Making of "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (AMC Backstory)
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2001 Documentary on the making of "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte" with the original cast of Joan Crawford and Bette Davis
When AMC used to be about classics and movies.
I met Olivia DeHavilland and we talked about this movie.
1aikane how nice. Is she friendly?
I heard she has a foul mouth - everything is f ing this and f ing that with a few c words thrown in - did you find this with her ?
1aikane annnddd. Tell us more please❤️❤️❤️👏🏽
If Joan Crawford was in this movie instead, this movie would of been so fierce, it would of been ugly. The clip when Joan as Miriam pulling up to the house in the cab among that look on her face would lead people to feel that more fierceful drama were bound to be seen in this movie. Olivia de Havilland done a good job in this movie. When I first saw this movie not knowing that Joan were suppose to be in this as Miriam, I imagine that Joan should of been in it performing a character as Charlotte sister and Miriam turn them against each other and the whole household end up teaming up against Charlotte sister through Miriam dirty ways along the progress trying to have Charlotte go insane. The character Joan performing and Charlotte be the main characters in this movie. And Vivian Leigh would of been a excellent replacement, but Bette just had to hate on Vivian for not getting the role in Gone With The Wind. Everyone deserves a chance. That's why it's not cool to be a hater, otherwise things would of been easier.
Lilsept Howell No it was because Bette was an associate producer and made Joan's life a living hell on set. I remember reading when Joan left, they approached Vivien Leigh to replace Joan, Leigh stated, " I can get up at 4 in the morning to work with Crawford, but never Davis."
I miss AMC when it was all classic movies. I remember them showing this one and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane". And that's where I saw them both the first time, on AMC.
I use to watch this channel all the time with my mom as a kid. First time seeing some of these older movies was because of AMC. The channel is totally different now.
I think Davis was close to her real personality in Baby Jane 😊
Nobody could play a nutty old bat like Bette Davis.
Agnes Moorehead was always fabulous!
Olivia was a masterful actress making the role of Mariam her own. Moorhead should have won the best supporting actress without question. What a rare find and great insight into the movie. It is one of my favorites.
It was a great story with a surprise ending twist, just as Baby Jane.
Agnes Moorhead almost stole this movie from Davis and DeHavilland. She was phenomenal!
Bette and Olivia and Joe Cotten were excellent.
They all were fantastic actresses and yes Agnes Moorhead was great!
Agnes was great but to say she stole a thing from the others simply is a stretch.
I agree that Agnes stole the movie ! I wish she had more time in this film ...
Was that Charles Durn who had his hand chopped off? Lol
I live in a small town in Illinois . We have a small.Pepsi cola factory here. The owner of the factory lives in a mansion next door of the factory. When Joan Crawford married that Pepsi guy. She came to visit our town. This was a big deal back then in this tiny town. This was in the late 1950s.
*BETTE DAVIS* a real 💎
They don't make any others like from Bettes era..
I have always adored her....
I saw this on TV when I was about 10 years old. I had such nightmares. Bette Davis has always been my favorite actress.
Seeing DeHavilland play the conniving villain was a true surprise to me when I first saw this as a teen. It was one of the things that made this movie so memorable.
That's exactly the point where i pauzed the movie and went to internet to check out what people say about this movie, i really did not expect that, and that is what i like about movies, if it was joan i had suspected it because i saw the movie baby jane also, so i think Olivia de havilland was a very good choice to play that part👍
she was probably trying to kill the ghost of sickeningly-sweet Melanie Hamilton.
@@haintedhouse3052 the part of Scarlet, was such a total self important brat, almost narcissistic, the Melanie part had to be played that way
I wish Joan could have finished this movie it, would have been another masterpiece
I've always thought this was one of the best films ever made...underrated immensely, even when it remains a cult favorite. But that's why it's a cult favorite. Many people see it how I do. I see past the horror. To me it isn't a horror film. It's anything but that. It's an examination of human character. The end scene makes me cry like a baby every time.
I think Bruce Dern deserves a hand.
Ah, I see what you did there...
I really wish Joan had stuck with the movie. I like Olivia but she's just not as compelling Joan.
Just to correct one misstatement; Joan wasn't married to Al Steele at that time, he had died four years earlier. She was his widow and cultural ambassador for Pepsi.
