Video:
A rare clip of Bette Davis singing,"Single", on the February 21st, 1965 episode of the vaudeville-inspired 60s TV show "Hollywood Palace".
In 1962 Bette Davis became the first person to secure ten Academy Award nominations for acting.
Steven Spielberg purchased Davis's Oscars for: Dangerous (1935) and Jezebel (1938) when they were offered for auction for $207,500 and $578,000 and returned them to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Davis's performance in, Of Human Bondage (1934) was thought to be on of her best performances and when she was not nominated for an Academy Award, several influential people campaigned to have her name included. The Academy relaxed its rules for that year only to allow for the write-in votes, so any performance of the year was eligible for consideration. The Academy does not officially record this as a nomination.
1935: Won for Dangerous
1938: Won for Jezebel
1939: Nominated for Dark Victory
1940: Nominated for The Letter
1941: Nominated for The Little Foxes
1942: Nominated for Now, Voyager
1944: Nominated for Mr. Skeffington
1950: Nominated for All About Eve
1952: Nominated for The Star
1962: Nominated for What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Personal Quote:
"Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should ALL be bigger than life."
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I go on record as saying that I think Bette ought to have won FAR more than 2 Oscars. She was totally brilliant and Oscar-worthy in nearly every film she ever made. She's easily my favorite actress.
ReplyDeleteSince today is her day on TCM, I am excited to get a chance to watch Bordertown. It's one I've never seen before. While I always enjoy watching favorite films over and over again, I love discovering something brand new (to me). The DVR is set...not sure when I'll be able to watch it, though.
Have a great day.
I totally agree... Bette, should have won more Oscars. I'm planning on watching and writing a review on her film, 20,000 Years In Sing Sing, later today..
ReplyDeleteDawn, I was just coming back by to thank you for being a faithful reader and commenter on my blog. You always leave such kind and encouraging comments. While my other blog has a large audience, my classic movie blog has very few readers...so I appreciate the ones I have. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteI watched 20,000 Years in Sing Sing when TCM aired it a few months ago. I had never seen it before, so I recorded it. I really liked it.
Patti, Thank you, I really enjoy reading your blog too. We have very similar taste in classic films. I also, want to thank you for your wonderful comments here on N and CF.
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