Bette Davis interview

[cha53z]

When smoking was cool.

[edwardjames50]

This is the phoniest staged "interview" in history! She repeats large chunks of the

"Eve" script, as if it's just come into her head.

[kikiladoucette]

@edwardjames50 The funniest is that the journalist doesnt't seem to understand it XD

(sorry for my English I'm French)

[theblazingangel]

@edwardjames50 I know, right. Clearly a publicity piece for the film. Nothing wrong with that but it would have been more fun to see Bette the person rather than Margo.

[kmcl11]

wOW...She smoked on set even then....

[PuReBrOwNsUgAr3380]

thanks for posting

[KURISUCHRIS99]

honestly,the film is a little boring,but im still really entertained by it,its also slow moving,but i've always liked this film for some reason,its such a good movie.

[chilvari]

That's what I mean when I say everything used to be about movie stars and acting. Now, it coincides with pop culture and pop music. They're all corrupt though. Today's stars (if you can even call them that) lack that essence that breathes life into them. But horrible music and videos and ridiculous pop star images (you don't see any actors running around with pink mohawks and crap looking like a trick or treater) have a more negative impact than Hollywood.

[chilvari]

I also love how everything back in this era of American entertainment was all about movie stars and acting. It lost it's luster over the years though; in Davis's era, acting and performing were very challenging because everyone relied on natural skill and ability than technology. Some of todays actors are overpaid, but in general, I believe acting is a more challenging profession than say being a pop star. And yet, you always seem to have 10X more overpaid pop stars who make forbes money list.

[xtinaandravenfan]

Bette was a real actress, with real talent and the movies she did where real movies. When men where men and women where women, unlike nowadays. Love Bette :) <3

[KURISUCHRIS99]

i like this movie but honestly

i have never finished the whole thing

its not even that long but its a little slow

but still a good movie

[SOLE2SOUL]

@KURISUCHRIS99 If you've never finished it, then you really have no idea of how great a movie it is. The last 20 minutes are what the entire rest of the picture is leading up to. Seems the comment at the top about short attention spans is right on the money.

[KURISUCHRIS99]

@SOLE2SOUL

after seeing the last part,your right,it was so good

[SOLE2SOUL]

@KURISUCHRIS99 I'm glad you finished and agree. Now you've seen my favorite line when Anne Baxter tells George Sanders to "get out!" and he replies "You're much too short for that gesture."

[xtinaandravenfan]

OMG ive been looking for one of older interviews! Thanks so much for this! I love Bette! Phenomenal actress! <3

[hayamatsuka]

LOL when anne baxter laugh's XD.

[cazjenks230991]

@hayamatsuka

The actress's name is Celeste Holm, not Anne Baxter. But I agree, funny moment! :-)

[hayamatsuka]

Lol thanks for correcting me =).

[facefavour]

I loved the old american accent of that time like how bette is speaking here. It almost sounds like an english accent.

[chilvari]

@facefavour I adore Bette and Katharine's accents!

[ConfusedSponge]

the interviewer is sooooooooo boooriiiiiingg

[NFitalianGuy]

I have an idea. They should give every movie goer Adderal to lengthen their attention span so we can have more Movies like "All About Eve"... This is a classy sophisticated Movie well written, Directed produced and played. I am tire of the movies of old TV shows or movies where they only use the green screen and the actors have to act against a blank set or backdrop. I wish the intelligence for making movies comes back. Mindless Star Wars,HarryPotter films have Adults in a child's mind set.

[creolelady182]

I loved this movie but unfortunately writers today will not write these long verbal soliliqys because todays audiences have the attention span of a gnat. The movie industry will eventually snuff out actors and actresses and rely more on special effects and virtual people to tell the story. You have James Cameron to thank for that!. Hollywood will decrease their dependance to actors and actresses as technology will take over.

[marcuslaughton]

@creolelady182 too right. writers are now appealing to the lowest common denominator.

[juanitamorrisbraden]

@creolelady182

i completely agree, we need those old talents, not affraid to write, or act !!!

i loved her, because of her great many gifts, she offered on stage, & diversity, ya cant get that much nowadays!

