joan crawford, at the time i represented her in 1945, had just had her contract dropped by mgm.ed her as one of a number of actresses who was box-office poison. and she was at a turning point in her film career. just at that time, a man named jerry wald, who was a producer at the warner brothers studio decided that despite what l.b. mayer had said, he was going to put her in the starring role of a movie called "mildred pierce." mildred. (announder) "mildred." a name gasped in the night. the one last word of a dying man. but one word that tells a thousand stories of a woman who left her mark on every man she met. (henry rogers) the morning of the awards, she called me and said, "henry, i have a terrible cold, i'm in bed... i won't be able to go to the awards." and sure enough, she was announced the winner, a half-hour later this horde of photographers and reporters were all walking into her house and up to hebedroom, where there she was, the queen, holding her oscar. (stephen schiff) in terms of career management, the joan crawford story is a great shining example, at every stage

>>reporter: the voice of joan crawford. dynamic interpretation by lip sync a. the wig eye liner and lip gloss is john. >> to me joan crawford is one of the great icons of the 20th century. because she represents the best and the worst of the american dream. i'm fascinated by her contribution. >>reporter: on stage they lip sync a real crawford interview like mommy dearest talking about her children. >> they have a choice of what present they want next. birthday in october. he still has opened his present. >> it's funny but we don't have to work very hard for it to be funny because she is so unintentionally amusing. >>reporter: 30 years ago ever since he saw the first drag performer and knew what he wanted to do. he created lip sync a. he left jackson, mississippi for new york. led to off broad which show and then san francisco. back in the 90's he performed at club in the castro called the juice joychbility it received great aclaim, national recognition now performing in clubs around the world. l. >> i haven't done anything wrong. >> i haven't really been to act

international claim as a comedy as joan crawford. and here is abc 7 news don sanchez with a man behind the woman. >> the voice of john crawford and dramatic interpretation by lip synca. under the wig is john everson. >> to me it's one of the great icons of the 20th century. she represents the best and worst of the american dream. i'm fascinate bid contradictions. >> on stage, and lip synced a real interview talking about her children. >> it's funny but we don't have to work hard for it to be funny because she's so unintentionally amusing. >> 30 years ago ever since he saw the first drag performer he knew what he wanted to do, creating lip synca, leaving jackson, mississippi for new york. led to a off broadway show, then, san francisco. in the 90s they performed at a club called josie's juice joint. it led to magsal recognition. now, she's performing around the world. >> i haven't been to acting school. so i justifyinged this out, myself. >> september 17th the glamour will go. he'll just be himself playing piano, singing and telling st

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. >> unusual art of lip synca, bringing actress joan crawford back to live. >> i think i'll have to be there for that. >> you will. >> world news is coming up next. i'm cheryl jennings. >> from all of us here, thank you

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because i was doing my joan crawford impression where is my pen!'s why your fair looks fabulous. >> right lisa ferguson. drunk and yet my hair looks great. party with the gays. i'm just telling you. lisa ferguson is proudly stepping into the fray in the current tv center? los angeles. good morning lisa. >> hey, steph. good morning, everyone. michelle obama and bill clinton speechers have garnered plenty of positive attention. the president's appearance tonight is likely to do the same, and he is up in some of the polls. [ inaudible ] right now has him with a six-point lead over romney in new jersey. apparently republicans did not get that message or perhaps more likely they are trying to distract from it. the rnr is without a new ad this morning. >> listen, this just isn't working. it has been four years. you have changed. your spending is out of control, and you are always out with hollywood celebrities. >> looks like they are trying to paint him as a big spender who takes a lot of vacations and hangs without the rich. i'm sure you can see the iro