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Bette Davis And Joan Crawford Fight Timeline And Facts

... Ever Happened To Baby Jane?, the psychological horror story about a crippled former actress (Crawford) who is terrorized by her deranged sister (Davis) in their Hollywood home. Though the film was an unexpected box office success, and did to some extent represent the comeback that both actresses desperately needed, it became remembered most powerfully as a public document of their real-life rivalry. Davis agreed to sign onto Baby Jane on two conditions: that she play the title role of Jane, and that the film's director Robert Aldrich assure her he was not sleeping with Crawford: "It wasn't that I cared about his private life, or hers either," Davis reportedly said. "I didn't want him favoring her with more close-ups.". Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Davis and Crawford in 'Baby Jane.'. It was on the set of Baby Jane that the most legendary episodes in Davis and Crawford's feud took place. Crawford was on Pepsi's board of directors at the time (her late husband, Alfred Steele, was a Pepsi executive), so Davis had a ...

Mildred Pierce 1945 Starring Joan Crawford; Criterion Blu-ray Special Edition

... starring Kate Winslet is a much more faithful rendition of the story. Still, the motion picture has top notch entertainment value, and it also contains several powerhouse performances. Crawford deservedly won the Best Actress Oscar for playing Mildred, and newcomer Blyth earned a Supporting Actress nomination as the truly evil Veda. Eve Arden, as Mildred’s spunky friend Ida, also scored a supporting nomination. Butterfly Mc Queen deserves mention as the family’s maid—her presence always lights up the screen. The men in the movie are fine but nothing special—this is definitely a film dominated by the women. Ranald Mac Dougall was nominated for his screenplay, and the picture itself was nominated for the top award. Curtiz, who won his Oscar for directing Casablanca, was left out this time around; but there is no question that his work is always exemplary. He was a consummate studio helmsman who could make any kind of picture. As with most Criterion releases, the visual and sound quality are near-perfection. The new 4 K digital restoration ...

Feud Teaser Sees Jessica Lange And Susan Sarandon Play Out One Of Hollywood's Most Infamous Rivalries

... The Independent Culture. They were two of Hollywood's biggest stars. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis: fierce, defiant women who ended up embroiled in one of the most infamous rivalries in all of Hollywood history, reaching a peak when the pair finally starred opposite each other in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. It's the backstage drama of this particular production that American Horror Story and American Crime Story 's Ryan Murphy hopes to explore in Feud, his newest drama series placing the inimitable Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon in the roles of Joan and Bette. Feud explores one of Hollywood's most famous rivalries. Feud is, like all of Murphy's productions, a truly star-studded affair: with Catherine Zeta-Jones as Olivia de Havilland, Alfred Molina as director Robert Aldrich, Judy Davis as Hedda ...

The Bittersweet Joan Celebrates A Vicious Hollywood Rivalry

... On 02/16/2017 at 01:44 PM EST. Thrillist Video. The Bittersweet Joan. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis only finished one movie together, but when you learn the tale of how savagely the two Golden Age legends abused each other, one was plenty. This month, FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan chronicles their shockingly bad behavior on the set of 1962’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Jessica Lange in the role of Crawford and Susan Sarandon playing Davis. To commemorate the Ryan Murphy-led project, we enlisted Ian Hardie of Huckleberry Bar in Brooklyn to create rival cocktails based on two women who may have been acting, but definitely weren’t playing. Crawford was the glamour gal whose career spanned from silent film to talkies and culminated in a late-stage Oscar win. The Bittersweet Joan starts with Crawford’s favorite spirit, vodka (she was reputed to carry a flask, designer of course). Beyond being, well, bitter, Peychaud’s red hue is a tribute to her naturally red hair, as is the bitter crimson tinge of Aperol. Crawford’s glamorous persona is mixed into the drink’s profile via the sweet and refreshing falernum, which, whether she indulged in it or not, was ...

Why Bette Davis And Joan Crawford’s Feud Lasted A Lifetime

... the once-over and said with dripping sarcasm, “Dear Bette! What a lovely frock!”. Still, in 1943, when Crawford left MGM for Warner Bros. — the studio home of Davis — she sent her enemy flowers. “She wanted [Davis’] approval, but Bette brushed her aside. She had no patience with her,” said Sandford Dody, ghostwriter on Davis’ 1962 autobiography “The Lonely Life.”. It was fueled by competition over movie parts, Academy Awards and even a man: Franchot Tone, Davis’ co-star in 1935’s ‘Dangerous.’. Davis felt glamour girl Crawford was nowhere near her league when it came to being a serious actress. “Director Vincent Sherman said, ‘To get Joan to cry you had to tell her a sad story,’” said Ed Sikov, author of “Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis.” “Bette just did it. That says a lot about their ...

