During filming and throughout the promotion of the picture, Aldrichand his partners had no objection to the grindings of an ugly rumor mill. Stories were deliberately circulated—and readily believed—that Crawford and Davis were mortal enemies, locked in a constant battle of wills for supremacy on the set and superiority over each other. According to the gossips, whose accounts were later vastly inflated in books, the actresses came to blows several times and had to be separated like prize-fighters who were landing punches and causing each other wounds, stitches and scars. This made for
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