Sweet charlotte by jo gabriel hushhush sweet charlotte sweet charlotte by jo gabriel from my gothic neoclassical album the last drive in tribute to the great bette davis. Aug 10, 2012 hush hush sweet charlotte was filmed on location at houmas house in burnside and oak alley plantation in vacherie. Nearly forty years after her married beau bruce dern is viciously murdered with an axe, charlotte hollis bette davis the prime suspect in the case, though shes never been convicted lives a secluded life in a vast southern mansion, with only her devoted maid agnes moorehead for company. Aldrich stages in this mansion that it soon appears grossly contrived, purposely sadistic and brutally sickening. Following soon after whatever happened to baby jane, i originally thought that hush hush sweet charlotte would be a letdown far from it, in my opinion, much better due a great deal to the cast of great actors and actresses. Nov 10, 2016 the resulting film, hushhush, sweet charlotte 1964 finds robert aldrich and star bette davis in fine gothic form even if it pales in comparison to the vastly superior, whatever happened to baby jane. Complet vostfr, the shadow of the cat film en entier francais streaming vf. The story moves along and around our great queen bette davis who own the movie lock. A spiritual sequel to whatever happened to baby jane 1962, charlotte returned bette davis to the psychobiddy genre she had helped create. Movies filmed here houmas house plantation and gardens has been a member of the supporting cast in a variety of motion pictures, madefortelevision movies, tv series episodes, soap opera location shoots, television commercials and a variety of other projects that required consummate plantation visuals. Nobody can make an entrance like bette davis, and at the end of the film. The best horrorthriller material in the film is in the haunted house vein, and for a time, we wonder if hush. June 12, 1964, the last day of shooting in louisiana, after some lateafternoon shots, joan crawford was relaxing. Robert aldrichs dark and twisted psychological thriller starring bette davis.
This is a film about a mysterious murder, deceptions and torture. Now, in 1964, charlotte is an old recluse and must fight to keep her home. Pretty little liars after show season 6 episode 20 hush. So calculated and coldly carpentered is the tale of murder, mayhem and deceit that mr. Hush, sweet charlotte 1964 one of my all time favorite movies. Hush, sweet charlotte is going to end up being a ghost story. Jul 08, 2015 pretty little liars after show season 6 episode 20 hush hush, sweet liars. This is the tale of a wealthy southern spinster charlotte hollis bette davis. The film s seven oscar nominations were the most for a movie of the horror genre up to that time. Forty years ago, on the night they were meant to elope, charlotte hollis bette davis found her lover decapitated during a party, the blood on her dress leading everyone to suspect she was the murderer. Hush, sweet charlotte the film not only redeems the charlotte character, it makes her into a guignol valkyrie.
Hush, sweet charlotte is still lush with talent, with many of the same people that robert aldrich used in what ever happened to baby jane. Charlotte has been wearing thin slippers on her feet yet when she steps onto the porch, you can hear the sound of heels as she walks. Hush, hush sweet charlotte is wonderful gothic camp in the same delicious category as what ever happened to baby jane. Hush, sweet charlotte 1965 forty years ago, on the night they were meant to elope, charlotte hollis bette davis found her lover decapitated during a party, the blood on her dress leading. Hush, sweet charlotte was first released on dvd on august 9, 2005. So youre finally showin the right side of your face. Before signing onto the film, crawford demanded her name be billed. Loony grand guignol, with aldrich and davis retreading the territory charted in what ever happened to baby jane. Aug 29, 2014 now an eccentric sheltered spinster suffering from dementia in her waning years thats cared for by her longtime loyal housekeeper velma cruther agnes moorehead charlotte fires shots at the highway construction crews foreman george kennedy as they get closer to her childhood home where she still resides.
Old film posters, cinema posters, jeanne crain, vincent price, romance, movie. Unfortunately, crawford ended up being replaced in hush. Horror movies were getting gorier by 1964, but mainstream audiences werent yet accustomed to limbs being chopped off, rotting corpses on the stairs, or a weird nightmare with masked dancers and a girl with an obscene bloodstain. In fact, the original working title was what ever happened to cousin charlotte. Hush hush sweet charlotte was filmed on location at houmas house in burnside and oak alley plantation in vacherie. Behind the scenes of hush hush sweet charlotte 1964. Hush, sweet charlotte, to get the same digital treatment. Hush, sweet charlotte movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Hush, sweet charlotte and her feud with davis was likely the direct reason for her early departure. Hush, sweet charlotte on dvd 02454311 from 20th century fox. Bruce dern as charlotte s married lover wasnt in baby jane, but victor buono as charlotte s imposing father was.
The other half of that box office draw, joan crawford, withdrew from the production halfway through. Only black and white can create the perfect atmosphere, the marvelous shadows, the dim recesses, the anguish upon a human face. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24. Hush hush sweet charlotte 1964 page 2 the last drive in. Hush hush sweet charlotte was intended by director robert aldrich as a. An aging, reclusive southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative. Hush, sweet ch arlotte the concluding chapter of crawford. It was rereleased on april 8, 2008 as part of the bette davis centenary celebration collection 5dvd boxset. Wiegenlied fur eine leiche, trailer, dvd, filmkritik filmdienst. In 159 lists, 1,365 checks, 94 favorites, 4 dislikes. The songs title appears with varying punctuation in its different versions. A rumour, starting during the 1964 filming of this film and still continuing in the twentyfirst century, suggests that joan crawford was driven to a nervous breakdown, and thus out of this movie. She desperately summons her seemingly sweettempered cousin. All of the actors in this film are having a rollicking good time with their individual roles.
A gruesome and grotesque secret is hidden behind the walls of a luxurious mansion. Aged and wealthy charlotte hollis has lived alone hush. Here davis plays a wealthy southern belle who sinks deeper and deeper into madness as the years pass following the sudden decapitation of. Drews supposedly dead body, miriam tells charlotte to get out of the car and go up to her room. Regarder chut, chut, chere charlotte 1964 toutes les infos sur le film complet chut, chut, chere charlotte en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine.
Chut, chut, chere charlotte 1964 film complet en francais. In the end, crawford wouldnt commit no big surprise, given the way davis upstaged her, so aldrich ran through a roll call of aging leading ladies, none of whom had the desire or the guts to appear opposite davis in his followup, the delightfully named hush. Robert aldrichs film to continually defy expectations. Hush hush sweet charlotte was intended by director robert aldrich as a followup to the successful joan crawfordbette davis horror piece whatever happened to baby jane 1962. Wizard work a promotional film made during the filming of hush. Wiegenlied fur eine leiche ist ein psychothriller des regisseurs robert aldrich aus dem jahr 1964. Order tracking store locations buy online, pick up in store instore events. Originally conceived as an informal followup to what ever.
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