baring conversation  with the girl. Dunaway mentions this in her autobiography, and  reveals that it was one of the first scenes they were required to  shoot. She felt the scene was crucial because it made an attempt to  explain some of Crawfords erratic behavior, and she was dismayed  that the production required them to shoot such an emotional scene  before any of the necessary history had been established between the  actors. She took it as a warning sign that the productions  priorities were in the wrong place, and ultimately the scene was cut  from the film altogether.