Bette Davis talks about Louella Parsons

[xanthoxylaceae]

what a complete cunt!

[Blakkhawks]

@xanthoxylaceae COW

[xanthoxylaceae]

@Blakkhawks yeah she's that too. ;)

[Blakkhawks]

@xanthoxylaceae I was talking about you, dimbulb.

[xanthoxylaceae]

@Blakkhawks Gosh, silly me for not understanding the tone from a comment of YouTube. Goddamn you sound like a annoying cunt. Your parents must hate you. What a dumb fucking cunt you are.

[Blakkhawks]

@xanthoxylaceae Time for your nap junior.

[xanthoxylaceae]

@Blakkhawks :: eyerolls :: facepalm. You're a sad cunt.

[Blakkhawks]

@xanthoxylaceae Sorry about your inbreeding.

[xanthoxylaceae]

@Blakkhawks facepalm :/

[Blakkhawks]

@xanthoxylaceae And your droopy mouth stroke face.

[RobbVonZeppelin]

Greatest actress ever. Most gorgeous woman ever. Sigh

[crapfacejoe]

If this interview proves anything, it's that bette Davis is your typical unfeminine masculine like American woman. Love her acting but would hate to be associated with her in any way.

[TheJamesroy3]

CLASSY LADY!

[misswings83]

Gah. I love her SFM. Queen.

[Lampshade51]

Cavett was so bright and a great interviewer. Carson was a wonderful monologist and very witty, but Cavett was the superior interviewer. Plus a big star would have all 90 minutes and you really got in deep.

[TheRutledgest]

What a dame! (And I mean that in the nicest way possible).

[shawnanthony1992]

I love her laugh, she is spectacular. I absolutely love her. I'm a 19 year old guy and i just think she's beautiful on this show. She's glowing!

[Chasson0318]

Such style!!

[tilog]

I could listen to her all day.

[ArethasChild]

She is the true epitome of what a star is

[MyGward]

she was somethin else..that cackle ..lol

[anabrans]

I just love her sense of humor :D

[jimmysudar]

cool that at the end she bowed; i saw her on 'what's my line,' and she did the same thing; always a start.

[hotmarriedgays]

So refreshing and real and funny. Truly a different generation. We are very lucky to have these Dick Cavett interviews.

[cheeriosinabowl]

Geez, I wish Bette were still alive.  I could listen to her all day, she was quite the lady.

[jealousofmypuddin]

Bette Davis..We love you.

[wilburbonzo]

what year was this interview?

[reddogmissy]

@wilburbonzo

November 1971

[LAWFORLOVE]

BETTE DAVIS YOU ARE GREAT NOW AND FOR EVER !!

[giavannira]

of course naturally i love bette davis...and the older she got the more imprssed i got with her...nothing was ever handed ti her she worked her ass off in at the time a mans world and showed em....and as for people saying she wasnt beautiful when she was younger their eating their words now SHE SHOWED EM U DONT HAVE TO BE DROP DEAD BEAUTIFUL TO BE GREAT..BETTE IS NUMBER 2 OF THE FILM IN.TOP 100 ACTRESSES OF ALLTIME! XOXOXOXO LOVE YA BETTE WISHED I WOULD'VE HAD TO HONOR TO KNOW U ! MUUUUAH

[Handiman544]

Racingrubberbiker: You are right on the money. Today's actors literally have nothing to say of any importance or meaning other than how it affects their career and their income. Some are not famous for anything more than "being famous" because their daddy has money (Paris Hilton comes to mind...)...she is a total nothing but she's rich so she gets the attention. As far as I am concerned every time she inhales, it's a waste of perfectly good air. It's sad what we settle for now days.

[DA90027]

Bette was honest and spoke what she thought unlike today's phonies!

[sevenlemon]

She was a kick! She didn't give a damn what anyone thought about her.

[GoranMak]

Dick Cavett was SO HOT! LOL!

[tominmilton]

@GoranMak OMG, you're right.  Seriously, he is kind of beautiful. Look at that face!

[jckfmsincty]

She was so sharply intelligent. One in a million.

