Bette Davis & Olivia de Havilland "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" 1964 - Bobbie Wygant Archive

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

The young lady that interviewed the two grand dames was so delightfully pleasant and sweet.

[@poopypants814]

Agreed she had a very sweet demeanor that put both actress's at ease and she was totally engaged as to what they were saying

[@Akenaten1]

Bobbie Wygant She is 94 now!

[@January.]

The interviewer is the owner of this channel

[@formwiz7096]

People were a lot nicer back then. In the South, I think it's stayed that way to a degree.

[@bkynbiker19]

​@@Akenaten1Died just this year in February at age 97

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

The young lady was so sincere that both stars had no choice but to match her honesty.

[@candicemorland2939]

Bobbie was so beautiful and sweet!

[@Karlieva]

Amazingly talented women. Two incredibly different but effective charismas captured in this interview. Bette at 2:34 is pure Bette!

[@Quickandwicked]

Hahaha! I couldn’t agree more and thought the exact same thing!

[@darreylhenderson702]

Absolutely

[@deb7518]

My exact thoughts at that moment!

[@elvisobsessor]

i smiled all the way through this - what a delight! :)

[@meboneme1]

BETTE DAVIS OOOOZES STAR POWER! A REAL BONAFIDE LEGEND! Her body language, the way she sit, the way she hold a cigarette! NONE can touch her in these times!

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

I could watch a 100 hours of this. These three need to make a podcast!

[@mattw4496]

Brilliant idea!

[@candicemorland2939]

You can tell, the great Betty Davis, loved our beloved, Bobbie Wygant. I always have, as well… She’s so classy and lovely.

[@Kubacat984]

Amazing. Such a pleasure to see a respectful, intelligent, and class act like Bobbie Wygant interviewing these legends. I have seen many Bobbie interviews, and you can tell celebrities appreciate and respect her. And rightfully so!

[@frankspencer7504]

This day and age Bette would have been a formidable director.

[@90defaz]

So glad that Bette appreciated the European films of the time like Marriage Italian Style. Shows that she was more forward thinking than many of the actors of her generation. Great taste too.

[@TrangPakbaby]

She and Anna Magnani were great friends and admirers of one another.

[@ragdadtx1835]

Bette Davis is the greatest actress who has ever lived. She really did have the most amazing eyes.

[@jaysky2000]

After hearing Bette say her favorite film that she made was The Catered Affair, I luckily found it on Internet Archive and I'm off to watch it now. I'd never heard of it before. What fun!

[@klaudiajamrocha6346]

Wow...two icons of golden age of cinema in one interview .

[@brkitdwn]

Bette gritting her teeth through the whole interview.

[@Mrownica]

I am a man I was born in 1976 I saw Olivie de Havilland for the first time in the movie Captain Blood from 1935. Her appearance in the film was not only the appearance of an excellent actress but also an amazing beautiful girl when she was 19 years old she was young and beautiful actually hypnotized me You can it was possible to fall in love with her without memory at first sight. This film, due to her amazing beauty, not only spiritual, but also beauty, was deep in the mine mind. As soon as the news of her death appeared, I immediately remembered her actor creation in this film. Olivio died for the world I can only write rest in peace for me and for many other fans who love your by film creations you will live forever and you will always remain in our memory Robert from Poland

[@velveetafromage]

This is the way you always wish interviews were, and so seldom are !! Intelligence and respect all the way around.

[@RC-vv6nr]

Fabulous convo between 2 of the greatest actresses ever… Thank you for sharing. RIP Bette and Olivia...

[@slc2466]

Wow, fantastic interview with two legends- thank you for posting!

[@maudeboggins9834]

Ms. De Havilland looked so pretty there & who would believe she went on to live until 104. 2020 she passed away 31 years after Ms. Davis.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

A few months shy of 31.

[@goofysufi]

Olivia and Bette were both so charming, but in completely different ways.

[@paulamiles9559]

Miss Davis is so gracious to Olivia. Olivia has never played a villian b4 and chose to do so because of her friendship with miss Davis, and Miss Davis appreciates

[@DMfilmfan]

What a fascinating interview! Poor Bobbie looked squished between Olivia and Bette on that sofa. I think both ladies really enjoyed being asked such intelligent, interesting questions by such a charming lady. Plus, it's interesting to hear their opinions on who/what would win at the Oscars.

[@MrLetmein2011]

Bette was such a force of nature and the great friendship between Olivia and Bette was very evident in this clip .

