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Bette Davis - what members say


  • Of Human Bondage
  • Of Human Bondage review by Penny from Anstruther
    Rated - 4 stars Vintage Bette 5 February 2007
    ...A brilliant example of early Bette Davis campery as the heartless seductress dogging poor Leslie Howard's life. Her mockney accent is dreadful, but hilariously so, and the...  
  • All About Eve
  • All About Eve review by eternalalien from Sheffield, England
    Rated - 5 stars They don't make 'em like this anymore. 26 February 2004
    ...onderful performances: George Sanders is scathing as critic Addison de Witt and Bette Davis is wonderful as ageing theatre star Margo Channing. The dialogue is beautifully...  
  • Death On The Nile
  • Death On The Nile review by michael#306 from HARROW
    Rated - 4 stars 26 April 2004
    ... Kennedy, Jane Birkin, Olivia Hussey & Angela Lansbury. But best of all are Bette Davis & Maggie Smith, who spit venom at each other in a couple of memorable scene...  

Bette Davis - filmography


  • Death On The Nile on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Simon MacCorkindale,  Jack Warden,  Angela Lansbury
    Director: John Guillermin
    Certificate: PG
    A deluxe version of Agatha Christie's favourite mystery story, published in 1937, and a thematic follow-up to her Murder on the Orient Express. Set aboard a steamship cruising down the Nile, an extremely unpopular heiress is murdered and everyone on the ship is suspect. The passengers include the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 74% from 225 members
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  • The Nanny on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Jill Bennett,  Bette Davis,  Wendy Craig
    Director: Seth Holt
    Certificate: 15
    Joey is a troubled boy accused of drowning his little sister in a bathtub and institutionalised, though he claims the family's old, trusted Nanny is the killer. When his return is followed by the deaths of his aunt and mother, Joey is again a prime suspect. Based on Evelyn Piper's novel, THE NANNY ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 175 members
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  • Pocketful Of Miracles on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Bette Davis,  Glenn Ford,  Hope Lange
    Director: Frank Capra
    Certificate: U
    Annie (Bette Davis), an ageing apple-seller, passes herself off as a woman of wealth in order to impress her daughter's fiance. Young Louise (Ann-Margret) has just returned from years in Spain and hopes to marry into the well to-do family of a Count. Assisting Annie in her comic charade is a motley ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 58% from 241 members
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  • The Virgin Queen on DVD (1955)
    Starring: Bette Davis,  Joan Coliins,  Richard Todd
    Director: Henry Koster
    Certificate: U
    Bette Davis gives her second memorable performance as Queen Elizabeth I in this swashbuckling historical drama that also features Joan Collins in an early screen performance. It's the story of the ageing Queen's attraction to handsome Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) and her bitter clash with a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 169 members
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  • All About Eve on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Bette Davis,  Anne Baxter,  George Sanders
    Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    Certificate: U
    Given that she throws tantrums, gets intoxicated, and pushes people away when she needs them the most, it's a wonder New York theater star Margo Channing has any true friends. But when Eve, Margo's young and innocent-seeming protegee, schemes to gain both the affection of Margo's friends and a ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 78% from 2,292 members
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  • Now Voyager on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Bette Davis,  Paul Henreid,  Claude Rains
    Director: Irving Rapper
    Certificate: TBC
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available. Boston spinster blossoms under therapy and finds impossible romance.
    Rate this: 4.0 79% from 337 members
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  • The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
    Starring: Bette Davis,  Ann Sheridan,  Monty Woolley
    Director: William Keighley
    Certificate: TBC
    While on his way to dinner at a suburban family's home, Sheridan Whiteside, an insufferably arrogant radio personality, accidentally falls and breaks his hip. Then the unwelcome, barbed-tongued guest stays on in their abode while he recovers. And, along with an offbeat cast of characters who come ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 77% from 17 members
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  • Dark Victory on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Bette Davis,  George Brent,  Humphrey Bogart
    Director: Edmund Goulding
    Certificate: TBC
    Moving story of a young heiress who attempts to live life to the full when she finds out she is dying from a brain tumour. Based on the play written by George Emerson Brewer Jr and Bertram Bloch.
    Rate this: 3.5 73% from 210 members
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  • Jezebel (1938)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Bette Davis,  George Brent
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: TBC
    Set in the antebellum South, William Wyler’s JEZEBEL centers on high society beauty Julie Marsden. Julie first arrives on horseback, then enters her home flamboyantly hooking the long flowing train of her dress with her riding crop and hoisting it to her shoulders. Julie is not just high-spirited--..read more »
    Rate this: 4.0 82% from 28 members
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  • Of Human Bondage on DVD (1934)
    Starring: Leslie Howard,  Bette Davis,  Frances Dee
    Director: John Cromwell
    Certificate: PG
    John Cromwell (THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, THE GODDESS) brings W. Somerset Maugham's novel and Bette Davis's career to life with the spellbinding drama OF HUMAN BONDAGE. Having unsuccessfully tried his hand at painting in Paris, Philip Carey (Leslie Howard) returns home to London. Despite his clubfoot, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 63% from 123 members
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Bette Davis - downloads


  • Madame Sin for Download (1971)
    Starring: Bette Davis,  Denholm Elliott,  Dudley Sutton
    Director: David Green
    Certificate: PG
    Buy from: £4.99
    Run time: 86 minutes
    In a lovely old castle on a Scottish island lives Madame Sin. She can arrange revolutions, assassinations, and can help to tumble monarchies!
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Bette Davis facts

5 most recent films


Never Apologize - 2.5 stars
The Whales of August - 2.5 stars
The Watcher In The Woods - 3.0 stars
Death On The Nile - 3.5 stars
Return From Witch Mountain - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films


Now Voyager - 4.0 stars
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane - 4.0 stars
All About Eve - 4.0 stars
Bette Davis 100th Birthday Box Set - 4.0 stars
The Little Foxes - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Never Apologize - 2.5 stars
The Whales of August - 2.5 stars
Madame Sin - 4.0 stars
The Man Who Came to Dinner - 4.0 stars
Jezebel - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Olivia De Havilland - 3 times - show films
Claude Rains - 3 times - show films
George Brent - 3 times - show films
Humphrey Bogart - 2 times - show films
Dudley Sutton - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


William Wyler - 3 times - show films
Robert Aldrich - 2 times - show films
David Green - 2 times - show films
Edmund Goulding - 2 times - show films
John Hough - 2 times - show films