Vintage Bette Davis

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 5:35pm

ms. davis explains how she really feels about faye dunaway on the johnny carson show.

i'm not sure when the clip is from but her bio lists her as doing carson in 1983, 1986 and 1988. judging from her fashion, i would guess it is either 1986 or 1988.

does she have her confused with joan crawford?

Updated On: 7/3/06 at 05:35 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 5:47pm

and of course here's Faye when she got the news!

[DG]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 5:49pm

I like it when she questions why the audience is laughing. She always said exactly what she meant - we could use more like that now.

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 5:55pm

this clip looks like it may have been her 1983 appearance on carson. here, she directly talks about joan crawford. obviously, no love loss there.
bette talks about the oscars that she should have won

[DG]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 6:02pm

". . . clutched to her bosom"

HAHAHAHA!!!

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 6:05pm

DG, youa re exactly correct......we need more people like her!

[mateo]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 7:04pm

we do ... Kathy Griffin ^_~

[fflagg]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 9:35pm

Diva!!

Warner Brothers just released a second DVD boxed set of I think 5 of her classic films. And you can even buy them as individual DVDs if you do not want all 5. Something that other studios should do!

Among the DVDs: OLD ACQUAINTANCE, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER ["meet me in my room in half an hour and bring some rye bread"], and MARKED WOMAN.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 10:52pm

Thank you so much for these! They are the true definition of the word "priceless."

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 11:22pm

The clips are great. As much as I love her in BABY JANE, she did NOT deserve the Academy Award over Anne Bancroft, who gives, for me, the greatest performance of any actress on film, ever, in THE MIRACLE WORKER.

[Kristie-K2]

Posted: 7/3/06 at 11:59pm

Wonderful!!!What a gal, What an Actress!!!

[fflagg]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 9:10am

I agree re the Oscar. She should have won for ALL ABOUT EVE.

[cmleidi]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 2:18pm

I have to agree with her re: Baby JANE. She should have won. Bancroft was okay in MIRACLE WORKER, but she spends too much time stiriving for the effects rather than creating a character. I never forget that I'm watching an actress play a part. This is long been Bancroft's problem--she can never fully integrate herself into a character so we marvel at Bancroft's acting rather than become absorbed in the character. There are moments though in THE GRADUATE where I feel she disappears and a character emerges.

As for Davis, her role in BABY JANE? is extremely difficult. She has to hit so many different emotions sometimes simultaneously. Davis disappears into this character and she builds a monster that is alternately heartbreaking and vicious. I would have given the Oscar to Davis.

Isn't it a shame that we don't have movie stars like Bette Davis? What a loss.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/4/06 at 2:24pm

Frankly, I find the Joan Crawford role, more difficult, and Crawford's performance, better, in BABY JANE. Of course, I couldn't disagree with you more about Bancroft.