![By 1934, Joan was secretly paying for two rooms at the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. The medical bills of every patient who stayed in those rooms was payed for by Joan. In just 1937-1938 alone, it was calculated that she payed for 390 surgeries. Not one patient knew that it was Joan Crawford paying the bills.
George Cukor, director and one of Joan's best friends, spoke about Joan's secret charity: " [It was] something she had done for many people over the years, and some of those people lived good lives, which they owed to Joan. They might not have lived at all if not for her, but she didn’t want even the people she did it for to ever know."
Joan had decided very early in 1926 that she wanted to share her good fortune with others, and she had this idea, which she couldn’t afford then, but she was certain she was going to be able to afford.
Joan told Cukor: "Sometime soon, I’m going to be earning more money than I need, and I would like to help people. I work with people who make the movies, the ones who have all of those little jobs without which there couldn’t be movies. They are so important, and they do such wonderful work. When they get sick and need medical help, some of them don’t have the financial means they need, so I want to see that they have the help they deserve. I want to pay for a room in the hospital and other costs."
Later, as she could afford it, Joan extended the gift to two rooms.
Cukor states that, "[She] did this for many years, and Joan was always resolute, determined that the few people who knew should never tell anyone. I’m only telling you now because Joan is gone, and I’m interpreting my promise as lasting for her lifetime. That seems fair. Besides, I think people should know what kind of person Joan was—an extraordinarily fine person.”
-Source: " Not the Girl Next Door: A Personal Biography of Joan Crawford" by Charlotte Chandler.](https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/p280x280/1513242_190285194502001_341396243_n.jpg)
By 1934, Joan was secretly paying for two rooms at the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. The medical bills of every patient who stayed in those rooms was payed for by Joan. From 1937-1938 alone, it was calculated that she payed for 390 surgeries. None of the patients knew Joan Crawford paid the bills.
George Cukor, a director and one of Joan's best friends, spoke of her secret charity: " [It was] something she had done for many people over the years, and some of those people lived good lives, which they owed to Joan. They might not have lived at all if not for her, but she didn’t want even the people she did it for to ever know." Joan had decided very early in 1926 that she wanted to share her good fortune with others, and she had this idea, which she couldn’t afford then, but she was certain she was going to be able to afford. Joan told Cukor: "Sometime soon, I’m going to be earning more money than I need, and I would like to help people. I work with people who make the movies, the ones who have all of those little jobs without which there couldn’t be movies. They are so important, and they do such wonderful work. When they get sick and need medical help, some of them don’t have the financial means they need, so I want to see that they have the help they deserve. I want to pay for a room in the hospital and other costs."
Lateron when she could afford it, Joan extended the gift to two rooms. Cukor states, "[She] did this for many years, and Joan was always resolute, determined that the few people who knew should never tell anyone. I’m only telling you now because Joan is gone, and I’m interpreting my promise as lasting for her lifetime. That seems fair. Besides, I think people should know what kind of person Joan was—an extraordinarily fine person.” -Source: " Not the Girl Next Door: A Personal Biography of Joan Crawford" by Charlotte Chandler.
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