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Originally Posted by cinderella
Nah, you didn't ruin Louis for me...
Yanno, I always get their names mixed up too, because they're so similar. I just keep reminding myself that it was Wyler Bette Davis had an affair with! It's so much easier for me to remember things when there's a scandal attached to it. lol
I too love the list of Wyler's films you have here, Ol' Jet. I'd be hard put to pick a favorite, but if I needed to, I think it would be The Little Foxes...I have never seen such evil portrayed as the scene where Herbert Marshall is crawling up the stairs trying to get to his heart medicine, while Bette listens without turning to look at his desperate climb - it's all in her eyes!!! Unbelievable!!! That is the most riveting performance without dialogue I've ever seen!!
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That seen in
The Little Foxes is pretty close to the ice heart of Davis in
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, remember Joan gasping and reaching for help? I'm a fan of
The Little Foxes because it was written by Lillian Hellman who also wrote
Watch on the Rhine and T
he Children's Hour. I think she was married to Daschiell Hammet (sp)