I have to thank NorbertR33 and others for these marvelous trips back in time with "What's My Line" video clips. This show ended when I was a kid so every video clip I'm seeing is for the first time and it's just absolutely exhilarating.
Now I wonder how Bette, or Joan would call these reality attention whores these days. If she was alive she would be ranting her life off. Joan, well, she would have been knitting!
sadly its the true. Even the great Bette Davis quoted it: "nowadays, they say starring ,here and there in my days we earned that recognition" those were the early days were stars were the real thing in new America we got a bimbo smurfette called Snooki a star.
This episode would have to be from 1962, since that's when "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" came out. That's a great movie, BTW. If you haven't seen it, check it out!
Lol, Bette's instant reaction after Arlene asks about the "Vis-à-vis" (Joan Crawford) (1:25)! You have to watch really closely because it's really quick. (For the record I love both Bette and Joan =)
Others who acknowleged the audiences on WML included nearly every old Vaudeville performer who appeared (Sophie Tucker, George Jessell, Eddie Cantor, Bert Lahr, etc.) who all knew who paid their salaries.
Others who acknowleged the audiences on WML included nearly every old Vaudeville performers who appeared (Sophie Tucker, George Jessell, Eddie Cantor, Bert Lahr, etc.) who all knew who paid their salaries.
Bette Davis was in that rare class of performers whom others strived to emulate, craved to equal or even surpass, but always held in the highest regard...knowing they had the privilege of working in the same profession as one of such magnitude talent and class!
Were members of the panel permitted to guess the identity of a guest (it's so strange to use "guest" and "guess" in the same sentence!) primarily yb way of recognizing the guest's voice? I realize it isn't as fun or cerebral, but, for the most part, the voices despit being disguised, nearly always give their hosts away.
@serpentisma there have been a few good film since 1977, how about Schindlers list starring Liam Neeson. The Pacific Miniseries which has been on recently is very good.
I love that movie. Especially the scene (and I know it has nothing to do with WML) is when Joan Crawford's character goes through the check book because the date is literally the day before I was born.
Bette was sheer class! Greatly respected by those who have called her difficult. People dont realize that if she and others didnt stand up for themselves, the studio bosses would have really used them like a commodities. She said once, that at the end of her Warner Bros. Years after 18 long years she built many soundstages with the money she made them and that her last day on the lot she spent with a sound man and a producer & shared drinks & not so much as a farewell from the front office.
The stars of yesteryear were in fact just that: STARS!!! They weren't just talented they were smart! Today we have overpaid egos who are basically dumb as sticks.
@moorlock oh puh-leeze. ABC is as far left as you can go! And only a liberal like you could bring up BRISTOL PALIN in relation to a TV clip that was recorded 50 years ago. come on.
@moorlock2003 Huh? You did it again! You bring us Bristol Palin, and NOW you bring up Tom Delay. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A 50 YEAR OLD TV CLIP. You should change your name from moorlock to moron. dope.
Why don't you answer my simple question. Do you think convicted felon Tom Delay qualifies as a "star"? Do you put him up there with Bette Davis? How about Bristol Palin, her too? Geez, answer the question for crying out loud! Don't you understand English, or is it a second language for you? Comprende, por favor?
This is when Hollywood had celebrities that were true legends! Today pure garbage! Celebs that are wannabees and will be forgotten in a few year's! LOng live celebs from 1920-1960's!!!!!!
@heebieandjeebie how true. In those Golden years of Hollywood, people with talent and class were considered stars. That honor had to be earned and a lot of work had to be done for that kind of honor. Nowdays, a star wannabe just has to act like a slut and she is a star. She/ he just has to act wild or maybe show too much skin to be considered a star. That honor has no meaning now. They say Snooky is a star. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!
