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[64] The critic E. Arnot Robertson observed: Only Bette Davis...could have combated so successfully the obvious intention of the adaptors of the play to make frustrated sex the mainspring of the chief character's interest in the young miner. The film is remembered by movie buffs for the scenes in which Mr. Henreid lights two cigarettes at once and gives one to Miss Davis. The young actress, then only 21 years old, was in her first Broadway hit, ''Broken Dishes,'' quickly followed by ''Solid South,'' in which she played the beguilingly named Alabama Follensby, the first of many Southern-belle roles that were to come her way. Davis collapsed during the American Cinema Awards in 1989, and later discovered that her cancer had returned. ''What a dump!'' [77] The film marked her first comedy in several years, and earned her some positive reviews, but it was not particularly popular with audiences, and returned only a small profit. Despite their dislike for one another, they spoke highly of each other's talent in acting. She gives the curious feeling of being charged with power which can find no ordinary outlet. Mike Wallace re-broadcast a 60 Minutes interview he had filmed with Hyman a few years earlier in which she commended Davis on her skills as a mother, and said that she had adopted many of Davis' principles in raising her own children. 's book as I have from the stroke. This is the truth about Bette Davis and Joan Crawford's legendary feud. 219–221. Interviewed by CNN, Merrill said that Hyman was motivated by "cruelty and greed". target_type: 'mix' Davis refused, as she had met Arthur Farnsworth, a New England innkeeper, and Vermont dentist's son. Over five successive nights, a different female star discussed her career, and answered questions from the audience; Myrna Loy, Rosalind Russell, Lana Turner, Sylvia Sidney, and Joan Crawford were the other participants. [109], Davis' name became well known to a younger audience when Kim Carnes' song "Bette Davis Eyes" (written by Jackie DeShannon) became a worldwide hit and the best-selling record of 1981 in the U.S., where it stayed at number one on the music charts for more than two months. Probably some of both. ''When I finished reading 'All About Eve' I was on Cloud Nine,'' said the actress. Although Miss Davis reached the apex of her popularity in films between the mid-1930's and the early 50's, her appeal swept across generations, due largely to her frequent appearances in made-for-television films and the repeated showings of her old, now-classic movies on television. Bette Davis obituary and funeral plans. [7], In 1915, Davis' parents separated, and Davis attended, for three years, a spartan boarding school called Crestalban in Lanesborough, Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Ruth (Bette)'s cause of death was breast cancer. Davis performed a novelty song, "They're Either Too Young or Too Old", which became a hit record after the film's release. The bulk of her remaining work was for television. Tributes and condolences are outpouring all over social media timelines as the death news of Davis hits online. The bulk of the estate is split between her son and a close friend. It was filmed as Caged (1950), and the lead roles were played by Eleanor Parker (who was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress) and Agnes Moorehead. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative and confrontational with studio executives and film directors as well as with her co-stars. '', She was always proud of her two Oscars, though, and said this year: ''I'm not a bit modest about them. The casting of Miss Davis and Miss Crawford in ''Baby Jane'' resuscitated longstanding rumors that they had feuded when both were Warners stars. 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