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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 273229" data-attributes="member: 7">I&#039;m with you there -- no re-cast could work for that film. I&#039;m not big on doing re-casts in my head, but I&#039;ve been known to do it. I was under the mistaken belief from another thread that Ida Lupino was once considered for Blanche, and I found that unthinkable. Davis and Crawford were meant for those roles. 

I&#039;m unsure if Henry Farrell thought about Davis and Crawford for Jane and Blanche when he was writing it or not, but it would appear that way. It certainly wouldn&#039;t shock me if I ever found that to be true. I tried to skim through Wikipedia to see if I found anything justifying that theory. But I didn&#039;t. 

Interestingly, I did find that he co-wrote HUSH...HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE and WHAT&#039;S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? (1971), which starred Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 273229, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY]I'm with you there -- no re-cast could work for that film. I'm not big on doing re-casts in my head, but I've been known to do it. I was under the mistaken belief from another thread that Ida Lupino was once considered for Blanche, and I found that unthinkable. Davis and Crawford were meant for those roles. I'm unsure if Henry Farrell thought about Davis and Crawford for Jane and Blanche when he was writing it or not, but it would appear that way. It certainly wouldn't shock me if I ever found that to be true. I tried to skim through Wikipedia to see if I found anything justifying that theory. But I didn't. Interestingly, I did find that he co-wrote HUSH...HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE and WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN? (1971), which starred Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters.[/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]

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