 Miriam Hopkins who had filmed "The Old Maid" with Davis and had endured a difficult working relationship with Davis (owing to the resentment created when Davis allegedly had an affair with Hopkins' husband Anatole Litvak) accepted the role.In 1924, newly successful author Kit Marlowe (Bette Davis) returns to her hometown to speak, as part of a lecture tour, and to visit her dear childhood friend Millie (Miriam Hopkins).The friends have formed distinctly opposite personalities