[@gracenurse3365]

I bet the law was laid down pre-taping that they would NOT be discussing the fact that DeHavilland replaced Joan Crawford as Miriam.

[@SpencerLevey]

Who else was counting down the seconds until Bette lit up 🚬

[@dwainwilson5080]

😂

[@drstranger7430]

Bette Davis predicted Julie Andrews' Oscar win!! Takes a legend to know one. ❤

[@eamonndeane587]

Funnily enough, Bette Davis was actually considered for the role of Mary Poppins.

[@johnflynn9619]

Bobbie is Wonderful. Two Great Actresses.

[@alexdaniel1045]

Loved it! Amazing to see how different Bette and Olivia were and yet still close friends

[@carlozabbia1157]

I remember Bobbie Wygant on television when I lived in Ennis, Texas.

[@toddbonin6926]

Olivia de Havilland is so beautiful!

[@elizabethgalligan1805]

Love Bette Davis. Look how respectful she was about Julie Andrews . True Class 😊👌

[@KathyJeanActress]

Wonderful! Just wonderful! Thank you, TBWA.

[@kevinkingston6488]

Greatest 2 Actresses there Ever were , Davis should of won the oscar for Jane . Thanks for the memories Ladies ....

[@lynngregory393]

Superb Interview! Bobbie put them at ease!

[@January.]

The Heiress is a fantastic movie. Olivia's best performance in my opinion.

[@direfranchement]

Yes!

[@abdurobinson6827]

When the interviewer asked about The predictions of academy awards I love how Bette said “I do” I felt like she was about to go in on Joan Crawford for accepting the award for Anne Bancroft. I will say Bette has a lot of knowledge about the business

[@legrandeanorey3860]

Muy buen reportaje. !!

[@ziamarie]

Interesting to hear that Julie Andrews wanted to play the lead in My Fair Lady. I remember watching that with my nonna and i learned all the words to the songs lol i cant picture anyone but Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle. I love this interview and the way they talk. It's amazing to be able to watch this in 2021.

[@alfredbelanger8326]

Funny story is that Andrews originated Eliza Doolittle role on Broadway.

[@Harringtonml54]

@@alfredbelanger8326 and she played it on Broadway for two years and left to play it in London for a year and a half.

[@marceloillanes175]

Bette was really a force of nature!

[@kyliekisses856]

wow!!!!! what an interview

[@tonyktown]

I really couldn't understand the casting of Catherine Zeta-Jones as Olivia DeHavilland in Feud, after watching this it makes perfect sense. She really did capture that quaint, yet glamorous quality Ms. DeHavilland has.

[@johnfachy393]

Thanks for sharing, wonderful banter!

[@ryanburton5492]

Thanks for this upload!

[@christophermorgan3261]

Whenever I see Bette Davis in interviews or among her peers it feels like she intimidates people, of course we know she'll light up too. Not to detract from her great talent of course.

[@elspethcoogan1499]

Bette Davis stood out from her peers because the accepted norm was that women should be feminine and demure and she did not conform to that stereotype. I don’t think she intimated people but instead garnered a respect from them because she was always forthright and never suffered fools gladly.

[@christophermorgan3261]

@@elspethcoogan1499 True. I'm a life long fan. One of the rare Hollywood stars without sex appeal. Which is interesting. There are many ladies to this day that inherit her mantle and her attitude, all to the good. However, I don't believe many guys would date this sort, respect absolutely, desire, less so. Guys do like being suffered fools.

[@tonywilliams2611]

@@christophermorgan3261 She did not suffer fools gladly.

[@DavidScarpaci]

bette was right with her oscar prediction!

[@Myplop]

This is golden 🎉

[@timothycardoso1364]

They both look quite beautiful.

[@richierich2547]

Thank you for the posting this video. I have seen "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" about a hundred times. I love this old picture. Joan Crawford was supposed to be in the film after filming with Davis "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" but Olivia was just perfect co starring with Bette. Bette in this interview reminds me when she filmed "Dead Ringer. Two personalities, one good film. RIP Bette and Olivia.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

Well Joan is still in the film only for 2 seconds. When Miriam's taxi pulls up you see a woman peer our wearing dark sunglasses and dark clothes. That is certainly not Olivia. It would've been a better film with Joan Crawford. So many great scenes with Miriam were cut out at the insistence of silent producer Bette just to spite Joan.

[@andrewthornhill7042]

@@Garsons-oq4lh Wouldn't cutting Olivia's scenes spite Olivia more than Joan?

