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We all have bad days sometimes. (Bette Davis in "The Letter")   Garbo in "As You Desire Me" (1932) Greta Garbo mood:  Sometimes I get down,  sad and just want to be alone. This is what I call my “Greta Garbo mood.”  Garbo’s character Grusinskaya in “Grand Hotel” (1932) read more

Bette Davis, wanted to become an actress after seeing Rudolph Valentino in, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) and Mary Pickford in, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921. She attended Cushing Academy, a boarding school in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, where she met her future husband, Harmon O. Nels read more

I have a real weakness for big coffee table books about classic Hollywood. They’re not typically the best biographies, but they are full of nice, big pictures that are beautiful to look at and I can’t resist some good eye candy. The only problem is those books tend to get rather price read more

Oh Bette Davis, even from beyond the grave, you keep giving and giving. Here she shares her golden throat with a performance of Single on The Hollwood Palace (1965). read more

Behold--the glorious horror of Bette Davis singing Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte on a 1965 episode of the quiz show, I've Got a Secret. Love her. A perfect way to celebrate the birthday of the gutsy, unique actress who sparked my interest in classic Hollywood--and who I still deeply admire. read more

This is a gem. Here's Bette Davis in 1971 on This is Your Life. She seems a little embarrassed by the whole thing, but she's a good sport (though she eventually also seems bored). I especially love the obvious affection and respect between Davis and William Wyler. Other appearances: Olivia read more

This is probably my favorite talk show interview ever: Bette Davis on The Dick Cavett Show in 1971. I feel like I've been yakking about it a lot lately, so I figured I might as well post one of my favorite parts--when Davis talks about kissing on screen, including a particularly devastatin read more

I love this simultaneously awful and adorable clip of Bette Davis singing What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? on The Andy Williams Show in 1962. She just bludgeons the song, which is pretty goofy in the first place, but her enthusiasm and lack of self-consciousness are incredibly endearing. In read more

I can’t believe I just learned about this. Bette Davis filmed a television pilot for a very young Aaron Spelling in the mid-sixties. Called The Decorator (1965) it was a sitcom about an opinionated decorator who insists on living with her clients while she redesigns their homes. Bette Davis read more

You could have just as easily convinced me that it was Charles Pierce. read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Must! Buy! NOW!Thank you to Frank who gave me the heads up about this. read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. I had the opportunity to watch two Blonde Bette Davis pre-codes at the Brattle Theater last night. What a treat. Here are some of my quick thoughts on both films.Bureau of Missing Persons read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Today, I read a Publisher's Weekly review of the new Bette Davis biography by Ed Sikov called Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis. Holt is coming out with it in November and I'm excited read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. The virtues of a blonde Bette Davis are many and go largely unacknowledged. Most know Bette Davis as a wide-eyed brunette; fiesty and domineering. The films she's best known for are all i read more

I've had the pleasure of interviewing Kathryn Sermak, Bette Davis' former assistant and author of the memoir Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis. I met Kathryn at her book talk and signing at the Harvard Coop back in November of last year. She was very kind and gave everyone a book read more

Miss D & Me Life with the Invincible Bette Davis by Kathryn Sermak with Danelle Morton Hachette Book Group 288 pages Paperback edition On sale: September 11, 2018 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells What was Bette Davis REALLY like? Her longtime assistant Kathryn Sermak, who worked read more

Miss D & Me Life with the Invincible Bette Davis by Kathryn Sermak with Danelle Morton Hachette Book Group 288 pages Paperback edition On sale: September 11, 2018 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells What was Bette Davis REALLY like? Her longtime assistant Kathryn Sermak, who worked read more

Dupla Dinâmica: Bette Davis e William Wyler / Dynamic Duo: Bette Davis and William Wyler É difícil definir um cineasta como William Wyler. Seu filme mais famoso é a versão de 1959 de Ben-Hur, um épico bíblico masculinizado com uma boa dose de ação e drama. Entretanto, Wyler dirigiu read more

I've had the pleasure of interviewing Kathryn Sermak, Bette Davis' former assistant and author of the memoir Miss D & Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis. I met Kathryn at her book talk and signing at the Harvard Coop back in November of last year. She was very kind and gave everyone a book read more

The Oscars are just around the corner and in thinking of these awards, I'm reminded how, in the past 10 years or so, the Academy has favored actresses who have transformed themselves physically for their movie role with nominations and/or Oscar statuettes. In an industry that is so focused on a spec read more