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* RealLifeWritesTheHairstle: Yvette Vickers' blonde hair was dyed red so as not to compete with Creator/DebbieReynolds. Ironically the latter's character is a brunette who bleaches her hair as a way of starting a new life for herself.
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* RealLifeWritesTheHairstle: RealLifeWritesTheHairstyle: Yvette Vickers' blonde hair was dyed red so as not to compete with Creator/DebbieReynolds. Ironically the latter's character is a brunette who bleaches her hair as a way of starting a new life for herself.
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* RealLifeWritesTheHairstle: Yvette Vickers' blonde hair was dyed red so as not to compete with Creator/DebbieReynolds. Ironically the latter's character is a brunette who bleaches her hair as a way of starting a new life for herself.
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* FatalMethodActing: A near miss. Right before filming [[spoiler: Adelle's murder scene]], it was found that the prop knife had been switched with a real one! It was only discovered because Debbie Reynolds had [[FreakierThanFiction a dream about it]]. No one on the crew ever found out who switched them.
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* RealitySubtext: Creator/ShelleyWinters apparently got LostInCharacter throughout the shoot, driving a lot of the cast and crew insane in the process. This eerily paralleled Helen's deteriorating sanity.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: Due to Shelley Winters's poor mental health at the time (see below), tensions ran high on set; Debbie Reynolds claiming "she drove us insane", and at one point nearly getting fired and replaced with Geraldine Page (who'd star in the similar ''What Ever Happened To Aunt Alice?'')
* RealitySubtext: Creator/ShelleyWinters apparently got LostInCharacter throughout the shoot, driving a lot of the cast and crew insane in the process. This eerily paralleled Helen's deteriorating sanity. In fact, she had been advised not to take the role by her psychiatrist precisely because she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown herself.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The reason Shelley Winters took the role? She'd written a play called ''One Night Stands of a Noisy Passenger...'', and the previews caused "such anxiety" that she decided she couldn't be there on the opening night. ''What's the Matter with Helen'' was offered to her around this time and she accepted without even reading the script. She later regretted not being there for the play's opening.
* RealitySubtext: Creator/ShelleyWinters apparently got LostInCharacter throughout the shoot, driving a lot of the cast and crew insane in the process. This eerily paralleled Helen's deteriorating sanity. In fact, she had been advised not to take the role by her psychiatrist precisely because she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown herself.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The reason Shelley Winters took the role? She'd written a play called ''One Night Stands of a Noisy Passenger...'', and the previews caused "such anxiety" that she decided she couldn't be there on the opening night. ''What's the Matter with Helen'' was offered to her around this time and she accepted without even reading the script. She later regretted not being there for the play's opening.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take it.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't takeit.it.
** Early drafts had the story set in contemporary times, but it was eventually changed to a 1930s period piece.
** Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take
** Early drafts had the story set in contemporary times, but it was eventually changed to a 1930s period piece.
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* WriterRevolt: While the studio were insistent on Helen's sexuality being kept to subtext, Shelley Winters played it as "directly" as she could.
--> "I guess you could interpret it either way, but I played it [[WordOfGay very clearly]]. I hope I did, anyway."
--> "I guess you could interpret it either way, but I played it [[WordOfGay very clearly]]. I hope I did, anyway."
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* ActorAllusion: At one point Adelle strikes Helen with a crumpled up letter, mimicking a similar scene from ''{{Literature/Lolita}}'' where Charlotte throws Humbert's diary at him. Shelley Winters played Charlotte.
* TheCastShowOff: Debbie Reynolds shows off her dance skills in several numbers throughout the film.
* TheCastShowOff: Debbie Reynolds shows off her dance skills in several numbers throughout the film.
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* RealitySubtext: Shelley Winters apparently got LostInCharacter throughout the shoot, driving a lot of the cast and crew insane in the process. This eerily paralleled Helen's deteriorating sanity.
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* RealitySubtext: Shelley Winters Creator/ShelleyWinters apparently got LostInCharacter throughout the shoot, driving a lot of the cast and crew insane in the process. This eerily paralleled Helen's deteriorating sanity.
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** Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take it.
** Estelle Parsons was up for the role of Helen before it eventually went to Shelley Winters.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Best of Friends'', which had to be changed to avoid confusion with the film ''Such Good Friends''.
** Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take it.
** Estelle Parsons was up for the role of Helen before it eventually went to Shelley Winters.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Best of Friends'', which had to be changed to avoid confusion with the film ''Such Good Friends''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
**WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take it.
** Estelle Parsons was up for the role of Helen before it eventually went to Shelley Winters.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Best of Friends'', which had to be changed to avoid confusion with the film ''Such Good Friends''.Friends''.
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* ActorAllusion: At one point Adelle strikes Helen with a crumpled up letter, mimicking a similar scene from ''{{Literature/Lolita}}'' where Charlotte throws Humbert's diary at him. Shelley Winters played Charlotte.
* TheCastShowOff: Debbie Reynolds shows off her dance skills in several numbers throughout the film.
* DoingItForTheArt: Debbie Reynolds produced the film uncredited and put up $800,000 of her own because she loved Henry Farrell's story outline.
* DyeingForYourArt: Yvette Vickers who plays Mrs Barker, was asked to dye her blonde hair red so as not to be confused with Debbie Reynolds.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The censors objected to several things, such as a kiss between Helen and Adelle. Likewise [[spoiler: Helen's murder of Adelle]] was longer and more graphic, but had to be cut down to avoid an R-rating.
* FollowTheLeader: The film was put into production to capitalise on the success of ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane''. Filmmakers also wanted the film to be "the next ''{{Film/Psycho}}''".
* RealitySubtext: Shelley Winters apparently got LostInCharacter throughout the shoot, driving a lot of the cast and crew insane in the process. This eerily paralleled Helen's deteriorating sanity.
* ThrowItIn: Shelley Winters ad-libbed Helen kissing Adelle after [[spoiler: they dump the body in the sewer]]. Censors however objected to it and it didn't make it into the film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take it.
** Estelle Parsons was up for the role of Helen before it eventually went to Shelley Winters.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Best of Friends'', which had to be changed to avoid confusion with the film ''Such Good Friends''.
* TheCastShowOff: Debbie Reynolds shows off her dance skills in several numbers throughout the film.
* DoingItForTheArt: Debbie Reynolds produced the film uncredited and put up $800,000 of her own because she loved Henry Farrell's story outline.
* DyeingForYourArt: Yvette Vickers who plays Mrs Barker, was asked to dye her blonde hair red so as not to be confused with Debbie Reynolds.
* ExecutiveMeddling: The censors objected to several things, such as a kiss between Helen and Adelle. Likewise [[spoiler: Helen's murder of Adelle]] was longer and more graphic, but had to be cut down to avoid an R-rating.
* FollowTheLeader: The film was put into production to capitalise on the success of ''Film/WhatEverHappenedToBabyJane''. Filmmakers also wanted the film to be "the next ''{{Film/Psycho}}''".
* RealitySubtext: Shelley Winters apparently got LostInCharacter throughout the shoot, driving a lot of the cast and crew insane in the process. This eerily paralleled Helen's deteriorating sanity.
* ThrowItIn: Shelley Winters ad-libbed Helen kissing Adelle after [[spoiler: they dump the body in the sewer]]. Censors however objected to it and it didn't make it into the film.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RitaHayworth was the first choice for Adelle but she had just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and couldn't take it.
** Estelle Parsons was up for the role of Helen before it eventually went to Shelley Winters.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Best of Friends'', which had to be changed to avoid confusion with the film ''Such Good Friends''.