[chilvari]

I love her laugh! She makes me laugh, she just has such a charming personality. God, I would love to have talked to her about so many things. I'm not a professional talk show host though so I wouldn't know where to start or what to ask. I'd just listen to her very intently about her vast array of knowledge and experience of life and work. The woman is just brilliant! There aren't enough words in the english language to describe how much I love, respect and appreciate Bette Davis.

[tarnsand]

Thnx so very much for posting these vids.I am so impressed with your comments from this entire interview. I couldn't agree more with all of you. Interviews today are plain ridiculous and are not worth our viewing. Maybe its because in the 'Golden Age' actors were not exposed 24-7 therefore it was such a thrill when we were fortunate enough to see their work on screen or latenight movies. Aren't we lucky to have the old studio movies to appreciate and enjoy!Thank God for TCM & Silverscreen.

[saskiaburgermeister]

no darling, we weren't on the floor...

[michaeljames3257]

JUST LOVE IT...

[FunWithStuttering]

This was back in the day when stars would go on talk shows and actually discuss something interesting, instead of some annoying ego trip promoting their latest project. I hate today's talk shows.

[Bobbyd1175]

Wow! I didn't know these existed. I was so fortunate to have known Miss Davis in Westport, CT in the 70s and early 80s before she became ill. There will never be another like her!

[cinebeatl]

I love how down to earth she is in this clip!

[SugarKatie]

it's so nice to see a host have fantastic rapport with his interview subjects, even when they are supposed to be intimidating divas. Mr Cavett is one of the rare hosts who can bring out the best in his guests and get them to open up like a good old friend. I am also impressed that he did his homework and asked excellent questions.

[Lov3M3taL666]

I Absolutely LOVE Bette Davis!

[jiggarypokery]

I love Bette so much. I love the way at television interviews, she acts so casual and relaxed, she goes on stage like she is paying a visit to a friends house, 'You want to interview me? you take me as I am or dont bother' Such a genuine talented woman. Truley nobody like that now. Bette was unique.

[Bobbyd1175]

I was so fortunate to have known her in Westport, CT.

She frequented my restaurant for many years.

[imyournaughtyboy]

@Bobbyd1175 Omigod that is amazing she came to your restaurant

[KevinTaylor73]

What a gorgeous, beautiful face Dick Cavett had, didn't he? Beautiful man, and WHAT A VOICE.

[iamwinkyful]

These two should get a room! She is sooo loved, I know I thought of her on the 100th anniversary but I would find it too sad to visit her grave I think. I have tried not to post anything about that 'BD' creature but I can't help thinking she must feel very foolish now for being so awfull to our Bette! She probably didn't even mean the things she wrote (I stress that I NEVER bought the book) just did it for money... I pity her. On a happier note, how fabulous is Bette's outfit?!

[tracys2cents]

I went to her gravesite on what would have been her 100th birthday, her friends had put a bucket of white roses out with a note saying that each visiting fan could take one. Very few roses were gone at the end of the day, very few fans stopped by. So sad to see the great stars of the great era being forgotten now.

[marcuslaughton]

i miss her too, i could cry when i watch these interviews, she was just the greatest in every way.

[Sebastian1984]

was this around 1980?

[deroiste16]

1971 I think

[bettebest]

one of the kind .... she is just AMAZING

[malt8291]

she looks like great fun here.

[rhymeandreasoning]

fabulous lady...the way she talks and that laugh..i so miss her...

[4MaryAnna]

I miss Bette Davis too.She's my very favorite actress.

[SuperNosfe1994]

2:15

[Pie2]

@SuperNosfe1994 yes love that part!

[Sholay59]

I love Miss Davis . No one can replace her

[castalia60able]

I love Bette Davis very much. What I found out is that Bette Davis admired Meryl Streep.

Also - Meryl Streep is a recepient of Bette Davis Award. Awesome that she felt

strongly about Meryl.. Bette must know great talent when she sees it.

[dudo101]

Miss Davis is awesome in this ! Thanks for sharing ! :)

[happylilsunbeam]

awesome lady

[rc8675309]

I didn't want it to end!!!!

[jcali619]

She wasn't the bitch everyone set her out to be. She had a strong work ethic and was a perfectionist.

[HAPPYTHELEAF]

@jcali619 I agree, when you have a strong work ethic and strive for perfection you come across to others as being too straigth and prepared to say it as it is and not suffer fools gladly.

