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Take off your hat in the presence of the queen of Classical Hollywood !

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Bette Davis (1908 - 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actors in cinema history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was reputed for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies.



She was the first actress to ever reach ten Academy Award Nominations, and she won the award for Best Actress twice. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked her as the 2nd greatest female star of all time (she was second only to Katharine Hepburn). She was also the first woman ever to receive the Lifetime Achievement award from the same organization.

 Bette didn’t arrive in Hollywood until 1930, and was greeted by a surprising amount of failure. She was told she didn’t “look like an actress,” and failed her first screen test. Her break arrived in the mercy of George Arliss, who gave her the lead in The Man Who Played God (1932) after her disappointing flops in many unsuccessful films. The success of the picture earned her respect, and more importantly a contract with Warner Brothers Studios.

Bette Davis is inseparably attached to the femme fatale archetype, and is possibly the most recognizable film noir starlet of them all. Deception is a 1946 film noir released by Warner Brothers, and directed by Irving Rapper. Film critic Dennis Schwartz generally liked the film, writing, "Irving Rapper (Shining Victory / Now Voyager / Rhapsody in Blue) helms this labored romantic melodrama, a remake of the early talkie 1929 Jealousy that was also based on a Louis Verneuil play. It's written by John Collier and Joseph Than ... With classical music filling the background, cheesy soap opera dialogue in the forefront, histrionics taking over the concert hall, none of the characters being likable and Bette Davis as hammy as ever, this preposterous opera-like tale is amazingly enjoyable as straight theatrical drama that is nevertheless campy and could easily have been treated as comedy."

The Letter is a 1940 American film noir directed by William Wyler, and starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall and James Stephenson. Variety magazine wrote, "Never has [the W. Somerset Maugham play] been done with greater production values, a better all-around cast or finer direction. Its defect is its grimness. Director William Wyler, however, sets himself a tempo which is in rhythm with the Malay locale . . . Davis' frigidity at times seems to go even beyond the characterization. On the other hand, Marshall never falters. Virtually stealing these honors in the pic, however, is Stephenson as the attorney, while Sondergaard is the perfect mask-like threat".

My favourite: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?



What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? is a 1962 American psychological thriller film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Jane is an actress who is a melancholic, repressed, and forgotten old lady. She tries to hold her crippled sister capture and get people to idolize her. 

First of all, I love Bette Davis with a passion, the actress, and the woman. I've always admired her and the roles she chooses. She is a true Hollywood queen and a glorious actress. With Jane's growing madness, Bette Davis did her best in this movie. She made it a classic. I guarantee that even if you've never seen any film of her, you can start with Baby Jane.

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