Bette Davis Declares Frank Capra A "Great Director"

Bette Davis salutes Oscar-winning Director Frank Capra at the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Frank Capra (1982).

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[Brittan72]

Bette looks great here! I love it when she says, " I am an actress, not a song".

[hollbri]

after all these years...still my fav.actress.i love her!

[Hyramess]

She was WONDERFUL at playing comedy. Just look at The Man Who Came to Dinner, if you don't believe me.

[Hyramess]

As Charlotte Vale said to Jerry's little girl in Now Voyager, when the child was heartbroken over being unwanted, unloved and filled with painful awareness that she was not very pretty, "You may not be beautiful in the way you wish to be, but if you develop your character by becoming interested in other people, you can have something ELSE -- something much BETTER -- something that will LAST.

Those are not the exact words, but they carry the point.

Bette, had the "something else."

[ultimatebigbreak]

True class and movie star status makes people spontaneously give you a standing ovation!

[Rick Mileske]

Bette Davis was the best actress we ever had

[missuniworld]

100% LEGEND!!!

[mctalks]

I respect that Bette is an actress, not a song but damn, how can anyone deny those " Bette Davis Eyes? " Every time I hear that song, I think of her movies...

[ajaxfitch]

Frank Capra is the best

[Danimal300zx]

This is a year before her stroke. Still healthy here and still looks like the younger Betty.

[KL467KL]

Kim Carnes sang a song in the early 1980's named "Bette Davis Eyes". I enjoyed listening to it, although I didn't know much about Bette Davis when I was in junior high. I certainly do now. She is a wonderful actress!