[Mascro1977]

@jcali619

I really wonder what it would have been like if she had been the guest star instead of Tallulah on the Luc-Des commedy hour. She and Lucy had the same outlooks on work

would they have been bussum buds or would WWIII have started?

[calalilygirl]

@jcali619 SHE WAS GREAT WITH DICK HERE. NOT LIKE KATE HEPBURN.

[thoostorm3]

betty DAVIS is class

[srvfan454]

I love Betty Davis, she was so coool! they dont make actresses like her anymore

[dottorepaulo]

Thanks for these gorgeous videos. It's refreshing to watch somebody so funny and intelligent. I've just worked with a very old actress from Austria who also had this behaviour being old, witty and sexy. Maybe that's a quality that only emerges in a certain age.

[KnickyNY]

Bette Davis, the greatest actress ever!

[Miriada100]

What a delightful woman she was !!!, so witty and unpretentious like only people her generation used to be, she really puts to shame all of these newcomers who know nothing about the industry and what's even worse not a damn thing about acting, sadly they're just in for the money, like she said ...

[SOPHI3333333333333]

this is one of the BEST interviews iv ever seen! Bette is so clever in what she says.. shes so down to earth. & a beautiful woman too! Thankyou for sharing x

[canufeelitsugah]

"NOTHIN would stop her from gettin a story if she possibly could." (such emotion)...& i LOVE IT!

[jaleach123]

I'm turned on by her legs. I'd hit hit.

[ScinLaeca358]

Dick was evidently the most boring human being who ever lived, so he was a "good interviewer" because he'd just let people like Bette railroad over him. I love it when he tries to ask the same question like 8 times and she keeps interrupting him.

[kcdrew69]

terrific interview. man, they had fun

[shapeepster]

I don't think he was "turned on" by her legs. Maybe he was uncomfortable seeing a woman at her age trying to look like she was 20!

[berkeleybenje]

shapeepster, well I must disagree with you. I don't think she is an unattractive woman, especially not for her age in this interview. and the shorter hemline is not distasteful either---nice dress and fabulous boots, too.

[empressoffrance]

I agree with you and I think she was one of the greatest actresses. I have never missed one of her movies. Will watch them over and over that is how good she was.

[scotsalot]

I ♥ Paris

[Tiffanynicolina]

Bette Davis, the greatest star who ever lived! I loved her, as many did. Her daughter B.D. had her story wrong. Bette admits that actor's "can be moody, with ups and downs" B.D. Hyman betrayed her mother (by writing a tell all book) for money.

Didn't work B.D. ...we love Bette and always will !

[TheOwlBerlin]

Wow, you said it !!! There is only one Bette Davis and she will always be in our hearts !!! Wish i could say it to B.D. 's face.

That was my reply to '' Tiffanynicolina''

Astor.

[racingrubberbiker]

What I notice from these clips, is that the old stars had SOMTHING TO SAY. Today's celebrities go on talk shows to promote their latest film/book etc., but otherwise are brain-dead

[largsfairlie]

You are exactly right. Contrast the disastrous Meg Ryan interview with Parkinson on UK TV.

[racingrubberbiker]

Yes indeed, MR certainly has "issues"

[funkeekatt]

@racingrubberbiker You couldn't be more right. I'd much rather watch an old clip of Bette Davis or Gloria Swanson on The Dick Cavett Show than Gwyneth Paltrow or Katie Holmes on Letterman.

[calchick82]

@racingrubberbiker I totally agree...watching today's celebrities(and they ARE celebrities, not STARS like Bette Davis was)in interviews is like watching paint dry...soooo boring.

[jandtsmom]

@racingrubberbiker

And I thought I was the only one who thought that way! You are sooooooooo right!

[ptboat67]

@racingrubberbiker You're also looking at one of the great stars of all time and not just a little starlette. Betty Davis had, by this time, survived Hollywood and built a great brand which was herself. I think if, presented with this sort of format, you'd find that many of the better actors of our time would be able to do the same thing. Meryl Streep comes immediately to mind.

[qqrk1372]

@racingrubberbiker AHMEN! I stopped watching talkshows YEARS ago for that very reason. Celebs today have NOTHING to say. They haven't lived lives worth talking about. they just do the rounds to promote whatever crap they happen to be selling that week. It's a real shame.

