August 24, 2009
Bette is good in this cheesy movie.
Barbara Lawrence, Bette Davis, Fay Baker
"Come on, Oscar--let's you and me get drunk." This caustic Bette Davis line is not aimed at a co-star but at the Academy Award itself, which down-on-her-luck actress Margaret Elliot cradles bitterly a...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005
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June 24, 2007Somehow, Bette Davis's own story. Her performance was fantastic (but duh, it's Bette bloody Davis), but the story is just another over-worked "inside" look at Hollywood's culture to the youth. And, the ending was a little too 50's for me, but other than that, a fun film to watch,...( read more)
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May 3, 2007Maybe less witty than All About Eve, but still a Davis tour-de-force! The scene where she takes a drunken ride with her Oscar is hysterical and pure Davis. The scricpt was written by two very close ex-friends of Joan Crawford and is reportedly based on her. All you have to do ...( read more)
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