John Wayne films get repeated in series...sigh... why couldn't they do it with Bette ?
Hiyah Bazzer *waves* glad to hear you like B + W films and especially the divine Miss Davis
I just think she was wonderful.
Hiyah Bazzer *waves* glad to hear you like B + W films and especially the divine Miss Davis
I just think she was wonderful.
Bette Davis is my heroine. TCM occasionally shows her films, but even that hasn't screened any recently. Thank goodness for the boxed set..
Sezit:
Helena Bonham Carter is a great actress, she played stepmother in the Nigel Slater biography Toast. She was fantastic in that.
Aww shame I missed that Sezit, I heard she was good in it.
Helena Bonham Carter is a great actress, she played stepmother in the Nigel Slater biography Toast. She was fantastic in that.
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Aww shame I missed that Sezit, I heard she was good in it.
I have Bette Davis's autograph. It's framed, with a still photograph from Now, Voyager
Really Demantoid? Thats cool 
Hope it takes pride of place on your wall!
Hope it takes pride of place on your wall!
It's in the bedroom. The OH bought it me for Christmas a few years back, and it's a treasured possession
That is such a good present Demantoid! 
I wish someone would get me that .
Apparently Bette was just as edgy and feisty off screen... when she heard of the death of Joan Crawford ( her long term foe ) she reportedly said:
"You should only speak good, of the dead. Joan Crawford is dead... Good! "
I wish someone would get me that .Apparently Bette was just as edgy and feisty off screen... when she heard of the death of Joan Crawford ( her long term foe ) she reportedly said:
"You should only speak good, of the dead. Joan Crawford is dead... Good! "
Have your read this? Brilliant stuff... God, they hated each other!
No I haven't read it Demantoid... luckily I got an Amazon voucher for Christmas, and theres still a bit left... so I think I'll get that definitely...I love Hollywood Bio's.. have a few in the house.
Apparently they were mortal enemies!!! Must've been the catfight of all time
Apparently they were mortal enemies!!! Must've been the catfight of all time
Oooh that looks good Toid...cheers. That`s a must read for me! 
"Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies."
"Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies."
"The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
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Oooh that looks good Toid...cheers. That`s a must read for me! "Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies." "The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
Had to quote myself it was all mucked up.
Apparently, the feud on Baby Jane got serious. Bette pointed out that Joanie's falsies got bigger in every scene, and Joan made her put her back out during the bit where Bette had to drag her along the floor - by strapping weights under her clothes.
Hee hee, I love that quote Scotty... ouch! 
In a Bette - Joan fight, thers only one winner
In a Bette - Joan fight, thers only one winner
Oh, and Bette's hideous blonde Baby Jane wig was actually an old one of Joan's, retrieved from a dusty drawer in Wardrobe and ratted up a bit..
I heard a story where Joan was married to the CEO of Pepsi.... and Bette demanded they only have coke on the vending machines on set... hope its true
I loved Bette in How Green Was My Valley
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Oh, and Bette's hideous blonde Baby Jane wig was actually an old one of Joan's, retrieved from a dusty drawer in Wardrobe and ratted up a bit.. 
Hee hee... suitably bitchy
Pengy, what???? 
So do I rosie. (hope it`s true) These are magic
There's a bit in the book about the Coke/Pepsi feud. Joan tried to insist on only having Pepsi on set, Bette installed a Coke machine. And made sure everyone knew alky Joan's bottles of Pepsi contained mostly vodka..
Aye Scotty I gotta read that book Demantoid told us about.
I also read Henry Fonda's biography... Bette Davis was his prom date... he was pulling on the back door for ages... then realised she was holding it shut... so he had to ride up front
I gotta read that book Demantoid told us about.I also read Henry Fonda's biography... Bette Davis was his prom date... he was pulling on the back door for ages... then realised she was holding it shut... so he had to ride up front
He got corralled into being her society date once when she was in her teens - then she went round telling everyone they were engaged!
Demantoid yay! so its true about the coke/pepsi feud ... didn't know about the vodka bit though... excellent you wouldn't wanna mess with Bette Davis, what a biyatch 
you wouldn't wanna mess with Bette Davis, what a biyatch
Small but ferocious - my role model!
