Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano
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Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano

Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano

Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano

1983
Documentary
TV Movie
1h 0m
A documentary about and an interview with Hollywood actress Bette Davis about her life and career from the late 1920s to the 1980s on stage and mostly before the camera.

Starring:

Olivia de Havilland
Olivia-de-Havilland
59 total credits
Olivia de Havilland has 59 credits at Criticker, including: Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Heiress, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte and Captain Blood
,
Ian Holm
Ian-Holm
82 total credits
Sir Ian Holm, CBE is an English actor known for his stage work and for many film roles. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming and the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of King Lear. He was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire...(Wikipedia)
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Bette Davis
Bette-Davis
116 total credits
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas...(Wikipedia)
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Anne Baxter
Anne-Baxter
60 total credits
Anne Baxter has 60 credits at Criticker, including: All About Eve, The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Ambersons, I Confess and Five Graves to Cairo
,
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Geraldine-Fitzgerald
47 total credits
Geraldine Fitzgerald has 47 credits at Criticker, including: Arthur, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Wuthering Heights, The Pawnbroker and Dark Victory
,
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph-L-Mankiewicz
55 total credits
Best known for directing All About Eve and Cleopatra, Mankiewicz was the Pennsylvania-born son of Jewish German immigrants. He wrote 48 screenplays and found success due to his films' witty and sophisticated scripts.

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano

1983
Documentary
TV Movie
1h 0m
Avg Percentile 68.33% from 7 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(7)
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Rated 07 Dec 2022
74
72nd
"...in constant eruption." Excellent overview of her career that intelligently evaluates most if its important junctures and turning points. The extended interview--it amounts almost to narration--with Bette Davis is fantastic to hear. She was VERY smart--which should surprise no one--and understood herself with uncommon thoroughness. One odd omission: her early breakout role in "Of Human Bondage".
Rated 30 Mar 2015
65
73rd
Very good.

Cast & Info

Starring:

Olivia de Havilland
Olivia-de-Havilland
59 total credits
Olivia de Havilland has 59 credits at Criticker, including: Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Heiress, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte and Captain Blood
,
Ian Holm
Ian-Holm
82 total credits
Sir Ian Holm, CBE is an English actor known for his stage work and for many film roles. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming and the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role of King Lear. He was nominated for the 1981 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as athletics trainer Sam Mussabini in Chariots of Fire...(Wikipedia)
,
Bette Davis
Bette-Davis
116 total credits
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters, she was highly regarded for her performances in a range of film genres; from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, though her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas...(Wikipedia)
,
Anne Baxter
Anne-Baxter
60 total credits
Anne Baxter has 60 credits at Criticker, including: All About Eve, The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Ambersons, I Confess and Five Graves to Cairo
,
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Geraldine-Fitzgerald
47 total credits
Geraldine Fitzgerald has 47 credits at Criticker, including: Arthur, Poltergeist II: The Other Side, Wuthering Heights, The Pawnbroker and Dark Victory
,
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph-L-Mankiewicz
55 total credits
Best known for directing All About Eve and Cleopatra, Mankiewicz was the Pennsylvania-born son of Jewish German immigrants. He wrote 48 screenplays and found success due to his films' witty and sophisticated scripts.

Genre:

Documentary

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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