Bette Davis And Joan Crawford

... cemented a lifelong friendship for the stars. It’s a remarkable demonstration of Davis’s range, and one of Hollywood’s best romances. ( See where to stream it. ). ‘Marked Woman’ (1937). Falling between Davis’s two Oscars, for “Dangerous” (1935) and “Jezebel” (1938), this fleet, crackling crime drama casts her as Mary, a “nightclub hostess” working to keep her kid sister out of the business. When tragedy strikes, Mary joins a district attorney (Humphrey Bogart) to bring down her racketeer boss. At the peak of her fiery attractiveness, Davis nevertheless demanded realistic makeup for when her character is savagely beaten. Exasperated by the studio’s pretty white bandages, she visited her doctor and had him fake bruises, black eyes and a nice big knife-cut. ( See where to stream it. ). ‘The Star’ (1953). Maggie Elliott is a once-great star who’s spiraled into bankruptcy, glamming up her alcoholic binges by propping her Oscar on her car’s dashboard. Davis tore into this close-to-home part with fearless gusto — in part, she claimed, because the model for Maggie was Joan Crawford. Maggie’s desperation for one more chance ...

Classic Hollywood’s Greatest Feuds

... much. And ego almost certainly played a part, as Lewis’ increasing popularity and recognition as the real talent in the duo left an irritated and resentful Martin more and more in his partner’s shadow. By all accounts, Lewis was shattered by the breakup, while the more emotionally reserved Martin moved on. In the decades following the split, Martin’s star rose as part of the fabled “Rat Pack,” and Lewis continued to churn out popular films. Animosity between the two continued and they didn’t speak for 20 years, before briefly reuniting in 1976, when Martin made a surprise appearance (reportedly at the behest of Frank Sinatra) on Lewis’ long-running Labor Day telethon and then again for just a few moments during a Martin performance in Las Vegas in 1989—where Lewis lamented that they’d ever ...

A Timeline Of Bette Davis And Joan Crawford's Infamous Rivalry

... Robert Aldrich, Judy Davis as Hedda Hopper, Stanley Tucci as Jack Warner, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Olivia de Havilland as well as longtime Murphy collaborators Kathy Bates and Sarah Paulson as Joan Blondell and Geraldine Page, respectively, while Mad Men grad Kiernan Shipka plays Davis’ daughter B. D. Hyman. With Feud's premiere a month away (March 5, to be exact), THR offers a crash-course timeline of the important events surrounding Crawford and Davis' iconic feud. 1935: Dangerous hits theaters. Davis and Franchot Tone headlined the flick about a rehabilitated, alcoholic actress who was said to be a jinx. During filming, Davis fell hard for Tone, but he had eyes for Crawford instead … especially when she allegedly invited him over to her place and greeted him — naked. The pair eventually married, sparking Davis' jealousy. 1936: Davis wins her first Oscar. It seemed as though Tone and Davis had inevitable chemistry in Dangerous, since Davis wound up winning an ...

Catherine Zeta-jones Faces Hollywood Rivalry As Olivia De Havilland In ‘feud

... The real story seems implausible today, including one event that happened when Davis was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the film, but Crawford wasn’t. When Davis lost the award, Crawford had arranged to go onstage to take the trophy for winner Anne Bancroft, just so she could gleefully upstage Davis. “It all seems so unreal,” says Zeta-Jones. “All the women were essentially in a popularity contest. It’s sad to think that women in the time were always made to look like they were fighting or bitching.”. One major exception: Davis and de Havilland would eventually become great friends. “Bette wasn’t threatened by Olivia and Olivia wasn’t threatened by Bette. They had that great friendship,” says Zeta-Jones. “Olivia has this touch of royalty in her. She was born in Tokyo. She did Shakespeare. Her name alone sounded exotic. She was a very smart woman who didn’t take a lot of bulls- at the time. She left Hollywood of her own accord. She went up against the studio heads. She wanted real stuff in her life and left for France. You didn’t do that then, much less now.”. Catherine Zeta-Jones plays actress Olivia de Havilland in the TV miniseries Feud.  (KURT ...