• Source: The Disappearance of Aimee

      • The Disappearance of Aimee is a 1976 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Faye Dunaway as the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, co-starring Bette Davis, James Sloyan and James Woods. The film originally premiered as a presentation of Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC on November 17, 1976.


      Plot


      Based on true events, the film attempts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson in 1926 and the court case that followed her safe return after she was missing for four weeks.


      Cast


      Faye Dunaway as Aimee Semple McPherson
      Bette Davis as Minnie Kennedy
      James Sloyan as District Attorney Asa Keyes
      James Woods as Assistant District Attorney Joseph Ryan
      John Lehne as Captain Cline
      Lelia Goldoni as Emma Shaffer
      Severn Darden as S.I. Gilbert
      William Jordan as Kenneth Ormiston


      Mention in Bette Davis Memoir


      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


      The Disappearance of Aimee at IMDb
      The Disappearance of Aimee at the TCM Movie Database
      The Disappearance of Aimee at AllMovie

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