Hollywood Voices | Interviews with stars of the Golden Age of American Cinema
Frankly Speaking | Self-Portrait of a Star: Bette Davis
In conversation with Hollywood's most feisty star.
CHANNEL | Home Service
FIRST BROADCAST | 03 June 1963
DURATION | 29 minutes 47 seconds
FIRSTBROADCAST
1963
Synopsis
Actor George Coulouris, accompanied by BBC producer Peter Duval Smith, speaks to Bette Davis in an occasionally heated conversation about the actress's career. Davis shares her opinions on what it means to be a star after 30 years in the business and is at great pains to counter Duvall Smith's claim that she uses the same mannerisms in every performance. Films discussed include 'Dark Victory' (1939), 'Juarez' (1939), 'Watch on the Rhine' (1943) and Davis's most recent hit, 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?' (1962).
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George Coulouris had previously starred alongside Bette Davis in the films 'All This, and Heaven Too' (1940), 'Watch on the Rhine' (1943) and 'Mr Skeffington' (1944). He is best known for playing Walter Parks Thatcher in the Orson Welles drama 'Citizen Kane' (1941).
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