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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 395485" data-attributes="member: 57984">Yesterday, I saw DEAD RINGER (1964) again as part of a Bette Davis marathon on some broadcast station. Filmed at the same time as Joan&#039;s STRAIT-JACKET, Bette&#039;s film is the far more polished picture, even though it&#039;s still a B-movie. Directed by Davis&#039; old co-star Paul Henreid, DEAD RINGER satirizes Bette&#039;s famous &quot;What a dump!!&quot; line from BEYOND THE FOREST before Edward Albee can do so, borrows the evil twins plot from Bette&#039;s A STOLEN LIFE (from 1946), dresses the organist (Perry Blackwell of PILLOW TALK fame) with Eve Arden&#039;s outfit from MILDRED PIERCE (1945), and offers us a terrific funereal harpsichord score from Andre Previn (oh, if only Previn had done the occasional DYNASTY composition, especially involving Caress&#039; machinations).Karl Malden plays Bette&#039;s stalwart cop boyfriend. Peter Lawford is her slimy boy-toy who is killed by a stuffed great dane. And Cyril Delevanti is the butler who quietly figures it all out.And it&#039;s filmed in and out of the Doheny Greystone mansion.[MEDIA=youtube]KyusZkk26Xc[/MEDIA][MEDIA=youtube]OzNl4VxMChc[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 395485, member: 57984"] Yesterday, I saw DEAD RINGER (1964) again as part of a Bette Davis marathon on some broadcast station. Filmed at the same time as Joan's STRAIT-JACKET, Bette's film is the far more polished picture, even though it's still a B-movie. Directed by Davis' old co-star Paul Henreid, DEAD RINGER satirizes Bette's famous "What a dump!!" line from BEYOND THE FOREST before Edward Albee can do so, borrows the evil twins plot from Bette's A STOLEN LIFE (from 1946), dresses the organist (Perry Blackwell of PILLOW TALK fame) with Eve Arden's outfit from MILDRED PIERCE (1945), and offers us a terrific funereal harpsichord score from Andre Previn (oh, if only Previn had done the occasional DYNASTY composition, especially involving Caress' machinations). Karl Malden plays Bette's stalwart cop boyfriend. Peter Lawford is her slimy boy-toy who is killed by a stuffed great dane. And Cyril Delevanti is the butler who quietly figures it all out. And it's filmed in and out of the Doheny Greystone mansion. [MEDIA=youtube]KyusZkk26Xc[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]OzNl4VxMChc[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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