Just a little tribute video I made for Lana Turner and her daughter, Cheryl Crane. Their tumultous lives in what seemed to be a charmed existence fascinated 1950s Hollywood when the then 14-year-old Cheryl accidently killed her mother’s mobster boyfriend Johnny Stompanato, trying to protect her mom from his abusive rage. Forever after, whenever either mother or daughter were mentioned in any article, be it for a magazine or newspaper, there had to be an inclusion of the infamous 1958 Good Friday scandal. As a star baby, Cheryl lived a life of material privilege but did not get to see her parents as much as she would have liked. Her mother and her father, Steve Crane, divorced when she was still an infant and she watched as many men came in and out of her mother’s life, and suffered from terrible insecurities and some abuses that plagued her into adulthood. Cheryl told her story in her 1988 autobiography, “Detour: A Hollywood Story”, concluding it with the sense that she had come to peace with herself, as well as having a better relationship with Lana than she ever had. In her latest book, “Lana: The Memories, The Myths and The Movies”, she summed up her relationship with her mom this way – “Like her relationship with Gran, the relationship between Mother and me was strained many times over the years but never broken. I never stopped loving her. We lived through harrowing times together, beginning with my birth.” Cheryl was an RH baby and had to have blood transfusions every four hours for weeks after she was born to save her life. After the Stompanato incident (which was ruled justifiable homicide), Cheryl’s life continued to spin out of control, landing her in minor scrapes with the law and resulting in time spent in reform schools and a mental institution. But she bounced back, definately showing an instinct for survival inherited from her famous mama, who also managed to endure scandals and shine even brighter. “My life turned around when I went to work for my father at the age of twenty one. He was by then one of the country’s largest resturanters. As I matured into a young adult, Mother made me feel her pride in me always – proud that I went to business school at Cornell, had a head for numbers, went into real estate, wrote a book. She would express herself in a way that said she was downright astonished that someone who could do those things came from her.” As an admirer of both Lana and Cheryl, I threw together these photos and effects to Billie Holiday’s “God Bless The Child”. Enjoy!
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Tags: Cheryl, Crane, Lana, OneTrueMedia, Turner
lovely video
lovely video
Lana’s one of the …
Lana’s one of the few hollywood beauties who had a BEAUTIFUL child.
Cute video!
Thank you for …
Thank you for sharing the pictures of beautiful Lana and her lovely daughter Cheryl.
thanks for posting …
thanks for posting !! well done, great pics and song
CHECK IT OUT! …
CHECK IT OUT! Cheryl sells lots of Lana Turner memorabilia and pieces of her mother’s personal jewelry on eBay. Buyers seem to be VERY PLEASED!
I used to read …
I used to read Lana’s book when I was little, over & over…I love interesting lives of movie stars gone by..(Cheryl grew up to be a lovely woman)
Lovely!
Lovely!
Beautiful and so …
Beautiful and so endearing! Should check out the book, sounds quite interesting.Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge and wonderful talent with us.
Hugs Annabelle
I bought the book …
I bought the book about a month ago, I just adore it – along with Cheryl’s autobiography, it’s the best book written about Lana (her autobio, “Lana, the lady, the legend and the truth” was good, but you could kind of tell that she sugar-coated a few things). Lana certainly had a fascinating life and career, and insight into her sense of style and a detailed description of her relationships was great too. A must for any Lana fan. Bravo Cheryl!
I loved this video …
I loved this video it is wonderful:Lana with her daughter Cheryl and the music” God Bless the child” sang by Billie Holiday…what a dream. Thank you for your effort
Great video – and …
Great video – and thank you for all the info on Cheryl. 5 *****
great video!
great video!
Good for you! I …
Good for you! I don’t have it, but I’ve looked through it while at the bookstore that I go to all the time….it really is a gorgeous book! And it does weigh a ton, you are right…lol
Yes I got this book …
Yes I got this book before xmas it was so amazing I could not resist the temptation to get it but it weight a ton…!!
very beautiful. …
john
very beautiful. thanks!
Thanks for this …
Thanks for this video, Lana was great and I think Cheryl has a lot of quality too.
What a sweet video. …
What a sweet video. I like it. Thanks
What a great video! …
What a great video! Has anyone seen the fairly new Coffee Table book about LANA written by her daughter and another woman? Gorgeous book with amazing photos…
GREAT WORK!!
GREAT WORK!!
Very nicely done…
Very nicely done…
This is a very …
This is a very classy video.