In the intervening years, John's death has remained an unsolved murder, though it is commonly held that Charlotte was responsible. Thirty-seven years later, Charlotte, a spinster, having inherited the estate after her father died, is tended to by her loyal housekeeper, Velma. The traumatized Charlotte finds his body and returns to the house in a bloodstained dress. Shortly after, John is ambushed and decapitated in the summerhouse by an assailant with a cleaver. John pretends to Charlotte he can no longer love her and that they must part. Charlotte's father, Sam, confronts John over the affair and intimidates him with the news that John's wife Jewel visited the day before and revealed the affair. In 1927, young Southern belle Charlotte Hollis and her married lover John Mayhew plan to elope during a party at the Hollis family's antebellum mansion in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The film was a critical success and was nominated for seven Academy Awards. Principal photography was temporarily postponed until de Havilland was recast in the role of Miriam. Originally, Davis and Crawford-who had experienced a turbulent working relationship on the set of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?-were cast as Charlotte and Miriam, respectively, but Crawford ultimately dropped out of the production after shooting began. As with that film, Charlotte with its gothic and high-camp stylings would go on to become an enduring favorite with queer audiences.
The screenplay was adapted by Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller, from Farrell's unpublished short story "What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?"Īldrich conceived the project as a follow-up to his surprise success with the sensational melodrama What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, also based on Farrell's novel and co-starring Davis and Joan Crawford. It follows a middle-aged Southern woman, suspected in the unsolved murder of her lover from decades before, who is plagued by bizarre occurrences after summoning her cousin to help challenge the local government's impending demolition of her home.
Hush.Hush, Sweet Charlotte is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Robert Aldrich, and starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Mary Astor in her final film role.
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