@calihartley2010 the criteria for being a star has changed because the media has changed. back then you had a few studios, a couple of networks, no reality tv. nowadays, there's 200 channels, indie films, and many reality shows. think of it like a sports league.when there are 6 teams, there can only be 120 players. when there are 20 teams, you need 400 players. same thing with today's entertainment medium. also, the term "casting couch" isn't a new one. work for honour? in hollywood?
@calihartley2010 your point on lower standards was taken but addressed. however, i think you're glorifying those "golden" years. many people were 'stars' simply because of how they looked, or how they performed on the couch. also, hollywood had its' share of scandals, at a time when there was no internet or cell phones to catch all the bad behaviour, and when studios could buy off bad press. the classiness hasn't disappeared, but alot more classlessness has appeared. in my opinion.
@watty024 you are right in some ways concerning dissemination of info then and now, but tell me how has a lot more classiness appeared? I am curious to know.
@arjhendrix While watching this, before I looked at these comments, that was the very word I was thinking of.... so glad someone else feels that way about Ms. Davis, too..."CLASS" Seems like most of the celebrity guests exit too quickly. I was so glad to see Bette Davis acknowledge the audience, too.
The film mentioned was, of course, Whatever Happened To BabyJane? Kiddies, this will give you nightmares for years to come. It came out in 1962 in black and white but no matter what-it was edgy and surreal. A classic without the bloodshed.
@DictatorRoB Out of respect. When shaking hands with a man or a woman etiquette says a woman can choose to stand or sit. If she chooses to stand it is showing a great deal of respect. Sometimes when a title is involved she doesn't have a choice. On all these What's My Line clips I've seen Dorothy and Arlene stand very few times. Arlene stood for Dorothy's father and Elanor Roosevelt. Dorothy for Elanor and Bette. Of course this was back when girls and boys were taught these things.
Today's twenty-first century has no movie stars. They are simply referred to "celebrities." Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Sophia Loren, Rosalind Russell, and Elizabeth Taylor are movie stars or were.
makes you realise what fab makeup they use to age her up on baby jane. she looks fantastic here, a blonde margo channing without the edge!!!. dont you just love her.
This just makes me smile... normally she's so intimidating (in an impressive sort of way) but here, with that voice she is like a cute little puppy you wanna give a hug! Still so glamorous though... 'It's just SPOOKY!' lol!
@MuzikLuver8 The old Hollywood... such class. Like Fatty Arbuckle raping a girl to death with a broken bottle, Ramon Navarro choking to death on a dildo, and Frances Farmer getting her brain stirred with a coat hangar.
What's changed is not Hollywood, but the ability of studios to control the press.
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
I've watched this so many times and every time I come back to it I just love the way Bette's gets up from the desk, sweeps up her flowing dress, offers her hand to the panel, stays for a tiny chat and then turns to the audience to thank them! How classy is she?!
Yes, in other episodes the mystery guest greets the panel but offers the audience no acknowledgment whatsoever. After all, fans are the reason a star becomes a star! Bette Davis always remembers this. She doesn't just wave, she offers the audience a bow, a traditional and humble gesture of showing thanks. As others have said, she's pure class all the way!
@CDU916 I just read Bette Davis' last autobiography "this 'N That" She talks abouther career the stroke, breast cancer & broken hip & always talked about WORKING. Worrying if she'd ever work again & how important her fans were to her. She, like Judy Garland, Lucille Ball always bowed to their fans, showing great love & respect for them.Today's "stars & Celebritites" are cocky up-starts & most look down on their fans with disdain and its because of the enitlement mind-set of todays "stars".
I agree with chucknyc123 on manufactured "stars". When this years "stars" of Dancing With The Stars was announced, I heard someone say they ought to retitle the show "Dancing With Whoever They Can Get". And it's true! They could never re-do this show because there aren't any real stars left. There are celebrities; but I'm not sure they could get big celebrities in this day - well maybe they could. They go on talk shows to plug movies or books, so they could use this show for same thing.
Great clip!! I just saw Meryl Streep on Conan and thought - Wow, these two (Bette and Meryl) are as good as their generations would probably ever see.