I'd love to see that lost footage.
Me too..
Me 4
Yes!!!!!
Agnes Moorehead! No doubt about it! One of my favorite films of aa times! Great talent everywhere! Bette, shit! Don't get no better. Agnes should've won a Best Supporting Actress oscar! Great film.
I am and always have been team Bette. Love this movie
I think Moorehead stole the movie... She's just so GOOD in it!
She is my favorite character in the movie.
She should of won the Oscar instead of Lila Kedrova.She was great in all her scenes.
Agreed. Out of the entire cast in this movie, Agnes Moorehead was the only one to phone in an Oscar caliber performance.
SmittenKitten YES !!!!!
@@cance7984 I love her too but to say she stole the movie?? Bette was awesome as well as Olivia. Great actresses here and Joseph Cotton was very well cast in this role. He added a lot. I would not say the movie belonged to Agnes Moorehead
The actress that was BRILLIANT in this movie was Agnes Moorehead who nailed the part. Mary Astor also had subtle acting chops even in her small role.
Moorehead is one of my favorite actresses, though she didn't always get very big parts. One of my favorite roles of hers was for that original Twilight Zone episode where she's the only real character in the episode, on screen the entire time, doesn't utter a SINGLE word, and is totally GREAT in it. She was also good in the Bogart/Bacall vehicle "Dark Passage." Her first movie appearance was as the title character's mother in Citizen Kane.
She was un unsung star of many MANY movies & T.V..
@@Syncopator Yes! AM was a great actress!
@@forreal245 Same year, 1964, that she made her debut in the role of Endora on "Bewitched". Could she have looked more different?!
@@Syncopator And in 1944 Miss Moorehead beautifully played the bitchy caretaker aunt of young Jane Eyre, played by Joan Fontaine, Olivia deHavilland's sister.
Mary Astor’s character is the real villain. She sits on the truth.
My Grandfather owned a big old spooky house in Greenwood lake NJ, and it had a screened in sun porch, my aunt Lee who was a film buff let us stay up late, on a warm summer night, had to be 1969, or 70, anyway all the cousins watched this with our aunt, there was probably 7 of us, we all slept in the same room that night
that sounds like a great memory
Completely entertaining deHavilland, Astor, and last but not least Bette Davis what a joy to watch.
What for a pity that Joan Crawford didn't play in the movie Hush Hush sweet Charlotte
I think this was de Havilland's best role. Who knew she could be so rotten?
DCFunBud their mother favored Olivia over Joan. So they were raised to not like each other.
Favoritism and alienating siblings on the parents part is wrong.
DCFunBud No no no, The Heiress is de Havilland's best role. She shows an amazing range of emotion in it. Please see it if you haven't yet done. Everything about it is top-notch, from the cast(Montgomery Clift, Sir Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins) to the director(William Wyler) to the score(composed by Aaron Copland, no less). Excellent film in every regard.
@Kyle S. Yes. Joan Fontaine said that she had to wear Olivia's hand-me-down dresses, and Olivia once first cut one to shreds.
Great film. I have seen it many times. Ms. Moorehead is the best actress as Velma in my opinion but Betty and Olivia are perfect in their parts as usual.
This movie is so entertaining and enjoyable. Classic actors never let their fans down.
Did Bette ever think that Joan didn't will that much power for her to lose that Oscar . Maybe they weren't going to vote for her anyway. I mean Joan just accepted an award she didn't win one. Lol
Vivien leigh won two Oscars playing two southern belles...
Notthefather ohh the irony..no wonder BD was threatened by her playin a Southern Belle...while BD tried to be a “belle” she overacted the shit out of this part..at times it’s comical. I just think she’s so completely overrated as an actress...not always. But let’s be real she was a very jealous woman..esp of JC and Leigh...And anyone with eyes can see why..
Olivia de havilland still alive too 103 yrs old.
Watched this from the backseat of my parents car at the drive-in. Old days...
Good drive in movie.
Just finished watching the series Jessica Lange did a wonderful job and Sarandon they morphed into Joan and bette
Awesome actresses
rl 2 I love the series..they both did great. But for me it was Lange who really stole the show..she really made me feel for her..if that makes sense
I watched this movie so many times. What a classic.
