Did Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Win Any Awards
Feud chronicles the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane and the biting rivalry of two Hollywood Titans — Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. But, what was the real reason Joan Crawford (played by Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (played by Susan Sarandon) hated each other during the making of the cult classic?
The Feud Between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis
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Hollywood is full of legends and legacies, and before there were Twitter feuds, there was Bette Davis and Joan Crawford — two of the most revered actresses of their time, forever remembered for not but their onscreen gifts, but their heated off-screen tiffs.
Crawford moved to Warner Bros. in 1943—also known as Davis' territory (she had been signed to the studio since 1932 and would remain there until 1949). With both leading ladies in Warner Bros.' pocket, they began picking from the same roles.
Though the feud came to a head whilst on the set of the 5-time Academy Award-nominated horror picture show, What Ever Happened to Babe Jane? (1962), it was no undercover to the rumor mill that Crawford and Davis were far from fond of each other.
The contention is said to have started when Davis hit a career milestone in 1933. Her film, Ex-Lady, was going to be the first of Davis' films on which her name would rest atop the title. Crawford, already a star when the younger Davis came onto the scene, managed to eclipse the promotional entrada for Davis in Warner Bros.' pipeline with the proclamation of her impending divorce from Douglas Fairbanks Jr., her commencement husband. Crawford and Franchot Tone, Davis' Dangerous (1935) costar and unrequited love, then married a mere two years later. Davis admitted she had "never forgiven her for that, and never volition," in 1987. Couple these incidents with Crawford's mocking of the wearing apparel Davis wore to the 1936 Academy Awards, and the olive branches she sent in the form of flowers and gifts — which Davis made sure to render — and you've got the perfect recipe for a cinematic Feud like no other.
Joan Crawford
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First dubbed "Queen of the Movies" past Life mag, in part because she held the title of tiptop box-role star for iii sequent years, Crawford was no stranger to a lavish lifestyle. When Movement Picture mag sent photographers and reporters to the fix of Honey on the Run, she showered them with "the full-glamour handling." In fact, there was a time Crawford boasted a 27-room mansion, leading her to also hold the nickname, "the empress."
Crawford took advantage of her appearance when in the world of glitz and glamor. The actress' "large blue eyes, broad mouth, broad shoulders and slim [effigy]" were so noteworthy, that even her obituary honored them. Though Crawford was at the tiptop of her success in the 1930s, it wasn't until her role in Mildred Pierce (1945) that she garnered her kickoff Academy Accolade for Best Actress — for the very role Davis had previously turned down. Though Crawford never won another Oscar, she would score two more nominations, for her roles in the films Possessed (1947) — another role initially meant for Davis — and the 1952 thriller Sudden Fear, on which she also served as producer.
Despite this, Crawford's career, which at present included a slew of television would-accept-beens, was floundering by the latter half of the 1950s. When she sought out Davis to play opposite her in What Always Happened To Infant Jane? — a fictional thriller propelled by not-fiction hatred — she succeeded, and set in motion what would be regarded equally not just their mutual comeback, only, every bit Harper's Bazaar puts it, "a public document of their real-life rivalry."
Bette Davis
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Following the success of the 1938 motion-picture show Jezebel, Davis rose in the ranks of Hollywood, becoming a regular on the "Quigley Poll of the Peak Ten Coin Making Stars." At present regarded every bit a Hollywood Titan, Davis was the first woman to serve as president of the Academy of Motion Film Arts and Sciences, although her tenure only lasted for two months. Davis was more concerned with expressing herself than she was with pleasing everyone, having made less-than-flattering admissions in her autobiographies about past costars. Of course, Crawford took a brunt of this, inspiring now-famous remarks, such every bit, "The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in [What Ever] Happened to Baby Jane?"
Davis was famous for her wide optics (fifty-fifty having inspired a Kim Carnes song, entitled, "Bette Davis Eyes" — for which Davis thanked her), so much so that it's been said she was intentionally filmed with shut-ups in order to make her eyes more pronounced. Davis is besides said to accept been able to dilate her eyes for dramatic effect.
Her role in the aforementioned Dangerous earned Davis her first Oscar win, with her turn in Jezebel resulting in her second and final win. Not including her victories, Davis earned a full of nine Academy Honor nominations over the course of her career. Despite her legendary role in 1950'south All Nigh Eve, the '50s were not particularly kind to Davis. She and Crawford were similar in this way, though Davis waited out this dry spell on Broadway.
Davis died in 1989, the same year her last film was released. As of that year, it was reported that Davis' estate was about $1 million, with nearly half going to her son, Michael Woodman Merrill, while secretary and friend, Kathryn Sermack, was as well bequeathed almost half.
