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She was initially seen as unappealing by studio executives, and was assigned to a string of B-movies early in her career. Davis made a transition to Warner Bros. in 1932, and made her breakthrough performance in The Man Who Played God, opposite George Arliss.
Bette Davis and Donald Meek in Broken Dishes (1929). "I was now a bona fide Broadway actress—in a hit," Davis wrote. [2]Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known from early childhood as "Betty", was born on April 5, 1908, [3] in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Harlow Morrell Davis (1885–1938), a law student from Augusta, Maine, and subsequently a patent attorney, and Ruth Augusta (née Favór ...
The other titles were Hard Luck Dame, Evil Star (which Davis favored), The Jinx Woman, Forever Ends at Dawn, Tomorrow Ends and But to Die. [ 3 ] Franchot Tone , who recently had completed Mutiny on the Bounty , was borrowed from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to bolster Davis' marquee value.
The Nanny is a 1965 British psychological horror thriller film directed by Seth Holt, and starring Bette Davis, Wendy Craig and Jill Bennett. [2] It was written by Jimmy Sangster based on the novel of the same title by Evelyn Piper (a pseudonym for Merriam Modell) and was scored by Richard Rodney Bennett.
Crawford spent time visiting mental wards and talking to psychiatrists to prepare for her role, [2] and said the part was the most difficult she ever played. During production, director Curtis Bernhardt accidentally kept referring to Crawford as "Bette" as he had just finished filming A Stolen Life with Bette Davis.
Writer Ben Rolf, his wife Marian, and their 12-year-old son Davey tour a large, shabby, remote neo-classical 19th-century mansion to rent for the summer. The home's eccentric owners, elderly siblings Arnold and Rosalyn Allardyce, offer them a bargain price of $900 for the entire summer, with one odd request: Their elderly mother will continue to live in her upstairs suite, and the Rolfs are to ...
Dead Ringer (also known as Who Is Buried in My Grave?) is a 1964 American psychological thriller made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Paul Henreid from a screenplay by Oscar Millard and Albert Beich, from the story La Otra by Rian James, previously filmed in a Mexican version starring Dolores del Río. [1]
The Brooklyn Eagle criticized the plot's implausibilities while complimenting the cast: "Bette Davis is trying her hand...on a drama of two twin sisters, a film that Elisabeth Bergner used as a comeback vehicle in 1939. It is 'A Stolen Life,' a challenge to an actress but not a very rewarding drama.