[@maxipazz8214]

Olivia de havilland was not suited to this movie

[@andrewthornhill7042]

@@maxipazz8214 When Crawford was let go from the production, Vivien Leigh was approached to take over. Unwell herself and not one to bandy words, she declined. But the producers needed a Miriam and apparently the next name on the list was Olivia's. At the first meeting, Olivia didn't want to do the movie either, but was eventually talked round. Maybe she wasn't the best choice, but as Bette Davis later announced to the world at large, Olivia "need(ed) the money".

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

@@andrewthornhill7042 Did Olivia really need the money though? Olivia was content in Switzerland I believe and had no interest in Hush. Of course money lured her away but after Hush, Olivia didn't appear in another film until 1970.

[@keithnieto2882]

Thanks so much for posting this revealing interview!

[@haniyehlavoi3070]

Such a lovely interview 🌺

[@Itstonytime77]

Love this movie!

[@tjfrizzi5965]

Fun interview. But they really did give away one of the big twists! lol

[@brkitdwn]

Yeah, but at the time, who was really listening?

[@davefuller3311]

This was very enjoyable. Thank you for posting it

[@seanmcgivney7631]

My god what class! Never again.

[@kengeorgejones6855]

What a treat. Thank you. There's a good video on Be Kind Rewind's channel about Julie Andrews' win - hearing Bette talk in detail about it adds more of a Hollywood perspective.

[@andrewsharisky7259]

Bette's remarks about a Broadway stage production to film vs. a film production from scratch definitely applied to "The Miracle Worker" vs. "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?".

[@JloveLamar]

I think it helps you master the role more. Love Bette, but I think Anne Bancroft in Miracle Worker was Transcendent, and deserved the win.

[@kenrowland7864]

Pure Class.

[@naomiotten1605]

The way Bette smokes her cigarette.. I CAN'T 😫👄💅😍

[@humbertoluiz1975]

Great!

[@xxcharmed1xx]

I love Bettes line in this movie where she says “You’re a vile sorry little bitch” 😆

[@mattw4496]

🤭🤣

[@hyacinthoides]

really adorable !!

[@aarondennissmith]

What a gracious hostess!

[@acastrohowell]

Super actresses 👏

[@yvonnedobell8793]

Olivia dehavilland is a soft spoken classy beautiful lady, obviously very comfortable in her own skin ❤

[@ryanburton5783]

Love love love this

[@brettrosen8628]

Rip Bette and Olivia

[@mariotrance6379]

such an honor n she was obviously very nervous

[@ppineault]

Fascinating bit of footage. I'd watch anything with Bette Davis in it :) Too bad the sound was such crap. And love the fact the De Havilland is interviewed with her. They were both great in that film (Agnes Moorhead especially so) and they were also such good friends in real life. Two legends who loved and admired each other. :)

[@scotnick59]

Olivia always said that being in HUSH...HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE was NOT something she was proud to have on her resume...(!)

[@Texaslawhorn]

That's a shame because I love that film, and everyone including Olivia were excellent. Now, that cage film she did after Charlotte...

[@tonykehoe123]

Three classic women

[@formwiz7096]

Olivia is a lot more relaxed than Bette, she doesn't seem to like being without a script. And that smoking really caught up with her.

[@audreydaleski1067]

Hope tcm runs this soon!

[@Patrick3183]

Bette looks good in black and white still

[@mrs.columbo1803]

Respectful and polite . I love how they speak 🚬💨. These days interviews are trash

[@АНТОХА-л8ь]

Бетт просто прелесть - супер

[@shannonlewis8906]

That was delightful. Can you imagine how that young girl felt sitting there between those two?? I didn’t know they were as close as friends as they were. - the best though … 4:50. They’re all just sitting there trying to remember that other movie. 😆

[@danielstanwyck2812]

actually, i take back my wise crack below. wygant was very sweet.

[@January.]

*wisecrack

[@step3892]

GOD! Olivia very cautiously says she doesn't want to "give away" the movie and then Davis turns around and does just that by saying that Olivia plays the villainess! The film is directed so the audience does not know that until much later in the movie...it was supposed to be a surprise twist. Davis ruined it! I bet Olivia wanted to scream! (Although I recall that my father suspected Olivia was the villain earlier than the movie intended). This was supposed to be unknown to the audience and was intended to serve as the central ""twist" in the storyline. Davis blurts it right out! UGH!

