Bette-Joan word war
‘FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN – Currently airing on American television is Ryan Murphy’s “Feud: Bette and Joan,” recalling the longstanding rivalry between two Hollywood stars of the past: Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Susan Sarandon is Miss Davis and Jessica Lange is Miss Crawford.
When already aging and fading decades back, they co-starred in “Whatever Happened to baby Jane?” …and as expected media had a field day reviving the “Star Wars.”
Also in the cast of “feud” are Catherine Zeta Jones (Olivia de Havilland), Judy Davis (Hedda Hopper), Stanley Tucci (Jack Warner), Alfred Molina (Robert Aldrich).
Hopefully “Feud” (FX’s eightepisode anthology) will be shown on Philippine television and see for ourselves the ‘30s and ‘40s in Hollywood, when Bette and Joan were at their peak.
WORD WAR – Highspeed gathered the catty and bitchy comments of two actresses against each. Samples of the word war.
Joan Crawford – Hollywood’s first case of syphilis – Bette.
I don’t hate Bette Davis even though the press wants me to. I resent her – I don’t see how she built a career out of a set of mannerism instead of real acting ability. Take away the pop eyes, the cigarette, and those funny clipped words and what have you got? She’s phony, but I guess the public likes that. – Joan.
Joan Crawford – I wouldn’t sit on her toilet! – Bette
Working with Bette Davis was one of the greatest challenges I’ve ever had. I meant that kindly. Bette is of a different temperament than I. she has to yell every morning. I just sat nd knitted. I knitted a scarf from Hollywood to Malibu. – Joan
She’s been in the movies since the silent. You’d think she could act by now. – Bette
I will have her respect even if I have to kill both of us to get it. – Joan
THE LAST WORD – In the Bette Davis-Joan Crawford word war, Miss Davis had the last word, so to speak.
Hah! Joan must be rolling over in her grave! Long ago, they asked her if she liked any of the current crop of actresses, and she admitted to only one – she had to say something. So she said Faye Dunaway. Now Miss Dunaway is trashing Joan’s memory in that horrendous movie (“Mommie Dearest”)!