And Crawford had much more respect and admiration than vice versa.

@@11rokerito I think the press wanted to make something out of nothing

Unlike Faye Dunaway haha

Yet they still hated one another.

They both made the same comment about each other, "She was always on time and she knew her lines.😂

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I too have heard that it was a year later.

Anne received the Oscar one month later, Oscars were in April, Joan gave handed it over in May. Bette was known to exaggerate in her old age

Ok so what’s your point?

@@onyxrhodetahuri u knew her personally? 🤡🤡🤡🤡

On the other hand she said Faye Dunaway who played Mommie dearest was the most unprofessional she'd ever worked with.

@@IH8COMERCIALRNB A lot of people have said Faye is awful on set. Ironically enough, some of the cast and crew from Mommie Dearest said that about Faye too. She is very selfish and egotistical according to them. Very difficult to work with.

Davis couldn't possibly have been that 'mature' if she never stopped whining in public interviews about how she, not Bancroft, was the one who deserved that Oscar, even when it grotesquely disrespected the amazing and totally worthy effort by Miss Bancroft. That's unforgivable, and yet I have yet to read a single word about it from Miss Bancroft. One of these women was obviously classy and mature.. the other one was Davis.

It might still be up here on YT. Bette told an audience the usual, Joan was a professional and beautiful. Then added, "If you want to know how I really feel, meet me around the corner."

And in fairness, Bette bad mouthed Joan constantly, except for that one concession to Crawford's professionalism. Crawford rarely, if ever, said anything unkind about Davis, certainly not in public anyway.

@@michaelklein5242 Exactly. One of those women was classy, mature and thus knew how to handle herself with propriety.. the other one was Davis.

I don't think Davis made kind remarks about Crawford on 'many occasions.' In fact, only once that I can recall, in which she referenced Joan's utter professionalism, but she also said something to the effect that she understood that it was much harder for the beautiful glamour actresses like Crawford to deal with the fading of their glamour and looks (I'm paraphrasing of course) and she almost seemed genuine and empathetic when she said it. That is the only time I remember her being anything even remotely close to 'complimentary' of Crawford. Davis was a bitter woman, as reflected in her face. Bitterness ages you horribly after all (well, bitterness and cigarettes), and she was Exhibit A. Crawford was the opposite. She may have had an occasional vindictive streak, but by and by, she seemed to be an infinitely more pragmatic soul who didn't hold on to gripes for decades (unlike Davis), an outlook which may have ultimately enabled her to retain her gorgeous looks to an incredible degree as she aged, for she aged just beautifully (unlike Davis).

Everyone was considered old by the 50s back then.

My vote for that year: Gloria Swanson for "Sunset Blvd."

Couldn't agree more!

100%.

ABSOLUTELY! I think she was interesting in All About Eve, but absolutely RIVETING in Baby Jane.

And the same thing that happened with "Eve" happened to Bette again with "Jane". It was because in " Eve", she and Anne Baxter gave such great performances, they sort of canceled each other out for Best Actress. This happened again with Crawford (despite the story Miss Davis tells).

bitterness eating awey at your heart can do that to you. She needs to forgive and MOVE ON. It was what... 40 years?

I thought Geraldine Page was awfully good in "Sweet Bird of Youth".

@@bramlintrent1145 I haven’t seen that! I know what I’m watching this weekend! Thanks for suggesting! :)

totally!!!

Ditto

They actually kind of cancelled each other out for Best Actress because they were both excellent in the film (although Davis had the showier role).

Dpf She was having an affair with Miriam’s husband and she was jealous of Playing second fiddle to Faye in Aimee. That explains it.

Well Joan Crawford actually liked faye Dunaway because before she died she said the only actress who can play her is Faye Dunaway, she said faye is the only actress who personified old hollywood... A year later she played her in Mommie Deariest. They very much admired eachother. But Bette Davis did not like Faye Dumaway because she was unprofessional and selfish. But both Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did very much disliked and couldn't stand Miriam Hopkins.

@@junegiovanni6475 Why didn't Joan not like Miriam Hopkins?

@@DeepScreenAnalysis Everyone who worked with Faye Dunaway said that she was unprofessional. That she was always late and didn't know her lines. Bette disliked working with unprofessional actors. She was never jealous of Faye Dunaway. Bette Davis was the biggest star in Hollywood history. Faye Dunaway was a b list actress compared to Bette Davis. And where is Faye Dunaway's career today? In the ash can.

@@junegiovanni6475 Faye Dunaway was dreadful in "Mommie Dearest". She chewed the scenery and overacted terribly.

Bancroft deserved it for her food fight with Patty Duke alone for The Miracle Worker... but I still have the W"hat if?" thought when it comes to Bette's performance because it IS a perfect performance. Edit: Had to come back and edit as I mixed up Baxter with Bancroft 🤣

Crawford was brilliant too in all the films.

Joan envied Bette, because Bette was a better actress and a bigger star than Joan was.

@@SymphonyBrahms Bette may have been the better actress but Joan was just as big if not a bigger star.

@@jonathanmeadows6813 Bette being a better actress is debatable. But Joan was definitely the bigger star, no question.

Also when asked to comment about Joan after her death, Bette responded “My mother taught me to only speak good about the dead. Joan Crawford is dead. Good.”

I'm tempted to agree but Blanche was too small a role for best actress, and it would have been insulting to nominate Joan for best supporting actress while Bette was nominated for the big prize. Am I wrong?

One of Joan’s best performances and very deserving of a nomination no matter the category.

That was in the early thirties and forties. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@@harperstacey9604 watt?

@@elviscool9822 from the 1930's and 1940's, they were attractive. From Ms. Harper Stacey. By the way , learn how to spell. Watt is spelled what.

Why would Bette be envious.? Bette was a far better actress than Joan Crawford. Bette was never worried about glamour and how she looked. Joan Crawford was.

JC was in the game already. Screen Establish & photographic. Doesn't help thst Crawford married a romantic holpfu of Bette's luv Interest. Sometimes B D will admit the past in interviews.

They both envied one another. Bette envied Joan's beauty and Joan envied Bette's fearless and immersive style of acting. There are endless rumors as well between the two; the worst being that Joan tried to have a go at Bette's first husband Harmon Oscar Nelson. It was year's long and not just contained to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.

Bette Davis was angry because Joan Crawford campaigned against her. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

@@harperstacey9604 Zero evidence. NOT ONE academy member has ever revealed receiving a call from Crawford regarding this "campaign." Crawford owned a bigger piece of the box office than Davis because Bette wanted her $ money up front. JC would have benefited more than Davis financially with an Oscar attached to the film. Crawford was always very respectful about Davis in the press. Davis was unforgivably bitter about Joan getting the men she wanted and for having a vibrant 50's career as opposed to Davis mostly lackluster except for Eve.

@@taddyd1 Bette Davis said in an interview that Joan Crawford campaigned against her and had a grudge because she wasn't nominated for best actress. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

Nonsense. Bette always had to blame someone.

@@harperstacey9604 Bette made that up. Not one person in The Academy has ever revealed any pressure from Crawford or her camp to vote against Bette. Bette was the queen of temper tantrums and being a total bitch during most of her movies. Bette herself stated she would never speak to herself either if she'd been in the caste or crew of Mrs Skeffington. That worked against her. I would have voted for her but Crawford was as almost good in that movie in a more subtle way.