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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 437704" data-attributes="member: 57984">Olivia later thought she had been cast against type in CHARLOTTE to negative effect, but I think that sentiment was a result of the criticism all these Golden Age actresses received over doing the &#039;60s shockers. They were all terribly status-conscious, and Olivia not least of all. (Listening to de Havilland&#039;s elaborate rationalizations for why it was &quot;okay&quot; for Hattie McDaniel to have beaten her for the supporting Oscar for GWTW, is quite exhausting).As I&#039;ve said, Olivia&#039;s breezy contrast to Bette worked pretty well for me. But I&#039;m still curious about how Joan&#039;s darker countenance -- really, darker than Bette&#039;s -- might have altered the end result for CHARLOTTE, as well. Joan&#039;s malevolence would have been more direct than in BABY JANE, and she would have been able-bodied as well, both cousins on equal footing in a way they were not in BABY JANE.It might have made CHARLOTTE even creepier than it already was. I just wonder if it might&#039;ve thrown off the balance it achieved with Olivia, and whether that might have been a minus in some ways.Who knows? But after her box office success a few months earlier with godawful STRAIT-JACKET (which I still remake in my head whenever I see it, and, at the very least, have a desperate need to A.I. sweeten it significantly --- my knowing full well that some fans probably prefer it bad, if they even ever notice it was bad), Joan probably felt she had the clout to walk off of the last A-list film she would ever do... Although it sounds like Bette really was pretty rough with her on the CHARLOTTE set, turning the crew against her, cutting down her role, etc.. But would a director as skilled as Robert Aldrich really permit Crawford&#039;s part to be as gutted as Bette is alleged to have done??At any rate, Joan self-destructed again: the BABY JANE Oscar-race shenanigans (whatever the details actually were) and causing CHARLOTTE to be almost shelved, had to have hurt her with the studios... At least, Bette&#039;s antics didn&#039;t waste the banker&#039;s money.<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/11/dc/78/11dc782aa0f9878777defb12ccefaa91.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 778px" />Too dark in a back of a dark closet kind of way?<img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/44/e3/a644e382cc879ab0703d09b53f90a458.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 437704, member: 57984"] Olivia later thought she had been cast against type in CHARLOTTE to negative effect, but I think that sentiment was a result of the criticism all these Golden Age actresses received over doing the '60s shockers. They were all terribly status-conscious, and Olivia not least of all. (Listening to de Havilland's elaborate rationalizations for why it was "okay" for Hattie McDaniel to have beaten her for the supporting Oscar for GWTW, is quite exhausting). As I've said, Olivia's breezy contrast to Bette worked pretty well for me. But I'm still curious about how Joan's darker countenance -- really, darker than Bette's -- might have altered the end result for CHARLOTTE, as well. Joan's malevolence would have been more direct than in BABY JANE, and she would have been able-bodied as well, both cousins on equal footing in a way they were not in BABY JANE. It might have made CHARLOTTE even creepier than it already was. I just wonder if it might've thrown off the balance it achieved with Olivia, and whether that might have been a minus in some ways. Who knows? But after her box office success a few months earlier with godawful STRAIT-JACKET (which I still remake in my head whenever I see it, and, at the very least, have a desperate need to A.I. sweeten it significantly --- my knowing full well that some fans probably prefer it [I][B]bad, [/B][/I]if they even ever [I]notice [/I]it was bad), Joan probably felt she had the clout to walk off of the last A-list film she would ever do... Although it sounds like Bette really was pretty rough with her on the CHARLOTTE set, turning the crew against her, cutting down her role, etc.. But would a director as skilled as Robert Aldrich really permit Crawford's part to be as gutted as Bette is alleged to have done?? At any rate, Joan self-destructed again: the BABY JANE Oscar-race shenanigans (whatever the details actually were) and causing CHARLOTTE to be almost shelved, had to have hurt her with the studios... At least, Bette's antics didn't waste the banker's money. [IMG width="778px"]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/11/dc/78/11dc782aa0f9878777defb12ccefaa91.png[/IMG] Too dark in a back of a dark closet kind of way? [IMG]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/44/e3/a644e382cc879ab0703d09b53f90a458.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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