"Mother Goddamn" - Bette Davis- Page 5

[cturtle]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 6:42am

I made a pic-chah that year TOO. they didn't even release it in the UNITED STATES! they were too busy giving a great buildup to that CRAP YOU were turning out!

[Glebb]

Posted: 10/10/05 at 8:38am

Marty McDonald said it was the best thing I ever did.

[justme2]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 12:30am

Ok, so I just found a new Bette Davis fact out while reading yet another pre code book and felt the need to share with you:

When she first arrived in Hollywood (around 1930) the studios wanted her to change her name to "Bettina Dawes".

Bette refused, stating she would not go through life with a name that sounded like Between the Drawers.

Yet another smart move by a smart woman.

[cturtle]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 3:12am

it was a love story ... THE LONGEST NIGHT.

[Glebb]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 7:39am

My sister isn't fit to receive visitors.

[cturtle]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 5:50pm

"oh, really? did she like it?"

"OH, REALLY? DID SHE LIKE IT?! she liked it ..."

[Glebb]

Posted: 10/11/05 at 11:25pm

Hello, this Johnsons? Jane Hudson. I wanna order some liquor.

[Glebb]

Posted: 11/5/05 at 5:41pm

Any one read this book?

[cturtle]

Posted: 11/5/05 at 6:41pm

no, i'm waiting for the movie. or better yet ... someone really artistic should turn it into a 3-act ballet.

Updated On: 11/5/05 at 06:41 PM

[Glebb]

Posted: 11/5/05 at 6:52pm

Great paperback.
Davis makes comments throughout.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 11/5/05 at 6:52pm

Carol Lynley wanted to do a remake of Baby Jane with Caroll Baker a few years back, but I don't think Baker was interested.

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 11:53pm

"What a dump!"

[Lamc16]

Posted: 1/13/06 at 11:59pm

"Slow curtain, the end."

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/14/06 at 3:31pm

NOW VOYAGER - now.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 1/14/06 at 6:36pm

I think my favorite memories of Miss Davis were all on the Tom Snyder show "Tomorrow". She was a fan of the show and he had her on a lot, Sitting, Smoking and full of hilarious stories. That was a great late night show, Now we have everyone doing the basic chat shows all night. Bring back "Tomorrow"!

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/14/06 at 10:35pm

There ought to be a DVD box set of those.

[justme2]

Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:45am

So, are you watching Now Voyager now or just referring to it now?

I just watched Hell House with a very young Bette yesterday. Home with a bad cold, and I cracked out the Bette Davis around 4pm yesterday. I also popped in "Three on a Match" for some pre-code good girl Bette.

[Luscious]

Posted: 1/15/06 at 3:34am

"Come on, Oscar, let's you and me go get drunk!"

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/15/06 at 9:25am

Yes watched NOW VOYAGER.
Would love to see those others you mentioned.

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/15/06 at 3:29pm

let's not ask for the moon ... we have the stars!

[fflagg]

Posted: 1/15/06 at 4:22pm

"Dora, I suspect you're a treasure."

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/26/06 at 9:34pm

"Joan Crawford would go to bed with somebody to get a part in her hair."

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 12:33am

That is one of the best lines I have read in a long time, Glebb.

Confession: I love Bette Davis so much I have a purse with her portrait on it and a switchplate with a picture of her from "All About Eve." How sick is that?

"Everbody has a heart...except some people."

[justme2]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 2:46am

They were just showing Now Voyager again on TCM yesterday. Why is it that you can own the DVD of a movie, but when it comes on TV...you stop everything to watch it anyway?

Not many actresses could go from frump to fabulous like Davis could.

[Glebb]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 9:40am

I know what you mean justme2!
When it's on TCM, it's like you're watching it with others and wasn't that what it was all about in the beginning?
I miss TCM!

misspennywise, I have no problem with your love for Davis. I even have 'A Stolen Life' on DVD. What is a switchplate? Is it anything like a hipbath?