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Dead Ringer was remade in 1986 as Killer in the Mirror, a television movie starring Ann Jillian. [2] The film takes place in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. The interior scenes were shot inside and outside the grounds of the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. The bar scene was filmed at the corner of Temple and Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles.
A Stolen Life is a 1946 American drama film starring Bette Davis, who also produced it. The film, based on the 1935 novel A Stolen Life by Karel Josef Benes, was directed by Curtis Bernhardt . Among the supporting cast are Glenn Ford , Dane Clark , Peggy Knudsen , Charlie Ruggles , and Bruce Bennett .
This is a complete filmography of Bette Davis. She began acting in films in 1931, incipiently as a contract player with Universal Studios , where she made her film debut in Bad Sister . She was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career.
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (/ ˈ b ɛ t i /; April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was known for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and ...
Life observed, "Bette Davis acts with such extraordinary grace, sensitivity, and distinction that hers is already being acclaimed the movie performance of the year." [9] Variety called the film "a virtual cavalcade of early 20th-century American history" and added, "Davis turns in one of her most scintillating performances. Flynn's happy-go ...
David Cronenberg proposed the idea of making a film about twins to Carol Baum at Lorimar in 1981. Baum told Cronenberg about Stewart and Cyril Marcus and sent articles written about the brothers and a book, Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland, to him. Cronenberg found an article in Esquire about the brothers titled Dead Ringers.
The script for La Otra was owned by Warner Bros. and its story was used as the basis for the 1964 film, Dead Ringer (1964), starring Bette Davis. References [ edit ]
Davis was cast in January 1962 and departed the cast of the Broadway show Night of the Iguana in March, taking a brief hiatus before rehearsals began in Los Angeles. [10] Bette Davis (left) as Jane Hudson and Joan Crawford as her sister, Blanche Hudson. Funding was secured through Seven Arts Productions, with Warner Bros. Pictures handling ...