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Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Bette Davis , Olivia de Havilland , Robert Aldrich    Unrated   DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
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Poor Charlotte Hollis. She's been shunned by the community for decades, ever since the fateful night in l927 when her lover was hacked apart with an axe. Her antebellum southern mansion is slated for the bulldozer, as it stands in the way of highway construction. Charlotte's only hope lies in her cousin Miriam (Olivia de Havilland), coming down from up north to help settle things. Miriam, however, has other designs. Together with her boyfriend Drew (Joseph Cotten), she embarks on a scheme to systematically drive Charlotte out of her mind (not a great leap) and get her mitts on the family fortune. From there, things only get more complicated. Charlotte puts the "gothic" in southern gothic, as a great showcase for completely bizarre, overwrought, and out-of-control performances from all involved. Agnes Moorehead plays Charlotte's loyal, disheveled housekeeper to the hilt, with an odd inflection that calls to mind Amos and Andy more than southern gentility. As the drunken, conniving Dr. Drew, Cotten's accent is indeterminate at times, and seems to come and go. As great as the supporting players are, though, the crown goes to Bette Davis as the shrieking Charlotte, a portrait of isolation and decay stuck in a world of tragic delusions inside her crumbling mansion. De Havilland is a close second as the scheming Miriam; the scene where she slaps the holy snot out of a hysterical Charlotte is itself worth the price of admission. Mary Astor (in her last role) and Cecil Kellaway (as a kindly Lloyd's of London adjuster) put in the only performances with any restraint, acting as counterweights for the rest of the cast. Besides, you'll never get another chance to see Joseph Cotten playing the harpsichord and singing, or caked in mud and lily pads! With Robert Aldrich's claustrophobic direction, Charlotte is as southern as a field of kudzu, and as subdued as a train wreck. --Jerry Renshaw

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This is the tale of a wealthy southern spinster Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) who lives with her eccentric maid (Agnes Moorehead) in a decaying southern mansion, shunned by the townsfolk after the mysterious axe-murder of her late lover. When her jealous cousin (Olivia de Havilland) and her cousin's wily husband (Cotton) arrive for a visit, the two conspire to drive Charlotte insane and have her commited so the two can sell off her estate and pocket the proceeds.

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent!, Feb 23 2012
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Anastasia Takueva (Ottawa,Ont,Canada) - See all my reviews
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Due to a great story and fine acting you get so involved in the movie that you forget that it's in black and white!
The movie has English subtitles.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Still Frightening!, Jan 25 2010
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Raymond A. Smith (Surrey, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This was one of the first movies of the "Horror" genre I remember seeing as a child that gave me Nightmares! And it is still one of the BEST psychologically scary movies of all time ! It relies on a good plot, and TALENTED acting, and not needless gore or computer generated effects. I was thrilled to see it was available on DVD, as late night TV viewings are faded and commercial interuptions just ruin it and VHS doesn't do it justice. The picture and sound quality is amazing, considering how old this film is! Bette Davis is at her finest, as is Agnes Moorehead (Endora from the Bewitched series, for those who don't know her otherwise)I highly recommend this film to anyone that pefers psychologically scary movies over "shock schlock"
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4.0 out of 5 stars Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Jun 27 2004
This is a great movie to watch on a windswept stormy night.

I wish the DVD companies would get their act together so I don't have to keep making my own DVD's of these great film classics and creature feature movies.

Would love to see this on DVD in Widescreen!!!

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