[chilvari]

@creolelady182 I agree, everything in today's entertainment, whether it be movies or music, or even dance, is handled by technology now, and it's corrupt. It's a shame. People actually cared about their work and their performance back in Davis's era. But aparrently, in this era, work and performance simply means to prance around on stage with vulgar songs and silly costumes (and make tacky music videos), as well as horribly scripted movies, stiff yet "hot" actors and technological enhancements.

[creolelady182]

@chilvari

Thank you for your most thought provoking comment!

[MissBetteDavisFan09]

I love Bette, there will never be another 2.0of her! I still can't believe that come Tuesday it will be 20 years since her death.

[empressoffrance]

I think she was the best actress around. She never made one bad movie and she had the guts to speak her mind, when speaking your mind was not kosher in Hollywood.

[BernardProfitendieu]

just a spontaneous, totally scripted little response

[dodginraindrops]

lol thats so cool, you can totally tell Davis is in character for Margo :D

[springtime65]

I Love This Movie..:+)

[StevieRayKnopfler]

One Of My Favorite Films "Superb"

[opelske]

Great movie all around, and you can really feel the chemistry between Davis and Merrill.

[notenut]

one of my favorite movies

[BionicStefan]

Baxter is wonderful.

Davis is a bitch. Cruel.

[RdtheLiterature]

she is but thats absolutely why we love her!

[twolfb4u]

maybe in the film yes she played a bitch but Davis the the best actress in the history of cinema

[LexiixoxRoxx]

Bette Davis is NOT a bitch.

[MissBetteDavisFan09]

Amen to that!

[LexiixoxRoxx]

lol Amen to what?

[TABITHA18X]

im not sure, i wouldnt like to think so but its amazing the things bette got up to!! still i cant help but love her more, i dont think she was seep down devious i think she just did what hell she wanted when she wanted, and was without a doubt the best Actress to walk the earth. And there will never be another to do what she did. and gave to the silverscreen.

[shinznay]

Can Someone answer me a question with fact,not your opoinion of it.

was bette davis a realy bitch to the marilyn monroe? cus obv..marilyn was not being recongnized fully yet but she had appeared in some by then in 1950 but apparently bette davis was a bitch to her..!!

if this is true i find this very harsh of bette davis for doing that !!

please someone answer me please:)

[Muffy2314]

Anne Baxter was adorable. Class,beauty!

[xlovemerylx]

god she should have one the oscar for this, now voyager, jezebel and what ever happened to baby jane..man was she cheated out

[zane401]

i couldnt agree more !

[Shubael1809]

Crawford was cheated. Davis was a mockery of self.

Crawford was (in spite of her present reputation in Hollywood due to Christina) the single most underrated actress of her day. Davis was ecocentric and purposely bullied Crawford to steal the show in Whatever Happened..

Joan, ever the diplomat, finally chose to beg off the follow up "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" since Davis had promised to make her life hell on earth. There's no question de Havilland did a superb job with it though.

[kalindoscopy]

would this even win a single oscar today? modern cinema changgggggged

[jelqer]

She was so sexy! I wish women would have the same poise as the old Hollywood leading ladies. She's the perfect of why we should not smoke. She aged awfully.

[famedsaid]

Great movie!

[brkitdwn]

great movie! great actress!!

[Shubael1809]

Even Davis' interview is scripted...

[kalindoscopy]

everything was

[superdresser]

It´s not an interview. it a promotion-film made by the film company to be used as a trailer.. as you can see she is even dressed up as Margo Channing.

[Shubael1809]

I'm aware of how things were done during the1940s in Hollywood superdresser. I know it's a promotional short. Nonetheless it doesn't feel very natural nor does Miss Davis make seem anything spontaneous. As Joan Crawford would have said her "clipped off" dialogue is very stagy. Small wonder she's perfect fuel for the impressionists.

I've always maintained Bette Davis is invariably a version of herself irrespective of role.

[superdresser]

And thats why we love her. isn´t it? She always kept her integrety and personality thruout her career

[Shubael1809]

I see your point.

