This is such a creepy disturbing film about two sisters who have extreme jealousy and hatred towards each other (which coincidentally is true about Joan Crawford and Bette Davis – in a documentary about their lives and making this movie together, there is a part where Bette Davis is suppose to “pretend” kick Joan Crawford, well Joan Crawford didn’t want to take any chances and made them put a dummy on the ground in her place, just in case Bette got carried away). Sometimes I think I still have nightmares of Bette Davis in her white pancake makeup and pigtails and frilly little dress singing, I’m Writing a Letter to Daddy – it just gives you chills at how good Bette plays a demented, insane, elderly child. One thing I always thought about this movie was that this is what happened between Baby June and Gypsy Rose Lee when they got older – Baby June was the child star and then faded into obscurity when she got older then ran off with a back up dancer after that Gypsy Rose Lee was the star and got all the attention with her strip tease act…maybe this might have been their story. Hmmmmm, makes me wonder. Anyway, if you haven’t seen this movie (yes it’s in black and white but I promise you will get used to it if you give it a chance) try to watch it and let me know what you think!
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