I just watched this movie for the first time today. I liked it more than "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane." Not taking anything from that classic, but this one seemed to flow better. Ms. De'haviland was amazing, but I couldn't stop looking and comparing her to Joan. It would have been a powerful piece if Joan had finished, but no one was strong enough to hold that duo together for a second time.
Hats off to Ms. Mooreheard in this film.
Love how not an ounce of blood came out of the freshly chopped hand!
Olivia always played those sweet characters. This was against type for her and it was fascinating to watch.
Jose Hill she played a psychotic in the 80s TV movie Murder is Easy. Always was fun to see in against type parts.
She was great as a villan,loved it when she got killed
She did an excellent job.
@@jeffreyfuchs3208 This is a spoiler.
I thought Crawford was bad... but it seems like Bette Davis has had beef with just about everyone lmao
Vivien Leigh and Joan Crawford would be an interesting pairing for this, TBH.
They were all great in this movie, but Agnes Moorehead was Amazing. I just loved the character she played. !!!
She reinvented herself in BATMAN as Black Widow during 1960's, as did Victor Bruno did as King Tutt [Bruno was in Whatever Happened.....]. I found out Agnes was a pal of Sir Cedric Hardwicke when I did my bio of Sir Cedric in 2006.....
@@IanP1963, that wasn't Agnes in Batman. Tallulah Bankhead played the Black Widow.
Marsha Queen of Diamonds I mean !!!
@@IanP1963 afraid you're wrong again. Marsha Queen of Diamonds was Carolyn Jones. Mortitia from Addam's Family.
@@IanP1963 Agnes Moorehead was Endora, Samantha's witch mother on Bewitched.
I would have loved to see Joan Crawford play Miriam, but I did enjoy Olivia De Havilland. Gotta say that to this day I find Baby Jane to be incredibly disturbing and the film I take seriously compared to Charlotte.
I adore these old classics. Back then when movies boasted an abundance of creativity because there was no relying on CGI. And it shows. I'm very elated that they've been preserved enduringly for generations to come.
ACTORS HAD TO WORK IN BETTE'S DAY LOL....
Alli can say is the word satisfaction never had more meaning when at the end Olivia de Havilland gets her just deserts from Bette Davis....it was great!!!!
I thought Olivia DeHavilland was a good replacement . Excellent actress and she got along with Bette
Bette and Olivia had costarred in the Elizabeth and Essex film.
In my opinion, I feel Olivia actually out shined Betty in this role.
Imagine if Joan had done it. She would’ve made it a classic.
This is a great Movie..Better Davis is my all time favourite actress
Mine too. She could play any part
Me, too. I think Bette Davis was the greatest of all the famous actresses from her era.
Always..the best actress
@@annalisette5897 I think she was the best male or female in any era. Especially today and we have some excellent male actors. Just dont do enough films.
@@johnanders6234 Yeah. Bette Davis is timeless and I think you are right. She was the best.
i also was scared to death when my mom took me to see this pic when i was 13...i will never forget being so scared I couldn't stop dreaming about it...
Agnes was great but to say stole the movie ? Take out Betty & its over !!!
You hold BETTE in such high regard, you even spell her name correctly. Agnes completely steals the show.
@@JloveLamar LOL ….
Today's "STAR DEVA'S" don't have a thing on Joan Crawford & Betty Davis!!
One of my all time fave movies! After Baby Jane, this movie is an example of Robert Aldrich’s genious. 👍❤️
I've always wondered what happened to the footage that Joan Crawford filmed.
Miles Montemore yes there must be some of the film put away somewhere unless Bette burned it.
LOL - She was probably having a cigarette in the film lab and gestured with it, "accidentally" touching the exposed film. I think these film studios are like the Kennedy Museum or the Warren Commission in that they seal everything for eternity and say "nothing here to see, please move it along, thank you". I'm still hoping Judy Garland footage from Valley of the Dolls sees the light of day.