[dancebandleader]

@qqrk1372  Yes!!!

[LuvMadonna626]

@racingrubberbiker those are the only reasons they go on talk shows is to promote their latest project. I think they have personalities and such but they're too focused on hawking their shit to people and not focused on letting people to really know them because they have this idea in their heads that they are better than normal people. starts from the past never forgot their roots.

[dancebandleader]

@racingrubberbiker  You are 100 percent correct.

[reesescupbrandy1]

@racingrubberbiker

Alot of these celebrities come off as rather fake. I like Bette, because she didn't mind being herself.

[fumala420]

@racingrubberbiker OMG YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

[exposednerve12]

@racingrubberbiker - And so are the interviewers, who never ask intelligent, thought-provoking questions. Instead we have Ellen Degeneres, who is always asking her attractive male guests to take their shirts off!

[045781]

"don't blame him. "

Meaning: for wanting her, notice how he kept looking at her legs and talking about sex.

[PutannaXXX]

When touring with Baby Jane I was at one of the theatres she visited. Part of her appearance was to teach someone to impersonate her, and one lucky audience member got a Baby Jane doll. I don't remember how that was decided.

[nourbutwatmi]

"Professional Newspaper Woman," you certainly won't find any of them around today...that includes men or women. Today instead of reporting the news they feel compiled to create the news. Not a big fan of hers but I had to smile when she spoke of being on the floor...she was truly a great old Dame.

[Muffy2314]

Bette always had beautiful legs--even as she got older.

[grainofsandfan]

She's so smart.

[edmame]

gogo boots bette!

[je3rowe]

*Exclamtaion of adoration!* I love her! This is the first time I've seen her speak so freely like this, just lately becoming a fan of her! She is so natural and has a great sense of humour! I so did not expect that! She's wonderfully honest! Thanks so much for posting this! :)

[Muffy2314]

is Betty having a drink?

[WafffleHouse]

no, it's ice water (was discussed in an earlier part of this interview)

[nobiggie90]

what a GLORIOUS moment in time this was.

absolutely delightful.

Betty will never be forgotten.

her wit was something spectacular and extraordinary.

[mimilagogo]

i couldn't have put that better myself nobiggie90!

truly glorious indeed! x

[edinburghmarc]

what a legend!!

[rustyquoin]

She was wonderful and is wonderful in this.

[gangstaboo405]

i know this might be a stupid question but is there any black bette davus fans???????? if so reply 2 this msg and if ur not a black fan dont bother

[aprilwearsgucci]

I am. I'm huge fans of Bette Davis and Meryl Streep.

[zu0832]

One of her famous quotes "Old age is not for sissies".

[DA90027]

I love her glasses...she looks great here.

[butternuttt]

work those boots girl!!!!

[key8422]

"No, dahling No. We were never on the floor. I haven't been on the floor in years."

LMAO. She's a hoot.

[charliebubblesoar]

My favourite leading lady!! Love the sunglasses too.

[ManilaSyndicate]

A somewhat rough, outspoken lady who never lost her class. Not the kind of gal a man would want to settle with, but fun to have a fling with.

[xABitTooGorgeousx]

shes right.when you become famous- especially if you revel in it -you 'forget who u are' and thats unfortunate

[aprilwearsgucci]

She looks really good, and she's working those boots. Nice!

[bogadea]

fabulous. thanks.

[angelsnaya]

they didnt stump the mold.....they broke the mold... Ms. Bette Davis, I miss you, I love you!!!!

[yardleyaloe]

News from America: It was announced from Paul Harvey News via Radio that there is a new Bette Davis postage stamp available on sale today (9/18). Fantastic!!

[yardleyaloe]

I have obtained 4 of the new Bette Davis postage stamps. Just gorgeous. Margo Channing Revisited.

[yardleyaloe]

My favorite actress!

[joestyle123]

Dick so wants her.

[7beers]

Well, who's to know what happened after the interview?

[Prilpril21]

LOL

[045781]

She still had sex appeal, don't blame him.

[gypsycafe]

Thank you very much for putting this up.

[geniebaby]

I think i could listen to Bette all day and night, she is mesmerizing! They don't make stars like this anymore

[OzTerri]

between Bette and Joan, there's no competition. Bette is HONEST and gritty. I appreciate her honesty. Interviews with Joan show her as a fake. At least Bette is someone to be trusted.

