Those of you who have been with me for a while know that I absolutely love Hollywood’s Golden Era movies. Actresses like Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, and Joan Crawford are right up there amongst my favorites. If given a movie from yesteryear or a movie from today, there’s absolutely no question in my mind which I would watch!
And, some of you have seen me recommend What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) several times in my monthly movie entries. I have been aware of the hatred both of the stars of that movie had for each other (Bette Davis & Joan Crawford). It’s one of Hollywood’s many-times-told stories.
Well, imagine how elated I am to see that the FX channel will be showing a five-part miniseries about the actresses’ feud, and the making of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane. I am so excited that I have already made it a “One Pass” on my Tivo!
“Feud” will begin airing on Sunday, March 5, and take a look at the cast! Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon), Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange), Hedda Hopper (Judy Davis), the director (Alfred Molina), Olivia de Havilland (Catherine Zeta-Jones), and Joan Blondell (Kathy Bates) are just some of the famous actresses portrayed in the miniseries and those who portray them.
Even though this isn’t a mystery movie, it should be fun to watch for those of us who have repeatedly enjoyed movies starring these actresses. I really am excited about these big-screen names hitting the small screen!
P.S. If you want the list of mystery movies that will be playing during March ’17, here’s the link:
Izzy says
The info about Feb mystery classics was terrific!! Will get right on this next list! Many thanks!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Izzy, I’m glad you were able to catch some of the mystery classics during February. I was sort of out of the TV loop for about a week, so I have a lot of movies to catch up with.
Mary Ann says
Thanks so much – I can’t wait to see this.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Mary Ann, I saw Catherine Zeta-Jones on one of the late night shows, and was delighted to hear her tell the audience that Kirk Douglas really enjoyed Bette Davis. As for Joan Crawford… well let’s just say he thinks she was… “crazy”.
joQ says
Oooh, neat! I’ll contribute this for a fellow Golden Era fan: Tracy-Ann Oberman did a radio play for BBC Radio 4 not *terribly* long ago called “Bette and Joan and Baby Jane”. It was loads of fun! All about the behind the scenes infighting and whatnot. I recommend it!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
joQ, I’m going to see if I can listen to this on YouTube. Thank you so much for telling us about it.
Petie says
Danna, you HAVE to go to the TV Guide website and look under “News”. There is a portion of movies of Bette’s & Joan’s that are awesome. And the write ups with their remarks about each other are priceless. The FX series is not to be missed !!!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Petie, I’ll be sure to check it out! Thanks for the heads up!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Petie, I can’t wait to watch the first episode (probably) tomorrow. [As I’ve mentioned before, I never watch TV live, since I don’t like to watch the ads. (Although, some of them are pretty funny, and I know that because when I’m skipping through them, some of them catch my eye… like the Proressive ads with Flo (Stephanie Courtney).
Getting back to Feud, I can’t wait!
Patti says
Oh, Danna, I would SO love to see “Feud.” Like you, I’d rather watch old movies with old stars than watch anything new! “Feud” sounds fabulous with such a great cast… but I don’t get FX. I just did a search for it and, sadly, I won’t be able to see it. Hopefully it’ll show up on NetFlix soon. Anxious to hear what you think after you see it.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Patti, I’m sorry to hear you won’t be able to watch it! As you say, hopefully it will be on Netflix soon so you can enjoy it as well.
Patti says
I’m in luck! I searched for “Feud” but nothing came up, but tonight I searched for FX and we do get it!!! I don’t have time to watch “Feud” tonight, but I’m DVRing it so I can watch it in a couple of days. Hooray! Anxious to hear what others think of the series!
KG says
I have programmed Feud into my DVR! Can’t wait.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
KG, I could not believe the cast from Feud! This ought to be down right good!