Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte is a 1964 20th Century Fox gothic horror/thriller motion picture starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, and Joseph Cotten, with Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway, Victor Buono, Mary Astor, Bruce Dern, and George Kennedy.

Trivia

• Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte was intended to reunite What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, but Davis bullied and tormented Crawford, who had actively campaigned against her when she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Jane Hudson, until Crawford, claiming she was ill, went into a hospital shortly after production began to get out of having to do the movie. Scenes were shot around her. To Davis's glee, it finally became evident to Aldrich that Crawford would have to be replaced.
• Katharine Hepburn was offered the role of Miriam Deering, but never returned the call.
• Vivien Leigh was also offered the role, but declined, saying, "No, thank you. I could just about stand looking at Joan Crawford's face at six o'clock in the morning, but not Bette Davis's."
• Loretta Young was also offered the role, but turned it down, saying it was totally wrong for her.
• Aldrich flew to Olivia de Havilland's home in Switzerland and persuaded her to step in and play the role.
• There is a long shot in the beginning of the movie, when Miriam gets out of the taxi upon her arrival at the Hollis plantation, that actually shows the back of Joan Crawford's head and not de Havilland's.
• Barbara Stanwyck was originally offered the small role of Jewel Mayhew, which eventually went to Mary Astor.
• The movie was filmed at the historic Houmas House Plantation and Gardens outside the town of Darrow, Louisiana, near New Orleans. There are tours of the home and grounds, including the bedroom Davis used while filming, which has been preserved. The tour guide also points out the spot where Charlotte pushes the flower pot from the balcony.