Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte imnotpatty.blogspot.ca/2011/04/whatever-happened-to-cousin-miriam_30.html It strikes me how all of the omissions and deletions (even those of only a few lines) resulted in a lesser film than it could have been, though I really do love HHSC, however it turned out. And as you know, I LOVES me some Olivia (as an actress and as a person) but I sincerely believe that her best friend Bette made sure OdH was never going to be in a position to overshadow her, when she took over the role of Miriam. And Robert Aldrich, gutless weakling that he was, just let her direct the picture for him! What might have been, huh? imnotpatty.blogspot.ca/2011/05/whatever-happened-to-cousin-miriam-part.html Bette Davis told more than a few people that she enjoyed using her status as co-producer (without credit) to demoralize Joan Crawford during filming of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Although her reminiscences varied depending on her mood and whom she was talking to, on the set of one of her two films with Joan, Davis exercised her authority and eliminated dialogue that both Crawford and Joseph Cotten were performing. Shows director Robert Aldrich for the craven coward he was, allowing Bette to steamroll over him and basically let her not only portray her own character, but to direct and re-write the entire movie as well. imnotpatty.blogspot.ca/2011/07/whatever-happened-to-cousin-miriam-pt-3.html Im astonished at how much the character of Miriam Deering was diminished in the final version of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte that was released theatrically--shes easily the most interesting person in HHSC and she is the one character that reveals shades of depth and ambiguity). Apparently Bette Davis and Robert Aldrich took care of that after Crawford left the production. Theres a parity between Charlotte and Miriam in the script that never quite made it into the final film (although talented, beautiful Olivia de Havilland does a terrific job of making Miriam a dominant supporting role in the final product, still...)
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