*bows to Demantoid's superior knowledge... and is mightily impressed*
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Pengy, what????
wrong film Toid I could have sworn it was her not the O'Hara woman 
Pengy.... why you out of the convent? You know you owe us...
You know you owe us... Reference:
Pengy.... why you out of the convent? You know you owe us.
mother superior has gone missing and none of the other sisters and brothers seem to be around so I'm playing foot loose and fancy free You're not gonna grass me up are you
besides shouldn't you be prostrate on the rectory floor cleaning it??
I really hate How Green Was My Valley, peng.
The accents are all over the place
The accents are all over the place
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I really hate How Green Was My Valley, peng. The accents are all over the place
when has Hollywood ever got accent's right
- I guess they thought the mythical 'British' accent was close enough 
I do kinda like the story of the film though
Pengy whoaah, we're friends no?.... I won't tell if you will
...Besides its hard getting meassages out of my prison cell... errr cough I mean my
current accomodation
...Besides its hard getting meassages out of my prison cell... errr cough I mean my
current accomodation
Half of them were Irish or Scottish. And it made us out to be shawl-wearing peasants! Bliddy awful.
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And it made us out to be shawl-wearing peasants!
ummm you're right I thought that was the preserve of us Irish I guess as Hollywood had probably never heard of Wales, Ireland was the closest approximation they had Reference:
.Besides its hard getting meassages out of my prison cell... errr cough I mean my current accomodation
Sweet Mary mother of Jeebus what have ye been up to or shouldn't I ask??? Did you make good money at it
Must read that book Demantoid
Bette Davis had the best oneliners ever !
Bette Davis had the best oneliners ever !
I love Bette Davis - what an interesting lady she was.
"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" was on a couple of months back - even though I've seen her films countless times I never tire of them - I'm the same with James Dean's three films.
One film I haven't seen aired in ages - and it's a brilliant one - is "The Nanny".
I am just about to go and purchase that book too
"Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" was on a couple of months back - even though I've seen her films countless times I never tire of them - I'm the same with James Dean's three films.
One film I haven't seen aired in ages - and it's a brilliant one - is "The Nanny".
I am just about to go and purchase that book too
The Hollywood Babylon books are worth a look too, full of old dirt from the golden age of Tinseltown. By a bloke called Kenneth Anger.
Demantoid
Another Bette Davis fan here.
I've read Deman's recommended book - it's fab and the bit about the Pepsi/Coke saga on set is well written AND amusing when you read it. Another good book that gives basic snippets and all round general info on such stuff is David Niven's Bring On The Empty Horses. The story of how the book got its title is a good tale.
I know there are the movie channels and some of the classic old b&w films of the great Hollywood era are still shown (I watched Some Like It Hot this afternoon on ITV3 and it's still a bloomin' brilliant movie)......but I still miss the days of when BBC2 used to put on a good old movie on a Saturday afternoon. They tended to be aimed at women - not so many war/cowboy films as presumably the men of the house were out at a football match, and I used to sit with my mum whilst we lost ourselves in a good old bit of story telling.
Those were the days.
What was that marvellous Davis film where she played twins. One died and the surviving twin 'nicked' her identity...?
And I quite liked the look of Tyrone Power....
And Cary Grant
I've read Deman's recommended book - it's fab and the bit about the Pepsi/Coke saga on set is well written AND amusing when you read it. Another good book that gives basic snippets and all round general info on such stuff is David Niven's Bring On The Empty Horses. The story of how the book got its title is a good tale.
I know there are the movie channels and some of the classic old b&w films of the great Hollywood era are still shown (I watched Some Like It Hot this afternoon on ITV3 and it's still a bloomin' brilliant movie)......but I still miss the days of when BBC2 used to put on a good old movie on a Saturday afternoon. They tended to be aimed at women - not so many war/cowboy films as presumably the men of the house were out at a football match
, and I used to sit with my mum whilst we lost ourselves in a good old bit of story telling.Those were the days.
What was that marvellous Davis film where she played twins. One died and the surviving twin 'nicked' her identity...?
And I quite liked the look of Tyrone Power....
And Cary Grant