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"Jezebel" with Betty Davis, TCM tonight at 10:00 Eastern

cimeranrose — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:19:31 GMT

I don't really consider myself a Betty Davis fan, however, she is outstanding in "Jezebel" which TCM is showing tonight at 10 eastern. I don't think anyone else could have played the part as well (well, maybe Barbara Stanwyck - I am a big fan of hers). A young Henry Fonda is in the film also, plus a great supporting cast.

Other Betty Davis movies I like are, "The Great Lie," and "All This, and Heaven Too."

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chloe66 — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:30:33 GMT

Thanks for the reminder, this is one of my favorite movies. I will set it up to record.

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FranandZoe — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:32:31 GMT

Thanks!

My fave Bette Davis movie is All About Eve.

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kaydee50 — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:48:20 GMT

I think I read somewhere that Jezebel was done because Bette Davis missed out on the Scarlett O'Hara role in GWTW.

My BD favorites: Now Voyager,The Letter and All About Eve. A great actress.

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RedHeadedWench — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 01:57:43 GMT

@castlenv wrote:
I think I read somewhere that Jezebel was done because Bette Davis missed out on the Scarlett O'Hara role in GWTW.

My BD favorites: Now Voyager,The Letter and All About Eve. A great actress.

That’s very true. She was being considered very seriously for the role of Scarlett, but when David O Selznick saw Vivien Leigh, he knew she was Scarlett O Hara.

The only Bette Davis movies I do not care for are her “newer” ones that she made in the 1960s. I really don’t care for “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane” even though it’s considered one of her greatest. I record all them I can find on my DVR.

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Katcat1 — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:06:47 GMT

I will watch. Thanks.

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yellowBeetle — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:10:59 GMT

@cimeranrose

Thanks for the post...set my DVR!

Love Bette Davis .... my faves in addition to Jezebel are Now Voyager, Dark Victory, All About Eve, Old Acquaintance, The Old Maid, A Stolen Life, The Star, The Great Lie, Dangerous, Mr. Skeffington ......could go on and on, lol!

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Oznell — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 02:56:33 GMT

Thanks, @cimeranrose. Probably my favorite of the "Old Hollywood" actresses. She was so fearless, the way she threw herself into roles, even ones where the writing perhaps wasn't up to her talent...

Like everyone here, I have so many favorites of her movies. Let's see;

"Dangerous"-- The very young "rebel" Bette Davis sparking against patrician, urbane but soulful Franchot Tone. Gosh, she was good in this as a reckless actress on the skids and burning the candle at both ends...

"Winter Meeting"-- Totally different part, she's a slightly repressed poet who meets a hunky war hero. He unexpectedly prefers her to the dishy secretary of her bachelor friend. Female wish fulfillment at its finest! Bette is so subtle and delicate in this, yet wracked by sudden attraction.

"The Letter"-- Technically, I wonder if this was possibly her best acting ever, as an expatriate Englishwoman who shoots her lover, and then perpetrates a cover-up that fools even her sweet husband, unsuspecting Herbert Marshall... She's just perfect, deceptive yet holding on to our sympathy, from start to finish.

So many others too!

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Mz iMac — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 03:54:31 GMT

@yellowBeetle

Have you ever seen the updated version of A Stolen Life.......Dead Ringer?

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yellowBeetle — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 04:38:33 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@yellowBeetle

Have you ever seen the updated version of A Stolen Life.......Dead Ringer?

@Mz iMac

No that is one I have missed! Will be on the look-out for it....thanks!

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culebra — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 05:10:21 GMT

Bette Davis won the oscar as Best Actress for Jezebel. She deserved it.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 14:08:38 GMT

One of her best! Henry Fonda is also great.

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Shelbelle — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:10:37 GMT

I just saw a very old ****** Cavett interview with Bette, and she discussed playing Jezabel, after missing out on playing Scarlet. She said for her the role was very close to Scarlet.

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JayVee — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:45:55 GMT

One of my favorites too. My only disappointment with this movie is that I wish they had done it in color; I would love to see her in color in that red dress; would have been a great visual image.

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stevieb — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:45:28 GMT

I love this one. I guess I stand alone because I've never been much of a Vivian Leigh fan and would love to have seen what Bette could have done with Scarlett. Then again, I'm not so much of a Gone with the Wind fan. The movie just seems endless and I actually think I prefer Jezebel. On the other hand, for whatever reason, the ending just has never provided me with the closure I'd have liked. I read an article that said a poll taken at the time indicated the public overwhelmingly wanted to see Davis in the role of Scarlett, but it wasn't to be.

This is among my favorite Bette Davis films, along with All About Eve, The Little Foxes, Juarez, and so many others... I also loved the miniseries, the Dark Secret of Harvest Home.

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cimeranrose — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 19:14:06 GMT

I agree @stevieb, I like Jezebel better also.

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kaydee50 — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 21:39:12 GMT

Although I am a big BD fan, I don't think she could have surpassed Vivian Leigh in portraying Scarlett. The scene before the intermission of GWTW, the "God is my witness" always gets me rooting for Scarlett. I usually agree with stevieB but IMO, GWTW is a great movie, perfectly cast and the music adds to it.

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stevieb — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 22:01:37 GMT

@castlenv wrote:
Although I am a big BD fan, I don't think she could have surpassed Vivian Leigh in portraying Scarlett. The scene before the intermission of GWTW, the "God is my witness" always gets me rooting for Scarlett. I usually agree with stevieB but IMO, GWTW is a great movie, perfectly cast and the music adds to it.

@kaydee50 I know I'm in the definite minority on this one...

I remember my aunt and mom taking me, as a teen, to see the movie and just thinking it was soooooo long. I'd heard for years about how wonderful it was and they certainly seemed mesmerized by it... Who knows, maybe my expectations were too high... It is a good and classic movie and Vivan was wonderful as Scarlett... I just would like to be able to compare the two as Scarlett... I think it might be fun... Agree, I loved the music and still do...