Robert Aldrich up to "Baby Jane", "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), made for the Associates and Aldrich at 20th Century Fox. Bette Davis starred as a Southern woman who lives in a mansion and thinks she is going insane. Davis was to be reunited with Joan Crawford, but Crawford left the film and was replaced by Olivia de Havilland. The movie was popular, though not as successful as "Baby Jane". Aldrich stayed at Fox for his next film, the all-male action story "The Flight of the Phoenix" (1965), with James Stewart, Richard Attenborough and Peter Finch. The film was a commercial disappointment
Bette Davis filmography manipulated by an obsessed fan. The film was one of the biggest hits of 1950, and she was again nominated for an Academy Award, but lost to Judy Holliday. Although Davis earned strong reviews for her performance in "The Star" (1952), her career waned throughout the remainder of the decade. Beginning in the 1960s, Davis received yet another revival in popularity. Although her appearance in "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961) was negatively received, she earned praise for her portrayal of the faded child star, Jane Hudson, in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), which garnered her a final nomination for