She remains a legend thanks to YouTube and TCM. I just wish she could have gotten in a few choice words for that awful Joan Crawford in. Nobody ever seemed to fool Arlene Francis. They should bring this show back -- except we'd have to see manufactured 'personalities' like The Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus as mystery guests...
I wish I could jump in a time machine and go back to this year. I would give up the internet, microwave ovens, cd's , everything. Just to enjoy a simpler time. I would.
Bette Davis was a REAL star. She had more talent and charisma in her little finger than movie stars today have put together. I love this lady! She comes across as so genuine in all the interviews I've seen of her on youtube.
I have to thank NorbertR33 and others for these marvelous trips back in time with "What's My Line" video clips. This show ended when I was a kid so every video clip I'm seeing is for the first time and it's just absolutely exhilarating.
dennis300cr 5 days ago
"Baby Jane" brought Bette her 10th Oscar nomination (she lost to Anne Bancroft's performance as Annie Sullivan in "The Miracle Worker.")
markedwardindc 2 weeks ago
Now I wonder how Bette, or Joan would call these reality attention whores these days. If she was alive she would be ranting her life off. Joan, well, she would have been knitting!
caribbeantigress78 1 month ago
sadly its the true. Even the great Bette Davis quoted it: "nowadays, they say starring ,here and there in my days we earned that recognition" those were the early days were stars were the real thing in new America we got a bimbo smurfette called Snooki a star.
caribbeantigress78 1 month ago
Those eyes !
rickw1100 3 months ago 2
She looks great in this clip. She also reminds me of Jeanne Moreau here. BETTE DAVIS...All Hail the Queen!
MegRamseyWebseries 4 months ago 4
This episode would have to be from 1962, since that's when "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" came out. That's a great movie, BTW. If you haven't seen it, check it out!
travis7310 4 months ago
Sigh,this show was so much fun,not to mention interesting.....
DannyZaidi86 4 months ago
She has Bette Davis eyes.
Piccolo7126 5 months ago 3
Hahah she disguises her voice in this one --- the last appearance, when she was promoting The Nanny, her breathey "Yes" gave her away.
ragemanchoo82 5 months ago
She's so fab!
misswings83 5 months ago
These people had CLASS!!
amalialovesicecream 6 months ago
I love her laryngitis voice! Long live Baby Jane <3
FranklyMyDearTV 6 months ago 2
I can never get enough of how she throws her dress out behind her when she walks past the panel. Such style!
daimdar 6 months ago
Gone are the days of TRUE HOLLYWOOD STARS.....Todays actors are just wannabes....
moejoe1953 6 months ago
Lol, Bette's instant reaction after Arlene asks about the "Vis-à-vis" (Joan Crawford) (1:25)! You have to watch really closely because it's really quick. (For the record I love both Bette and Joan =)
je3rowe 7 months ago 2
Others who acknowleged the audiences on WML included nearly every old Vaudeville performer who appeared (Sophie Tucker, George Jessell, Eddie Cantor, Bert Lahr, etc.) who all knew who paid their salaries.
rockyj74426 7 months ago
Others who acknowleged the audiences on WML included nearly every old Vaudeville performers who appeared (Sophie Tucker, George Jessell, Eddie Cantor, Bert Lahr, etc.) who all knew who paid their salaries.
rockyj74426 7 months ago
She looks less uptight and rigid here. Full of fun and laughter.
As she got older, Bette became more serious in interviews, maybe she just got fed up with everything. Don't we all?
cheeriosinabowl 8 months ago
I love Bette Davis, I feel my heart all soft and warm when I watch her.
josephina323 8 months ago
Bette Davis was in that rare class of performers whom others strived to emulate, craved to equal or even surpass, but always held in the highest regard...knowing they had the privilege of working in the same profession as one of such magnitude talent and class!
lttguys 8 months ago
Were members of the panel permitted to guess the identity of a guest (it's so strange to use "guest" and "guess" in the same sentence!) primarily yb way of recognizing the guest's voice? I realize it isn't as fun or cerebral, but, for the most part, the voices despit being disguised, nearly always give their hosts away.
lorrainewands 8 months ago
Definitely my all time favorite actress!!
teetee616 9 months ago
She was never what I would call a beautiful woman. Ordinary looking, really.