It's probably long gone. When things ended up on the cutting room floor they were typically trashed. Take The Wizard of Oz as another good example of this. Prior to the version that most people are familiar with, many scenes of that film were first filmed by another director by the name of Richard Thorpe. His version of OZ was very different, and producers weren't happy with it. Thorpe was fired from the project and replaced with another director. All the footage that Thorpe filmed has been destroyed. It would have been interesting to see how different his version was, but these things were typically trashed at the time.
But was it really disposed of or is that what H'wood is saying ?
Neil Dickson Wow, never knew any of that...Thanks for the info, I'll have to check that out too
These are all my favorites I can't put them in any order they're just good f****** black and white movies. Sunset Boulevard with William Holden and Gloria Swanson, Hush Hush sweet Charlotte, Mildred Pierce and whatever happened to Baby Jane. Excellent movies.
I remember watching this film when it came out, scared the dickens out of me.
R Paz Me too. I didn't sleep for days. Seems silly now, but the hand/head scene did me in! I was 10.
Never heard of it until FEUD !!!
@@jordanconley3793 This was a movie for older people or teens not a kid.
@Dusk Hollowaby Jane was frightening too showing rats and dead birds...
@Dusk Hollow Wow, one of the scariest?? Surprised.
How many are here because of "Betty & Joan"
undisclosedaddresss me!
+Hannah Benard me too :)
undisclosedaddresss My mother was in sort of stunned shock when my Dad died in Nov 1964. She took me to see Hush Hush. I was 7. She took my brother to see Mary Poppins. He was 14. Thank God we have a great sense of humor about it.
YO!
Me.... Feud was brilliant
Joan would have been so much better, Joan brought a drama that Olivia just didn't have. I LOVE Agnes Moorehead, LOVE!
SMAOKA true.... Olivia De Havillan will always be ' Melonie Wilkes' from 'Gone with the Wind'. Having Joan opposite Bette would have prolonged the 'Alfred Hitchcock jonre'. ...and Agnes Moorehead was truely amazing as the housekeeper. Joan should not have let her personality get in the way of acting opposite Bette Davis..........the two of them,locking horns on every scene is what made 'Whatever happened to baby Jane" the profit maker that it was......Joan let Davis get the emotional 'upper-hand'...and ultimately her demise.
Joan proved herself to be rather an idiot during making of that film thank God for ODH I say !!!!
Yes! Velma was so perfect. "Who is that woman playing Velma?" Her transformation was so complete Ms. Moorehead was nearly unrecognizable.
Olivia was able to break type casting with this role. Brilliant performances by all of the cast but DeHaviland stood out because no-one could call her mealy mouth again!
The best part of this convoluted story/film is Aggie. I love Miss Moorehead.
That's when actors were great.
I would go to great lengths to get to see the unused Joan Crawford footage that had to be shot again with Olivia DeHavilland.
For me, the stand-out performance was by Mary Astor as Jewel Mayhew. She only had one major scene and she was just so commanding. Wonderful actress.
Yes Agnes Moorehead trampled every scene she was in....😍
This is a great movie. I have it on DVD. I was in the Navy, stationed at N.A.S. Pensacola, in the early 1980's. I was stationed at VT-10. I first saw this movie on cable, one Friday or Saturday night. I was working second shift, Sunday through Thursday. Well, I came in to work one Sunday after seeing the movie the Friday or Saturday night before.
Everybody in my shop, and apparently everyone in my squadron had seen the movie. We all talked about it all night long. No one had seen the movie when it first came out in late 1964, or early '65. No one in my squadron had any idea who killed John, early in the movie. No one had a clue. I still love this movie. I watch it every now and then, even though I know who committed the murder, early in the movie.
1) The story told starting at about 13:20 about how the otherwise excellent Olivia De Haviland couldn’t walk and talk at the same time is priceless. 2) As always, the pseudo-intellectual Michael Musto contributes absolutely nothing here that couldn’t have been done by any moderately well-informed movie fan chosen at random off the street. Barf!
I was very disappointed in the movie .Crawford brought out the best in Davis.Olivia wasn't convincing.Davis needed self discipline.Olivia and Davis just didn't have the right chemistry.Agnes saved the spotlight.
So true. I'm sure the competition between Joan & Bette was what made them both work on their highest levels. Too bad the two did not complete this film. I bet it would have had more success at the box office. Mainly due to Baby Jane.
