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Post by dirtypillows on Dec 4, 2018 5:11:08 GMT

Dec 3, 2018 8:22:19 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Dec 3, 2018 5:32:24 GMT dirtypillows said:

No problem, Mr. Toasty. Five Davis performances

1. Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
2. All About Eve
3. Old Acquaintance
4. Dead Ringer
5. Now, Voyager

Also good...

"Hush, Hush... Sweet Charlotte" is a lot of fun, with great gothic atmosphere; Agnes Moorehead steals the show
"A Stolen Life"
"Beyond the Forest" is very campy and overheated
And I personally liked "Another Man's Poison" - it had an unusual plot line

Thank you Mr. Dirty.

Your thoughts on Davis, I hold in high esteem.

I have seen the first 2 on your list and love them both and have also seen Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte once, which I enjoyed very much. We have already had a discussion about Old Acquaintance and one that I am eager to see. Dead Ringer looks like an interesting little thriller too. What is is about Davis in Now Voyager that you like? She did win her second Oscar here.

I have heard many good things about The Nanny, which I need to visit and also as already discussed, The Anniversary looks like it would be a fun ride. I also like the look of Beyond The Forest.

"Now, Voyager" is just a quintessential soap opera. It's Davis at the height of her fame. She plays, basically, an underdog in the movie. He is very likeable and convincing (she's less mannered than she sometimes is) and it's just a very sweet, sweet movie. She actually got her second Oscar for "Jezebel", which I have only seen once and don't remember much about it.

"Dead Ringer" is whole lot of fun, and Davis smokes up a storm! Also, you get to hear Bette Davis sing "Shuffle Off to Buffalo", which in a real oldie. But to hear her sing it makes the 116 minutes more than worthwhile (if it were a boring movie, which it isn't). Lots of fun plot twists, and Davis is her usual, tough, no-nonsense self in this one.

"The Anniversary" is fun for all sorts of less than savory reasons. Though the title song is good and chilling. It was a Hammer production, I believe. And Davis is the only one who speaks with an American accent.

"The Nanny" I thought was just okay. It's Hammer, too, I think. Davis is just not her usual self in the picture (though her bushy eyebrows are working double duty) My favorite part of "The Nanny" was the believable relationship between Pamela Stephens and the bratty 11 year old. The movie didn't do a whole for for me. But "Beyond the Forest", you must make it a point to see the camp disaster from 1949. Apparently, Davis wanted out of her Warner Brothers' contract so badly that she came on so strong in her role and didn't stop the chewing the scenery until the movie was over. Well, it got her fired from her contract. Personally, I think the movie is a real find and if I am in the mood, I will readily watch it, over and over. It's overbaked and really just kind of unblievable. But Bette delivers enough Virginia Ham for 30 Easters to come. I think BTF is a fun movie. Then, you know, I also like "Burnt Offerings" and "Death on the Nile" where she got to do some good stuff.

If you are feeling like you may be on a David kick, Mr. Toasty, might I recommend a 1956 little sleeper called "The Catered Affair", co-starring Ernest Borgnine and Debbie Reynolds. Davis was very subdued in this role, in particular, and she has gone on to say that it was most satisfying role she ever played. Though this was before 1962 and "...Baby Jane?"