FUED

[mmk123]

Just finished watching it and loved it!!!! Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon were fantastic in the roles and I loved the look of the whole series. Will definitely be looking forward to this for the next 7 weeks.

[Kippy]

I agree with mmk above. I assumed 80% of America's gay population were tuned in to watch this camp fest of costuming. The acting and script were actually pretty good. I wonder if folks at the time realized how "golden" this era and especially these two actors were?

 

Peace,

 

Kipp

[+ WilliamM]

I wonder if folks at the time realized how "golden" this era and especially these two actors were?

 

I saw the film a few days after it was released in 1962 (I believe). No I did not realize it was was going to be a hit and make money. Bette Davis and especially Joan Crawford seems way of of date for someone like me, just starting college. I remember seeing Crawford on a talk show acting sweet and nice. I preferred Bette Davis, but knew she was not even the star on Broadway of Tennessee William's play "The Night of the Iguana." Her role was colorful but Davis was apparently seldom on stage.

[MikeBiDude]

Was discussed here earlier...

https://m4m-forum.org/threads/feud-bette-and-joan.121071/

[+ WilliamM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxbeF-V1LyA

 

Bette Davis, mystery guest on "What's My Line" (1962)

[+ WilliamM]

 

There are too many Joan Crawford appearances, so I chose Judy Garland's ONLY time as mystery guest. What was not know until years later: she arrived at the studio just a few minutes before she was to sign in as the mystery guest. Judy asked the director how much time she had. He said, about a 90 seconds.. Garland: "So why is everyone so upset?"

[foxy]

 

I believe this is the only filmed musical number Bette Davis ever did. Pretty funny and the title is something I can relate to.

[+ WmClarke]

 

I believe this is the only filmed musical number Bette Davis ever did. Pretty funny and the title is something I can relate to.

Ummmm

 

 

You may have to turn in your gay card.

[JayCeeKy]

I was watching Whatever Happened to Baby Jane on television the other night (they were running Oscar-nominated flics) and in the scene where Baby Jane (Davis) is kicking the snot out of her sister Blanche (Crawford) I couldn't help but wonder how much perverse pleasure Davis must have gotten out of that scene. Watching these two divas on screen is like watching a scorpion and black widow in a death struggle.

[foxy]

Ummmm

 

 

You may have to turn in your gay card.

 

I stand corrected.

[Whitman]

"I've never had time to be friends with her."

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUu17HNixjg

[+ WilliamM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEOYYC-DqOo

 

Bette Davis on Joan Crawford.

 

Wow.

[Mo Mason]

From what I've read online nearly 94% of gay men are boycotting FEUD because of Susan Sarandon. Apparently she said she didn't support Hillary Clinton (or something basic like that). I still like her. I like Jessica Lange as well, even though her being cast as Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams was... practically insane.

[+ WmClarke]

I stand corrected.

I even saw an album in a record store (remember those?) about 35 years ago called "Bette Davis Sings!" But I can't remember what was on it, except for 'I've Written a Letter to Daddy.'

[MrMiniver]

The only feud that existed was in Bette Davis' mind. She was one nasty piece of work. She was a bitch of the first order and she couldn't stand that Crawford was always polite. So she tormented her. That's not behavior anyone should applaud. Crawford finally had enough and got her revenge, then backed out of the follow-up film Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.

 

As the years have gone by, Davis' performances often look more and more dated and more and more awful. Apart from All About Eve, she is pretty much unwatchable after 1946. She became a cartoon after that, while Crawford did some of her best work in that period. Davis' best work came for director William Wyler. But she spent the next 40 years being a creature, not an actress.

 

Very few actresses could match Davis at her best but almost no actress was as bad when Davis sucked, which was a great deal of the time.

[+ WilliamM]

The only feud that existed was in Bette Davis' mind. She was one nasty piece of work. She was a bitch of the first order and she couldn't stand that Crawford was always polite

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJvFhXa64m4

 

Joan Crawford, the polite "great star"

[Gvtire]

This is what Kirk Douglas thought about these 2 women. I tend to agree with him.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/people.com/celebrity/catherine-zeta-jones-what-kirk-douglas-thought-joan-crawford/amp/

[+ WilliamM]

https://www.google.com/amp/people.c...-what-kirk-douglas-thought-joan-crawford/amp/

 

In TV interviews, the two women played very different roles after "What Happened to Baby Jane?" Davis was blunt and funny. Crawford was too nice. I remember a talk show host asked Crawford about Howard Hughes' recent divorce in 1970. Crawford apparently did not know about the divorce and became extremely upset in a lady like way.

[Gvtire]

I sounds like the fued is a myth

 

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/you_must_remember_this/2017/03/did_bette_and_joan_really_feud_or_was_it_a_publicity_stunt.html

[+ azdr0710]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJvFhXa64m4

 

Joan Crawford, the polite "great star"

 

at 3:07, who are the young male and female sitting next to her who Joan says have the greatest potential?....thanks

[BabyBoomer]

at 3:07, who are the young male and female sitting next to her who Joan says have the greatest potential?....thanks

 

Patricia Morrow & Christopher Connelly of the TV series Peyton Place.

 

~ Boomer~

[Gvtire]

at 3:07, who are the young male and female sitting next to her who Joan says have the greatest potential?....thanks

Chris Connlley and Patricia Morrow. They played husband and wife on Peyton Place

 

http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0646754/

[+ WilliamM]

https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2014/8/Features/Stage_Fright.html

 

The story of Bette Davis and the Broadway musical "Miss Moffat"

 

"Josh Logan had told us never to mention to Bette that he had wanted Mary Martin. One day Bette was holding the script and Josh said, 'You don't need it.' They had a tug of war over it. Bette yelled right in his face, 'Why don't you get Mary to do it.'"

 

That paragraph indicates that Bette may have needed an enemy, any enemy, even though Mary Martin's husband had just died.

[kewtex]

Overall, the first episode was entertaining. The scene in which Crawford and Davis view themselves on screen while watching the dailies was effective and relatable.

[+ WilliamM]

Last night. Too much time on whether or not the dislike was real or not. When Hedda Hopper has almost as much time as Crawford and Davis, it is a problem.