I'm not sure about the "integrity" piece. She was known to be utterly impossible. Her daugher B.D. is a "born again" idiot of a preacher and has her own website.

I'm sure both Crawford (by far the prettier in youth) and Davis were utterly impossible task masters. I just find Davis like watching a train wreck while Crawford in the early 30s epitomized the Art Deco era.. She was haute couture itself.

[superdresser]

are we talking beatycontest, here? But you may be right, Crawford always reminded me of the Crystler building

(Sorry couldn´t help myself).

I have been in the theatre and film-industry for nearly 22 years, and i always find it MUCH more interesting to see someone who brings a part of themselves on stage/ in front of the camera than the actors who are totally "Cameleon´ish. And what Miss Davis´family are doing in their private life, are their business. Not mine..

[Shubael1809]

No. We're not talking about a beauty contest. That was observational.

Bette Davis has always reminded me of that character Geena Davis played in Beetlejuice as she hung over the dinner table a dried up old bride (sorry couldn't help myself). Imagine her lungs at autopsy.

She seemed dreadfully common to me though her people were from Lowell, Mass. Crawford conversely came from "some cow town" in West Texas and became the epitome of the word "chic" in her day - honing herself to a "t".

[superdresser]

Great!!! I love Tim Burton!! But what has J.C. to do with anything of this? you like her, i haven´t said a word about her.(exept for the Crystler-comment) as for her lungs.... well let me just say that if you look closely when she smokes, you see the never inhales

[Shubael1809]

"I love Tim Burton!! But what has J.C. to do with anything of this?"

Let me explain. I was drawing a comparison between "chameleonesque" actresses of Hollywood's early days and those like Blanchett and Redgrave who become the role.

You brought up the subject of acting style not I.

[Shubael1809]

"And what Miss Davis´family are doing in their private life, are their business. Not mine.. "

Oh how detached of you Mary.  **rolls eyes emoticon".

[superdresser]

Maria::: if you please...

[Shubael1809]

Priscilla seems more fitting..

[superdresser]

I take it as a HUGE compliment that you compare me with one of the funniest movies the last 25 years or so.. but did it

HAVE TO BE A BUS!!?

[Shubael1809]

that's campy not funny... I knew you'd know THAT movie.

Aren't gay stereotypes just TOO much fun.

If ever in the U.S. I know a couple of gay hot spots "to die for" that you'll feel right at home Maria.

[superdresser]

What do you mean "if i ever".? i´m in the U.S: at least once or twice a year..

[Shubael1809]

Oh splendid.

I'll willingly give you the names of several local gay resorts which specialize in drag routines. More often than not B. Davis, Cher, Streisand and Judy Garland are featured.

You'll be in heaven.

[Shubael1809]

a bit of gay American trivia for the uninitiated;

We use "Mary" here synonymously with "Priscilla". That's why the bus was named Priscilla. Don't make me explain this to you... don't make me.

[Shubael1809]

"I have been in the theatre and film-industry for nearly 22 years, and i always find it MUCH more interesting to see someone who brings a part of themselves on stage/ in front of the camera than the actors who are totally "Cameleon´ish."

You must dislike Cate Blanchett and Vanessa Redgrave.

And are you giving me your resumé? I thought we were speaking of Davis and Crawford.

[superdresser]

You are talking Davis & Crawford. Not me...

Cate Blanchett are one of the best actresses around. she always manages to keep a bit of her own personality in every role she plays. Can´t wait to see her in "A streetcar named desire" Vanessa Redgrave? tecnically? Great. otherwise flat and boring.

[Shubael1809]

"Cate Blanchett are one of the best actresses around. she always manages to keep a bit of her own personality in every role she plays."

au contraire. There's not a bit of Blanchett in Meredith Logue or Katharine Hepburn.

Redgrave boring?

I see you're American and like big broad over-stated things in your actresses. Well Davis is your gal. Vanessa Redgrave invented the craft (or was its heavenly beneficiary at the very least).

[superdresser]

thats your opinion isn´t it?.

LOL Me American??? I´m Norwegian.

[Shubael1809]

ah Norwegian.

