I've never seen this movie, but the description bears a remarkable resemblance to the movie Elizabeth Taylor describes to Richard Burton in 'Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?'. She mentions both Bette Davis and Joseph Cotten, and her husband replies by telling her the name of the movie is Chicago, which she promptly shouts down.
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Edward Albee wanted Bette Davis to play the part of Martha in the film of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" because he thought it would be fun to have Bette Davis do a Bette Davis impersonation. He said this is a 2003 interview that is included on the "A Delicate Balance" DVD.
shareYou know how in a slasher picture you shout at the screen "He's behind the door! Don't go in there!" Whenever I see "Who's Afraid..." I always shout at George... "BEYOND THE FOREST! BEYOND THE FOREST!"
shareMost definitely "Beyond the Forest" is the "%#*@ Warner Brothers epic" referred to in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" A little-known footnote: A couple of years after "Virginia Woolf" became a Broadway hit, Bette Davis made a movie titled,"Dead Ringer", in which she repeats the line, "What a dump!", apparently returning the play's compliment!
shareNope. In Dead Ringer, when Margaret visits Edith in her seedy apartment over the bar, Edith looks disdainfully at Margaret and sarcastically says, "A dump?".
shareThe funny thing is-- most people who know the "What a dump!" line remember it from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Anyone who has seen "Beyond The Forest" knows that the line is fairly thrown away, delivered with a heavy resignation. But, kudos to Liz, though, for her hysterical caricature of Bette because that's the delivery everyone thinks of. Liz put that exclamation point in there, not Bette.
shareYes. Both of them have funny takes on the line when they guested on Johnny Carson's "Tonight" show. Clips are on YouTube and worth looking up.
That line is the reason I searched for this film. It was worth seeing, even though the line isn't key.