{"id":1360,"date":"2015-03-15T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2024-07-10T16:08:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:08:45","slug":"who-is-not-convinced-that-mummy-knows-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1360","title":{"rendered":"Mommie Dearest from the Golden age of Cinema&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not a great role model for mothers, the movie\u00a0&#8220;Mommie Dearest&#8221; shines the light on Christina Crawford\u00a0who endured an\u00a0abusive and traumatic\u00a0 upbringing of at the hands of her mother&#8230;screen queen Joan Crawford.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mommie Dearest - Trailer\" width=\"748\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_WQeu5qnVc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Another Hollywood mother , or should that be step-mother, who didn&#8217;t deserve flowers for Mothers Day is Barbara Lamb.<\/h2>\n<p>Set in the golden age of Hollywood movies, this murder mystery game concerns the cast and crew of\u00a0&#8220;Mummy Knows Best&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-329\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/lamcov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-329\" src=\"https:\/\/invitation2events.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/08\/lamcov.jpg?w=214\" alt=\"Lamb to the slaughter by ITM Games\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Or how about a\u00a0 movie about another Hollywood mother?Lamb to the slaughter by ITM Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Archie and the others raced to the Egyptian Sarcophagus on the set. There lay Barbara Lamb, head of Lamb Studios and Janet&#8217;s stepmother, in a pool of blood.<\/p>\n<h2>By her head was a bloodied &#8216;CEDRIC&#8217; statuette&#8230;&#8230;.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itmgames.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Want to know more? Then order the murder mystery game &#8220;Lamb to the Slaughter&#8221; from www.itmgames.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a great role model for mothers, the movie\u00a0&#8220;Mommie Dearest&#8221; shines the light on Christina Crawford\u00a0who endured an\u00a0abusive and traumatic\u00a0 upbringing of at the hands of her mother&#8230;screen queen Joan Crawford. Another Hollywood mother , or should that be step-mother, who didn&#8217;t deserve flowers for Mothers Day is Barbara Lamb. 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