But she could act to perfection.
cheeriosinabowl 9 months ago
this wa quick :-)
tarrera2005 10 months ago
what year was this?
KURISUCHRIS99 10 months ago
she is such an unstoppable badass
theblueangel28 10 months ago 3
I love how they referred to movies as "pictures" back then. My grandparents still call them that :)
loveblue89 11 months ago
@serpentisma there have been a few good film since 1977, how about Schindlers list starring Liam Neeson. The Pacific Miniseries which has been on recently is very good.
EmperorGeorgeVII 11 months ago
amazing actress
robi2000 11 months ago
What a good sport of her to go on when her voice was nearly gone!
joshstoph 11 months ago
I love that movie. Especially the scene (and I know it has nothing to do with WML) is when Joan Crawford's character goes through the check book because the date is literally the day before I was born.
lajmh 1 year ago
Bette was sheer class! Greatly respected by those who have called her difficult. People dont realize that if she and others didnt stand up for themselves, the studio bosses would have really used them like a commodities. She said once, that at the end of her Warner Bros. Years after 18 long years she built many soundstages with the money she made them and that her last day on the lot she spent with a sound man and a producer & shared drinks & not so much as a farewell from the front office.
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
Oh my, she's wonderful!!!!!
sabbs 1 year ago
she attended my High School, for one year I think, but she did not graduate from it.
aspenrebel 1 year ago
i adore Bette Davis, hope i meet her in heaven one day. that would be a great honour.
MemoriesOnTheMoon 1 year ago
They're all so classy!
heelrunner 1 year ago
The stars of yesteryear were in fact just that: STARS!!! They weren't just talented they were smart! Today we have overpaid egos who are basically dumb as sticks.
Graddad56 1 year ago 22
Baby Jane never dates.
JoeWPratt 1 year ago
why don't you put the year of these programs?
chrissen1 1 year ago
@moorlock oh puh-leeze. ABC is as far left as you can go! And only a liberal like you could bring up BRISTOL PALIN in relation to a TV clip that was recorded 50 years ago. come on.
uofjim 1 year ago
for your information, ABC is owned by Disney, a totally right-wing company.
moorlock2003 1 year ago
@moorlock2003 Huh? You did it again! You bring us Bristol Palin, and NOW you bring up Tom Delay. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A 50 YEAR OLD TV CLIP. You should change your name from moorlock to moron. dope.
uofjim 1 year ago
Why don't you answer my simple question. Do you think convicted felon Tom Delay qualifies as a "star"? Do you put him up there with Bette Davis? How about Bristol Palin, her too? Geez, answer the question for crying out loud! Don't you understand English, or is it a second language for you? Comprende, por favor?
moorlock2003 1 year ago
So what do you think of convicted felon Tom Delay? I suppose he's a hero to you.
moorlock2003 1 year ago
She looks beautiful here.
Mike6E 1 year ago
She was exceptional. One of the greatest actresses who ever lived.
Laceydog 1 year ago
Even her signature looks dynamic!