This was a classic,Bette,Olivia and Agnes were great,if be curious to see Joans footage but after what she pulled at the Oscars in '63 i don't blame Bette for making things a little difficult for her,she should have expected it,it was a pretty good film anyway.
I tend to agree about Olivia. Also may have been too recent memories of Joan as the tortured sister to Bette in Baby Jane. Olivia was good as Cousin Miriam.
@@m.e.d.7997 Yes. And yet in 1952 Olivia had starred as My Cousin Rachel, a sweet-seeming schemer lady who marries Richard Burton's character for his estate.
I love this.
Well except for the Michael Musto commentary, of course.
Love Agnes ❤️
Still wish Joan Crawford would have finished this film 😢
Life is so hard for people like me... I mean, adoring both Bette and Joan.... Tough!
Agnes. moorehead. was. one. of greatest. talents. ever. i think. she. was. always cast. in. supporting. roles and. like. Barbara. Stanwyck in roles like stella. dallas. and. double. indemnity Moorehead. was. always overlooked ialways. admired. miss. Moorhead. she. will. always be missed. rest in peace miss moorehead
Lauren Bacall How sad,
Roberto Juarezsoto, agree!
Betty and Joan really did hate each other two strong women for sure 👍🇨🇦
I wish they'd bring back AMC Backstory.
2legit64 I feel like she did, no almost to it! It was a great ensemble cast as far as that goes, but yeah, Agnes rocked it!!
Hard to imagine Olivia de Haviland as both this conniving cousin and sweet Melanie in "GWTW".
Not to mention an out of touch mother on the verge of incest in "Lady in a Cage"
HEEEELP - OH, PPPPLEEEEASE! I'M TRAPPED IN A PRIVATE ELEVATOR"
That's a WTF classic if I ever saw one.
Indeed, Melanie's wild grand daughter lol........
rose sharon Watch de Havilland in the final half hour of The Heiress. Hardly a 'sweet' performance.
@@jasonhurd4379 And in The Snake Pit. And as a deceptive schemer in My Cousin Rachel (1952).
@@JudgeJulieLit Indeed! Thanks for the reminder. The Snake Pit in particular is magnificent. I love Betsy Blair as the catatonic who finally opens up.
I saw this movie at the drive in with my parents at age 10. I was terrified. It’s still one of my favorites.
It reminds me of the deep south when we would go on vacation in 73 - 80 . It seems so long ago now ...
Crawford was not married to Alfred Steel at this time. He died in 1959.
C Zee but Joan was head of pepsi
I can't even begin to imagine Bette David
C Liberty not true
The housekeeper was amazing..
Agnes
Mary Astor was a GREAT actress, and a real beauty, in the 20's.
A real beauty at every age.
When we were deemed too young to watch this horror movie, my mother and her aunt, who was visiting us from Pittsburgh for a few weeks, sent my siblings and me off to bed then stayed up and watched it. Mom and Aunt Viva were scared out of their wits...and they fondly called each other "Charlotte" in an exaggerated Southern drawl until the peaceful end of Auntie's long life.
OMG this movie scared the crap out of me when I was little! I can't wait to watch it again! And Baby Jane movie just great! Better than the crap out today!
This is one of my very favorites!
I love Olivia but I wished Joan woulda finished it!
Well, Joan is still in the film (brief two seconds) peering out from the taxi (Miriam's arrival at the house). Unfortunately the production wasn't able to go back to Louisiana to re-shoot the Miriam exteriors so poor Olivia was pretty much pasted in with a phoney looking backdrop painting (when she gets out of the taxi).
Its probably a good thing Vivien Leigh didn't take the Miriam part. She had a nervous condition and suffered several nervous breakdowns in her life. This movie with a hostile Davis would have been a disaster for her!
Viv would have been a wonderful choice.
She was good but sorry. Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable were better. And together I cannot see him and Bette. The producer did not think Bette had enough sex appeal to play Scarlett.
Actually Bette turned down Gone with the Wind because Errol Flynn was supposed to play Rhett and she wouldn't play opposite him.
T o my knowledge Vivien was never considered for the part of Miriam. Would have been totally miscast.
It just isn't a role I think Viv would have taken anyway....
Great movie! Classic!