[lephare09]

Legend! Probably better to stay on her good side, though.

(Plus, Dick Cavett was kind of...cute?)

[thebookmann]

I quite liked Betty Davis's view on being an artist and on acting. I do believe Madonna has copied her outfit in a interview with David Letterman. And the quote she says,"Its a good thing" Did Martha Stewart lifted it from her? This shows how flaccid those two entertainers are. Not only should you be strong willed, you art should come from truth.

[daydream1900]

she loved the bloke interviewing her! this is a great interview she a ledgend!

[nattym37]

Bette Davis simplemente la MEJOR!!! hoy en Día hacen falta actrices de la calidad de Bette!!ella es la número 1!!!

[4MaryAnna]

Bette Davis is THE #1 best actress EVER!(imo)

Mary-

[jmibo67]

what a wonderful warm witty lady so frank and unguarded. They really dont make em like this anymore.

(Think she had the hots for him with out a doubt)

Great post.

[naverow]

star star star

[gatoperezoso]

i want to go back in time and have crazy wild sex with dick cavett...oh, and yes, i love bette davis too...

[dandankiwi]

Wow, her later interviews shes a totally different person

[xlovemerylx]

yeah i know..shes more bitchy, but id certainly be too if i had to go thru all that with BD and cancer and everthing..but i feel like these interviews show the Real Bette Davis..(at least i want them to be):)

[TopandTang]

THe greatest actress that ever lived! She was great on and off the stage.

[sonjaxfactor]

she is in a very good mood with Dick Cavette

[christentze]

so true! she musta really liked him.  how great to be in her inner circle.

[rickram1961]

Bette Davis was one very classy dame!

[knowell2006]

you are being nasty and rude. At least she is normal ,has no mental illness or so called "Bipolar disorder". I believe she is tougher than Mommie dearest Joan C.

[gelidflesh]

To knowell2006:(I address this in case my comment doesn't end up underneath this bitch's) you're being ignorant and lame. Why bring mental illness into it? And don't call Davis "normal" -- she was one-of-a-kind. And don't ever, ever preface "Bipolar disorder" with "so called."

[AngusPuppets]

reminds me of my former boyfriends mother. I detested her!

[MrMidwest]

I wish he had asked her about Miriam Hopkins.

[christentze]

lol, they'd be bleeping every other word. :)

[Shadowmanor]

Why?

[christentze]

sorry, why what? i hate when the comments don't go under the ones we respond to. if you're asking why i said they'd have to bleep every other word if Bette'd been asked about Mirium, it's because Bette supposedly hated her. I remember reading a quote of Mirium's which was something like: "Bette's a greedy little bitch who has to taste everyone's cupcakes at a party." either way, i love Bette. she seems like someone who'd love you to death if you were on her good side or just plain hate you.

[Shadowmanor]

That's what I meant I'm sorry I should have asked a full question, my mistake. I love Bette Davis as well but I'd never heard that story before, thanks.

[christentze]

Oh, no, no! there's nothing to be sorry about. :) haha. IM sorry if i came off snippy. i didn't mean to at all. sometimes when i hit reply, it doesn't go under the post im replying to so it can get confusing, that's all. i love Bette as well. maybe it was just a rumor about what Miriam said, but im pretty sure they hated each other. :) i just realized i misspelled Miriam's name a lot in that other post.

[Shadowmanor]

It's alright it's so hard to tell on the net when people are being snappish or not. Yeah when I hit reply, unless I'm really lucky, the reply winds up at the top of the page. Did you know that she Tullah Bankhead had a huge feud over parts? I just found that out. Well thanks again. ~Z

[etrax2000]

YouTube has its own strange and chaotic way of mishandling responses to comments, you never know where they may appear and under what misaproiate heading

[ManilaSyndicate]

"I wish he had asked her about Miriam Hopkins."

:-) And Joan Crawford.

[thalialuvmx]

old acquaintance

[paulsimpson123]

isnt she fab

[fernie1981]

It's really something rare the way she makes everyone else out to look so good, becoming a rare quality.

[email2michael3]

Her boots are HOT!! Go Bette!