Operalover12002 1 year ago 4
The Queen of the silver screen, Miss Bette Davis!
chilvari 1 year ago 6
she's so delightful!
phlashba 1 year ago
This is when Hollywood had celebrities that were true legends! Today pure garbage! Celebs that are wannabees and will be forgotten in a few year's! LOng live celebs from 1920-1960's!!!!!!
heebieandjeebie 1 year ago 3
@heebieandjeebie how true. In those Golden years of Hollywood, people with talent and class were considered stars. That honor had to be earned and a lot of work had to be done for that kind of honor. Nowdays, a star wannabe just has to act like a slut and she is a star. She/ he just has to act wild or maybe show too much skin to be considered a star. That honor has no meaning now. They say Snooky is a star. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!
calihartley2010 10 months ago 2
@calihartley2010 the criteria for being a star has changed because the media has changed. back then you had a few studios, a couple of networks, no reality tv. nowadays, there's 200 channels, indie films, and many reality shows. think of it like a sports league.when there are 6 teams, there can only be 120 players. when there are 20 teams, you need 400 players. same thing with today's entertainment medium. also, the term "casting couch" isn't a new one. work for honour? in hollywood?
watty024 9 months ago
@watty024 Exactly my point. Lowering the standards has caused a lot of classiness to disappear.
calihartley2010 9 months ago
@calihartley2010 your point on lower standards was taken but addressed. however, i think you're glorifying those "golden" years. many people were 'stars' simply because of how they looked, or how they performed on the couch. also, hollywood had its' share of scandals, at a time when there was no internet or cell phones to catch all the bad behaviour, and when studios could buy off bad press. the classiness hasn't disappeared, but alot more classlessness has appeared. in my opinion.
watty024 9 months ago
@watty024 you are right in some ways concerning dissemination of info then and now, but tell me how has a lot more classiness appeared? I am curious to know.
calihartley2010 9 months ago
@calihartley2010 no, i said a lot more class less ness has appeared, upsetting the balance.
watty024 9 months ago
@watty024 so I take it you mean that there is class, but today's Hollywood does not conform to it. Is that what you are saying?
calihartley2010 9 months ago
It must be hard for these chain smoking actresses to disguise their voices
MickeyLove01 1 year ago
Long live Old Hollywood!! Queen Bette was the best of them all.
Inttelgal 1 year ago 39
class
arjhendrix 1 year ago 2
@arjhendrix While watching this, before I looked at these comments, that was the very word I was thinking of.... so glad someone else feels that way about Ms. Davis, too..."CLASS" Seems like most of the celebrity guests exit too quickly. I was so glad to see Bette Davis acknowledge the audience, too.
Tater1951 1 year ago 2
the audience always gives it away
arlichar11 1 year ago
she actually looks kind of milfy here
swooningtree 1 year ago 4
@swooningtree Word. I thought I was the only one who thought that. She's hot in her own way :)
DiabolicalAngel 6 months ago
a vecchia ...........
mortacci sua
giolittigiovanni 1 year ago
a vecchia ...........mortaccci sua
giolittigiovanni 1 year ago
Long live Ms. Bette Davis!
rickram1961 1 year ago 4
Elephant Shoe
drunkgorilla 1 year ago
...awesome...awesome...awesome...she rocks!!
moremoxi 1 year ago 2
I love her.
joyfeline 1 year ago
This is what Madonna will look like when she's in her 60's.
berezin99 1 year ago
I love these "What's My Line" clips, they are so much fun!
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago 3
The film mentioned was, of course, Whatever Happened To BabyJane? Kiddies, this will give you nightmares for years to come. It came out in 1962 in black and white but no matter what-it was edgy and surreal. A classic without the bloodshed.
NYVoice 1 year ago 2
@NYVoiceEnjoyed your comments.
sugarshula64 1 year ago
@NYVoice Lunch, Miss Hudson? Why ceeerainlyyyy, Miss Hudson!
4AMsunshine 1 year ago
old hollywood rocks my socks!
danscognito 1 year ago 2
and I love how Dorothy chose to stand.
zamusicza 1 year ago
@zamusicza
Why did she stand?
DictatorRoB 1 year ago
@DictatorRoB Out of respect. When shaking hands with a man or a woman etiquette says a woman can choose to stand or sit. If she chooses to stand it is showing a great deal of respect. Sometimes when a title is involved she doesn't have a choice. On all these What's My Line clips I've seen Dorothy and Arlene stand very few times. Arlene stood for Dorothy's father and Elanor Roosevelt. Dorothy for Elanor and Bette. Of course this was back when girls and boys were taught these things.
zamusicza 1 year ago
@zamusicza
Than I wonder they didn't stand during each hand shaking, just to avoid possibility to offend the other one.
