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BETTE DAVIS Telegram from Robert Aldrich to Bette Davis advising her that production of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) has been su

BETTE DAVIS
Telegram from Robert Aldrich to Bette Davis advising her that production of Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) has been suspended because of Joan Crawford's "illness." July 2, 1964.
1 page, 7x8 1/2 inches.

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A carbon copy of a wire sent from Bette Davis to General Artists Corp objecting to Barbara Stanwyck playing the role of Jewel in the film, writing "feel an actress of the stature of Stanwyck as Jewel an insult to both Crawford and me. Like old home week with the old girls from the Warner lot" and suggesting the part be given to Mary Astor. April 17, 1964. 1 page, 8 1/2x11 inches. Taped to another sheet.
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