The cigarette has destroyed Bette's voice over the years.
If Joan did that movie playing a villan over Bette it wouldve been a masterpiece... Olivia was good in it but there something missing there is no chemistry between her and bette
the 2 best actresse's in the world together in a spucky flick cast and film was great
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! Some of the scenes still give me chills. Wonderful performances. One of my all-time favorite horror movies.
Bette Davis was a bitch - karma turned her into an old hagg at 40 - Joan was a beautiful woman till the day she died
Both were super stars and I miss these old movies, so much.I will try to buy them on Amazon. Coke beats Pepsi!
11:23 I would be down to see this film with Vivien Leigh playing not Miriam but Charlotte and Joan Crawford remaining as Miriam. I think it would be very interesting pairing. Bette Davis certainly has had her moments in the film (mostly the quieter ones) but I always thought her shrieking - like with "Help me?" at 6:37 - was a touch hard to swallow.
bette hated Joan
'So pleased for Olivia. She needs the work' Joan C.
Olivia had retired from films, was living in Paris and raising her children, and had mightily to be seduced to America to do this film. In her later decades in the US she twice more played Southern ladies, matriarchs in the tv mini series North and South and in the film Twelve Years a Slave. Her acting was always impeccably nuanced; she became her characters.
Joan Crawford , those eyebrows....
It would have been sooo much better with Joan Crawford
My first encounter with Agnes Moorhead was in Bewitched and I felt she was a competent actress. It was not until I saw Agnes Moorhead in Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte that I knew I was witnessing profound greatness in the cinematic arts. Agnes Moorhead was the undisputed Bomb Biggity!
Best part I liked about the movie was the title song.
Patti Page sang it beautifully.
Still, still, süße Charlotte
Hush hush, sweet Charlotte
🇩🇪 Charlotte, weine nicht
🏴 or 🇺🇸 Charlotte, don't you cry
Hush hush, süße Charlotte
Hush hush, sweet Charlotte
Er wird dich lieben, bis er stirbt
He'll love you till he dies
Oh, halt ihn Liebling, bitte halte ihn fest
Oh, hold him darling please hold him tight
Und bürste dir die Träne aus den Augen
And brush the tear from your eyes
Du weinst, weil du letzte Nacht einen Traum hattest
You weep because you had a dream last night
Du hast geträumt, dass er auf Wiedersehen gesagt hat
You dreamed that he said goodbye
Er hielt zwei Rosen in der Hand
He held two roses within his hand
Zwei Rosen, die er dir gegeben hat
Two roses he gave to you
Die rote Rose erzählt von seiner Leidenschaft
The red rose tells you of his passion
Der Weiße erhob seine Liebe so wahr
The white rose his love so true
Hush hush, süße Charlotte
Hush hush, sweet Charlotte
Charlotte, weine nicht
Charlotte, don't you cry
Hush hush, süße Charlotte
Hush hush, sweet Charlotte
Er wird dich lieben, bis er stirbt
He'll love you till he dies
Und jede Nacht danach wird er sterben
And every night after he shall die
Ja, jede Nacht, wenn er weg ist
Yes every night when he's gone
Der Wind wird dir dieses Schlaflied singen
The wind will sing to you this lullaby
Die süße Charlotte wurde von John geliebt
Sweet Charlotte was loved by John
Hush hush, süße Charlotte
Hush hush, sweet Charlotte
Charlotte, weine nicht
Charlotte, don't you cry
Hush hush, süße Charlotte
Hush hush, sweet Charlotte
Er wird dich lieben, bis er stirbt
He'll love you till he dies
I love this movie but I would have loved to see this with Joan Crawford. That would have been so excellent! Can you imagine what it would have been??? Still love Olivia though.
I think this movie would've been so much better with Joan. I'm not really a fan of Olivia and I think she was kinda boring and unbelievable in it
Britt Liz 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Joan and Bette were both really arrogant.
Both Aries...Me, Me.
@@barbaravick5634 Crawford also had talent. She and Bette were different personalities, different actresses.
JudgeJulieLit yes and let’s not forget JC was gorgeous and BD was NEVER gorgeous even in her younger years. She imo was a jealous mean bi&6h
ah one of my top 10 all time favorite movies