DictatorRoB 1 year ago
LOL I would have been able to guess at the first yes. Arlene was right how do you fake that voice?
zamusicza 1 year ago
Love Bette She is my all time favorite actress. Classy and she never put up with anything or anyone.
bonnierocks67 1 year ago 2
Bette Davis was a TRUE actress.
cheyenne86 1 year ago 3
LOVE THESE Thank you!
rodlarocque 1 year ago
The elegance as she walks out! You just don't see that anymore! A simple swish of her dress, and a a sweeping exit... True class died with her.
Schroeder411 1 year ago 4
bette made the best exits of all the mystery guests on WML. makes sense.
jimmysudar 1 year ago 4
She has the most raspiest voice I've ever known.
beyoncetyratina 1 year ago
@beyoncetyratina she has laryngitis!
toothbrush55 1 year ago
@toothbrush55
Oh.. sorry.
beyoncetyratina 1 year ago
Today's twenty-first century has no movie stars. They are simply referred to "celebrities." Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Sophia Loren, Rosalind Russell, and Elizabeth Taylor are movie stars or were.
Jantv81 1 year ago 5
Class and sass!
fkd1963 1 year ago 3
what an amazing women!
RoustaboutKid 1 year ago 5
I love Bette Davis, even if she was kind of bitchy, it wast in a good way. She had fun with her stardom, that's for sure.
moorlock2003 1 year ago 3
How do they get them so fast? Iol
wickedfan7681 1 year ago
she actually looks really good there. in the same year she was in baby jane
swooningtree 1 year ago
When people had class & elegance...
lpride1 1 year ago 4
When people had class and elegance...
lpride1 1 year ago 4
One of the Best ! Should have won a 3rd Oscar !! Whatever happened to baby Jane ? Was a true classic . Noone can compare to Bette Davis .
xstanadu 1 year ago 4
I don't know why but it seems to be that Ms. Kilgallen adored Bette very much, just watch her face looking at Ms. Davis
Etheline 1 year ago
1962
Danimal77 1 year ago
makes you realise what fab makeup they use to age her up on baby jane. she looks fantastic here, a blonde margo channing without the edge!!!. dont you just love her.
marcuslaughton 1 year ago 5
I agree! But anyway, Bette always looked older than she was. But she was very ATTRACTIVE ;-)
Etheline 1 year ago
The epitome of class ! I adore Ms. Davis...
radster197979 1 year ago 5
"Where the hell did I put that last bottle o' Scotch? Musta been that damn maid!"
"Listen, sis, one of us ain't gonna make it, and it's not me!"
sillyboydeux 1 year ago 3
Oh, she looks very pretty here! What year is this,please?
Etheline 1 year ago
@Etheline 1962/3 roughly about the time of baby jane
marcuslaughton 1 year ago
Thank you very much!
Etheline 1 year ago
What's for din-din?
AzureHvn 1 year ago
What an ovation !!!!!!
9TheMajor 2 years ago 2
God I love her!
ivanjaykcmo 2 years ago 3
her voice is amazing! you KNOW its her
realmuscle19 2 years ago 2
Oh! I have sooooooooo favorited this!!!
pepsibookcat 2 years ago
This just makes me smile... normally she's so intimidating (in an impressive sort of way) but here, with that voice she is like a cute little puppy you wanna give a hug! Still so glamorous though... 'It's just SPOOKY!' lol!
iamwinkyful 2 years ago 7
That my friends is a STAR, class and quality
gman59 2 years ago 6
what a great actor ....But you are blanche .You are ! !
redmail02 2 years ago 5
Thanks for the share flybreath. Obviously she had to disguise her voice - it is so distinctive. Adored her - such class.
rockchick80s 2 years ago
oooh the old hollywood, speaks class and statuesque beauty! now, it's shame filth and overrated sexuality
MuzikLuver8 2 years ago 114
@MuzikLuver8, I couldn't have said it better. 'Now, it's shame filfh and overrated sexuality' ZING!
GEVMM 2 years ago
@MuzikLuver8 The old Hollywood... such class. Like Fatty Arbuckle raping a girl to death with a broken bottle, Ramon Navarro choking to death on a dildo, and Frances Farmer getting her brain stirred with a coat hangar.
What's changed is not Hollywood, but the ability of studios to control the press.
icaruspnw 1 year ago
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
MPL029 1 year ago
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
MPL029 1 year ago
@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
MPL029 1 year ago
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@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
MPL029 1 year ago
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@icaruspnw Fatty was acquitted, the actress in question died from a botched abortion....and Farmer was never given a lobotomy..thats mere rumor...not true
MPL029 1 year ago
Joan Crawford and Bette Davis were rivals and always hated each other
KMAN6000 2 years ago 4
Class and charm!
Yeah she really did not deserve a third Oscar for "Jane" but hell yeah for "All About Eve"!
fkd1963 2 years ago 4
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I can say that All about Eve deserved one, but Baby Jane too, she was creepy and incredible in that role!
misticjoe 2 years ago 3
Classy lady, she's always been a big fave for me. Thanks for posting this! :-)
Remmepark 2 years ago 4
Bette Davis had real star quality and charisma. Great actress
calalilygirl 2 years ago 4
look at the expression at 3:50!
tristanchord85 2 years ago 3
I've watched this so many times and every time I come back to it I just love the way Bette's gets up from the desk, sweeps up her flowing dress, offers her hand to the panel, stays for a tiny chat and then turns to the audience to thank them! How classy is she?!
je3rowe 2 years ago 10
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CDU916 1 year ago 2
Yes, in other episodes the mystery guest greets the panel but offers the audience no acknowledgment whatsoever. After all, fans are the reason a star becomes a star! Bette Davis always remembers this. She doesn't just wave, she offers the audience a bow, a traditional and humble gesture of showing thanks. As others have said, she's pure class all the way!
CDU916 1 year ago 36
@CDU916 I just read Bette Davis' last autobiography "this 'N That" She talks abouther career the stroke, breast cancer & broken hip & always talked about WORKING. Worrying if she'd ever work again & how important her fans were to her. She, like Judy Garland, Lucille Ball always bowed to their fans, showing great love & respect for them.Today's "stars & Celebritites" are cocky up-starts & most look down on their fans with disdain and its because of the enitlement mind-set of todays "stars".
NFitalianGuy 1 year ago
Wowza wowza wowza... look at those breathtaking eyes! Gorgeous woman!
nicolevalentino1 2 years ago 4
I agree with chucknyc123 on manufactured "stars". When this years "stars" of Dancing With The Stars was announced, I heard someone say they ought to retitle the show "Dancing With Whoever They Can Get". And it's true! They could never re-do this show because there aren't any real stars left. There are celebrities; but I'm not sure they could get big celebrities in this day - well maybe they could. They go on talk shows to plug movies or books, so they could use this show for same thing.
myhighlanddream 2 years ago 2
Having a cigarett cold! :-)
MMICGER 2 years ago
She really does have Bette Davis eyes...
hotsickle 2 years ago 7
Yes if you look closely her eyes really are beautiful
calalilygirl 2 years ago 4
Yes. Bette Davis eyes indeed. She never was a classic beauty, but she sure did have some expressive, lovely eyes.
moorlock2003 2 years ago 2
Great clip!! I just saw Meryl Streep on Conan and thought - Wow, these two (Bette and Meryl) are as good as their generations would probably ever see.
nonsuchfabio 2 years ago 4
She remains a legend thanks to YouTube and TCM. I just wish she could have gotten in a few choice words for that awful Joan Crawford in. Nobody ever seemed to fool Arlene Francis. They should bring this show back -- except we'd have to see manufactured 'personalities' like The Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus as mystery guests...
chucknyc123 2 years ago 3
Oh, stop with that. Why would she diss Joan? They had a huge hit movie at the time, due to BOTH of them giving excellent performances.
moorlock2003 2 years ago
Wonderful post!
withlotsabutta 2 years ago
A fabulous actress. A genuine gem.
betsiecow 2 years ago 6
I think it's so nice that everyone loves Bette. She's one for the ages, that's for sure.
sisalrug 2 years ago 11
Ahhhhh Bette's voice is soo distinctive.
She just cannot disguise it.
Ahaha that kind of "smokers talk"
Ahhh I love her
CarlyIsAGangster 2 years ago 8
One of my favorite actresses of all time!!!!
There was and never has been an actress like Bette Davis........
gladys8it 2 years ago 15
the most beautiful and liberated, classy lady around... joan might have been a great beauty but she didnt have shit on bette
jerumaria 2 years ago 7
She's just FABULOUS!!!even with laryngytix!!!Very few artists star like her..
classilyette 2 years ago 3
Wow. I think the only other times have been for Bishop Sheen, Eleanor Roosevelt, and a nun.
vanityfair713 2 years ago
Duke535: She just didn't want Bette to say "But ya ARE in that chair, Dorothy — YA ARE!" :)
mcasidis 2 years ago 2
I wish I could jump in a time machine and go back to this year. I would give up the internet, microwave ovens, cd's , everything. Just to enjoy a simpler time. I would.
jackmehoffer68 2 years ago 4
When was this aired? :D
magenta1000 2 years ago
It was aired Nov. 11, 1962. She was 54 here...
nyleg7 2 years ago
she's like....I dont give a fuck
fernie1981 2 years ago
I love Bette!
ooolka652 2 years ago
Gracious and lovely. And what a great walker!
VinDcator 2 years ago 4
EWW.
xABitTooGorgeousx 2 years ago
I was at a theatre in Forest Hills where she made one of those appearance.
PutannaXXX 2 years ago 3
Bette Davis was crazy about Errol Flynn!!!
seaofclay 2 years ago 3
i thought she hated him
22moviefan22 2 years ago
She did at one point. Shr thought he was a terrible actor but later admitted that he wasn't that bad. I love her eyes at 3:51!
je3rowe 2 years ago 3
Ooh, me too. She reminded me a lot of Meryl Streep just then for some reason.
vanityfair713 2 years ago 3
Yeah she did have that look about her! Gotta love the Great Bette! And Meryl for that matter! A modern day Bette Davis in her own right! :)
je3rowe 2 years ago
She is the queen. Love her. Awesome to see this. Thank you.
NoRosesForMe 2 years ago 2
Gorgeous dress on a gorgeous lady!
oywidapoodles 2 years ago 2
Bette Davis is a Star ..i just adore her
Sholay59 2 years ago 3
Bette Davis looks real sexy here!!!
gregdafaggot 2 years ago 10
in the 'whats my line?' for Barbra Streisand they told her that bette davis had talked about her and i can't find that clip!
bakaonigirii 2 years ago
She doesn't have shit on Bette Davis, that's why
scarlettthedestroyer 2 years ago
Bette Davis was a REAL star. She had more talent and charisma in her little finger than movie stars today have put together. I love this lady! She comes across as so genuine in all the interviews I've seen of her on youtube.
Tigerlily21 2 years ago 6
Charisma is right.
Muffy2314 2 years ago
Aw Bette sounded so cute when she was saying "This is all I have" XD. That probably sounds weird, but whatever lol. This show is amazing =)
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Jade808 2 years ago
Nah! Doesn't sound weird, it WAS really cute! Heehee! :)
je3rowe 2 years ago
LOL! Thanks for agreeing =P haha
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Jade808 2 years ago