Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Velma Cruther: Think I don't know a due bill when I see one?

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Velma Cruther: So you're finally showin' the right side of your face. Well, I seen it all along. That's some kinda drug you been givin' her. Isn't it? It's what's been making her act like she's been. Well, Ah'm goin' into town and Ah'm tellin them what you been up to.

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Charlotte: You're a vile, sorry little bitch!

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Barbara Stanwyck and Loretta Young were both offered the role of Miriam when Joan Crawford became ill but they turned it down. Young felt the role was totally wrong for her, saying "I don't believe in horror stories for women and I wouldn't play a part like that if I were starving." At the time Crawford was good friends with both Stanwyck and Young.
After being in the hospital for five weeks, Joan Crawford returned to work on Monday, July 20, 1964. On the first day, after she spent three hours in make-up, she stepped onto the sound-stage where she was greeted with applause and hugs from the cast and crew. Bette Davis also joined in the welcoming and handed Joan, one perfect red rose. On the second day, Davis announced during a scene between Crawford and Joseph Cotten, that she wanted some lines eliminated. "I am cutting some dialogue," said Bette, wielding a large red pencil and then excising large chunks of dialogue from Joan's scene. "Miriam doesn't need them, and you, Mr. Cotten, I hope you don't mind. These lines hold me up." Joan, abandoned her professionalism, she turned on her heel and went to her dressing room. After this incident, she was unable to work a full day without feeling tired.
The film was shot at Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, outside the towns of Darrow and Burnside, Louisiana (just south of Baton Rouge). The home and grounds are open to tours, and the tour guide points out several bits of trivia pertaining to the film on the tour, including the bedroom where Bette Davis slept while filming and the spot where her character pushes the potted vase onto Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Cotten.
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