More, or Less
- Episode aired Mar 26, 2017
- TV-MA
- 49m
As What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? opens, Bette and Joan face uncertain prospects, Bob deals with his own difficulties, and Pauline makes a surprising offer.As What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? opens, Bette and Joan face uncertain prospects, Bob deals with his own difficulties, and Pauline makes a surprising offer.As What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? opens, Bette and Joan face uncertain prospects, Bob deals with his own difficulties, and Pauline makes a surprising offer.
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Did you know
- TriviaJack L. Warner's description of Robert Aldrich in this episode as a "journeyman" bears little relation to the way in which the real Aldrich was regarded in the Hollywood of the 1960s; he was known as a fearless and outspoken radical, a maverick film-maker who was often daring in his choice of film subjects and formidably candid and self-critical in interviews. The nervous fellow played by Alfred Molina in this mini-series is almost entirely a fiction, and a demeaning one.
- GoofsWhen Crawford and Mamacita are at the restaurant, Joan mentions that it's like 1937 all over again. Mamacita exclaims, "when Hitler took Austria". That event occurred in March of 1938.
- Quotes
Joan Crawford: [to Pauline] I'm not turning you down because you're a woman. I'm turning you down because you're a nobody. And at this late stage of my career, I don't have the luxury of putting myself in the hands of a nobody. I have very few chances left, and my last chance is not going to be your first.
- ConnectionsReferences A Stolen Life (1946)
- SoundtracksTown Without Pity
(uncredited)
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics by Ned Washington
Performed by Gene Pitney
[The song is playing when Pauline arrives at Joan's house to speak to Mamacita]
Episode 4: More, or Less
Episode four kicks off with the film about to be previewed and Davis (Susan Sarandon), Crawford (Jessica Lange) and director Robert Aldrich (Alfred Molina) are expecting the worse. The film actually turns out to be a massive hit but both stars react to the popularity quite differently but before long all three realize that a hit doesn't mean future projects.
This episode is certainly one of the more entertaining as we actually get away from the actual "fued" somewhat and see how all three principle players are affected by the success of the movie. There are some fine re-enactments of the projects Davis was doing at this time as well as some great moments where both actresses have to face the fact that even with a hit they are still old and Hollywood doesn't care too much for that.
Once again the performances are wonderful and the series has done a terrific job at putting you back into time when these events were happening. This episode has some really good drama throughout and ends on a very high note that just builds up your interest for the next episode.
Episode: A-
- Michael_Elliott
- Jun 27, 2017
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- Filming locations
- Warner Grand Theatre - 434 W 6th St, San Pedro, California, USA(Test screening of movie)
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- Runtime49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD