@weightfeather1 And I'm planning to re-read daughter B.D.'s "tell-all." I won't buy it 'new,' out of respect for Davis. But the "Daughter Dearest" tome actually just reinforces some of the things we Davis fans love about her anyway. One realizes it's about B.D.'s perspective, but still many amusing anecdotal episodes that must be accurate, as no lawsuit ever filed..
Ruth Elizabeth Davis was a real pistol. in fact, her own life perhaps her greatest role.
@weightfeather1 You are so correct about becoming neglectful of dental work. I have let my own dental issues go way too long, having lost my dental benefits, but also from a life-long phobia of dentists stemming from my very rough (and sometimes rude) childhood dentist--he should have been a Teamster instead of a dentist.
@gymnastix I know dentistry has progressed a great deal since then, am planning to go very soon and worry about payment later. Now physicians are noticing other diseases (including heart) may derive from dental infections gone unchecked. I've even seen public service television commercials addressing this very issue.
@gymnastix So I urge all in similar straits, reading this, to follow suit--get your teeth examined. Even without insurance, there are public entities who will at least treat basics. Even dentures are better than an infection spread.
@weightfeather1 Thank you for recalling the specificity of Davis' illness for the record here. I had actually looked it up after I posted my comments, and found it, though now don't even remember where?
I sometimes worry I suffer from Alps' Climbers Disease---that's when one remembers having climbed a mountain, just not how one arrived there.
@gymnastix You must be a true Bette Davis fan, to have known such a relatively obscure fact of her history. I'm betting you have read at least one very good biography and/or one her two ("The Lonely Life," "This 'N That') autobiographies.
I especially like the few Davis books by Whitney Stine--"Mother Goddam" and "I'd Love To Kiss You."
@weightfeather1 Davis did have an accute dental/oral infection of the jaw at one point in her life, that made her very ill, nearly killed her. I don't recall the exact name of the malady, but you may find out about it if you read one of her biographies.
So maybe that's what going on here. As I recall, it happend when she was doing or about to do one of her rare, later-life stage projects.
The play in question (The World of Carl Sandburg) opened on September 14, 1960 and closed on October 8, 1960 after only 29 performances. So this is around August 1960, she was 52 years old. She was born April 5, 1908.
1952? Uh, so Ms. Davis is 44 here? Do I count well? She is adorable, amazing, talented,GREAT and I really adore her and find her fascinating,such a charismatic face! But I'd guess her 10 years more... Anyway, you are lovely to help me with the years. Thank you VERY much!
@Cruse12 :-) After few more watchings I'm almost sure it is from 60s, compare her look in the Star (1952). But thank you very very much you've been so willing to help me! Thankssssssssss
You can tell in all of these WML clips with Bette that Alrene just adores her! The amount of prase she gives her is amazing! And well deserved! The greatest actress ever!
And I'm proud to say Bette Davis (born in Lowell, Massachusetts, alwaus very proud of her New England, "Yankee stock) as she called it) spent at least part of her earlier life in Newton, Mass. (next to my hometown of Waltham, MA), during the same years my parents were being raised there, I think in the same general area as my late mother.
@thewomaninthemoon And I'm proud to say Bette Davis (born in Lowell, Massachusetts, always very proud of her New England, "Yankee stock," as she called it) spent at least part of her earlier life in Newton, Mass. (next to my hometown of Waltham, MA), during the same years my parents were being raised there, I think in the same general area as my late mother.
@thewomaninthemoon I like to think my mom's and Bette's paths crossed in those times, maybe were having a cup of tea or coffee in the same restaurant, etc..
@thewomaninthemoon Davis' son, Michael Merrill, who was adopted (same as myself), has been the most loyal of her children, biological daughter Barbara ("B.D.") Davis Hyman having betrayed her mother in a tell-all (but from her warped perspective) biography, "My Mother's Keeper," other daughter, Margo, mentally disabled, institutionalized most of her life.
@gymnastix Merrill, a lawyer by profession, has been a member of the Brookline, MA town government, and helps oversee his mother's papers at Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library.
Davis was one terrific actress, and helped overturn the Hollywood studio system, through her legal challenge to Warner Brothers studios, in fighting for better film projects and scripts, breaking the way for actors to become free agents. .
@thewomaninthemoon Though she lost that battle with WB, she "won the war," and earned the respect of even hard-nosed studio boss Jack L. Warner, who admired and was amused by his former employee's feistyness.
@thewomaninthemoon Davis, for her part, considered her arguments with Warner "fair fights," as she felt up to doing battle with men, viewed female sparring as caddy, petty and irrelevant.
Davis generally preferred the company of men (who she viewed as her own, though not necessarily all women's, equals), in business matters, in romance, and by "knocking back a few" with the crew after a day's shooting wrapped.
@thewomaninthemoon She was a consummate pro, who maintained a discipline of hard work, intolerance of on-set tardiness (which she viewed as inconsiderate, selfish behavior by self-centered "stars"), and seized opportunities to direct and re-write, when she sensed incompetency of directors.
Crew members and good actors loved and/or respected her; "prima donnas" and some directors feared her.
love, love, love Bette Davis - none like her ever - not then, and not now.
tinketteful 3 weeks ago
I agree! She's one of a kind and I love her.
GretaGarbo 1 month ago
That's impossible: how can they guess Bette Davis so fast?
GretaGarbo 4 months ago
@GretaGarbo She had a very distinctive voice.
xander7ful 3 months ago
@weightfeather1 And I'm planning to re-read daughter B.D.'s "tell-all." I won't buy it 'new,' out of respect for Davis. But the "Daughter Dearest" tome actually just reinforces some of the things we Davis fans love about her anyway. One realizes it's about B.D.'s perspective, but still many amusing anecdotal episodes that must be accurate, as no lawsuit ever filed..
Ruth Elizabeth Davis was a real pistol. in fact, her own life perhaps her greatest role.
gymnastix 5 months ago
@weightfeather1 You are so correct about becoming neglectful of dental work. I have let my own dental issues go way too long, having lost my dental benefits, but also from a life-long phobia of dentists stemming from my very rough (and sometimes rude) childhood dentist--he should have been a Teamster instead of a dentist.
gymnastix 5 months ago
@gymnastix I know dentistry has progressed a great deal since then, am planning to go very soon and worry about payment later. Now physicians are noticing other diseases (including heart) may derive from dental infections gone unchecked. I've even seen public service television commercials addressing this very issue.
gymnastix 5 months ago
@gymnastix So I urge all in similar straits, reading this, to follow suit--get your teeth examined. Even without insurance, there are public entities who will at least treat basics. Even dentures are better than an infection spread.
gymnastix 5 months ago
@weightfeather1 Thank you for recalling the specificity of Davis' illness for the record here. I had actually looked it up after I posted my comments, and found it, though now don't even remember where?
I sometimes worry I suffer from Alps' Climbers Disease---that's when one remembers having climbed a mountain, just not how one arrived there.
gymnastix 5 months ago
@gymnastix You must be a true Bette Davis fan, to have known such a relatively obscure fact of her history. I'm betting you have read at least one very good biography and/or one her two ("The Lonely Life," "This 'N That') autobiographies.
I especially like the few Davis books by Whitney Stine--"Mother Goddam" and "I'd Love To Kiss You."
gymnastix 5 months ago
@weightfeather1 Davis did have an accute dental/oral infection of the jaw at one point in her life, that made her very ill, nearly killed her. I don't recall the exact name of the malady, but you may find out about it if you read one of her biographies.
So maybe that's what going on here. As I recall, it happend when she was doing or about to do one of her rare, later-life stage projects.
gymnastix 6 months ago
in retrospect, NO ONE could even touch the great talent of MISS BETTE DAVIS. ...and thank God your work lives on forever, thanks to film.
scotnick59 7 months ago 2
@cuoredeinidi I checked that episode and there's no dirty look from either woman in respect to the other.
gabsylv 7 months ago
Fanatastic. what a super start, my fav's NOW VOYAGER and ALL ABOUT EVE..
anthonyjsykes 7 months ago
I love this show!!
Gioveolympus 8 months ago
looks worn out and not wanting to be there. i agree w/ the tooth comment, too...something not right.
GroffinTiffin 9 months ago
Bette Davis -- once had a mad affair with Lassie. Had to break it off due to religious differences. Lassie was an atheist.
62easthar62 9 months ago
@62easthar62 That was one of the funniest comments I ever saw !!! Bette Davis was a lesbian dog slut ... ROFL ;-))
SpaceCowboy641 8 months ago
Fabulous actress - one of the very best!
periperigord 1 year ago
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She looks totally grumpy
toothbrush55 1 year ago
Kilgalen has no chin.
daffydoug 1 year ago
@daffydoug Sounds like something Frank Sinatra would say.
chrishanson70 1 year ago 4
The play in question (The World of Carl Sandburg) opened on September 14, 1960 and closed on October 8, 1960 after only 29 performances. So this is around August 1960, she was 52 years old. She was born April 5, 1908.
jimaroo100 1 year ago
oh those eyes..can convey every emotion in a flash!
Lennon4life1968 1 year ago 5
It was in 1960. She was 52.
mircea82 1 year ago
Please,will you help me with the year of this show?
Etheline 2 years ago
@Etheline 1952 .
marcuslaughton 2 years ago
1952? Uh, so Ms. Davis is 44 here? Do I count well? She is adorable, amazing, talented,GREAT and I really adore her and find her fascinating,such a charismatic face! But I'd guess her 10 years more... Anyway, you are lovely to help me with the years. Thank you VERY much!
Etheline 2 years ago
I'd say more like the early 60s - was Joey Bishop around in 1952? and look at the dress and hair styles - early 60s.
Cruse12 1 year ago
@Cruse12 :-) After few more watchings I'm almost sure it is from 60s, compare her look in the Star (1952). But thank you very very much you've been so willing to help me! Thankssssssssss
Etheline 1 year ago
@Etheline she had just performed on broadway in the world of carl sandberg, i have checked it out and it was in fact 1960.
marcuslaughton 1 year ago
Thank you very much for specification of the year! You are very kind! HUGSSS
Etheline 1 year ago
BTW wasn't the play with Mr.Merrill,too???
Etheline 1 year ago
what a legend! one of the greatest actresses of all time!
Cosmic86x 2 years ago 2
Unequalled legend !!!!!
9TheMajor 2 years ago 5
hi everyone i read on wikipedia she appeared on academy award celebration in 1987.....doyou know how can i find it ? thanks a lot
OPERATORE100 2 years ago
It was on youtube recently but it has unfortunately been removed.
myrnaloysboy 2 years ago
thanks very much...i d like to see her in that celebration ...thanks anyway ....
OPERATORE100 2 years ago
Arlene looked really REALLY pretty this night.
She always does, but this night in particular.
Bette Davis is soo great with anything she does.
Great woman, and one great talent.
CarlyIsAGangster 2 years ago 3
But there's something missing... her heart-necklace
xBroadwayDivax 2 years ago 2
Wow - you're right - it's not visible...
I'm quite sure it's there though, beneath the other necklace. I can't imagine her going anywhere without it :-)
Have you ever seen The Thrill Of It All? Arlene has a minor (But adorable) role in it - And she actually wears the heart pendant in her bracelet :-)
ijustwanttosing 2 years ago 2
Ohhh yeahh!
I didn't notice that.
Hmm one of the rare times she hasn't worn it.
CarlyIsAGangster 2 years ago
Davis looks like Margaret Thatcher's twin sister.
Fronika 2 years ago
Arlene looks great in this clip!
VinDcator 2 years ago 2
You can tell in all of these WML clips with Bette that Alrene just adores her! The amount of prase she gives her is amazing! And well deserved! The greatest actress ever!
je3rowe 2 years ago 2
Arlene always reminded me of the sophisticates New York aunt eveyrone wanted.
PutannaXXX 2 years ago 7
What is with Bette's teeth. And THAT hat!
I know she had them fixed after that.
PutannaXXX 2 years ago
I would like to know what year it is too, please :)
mamrsstnc 3 years ago
They're talking about Bette playing in 'The world of Carl Sandburg' which she did in 1959 so I assume that's also the year of this broadcast (;
ClassicFilmFan 3 years ago 3
Yeah, that's true. Thank you so much! :D
mamrsstnc 3 years ago
8/28/60 per the IMDB. She was probably still doing the Sandberg play.
44032 2 years ago
what year is this
22moviefan22 3 years ago
Good to see Bette on What's my Line without laryngitis haha ;)
[And am I allowed to make a very girly comment? Thanks :P I like Arlene's hairstyle here!]
ClassicFilmFan 3 years ago 6
I bow down to the greatest actress that ever lived.Love you Bette!
thewomaninthemoon 3 years ago 49
@thewomaninthemoon I second that emotion!
And I'm proud to say Bette Davis (born in Lowell, Massachusetts, alwaus very proud of her New England, "Yankee stock) as she called it) spent at least part of her earlier life in Newton, Mass. (next to my hometown of Waltham, MA), during the same years my parents were being raised there, I think in the same general area as my late mother.
gymnastix 6 months ago
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@thewomaninthemoon And I'm proud to say Bette Davis (born in Lowell, Massachusetts, always very proud of her New England, "Yankee stock," as she called it) spent at least part of her earlier life in Newton, Mass. (next to my hometown of Waltham, MA), during the same years my parents were being raised there, I think in the same general area as my late mother.
gymnastix 6 months ago
@thewomaninthemoon I like to think my mom's and Bette's paths crossed in those times, maybe were having a cup of tea or coffee in the same restaurant, etc..
gymnastix 6 months ago
@thewomaninthemoon Davis' son, Michael Merrill, who was adopted (same as myself), has been the most loyal of her children, biological daughter Barbara ("B.D.") Davis Hyman having betrayed her mother in a tell-all (but from her warped perspective) biography, "My Mother's Keeper," other daughter, Margo, mentally disabled, institutionalized most of her life.
gymnastix 6 months ago
@gymnastix Merrill, a lawyer by profession, has been a member of the Brookline, MA town government, and helps oversee his mother's papers at Boston University's Mugar Memorial Library.
Davis was one terrific actress, and helped overturn the Hollywood studio system, through her legal challenge to Warner Brothers studios, in fighting for better film projects and scripts, breaking the way for actors to become free agents. .
gymnastix 6 months ago
@thewomaninthemoon Though she lost that battle with WB, she "won the war," and earned the respect of even hard-nosed studio boss Jack L. Warner, who admired and was amused by his former employee's feistyness.
gymnastix 6 months ago
@thewomaninthemoon Davis, for her part, considered her arguments with Warner "fair fights," as she felt up to doing battle with men, viewed female sparring as caddy, petty and irrelevant.
Davis generally preferred the company of men (who she viewed as her own, though not necessarily all women's, equals), in business matters, in romance, and by "knocking back a few" with the crew after a day's shooting wrapped.
gymnastix 6 months ago
@thewomaninthemoon She was a consummate pro, who maintained a discipline of hard work, intolerance of on-set tardiness (which she viewed as inconsiderate, selfish behavior by self-centered "stars"), and seized opportunities to direct and re-write, when she sensed incompetency of directors.
Crew members and good actors loved and/or respected her; "prima donnas" and some directors feared her.
What a broad!
gymnastix 6 months ago
@thewomaninthemoon Agreed. She is my favourite, along with Barbara Stanwyck. And she stands alone as the greatest star ever.
tamarexxe 3 months ago
Thanks so much, Bette + Whats My Line = The perfect concoction.
BethBetteJulie 3 years ago 26