Bette Davis’ back must be aching from carrying this movie.

The only thing worthwhile about this movie is Bette Davis driving around drunk talking to her Oscar while it's on the dashboard. I hope I'm able to do this one day.

i would fight to the death for bette davis

Obviously this is all Bette's movie. The film definitely has some plodding moments, but she manages to give us a painful sense of her character's crushing inability to accept the passage of youth.

I didn't know I could love Sterling Hayden MORE?! His character is a gentle, sandy, tall man and it seems like he's kind of playing himself (a guy who accidentally ended up in a couple of films and just wants to go sailing). His chill, laconic energy oddly worked with Bette's intensity.

bette davis smoking is what cinema is all about baby

more like “two stars” lol. Sorry

Bette Davis is such an amazing actress, she elevated this campy melodrama by injecting so much depth and humanity into her role. That preview scene, when she realized that all is lost, is so heartbreaking.

Has some solid moments, and Bette Davis is committed and enjoyably over the top, but she can't save the bad writing. The rest of this is relatively mediocre, as well.

Also, this was done so much better in Sunset Boulevard.

Not the best Davis vehicle there is, and it's a bit contrived and melodramatic. But I'll be damned if Bette doesn't give a hell of a performance out of it regardless.

Also youngling Natalie Wood is in this for a brief scene.

Saw six minutes of this dubbed in Italian before the theater was like "whoops, we got the wrong print lol"

came for bette davis...... stayed for baby natalie wood

Only the star of stars could accept the challenge of such a role... the greatest triumph of the twice winner of the Academy Award!

No nuns.

Bette Davis’ back must be aching from carrying this movie.

The Natalie Wood boat scene was yikes.

more like “two stars” lol. Sorry

Bette Davis: could you slather some more mayo on the scenery? It’s a little dry.

Dreadful.

Is it a work of genius? Maybe not. But it is pretty much what I want out of a mid-life Bette Davis picture.

Some very interesting ideas are explore here, themes of fame, art, success, money, Hollywood, aging actresses in the industry and so on.
However I didn't enjoy many things specially the ending.

Still quite a lovely one and has some of the most iconic lines in Bette's career including my beloved.

"Come on, Oscar... Let's you and me get drunk!"

With Bette Davis at the helm you can't help but expect a great film but this film I felt was just a little too flat and underwhelming compared to what she was capable of.

It's hard not to compare to All About Eve made a few short years earlier but this fading and struggling aged star story line was starting to become a joke unto itself even in the early 1950's.

It is by no means is a lemon but a far cry from her 1940's work. I feel a huge let down in this film is the script it just a bit to weak and Davis just couldn't bring life to it.

𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗸

mais um filme pra lista de obras audiovisuais que foram feitas inspiradas na joan crawford. mas honestamente acredito que esse filme retrata qualquer atriz do old hollywood que foi posta de lado uma vez que envelheceram, e isso é muito triste, tópico sensível.
de qualquer forma bette davis está simplesmente gigante nesse, a performance dela simplesmente impecável, wow academy award!

So the very first person to get dressed up in drag as Joan Crawford was none other than Bette Davis.

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