[@thenicolajeann]

bette’s eyes are truly HUGE in this like look at her compared to livvie and bobbie woah

[@sebastainmikkelson8766]

You can’t tell me alcohol wasn’t a problem in the 60s Hollywood. Unfortunately, it’s worse now.

[@leogeee1]

The sweet and competent interviewer had no notes. All in her head.

[@PaullyMiller]

I love Bette, but in no way is Charlotte a better story than Jane.

[@dwainwilson5080]

Yep, Baby Jane was the better movie.

[@hakanhasancebi1178]

👏👏👍👍✌️✌️

[@chesterthawkins7510]

Wonderful movie. Will never forget the scene with Olivia driving the Buick and Bette was with her. Olivia channeled Satan as she tore into Bette.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

Olivia fake slapped (with the most laughable slap noises dubbed in) Bette's stand-in. That bit was kind of disappointing. Compare that slap scene to the one's in Queen Bee and The Opposite Sex. In those Lucy Marlow and Joan Collins got real slaps.

[@JL-xo5ws]

I love believing that Bette and Olivia were friends

[@brkitdwn]

I don't think Bette felt the same way Oliva did. Bette seem to always be just copasetic with Oliva.

[@JL-xo5ws]

@UCLCdxBCgOinlCoy-4r5XXAg maybe you're right, she might have been potential competition... They both had two academy awards. Still in my happy place they are close friends and I'm drinking tea with them, sitting in the middle like the interviewer😂

[@bjarnepetersen3110]

@@JL-xo5ws Bette Davis often mentioned in interviews over the years, that Olivia de hawiland was the only friend left from her Hollywood days. That is also the reason why Miss de hawiland was cast in Hush Hush sweet Charlotte when Joan Crawford turned it down or didn't show up. She was original cast in the roll that Miss De Hawiland finally played. And she only did that as a favor to her old friend Miss Davis. As Miss Davis also has written in her own biography.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

@@bjarnepetersen3110 Olivia replaced Joan Crawford in Hush due to Crawford's illness/and Bette's menacing ways against her.

[@MarthaMansbridge]

They were.

[@eliothorowitz5627]

Bette and Olivia were dear friends....when Crawford dropped out of "Charlotte" Bette called her in Paris and suggested she come to Hollywood and torture her

[@MrTitan225]

Olivia was a great choice over Crawford for this role.....such a classy lady ! Hush Hush C. is a great film.... top notch actors in it

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

@@MrTitan225 She (Olivia) wanted to portray the character more kind and sympathetic. A contrast to how "Miriam" was originally written. Removing this element of Miriam ultimately hurt the film because it loses so much of its "bite." (Spoilers) In the original script, the film's mystery isn't that Miriam wants to drive Charlotte insane (as many people think today), but that John Mayhew's wife was his killer, and that Miriam witnessed it, and blackmailed Jewel Mayhew. *Credit to Joan Crawford: The Concluding Chapter Of Crawford*

[@MrTitan225]

My favorite scene in Charlotte is when Miriam stops to talk to Jewel Mayhew on the hospital steps..in the light of day....Mary Astor was perfect in this role....she was a very classy movie star years before this role came to her...I'll bet Bette Davis and Mary Astor were great friends .....

[@eliothorowitz5627]

@@MrTitan225 Indeed they were....Mary Astor hadn't acted in years and while they shared no scenes, Bette Davis went to her to make her comfortable.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

@@MrTitan225 Apparently in that scene Mary gave a much better performance with Joan than she did with Olivia. This according to Joseph Cotten/his wife Patricia Medina. That's too bad for Olivia and Mary. One thing that's wrong with that scene is the amount of extras that are in the background. Too many going in and out like a revolving door.

[@winthrop2005]

The arrangement of two incredibly talented women as this will NEVER happen again. "Kids" with an ambition and yearn to be "famous ", learn from this. Unlikely that anyone would match this. Good luck, nonetheless!

[@MrQbenDanny]

BETTE: "I think any actor who originates a role on Broadway should be cast in the film." Jezebel on Broadway: MIRIAM HOPKINS The Little Foxes on Broadway: TALLULAH BANKHEAD The Petrified Forest on Broadway: PEGGY CONKLIN Roles on film portrayed by BETTE DAVIS The Heiress on Broadway: WENDY HILLER Portrayed on film by OLIVIA de HAVILLAND BETTE FORGOT!!! LOL!!!

[@DMfilmfan]

Selective memory, lol.

[@mcraig1969]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Look at Bette’s body language. She was mad as heck about something to the point she looks like she’s heaving!

