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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 266339" data-attributes="member: 8">It&#039;s always nice to see someone being so passionate about the things he/she likes. His joy is contagious although he might be overselling it a little bit (I don&#039;t know, I haven&#039;t seen the movie).My only &quot;issue&quot; with Bette Davis is that her somewhat grotesque appearance blurs the contrast between actress and the wild performance, it all feels a bit like stating the obvious.I think it&#039;s more fun when these old movie bitches try to appear very dignified, and then&nbsp; fail to do so - Barbara Stanwyck style.But it also works the other way round, it&#039;s more fun when an actress known for her angelic beauty &quot;destroys&quot; that imago when she plays the brutal and hysterical hag.And that&#039;s why I think Olivia De Havilland is the bigger selling point of HHSC. At least from a hag horror point of view.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 266339, member: 8"] It's always nice to see someone being so passionate about the things he/she likes. His joy is contagious although he might be overselling it a little bit (I don't know, I haven't seen the movie). My only "issue" with Bette Davis is that her somewhat grotesque appearance blurs the contrast between actress and the wild performance, it all feels a bit like stating the obvious. I think it's more fun when these old movie bitches try to appear very dignified, and [I]then[/I] fail to do so - Barbara Stanwyck style. But it also works the other way round, it's more fun when an actress known for her angelic beauty "destroys" that imago when she plays the brutal and hysterical hag. And that's why I think Olivia De Havilland is the bigger selling point of HHSC. At least from a hag horror point of view. [/QUOTE]

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