BETTE DAVIS AN INTIMATE POTRAIT (5/6)

Originally broadcast on September 26th, 1996 on the Lifetime network, Bette Davis: An Intimate Portrait is one of the very best documentaries ever assembled on this remarkable woman, featuring rare and timeless interview footage alongside reminiscing from her closest friends and clips from her exhilarating body of screen work. Viewed in conjunction with 1982s A Basically Benevolent Volcano and 1993s All About Bette, it completes the definitive documentary portrait of the life and career of The First Lady of the American Screen.
Narrated by Lauren Hutton, the documentary features interviews with, among others, close friend Robert Wagner, film critic Susan Granger, Me & Jezebel author & playwright Liz Fuller, personal assistant Vik Greenfield , and her beloved son and proudest achievement , Michael Merrill.

VIVA LA BETTE!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Bette Davis
• Intimate Portrait
• biography
• 1996
• Lauren Hutton
• Robert Wagner
• Susan Granger
• Liz Fuller
• Vik Greenfield
• Michael Merrill

[xxcharmed1xx]

b.d. was a spoiled brat and what did her mother get in return.. nothing but a book full of bullshit! well b.d. got hers after bette died haha bitch got nothing left to her!

[gmaureen]

I get the impression Bette tried to give her daughter everything she wanted. Generally, that is not good for a child.

[roder51]

I find it strange that Ruthie Favor Davis was married on July 1st1907 and died July 1st 1961.

[DiabolicalAngel]

I dunno, I love Bette AND Joan..both are beautiful and just kick ass actresses. I don't choose sides.. I can't :)

[APRIL62318]

Joan was not nice her daughter wrote a book too

[APRIL62318]

what did bd have if she didn't have her mother! Nothing

[glamourous888]

Hope they shot What Ever Happened To Baby Jane was done in colour. I love the film, Bette was awesome!

[xtinaandravenfan]

OMG BD was such a spoilt bitch. I pity her.

[tydelwave]

BD was so spoil. What a rude bitch for writing that horrible book.