[@sharksport01]

Being cramped in that seating rubbing shoulders with some local hick?

[@dagny8336]

I think Bette had a few scotches.

[@abdurobinson6827]

I feel like I was watching Margo Channing from All About Eve giving an interview

[@sharksport01]

Why was Olivia sucking up to Bette so much?

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

Fun interview but they COULDN'T HAVE FOUND 3 SEPARATE CHAIRS for them all to sit in instead of being crammed up against each other!?

[@davida7284]

lmao, we could be friends! The whole interview I’m completely distracted by how much/why must they be practically sitting on top of each other! Can I get some fries with this interviewer sandwich?

[@mattw4496]

I like it, it's different and cozy 😁

[@maxipazz8214]

How sad Bette’s daughter turned on her

[@Themanwhocameback2]

She had her valid reasons.

[@charliebrown9715]

Remember the movie industry was different back then for female's actors and actresses, it was and still is by rich white men, just look at how they treated, the white actresses. And. The afro americans, the native American Indians , Asians, Hawaiians, Japanese, tongans, north and south Pacific Islanders and Jews, and so fourth, ECT. Silent film era . just read , and look this up on KZbin. I'm right .

[@opp17485]

Great interview. Thanks. What was the title of the movie Bette Davis said was her favorite near the end of the interview?

[@sharksport01]

The Catered Affair.....I think.

[@db-pi2jf]

It's too bad Olivia de Havilland clearly still in her prime as an actress made so few films after Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte. I thinke she went 7 years before her next film Saint Joan in 1971.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

6 years after Charlotte, she returned in the 1970 flop The Adventurers. 2 years later came Pope Joan followed 5 years later by Airport 77.

[@db-pi2jf]

@@Garsons-oq4lh Thanks for the correction I had forgotten about her role in the Adventurers. Still wish she was more active in those intervening years.

[@Garsons-oq4lh]

​​​@@db-pi2jfNp, and yes, it's too bad, but I think in part it was due to family. For instance, she turned down the Jennifer Jones role in The Towering Inferno because it meant her having to be away from home whilst her daughter was taking important college examinations. What gets me is why Olivia later chose to do the God awful The Swarm.

[@sandrashevey8252]

Just shows how hard it is to talk to legends. I interviewed over 500 myself as from the Sixties to date. Each one was a nightmare, an absolute nightmare. I am a print journalist so did not have the `protection` of the tv camera. Thus big stars could be even ruder than they are here. Most women last a couple of years in the business. My career has spanned over 60 yers. I think same can be said to BW.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

A breath of fresh air you are , lady. Both stars seem incredibly fake, and the interviewer, though overly eager to please. seems the only real human being in the frame.

[@sandrashevey8252]

@@Themanwhocameback2 I feel for her in a way as I know what it`s like being thrown in `at the deep end`. Superstars have seen it, done it and you`re just a piece of fresh meat. THat said Bobbie Wygant NEVER learned how to interview. This was obvious in an interview with MacLaine late in her career. She LET MacLaine interview her. It was a travesty. She was and is lightweight. Interviewing stars is a notorious profession. Few last more than a year or so. You are dealing with people whose neuroses or psychoses are layer thick. And it`s up to you if you want the story to get through that to hit pay dirt. It`s like Daniel or Daniela in the lion`s den. G-d I`ve been mauled and flashed; jumped, propositioned, and followed to the ladies room. I have also been threatened, foul mouthed and abused. Often I`d be with a celebrity for hours and while they were gorging I`d never even be asked if I wanted a glass of water. On the other hand some were great. Have a listen to sandrasheveyinterviews KZbin. and thanks for the comment!

[@samsong24]

If Lindsay Lohan works on her craft a bit, she could totally play Bette Davis when she's much older.

[@step3892]

DeHavilland is careful in saying she doesn't want to give away the story and then Davis reveals that Olivia played the villainess. The audiences is not supposed to know this, until the ending. Davis gave the whole fkg story away at this interview! DeHavilland probably wanted to strangle her!

[@direfranchement]

Just a pity that Bette bullied Joan out of the role. The role of Miriam was made for Joan, and replacing her with Olivia changed the dynamic of the film in countless and incalculable ways.

[@AgnesC1111]

I was in denial more than halfway through the movie. I never saw DeHaviland as a baddie. With Joan I would have accepted easily. I thought it was a brilliant choice. I think there's an Irish word for when you don't get what you want, but it turns out better.

[@andrewwerner2061]

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[@Akenaten1]

Bette Davis face lol!