Davis' pal, actress Olivia de Havilland stepped in to replace Crawford on a suggestion by Davis. She claimed illness was the reason but the consensus remains that Davis and their sour relationship was the actual reason. That couldn't have sat well with Crawford.Ĭrawford ended up dropping out of the film less than a week after filming began. 1 The album was reissued, combined with the 1968 Patti Page album Gentle on My Mind, in compact disc format, by Collectables Records on August 24, 1999. Davis went along with that but insisted that she be paid more than Crawford and in the end, she ended up making as much as Robert Aldrich, who was the director and producer of the film. (1967) Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte was an LP album by Patti Page, released by Columbia Records in 1965. According to TCM, Crawford agreed to film with Davis on the condition that she receive top billing in the film. Are you seeing a pattern here? Like the boss that she was, Davis was taking control of the movie right from the jump.īeyond having her hand in the renaming of the film, Davis was making significantly more than Crawford. hush, sweet Charlotte" and when Davis heard the line, she suggested it for the new title. TCM reported that there is a lullaby in the film that starts with the words "Hush. In fact, according to TCM, the original title for Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte was Whatever Happened To Cousin Charlotte? Davis was the one who commented that the original title made it seem like a sequel to Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? and with the two of them starring in it, it would only perpetuate that idea. Of course, after the shocking success of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, teaming Crawford and Davis up for another film seemed like a brilliant idea. Hush, Sweet Charlotte and her feud with Davis was likely the direct reason for her early departure. Unfortunately, Crawford ended up being replaced in Hush. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Hush. With all the success from their coupling, it looked like the two most powerful women in Hollywood would be teaming up once again when it was announced that they had both been cast for the movie Hush. Luckily the world was able to see them unite for one film in 1962, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?, which earned Davis an Oscar nod for Best Actress. If you have been watching Ryan Murphy's latest anthology series, Feud, then you know that the relationship between Hollywood legends, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis was strained to say the very least.
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