Joan Crawford and Bette Davis | 62

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The iconic feud between classic Hollywood starlets Joan Crawford and Bette Davis has been passed down in film lore, written about in books, and even made into a Netflix series called Feud! It's a decades-long battle between two silver screen queens that covers love, lust, and the divisive film industry. In this episode, we’ll take a look at how these two actresses attempted to tear each other apart for the top spot in Hollywood, and unpack how their bitter rivalry fueled their celebrated careers.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can listen to diss and tell early and ad-free right now.
0:05.4	Join Wonderly Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:14.3	Okay, Matt.
0:16.0	We both work in entertainment.
0:18.3	Of course.
0:19.2	You know, we've mingled with stars. We've brushed shoulders
0:23.7	with celebrities, exchanged niceties. But I'm curious to know if you've ever heard of a celebrity
0:32.0	doing something dastardly or like super villain coded to get ahead.
0:38.4	Yeah, I mean, the thing that immediately comes to mind, crashing someone's red carpet
0:42.3	premiere a la Lindsey Lohan and Hillary Duff.
0:46.5	Yeah.
0:46.9	Is that even advancing your career, though?
0:49.1	I don't know.
0:49.8	I'm thinking more like, did you ever see the movie Camp?
0:52.7	It's like Anna Kendrick's Big Break.
0:54.7	She was like a 13-year-old girl.
0:56.7	And she poisons the brownies of the girl who's the lead in the musical to get ahead.
1:02.2	Like, I wish we heard more stories like that.
1:04.9	I know.
1:05.7	Tragically, I don't think I know that many truly diabolical actors or industry people who would go to those lengths?
1:12.6	Not personally, at least.
1:14.6	Well, after today, you will.
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