William Wyler Videos : BETTE DAVIS "A BASICALLY BENEVOLENT VOLCANO" BBC 1983 (5/8)

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BETTE DAVIS "A BASICALLY BENEVOLENT VOLCANO" BBC 1983 (5/8)

In Part 5, Miss Daviss working relationship with William Wyler, the man who she would frequently refer to as the love of her life, is explored and celebrated with a focus on their first pairing, the seminal 1938 Southern romance Jezebel. She also acknowledges her appreciation for the awards she has received, which she refers to as her blood, sweat, and tears, and discusses her work with the Hollywood Canteen and her classic musical number for the film Thank Your Lucky Stars. Look for William Wylers classic Jezebel in the newly repackaged and re-issued Bette Davis Collection Vol. 2 from Warner Bros. Home Video! Alongside the Turner Classic Movies documentary All About Bette one decade later, A Basically Benevolent Volcano might be the best of the many documentaries made on the life and career of Bette Davis. While this 1983 BBC production is far less educational than subsequent documentaries (no mention is ever made of Of Human Bondage and its importance in the history of both Bette Davis and the Academy Awards!) the film shines thanks largely to a priceless interview with Bette Davis, one of the last interviews she would give prior to the relentlessly, tragically unfair series of physical and personal setbacks that would befall her from 1983 to 1985. This dark but empowering chapter in the life of The First Lady of the American Screen would include a double mastectomy, a massively debilitating stroke that slurred her speech, a broken hip that undermined her ability to ...

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