Bette Davis Movies

Share the magical memories - and see clips from her Oscar winning performances - in this profile of the "First Lady of the American screen."

Featurette documenting the making of the film "Death On The Nile".

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

The life and career of legendary Hollywood glamour portrait photographer George Hurrell is profiled by his contemporaries including other...

When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady....

The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He...

Bette Davis talks with Joan Bakewell and members of the audience at the National Film Theatre, London.

Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.

Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London. Based on the play The Cellist, by Marion Hart.

A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.

Judy Garland sings the title song, a tribute to Will Rogers.

The arms race goes to the beauty parlor with Bette Davis in The Letter.

In a short scene a mother explains to her children, Jenny and Billy, why they received war bonds as Christmas presents, even though the mother can...

A respected but struggling interior decorator from a wealthy background moves in with some of her clients in order to meet their specific needs. In...

A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCrea and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams.

Sylvia Syms looks through the BBC archives to tell the story of one of Hollywood's greatest ever feuds - the rivalry between legendary actresses...

A compilation of "coming attractions" from bad '50s melodrama through the greatest disaster movies of the '70s. Features a chain of your divas...

On February 22, 1986, Bette Davis received an honorary César award – and presented one to the Cinémathèque...