In her memoir ''
This 'n That (1987, Berkley Pub Group), Bette Davis recounted several anecdotes about working on The Disappearance of Aimee''. Among them was that her co-star, Faye Dunaway, was one of the most unprofessional people she had ever worked with. Davis stated that Dunaway would show up hours late, not knowing her lines, and being generally difficult. For one of the scenes in the un-air-conditioned tabernacle, over 1800 unpaid extras (locals who had been promised a box lunch and a chance to be in a movie) were left for hours awaiting Dunaway's arrival. When they finally began leaving, Davis rushed to the pulpit and began singing "I've Written a Letter to Daddy," a song from her wildly popular 1962 film
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. Hearing her, many returned to their seats in the pews. Appropriately, Dunaway would go on to portray Davis’s heyday peer and rival,
Joan Crawford, in the 1981 cult classic film
Mommie Dearest. ==External links==