“I could never be second best. If I had to be second best in the business, I would go into an other business.”
— Bette Davis

julia-loves-bette-davis:

kansassire:

Now, Voyager, 1942, Irving Rapper

all-about-bette:

Now, Voyager was an important turning point in Bette Davis’ career. Her great effectiveness was her reserve. Unlike other actresses in melodrama her lip didn’t quiver, she didn’t cry. She held back with this incredible reserve and let you cry, and let you go through all of the catharsis of the character. Most actresses chew the scenery. Whenever they can they cry, and they rant, and they rave… And Bette Davis didn’t. When you thought she was gonna chew the scenery she was very reserved, and then when she had a scene that could be bland when it was done by other people, that’s when the fire exploded from her.

Susan Granger (film critic)

all-about-bette:

“If Bette Davis were here today, I don’t think she would make any effort to correct anybody’s image about her. When you’re an actress, and a great actress, and your world is your public, and your public is out there in the dark, and you’re up there, huge on the screen… You become an icon to yourself as well. And that is like a candle that keeps glowing in the dark, and that’s what Bette Davis was. A candle, that will always glow in the dark.” — Dr. Howard Gotlieb

Ruth Elizabeth Davis
April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989

Now, Voyager | 1942.