Making of What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
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Every bit disturbing every bit the human relationship betwixt Jane and Blanche (Crawford) is in the film, Crawford and Davis' real-life human relationship was plenty off-putting in its own right, even after they agreed to piece of work together. Information technology's said that during a scene in which Jane is supposed to injure Blanche, Davis really kicked Crawford in the head. Though she claimed to have "barely touched her," rumor spread that stitches were needed following the incident. I scene includes Jane pulling Blanche from her bed and dragging her body across the room, during the filming of which, Crawford fought fire with burn. Knowing that Davis was prone to dorsum issues, she reportedly attempted to intentionally brand herself heavier. In that location are multiple rumors surrounding how she managed this, with a weightlifter'southward belt or stone-filled pockets among the most pop theories.
Feud – FX Series
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Ryan Irish potato'south (Glee, American Horror Story, American Crime Story) newest anthology series, Feud, begins with the story of Bette and Joan, just earlier Baby Jane gets underway. Academy Honour winner and Emmy nominee Susan Sarandon plays Bette Davis, alongside Oscar and Emmy winner and Potato favorite Jessica Lange, who'due south taking on Joan Crawford. Warner Bros. president, Jack Warner, is portrayed by Stanley Tucci. Judy Davis is playing extra-turned-gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, with Alfred Molina portraying Aldrich, and Jackie Hoffman playing housekeeper Mamacita. Catherine Zeta-Jones is playing Olivia de Havilland — who would continue to replace Crawford in what would accept been the second collaboration for her and Davis, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Both Kathy Bates and Sarah Paulson, also Tater regulars, feature in the show equally Joan Blondell and Geraldine Page, respectively. Mad Men'due south Kiernan Shipka plays a young B.D. Merrill, and Dominic Burgess portrays Victor Buono, whose part in Baby Jane was the only other to be nominated for an interim Oscar.
Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford
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Lange began working with Murphy when she signed onto American Horror Story, during a self-proclaimed "low bespeak." Lange, whose role in Feud is coming off the heels of Louis C.One thousand.'s web serial, Horace and Pete, has called Crawford "nuts," though she fully acknowledges the incredibly hard road the actress had to travel to become Hollywood's finest. Coming from a earth in which she was "poor" and "abused," native Texan Crawford — whose real name was Lucille LeSeur — was a character, "a creation," her portrayer said. Lange explained that Crawford's mythos even fooled her when she was young and would spotter her interim. "She devoted her life'south energy to creating the character of Joan Crawford," Lange said. "Ever beneath that is Lucille LeSeur, and that became what was so fascinating to play." Lange added to EW that Crawford "used sexuality as condolement, as a bargaining tool, equally punishment," given her upbringing.
While Sarandon was hesitant to have on the office of Davis, Lange trusted Murphy and the "enthusiasm" he exhibited for the project. Of striking a balance betwixt the identity which Crawford put on display, and that which she tried to tamp downwardly, Lange appreciated the subtle nuances she got to play with. "Whether it was merely, you know, under the surface — if it was just in a gesture," she said, "Or a glance, behind the optics, that graphic symbol was always in that location."
Susan Sarandon as Bette Davis
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Though Sarandon was initially cautious about Feud, her interruption was a reaction to the pilot alone. Murphy's hiring policies and guarantee that women would direct half of the flavor ultimately swayed Sarandon. Every bit she put it in a cover story interview with EW, "How could you say no to that?'
Although they share some concrete similarities — both existence on the smaller side, for one — Sarandon revealed to EW that she had been "beyond terrified" when it came to Davis' 18-carat vocalisation. Accomplishing this portrayal required a vocal bus, and Sarandon prepared by engrossing herself in interviews of Davis, which she listened to for a sequent 3 weeks. She recalled, "All I did was wake up in the morning and get-go listening. Go to work, come up home, and do it again."
Equally it turns out, Sarandon identifies with Davis in more than just physical appearance. Similarly to the classic star, Sarandon admitted to EW, "I never saw myself as being one of the beautiful girls. I was always the graphic symbol daughter, non the main pretty girl who got the guy. And so I kind of understood that and related to that." On pinnacle of having to learn how to master the grapheme of Davis, both Sarandon and Crawford had to depict their characters' characters in Baby Jane. Sarandon said that the biggest claiming "was re-creating those scenes gesture to gesture and trying to get exactly the cadence of the voice to lucifer."
Feud: Bette and Joan
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Source: https://ew.com/tv/2017/03/30/feud-joan-crawford-and-bette-davis/
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