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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964 • US HMDB
dicembre 16, 1964

Una bella del Sud vive 37 anni in una villa solitaria, tormentata dai ricordi dell'assassinio del fidanzato. Parenti infidi che mirano alla sua eredità la terrorizzano con macabre trovate.

Registi

Robert Aldrich Robert Aldrich

Cast

Bette Davis come Charlotte Hollis

Bette Davis

Charlotte Hollis

 Olivia de Havilland come Miriam Deering

Olivia de Havilland

Miriam Deering

 Joseph Cotten come Drew Bayliss

Joseph Cotten

Drew Bayliss

 Agnes Moorehead come Velma Cruther

Agnes Moorehead

Velma Cruther

 Cecil Kellaway come Harry Willis

Cecil Kellaway

Harry Willis

 Victor Buono come Big Sam Hollis

Victor Buono

Big Sam Hollis

 Mary Astor come Jewel Mayhew

Mary Astor

Jewel Mayhew

 Wesley Addy come Sheriff Standish

Wesley Addy

Sheriff Standish

 William Campbell come Paul Marchand

William Campbell

Paul Marchand

 Bruce Dern come John Mayhew

Bruce Dern

John Mayhew

 Frank Ferguson come Newspaper Editor

Frank Ferguson

Newspaper Editor

 George Kennedy come Foreman

George Kennedy

Foreman

 Dave Willock come Taxi Driver

Dave Willock

Taxi Driver

 John Megna come New Boy

John Megna

New Boy

 Percy Helton come Funeral Director

Percy Helton

Funeral Director

Kelly Flynn

Boy #2

Michel Petit

Gang Leader

Alida Aldrich

Young Girl

Kelly Aldrich

Boy #3

William Aldrich

Boy Dancer
Horror Thriller Mistero
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Produzione: Robert Aldrich (Producer)
Sceneggiatura: Henry Farrell (Screenplay) — Lukas Heller (Screenplay)
Musica: Frank De Vol (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Joseph F. Biroc (Director of Photography)

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Marco Castellini •
Una vecchia casa della Louisiana, piena di ombre e sinistri rumori, è abitata da un’anziana signorina in preda a terribili incubi (ha forse commesso un omicidio), da due ospiti che tentano di farla impazzire inscenando “spaventosi” trucchi e da una vecchia governante. Un thriller ottimamente diretto ma soprattutto magistralmente interpretato da una grande Bette Davis; nessuna scena particolarmente violenta, niente sangue ma ugualmente tanta suspense e atmosfere inquietanti create grazie a giochi di luci ed ombre, sibili e rumori. Piuttosto lungo ed in alcuni punti un po’ lento, è consigliato a chi sa apprezzare il cinema horror degli ani sessanta, ben lontano dai gusti e dai ritmi a cui è abituato lo spettatore moderno.
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John Chard

John Chard

8 /10

Glorious Southern Gothic Delirium.

Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte is directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Henry Farrell and Lukas Heller. It stars Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotton, Agnes Moorehead, Cecil Kellaway and Mary Astor. Music is by Frank De Vol and cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc.

It’s 1927, the Louisiana plantation home of Sam Hollis (Victor Buono), and Charlotte Hollis (Davis) is having an affair with a married man, John Mayhew (Bruce Dern). After a heated argument between Sam and John, John is brutally slain by an unseen assailant, only Charlotte appears on the scene covered in blood. Then it’s the present day and just Charlotte and her house keeper, Velma (Moorehead) live at the Hollis mansion, Sam having passed away many years ago. Charlotte is mentally scarred from the echoes of the past, she’s a recluse and seen by the townsfolk as the local mental case. As developers try to plough a road through the Hollis home, Charlotte sends for her cousin Miriam (Havilland), but then strange things start happening and Charlotte might once and for all tip over the edge.

A bit long at 2 hours 13 minutes and a bit too bonkers at times, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte still comes out as glorious Guignol entertainment. The setting is perfect, a Baton Rouge locale of whispering trees and ominous foliage, the Hollis mansion a place of dark secrets, shadowy halls and mental disintegration. Biroc’s black and white photography seems to revel in the misery and emotional turmoil that blows about the place, and the brilliant Aldrich unleashes delirious turns from Davis and Moorehead as the others play perfectly restrained foil. There’s a strong mystery element driving the plot forward, because what we think is true may not actually be the case? The narrative deftly reveals back stories as film progresses, hints at means and motives dangle tantalisingly in the Gothic tinged air, and then the finale doesn’t disappoint, it has some surprises in store and closes the picture down handsomely.

Best served with a good helping of Sour Mash, Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte is Southern Gothicana with bells on. Or should that be Belles? 8/10

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