That would certainly make you intuitive when critiquing American cinema.

[superdresser]

And you about Australian... small world

[Shubael1809]

Miss Blanchett's mother only is Australian and though the actress was born there her father was a generational Texan (God help us) by birth.

Redgrave's grandfather was an Aussie too though we think of her as entirely English.  Perhaps one need a bit of filtered Australian to have genuine talent ... not this mimish shit.

[Shubael1809]

"Vanessa Redgrave? tecnically [sic]? Great. otherwise flat and boring.

If subtlety isn't your thing (and it's obviously not) you'll never understand a real actress becomes apart of the cinematic production. You'll only ever understand suffocating a role as the Davises and Streisands do.

Streisand I'll forgive for her singing talent (at least at one time) saved her.

OH sorry? Should I have not introduced another? You (the Norwegian) set the standard after all now don't you?

[superdresser]

What do you mean "Set the standard" i try to answer in the same tone you answer me.. You may introduce as many names as you like, but you have to be aware that you sound more more like an old queen yourself. because all your actress examples have a HUGE gay audience.

[Shubael1809]

Okay.

You came in here guns 'a blazin' ready to correct my post. There was no need for your condescending and arrogant correction. I know my Hollywood. I called you on it and you've been answering in kind ever since. You, "Bette Davis", are the Old Queen. The stereotypes are oozing out of your every post. For any intelligent man (irrespective of orienation sexually) to find Vanessa Redgrave "flat" talent-wise yet Bette Davis defendable would expose you as the pretender to the throne Mary.

[superdresser]

If i came across to hash on you, i´m sorry. I was merely informing you, that it wasn´t a real interview with Bette Davis. If i knew that you were on a personal crusade against hr, i wouldn´t have said aword..

And i haven´t read any other post that you have written,...

You must remember that for most of us who writes here English are our second or third language.

As for Miss Redgrave, I simply ment that i find her a bit TO GOOD for her own good.. it comes across to perfect or calculating.

[Shubael1809]

Thank you for your apology. It seemed abrupt. Indeed I'd left that post some time ago.

I congratulate you and your fellow Scandanavians on what appears to be (generally) a fairly sound working knowledge of the English language. I speak no Scandanavian tongues but I do speak both Italian and French fluently.

[Shubael1809]

Language and its nuances are a very important thing especially when one's mother tongue isn't the one being used at an internet site.

If I mistook your post for condescension I apologise. It seemed as though you assumed a bit too much. That's all.

You and I will have disagree on Miss Redgrave. I find her understated and profound. In my view she is, (again arguably) the finest living actress we have bar none.

[Shubael1809]

"You may introduce as many names as you like, but you have to be aware that you sound more more like an old queen yourself. because all your actress examples have a HUGE gay audience."

MON DIEU! Ce n'est pas vrai! Dites-moi "non"!!

(you don't suppose I mentioned them for precisely that reason do you Bjorn?)

**sacrasm emoticon**

[superdresser]

Bjorn??

Who is that? Only Jorn i know of are the Swedish Tennis-Player Bjorn borg. Impressed by your French ,thou...

No i don´t think you mentioned them for that reason.

But Hey..... you know me...

A faggot in mid...

[Shubael1809]

Grazie mille... ti piace la mia francese, si? Conosci la parola per "omosessuali" in italiano? Mammia mia. Ci sono molte; "finocchio", "frocio", "frocione"

As-tu entendu la phénomene italienne de "neo-facisme" récemment? C'est quelque chose assez triste e frayeur il me semble. Chaque anné nous voyageons en italie et en france... mais cet année nous ne voyagerons pas en italie malheureusement. Et finalment; voici la preuve: Tous les américains ne sont pas comme les "cowboys" à Texas ;-)

[strangeandunusual94]

i love her, i just love her

[AdArmand]

Bette is reading off the tagline of the movie!

[sophiam1234]

wow where did u get this, its wonderful, i love bette davis!!

[LadyDragonsblood]

I have this interview too. It's an extra on my DVD of All about Eve....there are some super special features on the DVD...buy it...you won't regret it!