People: Jul. 27, 1962

Two queens make quite a pair—especially in Hollywood, where one leading lady ordinarily fills a house. But Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, both 54. have much in common. Both have had four husbands, won Oscars and published autobiographies. Now the royal twosome are cast as starring partners in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a story of two feuding sisters, both fading film stars. Whatever happens on location between the two perennial upstagers has the producers already counting columns of juicy publicity.

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