1967, Film: Berserk!

The British horror-thriller film "Berserk!" was released in September 1967 in the UK. The film was directed by Jim O'Connolly with a screenplay by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel. Main stars are Joan Crawford as Monica Rivers, Ty Hardin as Frank Hawkins, Diana Dors as Matilda, Michael Gough as Albert Dorando, Robert Hardy as Detective Supt. Brooks and Judy Geeson as Angela Rivers.

Berserk! Poster

Synopsis
Monica Rivers (Joan Crawford) and Albert Dorando (Michael Gough) own a travelling circus. When tightrope walker Gaspar the Great (Thomas Cimarro) is strangled when his tightrope breaks, it appears that his rope might have been purposely weakened...

Joan Crawford as Monica Rivers

Ty Hardin as Frank Hawkins and Michael Gough as Albert Dorando

Joan Crawford as Monica Rivers and Ty Hardin as Frank Hawkins

Judy Geeson as Angela Rivers and Joan Crawford as Monica Rivers

Main cast

• Joan Crawford as Monica Rivers
• Ty Hardin as Frank Hawkins
• Diana Dors as Matilda
• Michael Gough as Albert Dorando
• Judy Geeson as Angela Rivers
• Robert Hardy as Detective Supt. Brooks
• Geoffrey Keen as Commissioner Dalby
• Sydney Tafler as Harrison Liston
• George Claydon as Bruno Fontana
• Philip Madoc as Lazlo
• Ambrosine Phillpotts as Miss Burrows
• Thomas Cimarro as Gaspar
• Peter Burton as Gustavo
• Golda Casimir as Bearded Lady
• Ted Lune as Skeleton Man
• Milton Reid as Strong Man
• Marianne Stone as Wanda
• Miki Iveria as Gypsy Fortune-Teller
• Howard Goorney as Emil
• Reginald Marsh as Sergeant Hutchins
• Bryan Pringle as Constable Bradford 

Joan Crawford as Monica Rivers

Judy Geeson as Angela Rivers

Robert Hardy as Detective Supt. Brooks, Joan Crawford as Monica Rivers
and Ty Hardin as Frank Hawkins

Geoffrey Keen as Commissioner Dalby and Robert Hardy as Detective Supt. Brooks

"Berserk!" Trailer

1962, Film: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

“What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” was released on October 31, 1962. The American film is a psychological thriller produced and directed by Robert Aldrich. The screenplay by Lukas Heller is based on the novel of the same name by Henry Farrell. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for Best Costume Design, Black and White. The main stars are Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.

Synopsis:

Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson (Bette Davis), a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche (Joan Crawford), who's career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge...

Joan Crawford & Bette Davis

Main Cast:

• Joan Crawford as Blanche Hudson
• Bette Davis as Jane Hudson
• Victor Buono as Edwin Flagg
• Maidie Norman as Elvira Stitt
• Anna Lee as Mrs. Bates
• B.D. Merrill as Liza Bates
• Marjorie Bennett as Dehlia Flagg
• Dave Willock as Ray Hudson

Joan Crawford & Bette Davis

Left: Bette Davis as Jane Hudson and Julie Allred as young Jane

Right: Joan Crawford as Blanche Hudson and Gina Gillespie as young Blanche

Awards:
Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White: Norma Koch (1963)
Golden Laurel for Sleeper of the Year (1963)


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