service,
475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 4474E, Washington, D.C.
20260-2437


To Whom It May Concern –


My name is Michelle Vogel, I'm an author of Hollywood Biographies, primarily on
classic
Hollywood stars. My latest book, "Joan Crawford: Her Life In Letters" documents
the
prolific letter writing (over a 50 year period) of screen star, Joan Crawford.
So many of Ms.
Crawford's contemporaries have been honored on USPS stamps over the years for
their
acting ability and contribution to world wide cinema, and rightly so; however
Joan
Crawford was more than just an actress, she was a letter writer.

To give you an idea of just how many letters she wrote:

Joan Crawford answered all of her fan mail personally. She would type and mail
up to
5,000 letters per month and during the holiday season (Nov-Dec) she sent close
to 20,000
letters each year, for fifty years! She personally kept the USPS in business and
I think this
fact, along with her amazing achievements in film would make her a worthy
candidate for
a commemorative stamp in her honor.

Please let me know your thoughts. I'd be happy to help with this process in any
way I can.


Sincerely –


Michelle Vogel

Author of "Joan Crawford: Her Life In Letters."

www.michellevogel.com

Just to let everyone know, www.rrauction.com will be starting their latest
auction on
October 31st and one of the lots consists of an autographed copy of "Joan
Crawford: Her
Life In Letters" along with FIVE original letters signed by Joan Crawford. Check
it out.

Best wishes -

Michelle

According to the theatre:

We have not confirmed Casey LaLonde yet, he is coming but we haven't
decided which nights he will appear. Stay tuned to our website.

I have run a number of events which depended on invited guests and you
never can tell if people will cancel at the last minute. So I would
not go booking any tickets for this event based on his appearce alone
as yet.

Just a note to let you all know that The Castro Theatre in San Francisco,
California, will be
running a week long event called "The Joan vs Bette Festival." Each evening will
screen a
double feature, one Joan film, one Bette film. The program starts on September
12th.

Joan's grandson, Casey Lalonde, will be attending the Friday and Saturday
evening
screenings. He'll be a guest speaker and he's most eager to lay to rest the many
myths
surrounding "Mommie Dearest."

There will be two midnight screenings toward the end of the week too. "Whatever
Happened To Baby Jane?" and "Mommie Dearest" should draw an interesting crowd
given
the late night screening times.

The Castro Theatre has its own website and it can be found by typing the name of
the
theatre into your search engine. It's only two months away so plan your vacation
time
around this one. It'll be a lot of fun!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Michelle Vogel x

Not sure if I mentioned this in here but I have a signed book from Michelle
Vogel that I am giving away free on my site. It is a fun contest so please
visit my Legendary Joan Crawford site @ http://joancrawfordma.tripod.com/
<http://joancrawfordma.tripod.com/>  and enter to win the signed book.
Contest ends on JULY 11th. Congrats to Michelle on the great write up on the
TCM website. How exciting!!

Neil

Hi Martina -

Thanks! - Lots of publicity to do with this book so I've no
solid plans for the next one just yet. Somehow, promoting
a book is more work than writing it!

It's currently being advertised on the Turner Classic Movies
website and I'm hoping to do a cross promotion when they
run their Crawford film week in the spring.

Also the Joan vs Bette festival at The Castro Theatre will
be running a promotion too. The week of films will start
on September 12th. It looks like Joan's grandson, Casey,
will be appearing as a guest speaker at the event too.

Thanks for your interest -

Michelle x

PS: The Castro Theatre is in San Francisco, CA.



On Jul 6, 2005, at 12:42 AM, Martina wrote:

> Wow, that's excellent!  I really can't wait to read this book
> Michelle.  Very excited about getting it. :)
>
> Any ideas or plans for your next book?
>
> Martina
>
> --- In JoanCrawfordHerLifeInLettersBook@yahoogroups.com,
> ClassicMovieFan@a... wrote:
>> There is an article about Michelle's new Joan Crawford book on
> the  Turner
>> Classic Movies web site. Check it out -
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> _http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/MovieNews/Index/0,,97952,00.html_
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> (http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/MovieNews/Index/0,,97952,00.html)
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>> Liz
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>> Please visit Classic Actresses at _www.classicactresses.com_
>> (http://www.classicactresses.com/)
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Wow, that's excellent!  I really can't wait to read this book
Michelle.  Very excited about getting it. :)

Any ideas or plans for your next book?

Martina

--- In JoanCrawfordHerLifeInLettersBook@yahoogroups.com,
ClassicMovieFan@a... wrote:
> There is an article about Michelle's new Joan Crawford book on
the  Turner
> Classic Movies web site. Check it out -
>
>
_http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/MovieNews/Index/0,,97952,00.html_

>
(http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/MovieNews/Index/0,,97952,00.html)

>
> Liz
>
>
>
>
> Please visit Classic Actresses at _www.classicactresses.com_
> (http://www.classicactresses.com/)

I am enjoying this book very much. Looking back on all the other books
I've read on Joan Crawford this book truely captures the real Joan. Her
letters are a facinating way to peak inside what she was thinking and
how she felt. Never before has she been more human in print.  The
information added by her grandchildren add a delicious touch.

Soon I will be finished but my appetite for more will continue.

Bill

Hi Michael -

It'll be a story about "Joan Crawford: Her Life In Letters" - Casey
will also be interviewed.

Best -
Michelle


--- In JoanCrawfordHerLifeInLettersBook@yahoogroups.com, tad1243@a...
wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/9/2005 4:40:37 PM Central Daylight Time,
mvozus@a...
> writes:
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> I'll be  sure to let you all know exactly when the story will
appear.
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>
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> Michelle,
>    What JC story is that?
>
> confused...
> Michael

Hi Everyone -

I just heard from a reporter at the GLOBE magazine. The editor there
approved the Joan Crawford story so it'll be in the magazine within a
couple of weeks. Not next week's issue, probably the week after. I
offered ten free signed copies as a reader giveaway so I think that
tipped the scales in my direction too.

I'll be sure to let you all know exactly when the story will appear.

M x