BETTE DAVIS on ELIZABETH TAYLOR on BETTE DAVIS - 'What a Dump' - Diva on Diva on Diva

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  • A simple Bette Davis quote from the 1949 film 'Beyond the Forest' - 'What a dump' - became a recurring line in the opening of the 1962 Edward Albee play 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf', which in turn was made legendary by Elizabeth Taylor's Academy Award winning performance in the 1966 movie version of the play. Two decades later, Bette comments on Elizabeth's impersonation of her, and Elizabeth reacts to Bette's reaction.

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  • @ms.sonshine8878
    @ms.sonshine8878 6 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Taylor's performance in that film was beyond amazing.

  • @gregherried5189
    @gregherried5189 6 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    There will never be another one like Bette Davis! Whatever one thought of her, she was certainly never dull.

    • @freespirit5662
      @freespirit5662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      All about Eve. Bette is really the best to show all the hidden fears and rebellious desires of a woman , in this one she was on fire in front of her younger rival. What an actress.

    • @waelwael1912
      @waelwael1912 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@freespirit5662 i still consider what happened to baby Jane her best performance alongside with the letter

    • @giancarlogonzales2333
      @giancarlogonzales2333 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can't say the same about her make up skills

  • @crankypisces3618
    @crankypisces3618 6 ปีที่แล้ว +666

    Man I wish Bette Davis would come back to life

    • @aerialkate
      @aerialkate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      cranky pisces You've probably got moon in Scorpio. Like this cranky Pisces.

    • @lunareclipse87
      @lunareclipse87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me too!

    • @larryspivey5146
      @larryspivey5146 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I wish she could come back too, What a wonderful dump we would have😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊😊.

    • @michaelbaughman8910
      @michaelbaughman8910 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I wish that too. She was a stand up broad! Miss you !

    • @elgrigorio1
      @elgrigorio1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So do I

  • @pacifictwilite
    @pacifictwilite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    When trying to pick a favorite actress, I never can. Both Bette Davis and Elizabeth Taylor are my favorite, but very different actresses. They're equally great!

  • @rhythmictiger
    @rhythmictiger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Bette's red dress at the end, damn! Gorgeous!

  • @deshaunx776
    @deshaunx776 6 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    I'm convinced that people just say anything online to get likes... How many of you have ever truly watched Elizabeth Taylor in films? She was a terrific actress. You don't just wake up one day, after decades of being horrible, give a phenomenal performance in "Virginia Woolf" and then go back to sucking. She was also hilariously funny and very intelligent. Some of you need to do your research before jumping on the bandwagon of hate.

    • @theexmann
      @theexmann 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Agreed. She was fearless. Let's not forget she also played Wilma's mother in the Flinstone's movie and was in the assemble cast of These Old Broads TV movie. I could never see Davis taking those risks. Elizabeth wasn't afraid to laugh at herself.

    • @SandySaunders9142
      @SandySaunders9142 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So true! So many uneducated just spout off! Makes me ill.

    • @marcosvalenca
      @marcosvalenca 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Davis dared and accepted projects she shouldn't. My God, someone as great as Bette Davis ended up her career with garbage like The Stepmother! Not only for the lack of good offers, but also for money. It was sad. The great Crawford made Trog!!

    • @SandySaunders9142
      @SandySaunders9142 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@marcosvalenca
      Crawford was married to the head honcho of Pepsi Co. She broke the man with her crazy spending. She had to take what was offered. Davis had no one taking care of her. Davis was the caretaker.

    • @marcosvalenca
      @marcosvalenca 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hi, Avalanche! The Pepsi executive wasn't really rich in my estimation. Very well off, but not really wealthy as he liked to be seen. Crawford could want a lavish lifestyle as the one she was used to, but he could always refuse. I think Crawford accepted beneath her projects not only for the money but, as Bette Davis, because she liked working a lot. It was a big part of who they were. Did Bette Davis' disabled daughter outlived her? Do you know when she died? I doubt BD had the means to support her sister.

  • @donaldkoelper5807
    @donaldkoelper5807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Elizabeth Taylor's legendary turn as the frumpy, vicious and foul-mouthed Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" is, by any reasonable standard, a tour de force in acting. If her Academy Award for the forgettable "Butterfield 8" was seen by many at the time as a sympathy vote following the death of her then-husband Mike Todd in a plane crash, her Oscar for "Virginia Woolf" was very well-deserved. Many critics consider it her finest onscreen performance.

    • @jennifer86010
      @jennifer86010 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      To Donald Koelper RE: Your comments about Elizabeth Taylor's acting role as "Martha" in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" My life was changed by her acting in that role. At a young age when the film came out, I saw the movie and was overwhelmed by her performance, not as the glamorous sexy movie star she used to portray, but by her incredible portrayal as mean, vicious Martha. Six years later, I found myself sitting in her Hollywood Hills home, playing piano and entertaining at her party , after I'd written music
      for one of her films. She was the opposite of Martha. She was rather quiet, observant, reserved but engaged with everyone in her home. I discovered her eyes were not violet, but rather a gray-blue color which adapted to any color she wore. Her home was filled with books, as she was an avid reader.
      I was so taken with her and the events of the evening that I forgot to tell her that her portrayal of Martha was one of the finest film performances ever recorded in motion picture history. Decades after that night, I still watch the Mike Nichols film and descend into tears when she delivers her soliloquy describing her imaginary son.
      After she died, I was able to correspond with Haskell Wexler, the cinematographer for the film as well as Alex North who wrote the music. Elizabeth didn't want to do the film, thinking that she "wasn't a good enough actress to play the part of Martha". But with months of Mike Nichols' persistent coaxing as a close friend of the Burtons, he finally made the film happen.
      It was actually Nichols that worked on the Burtons long before and during the production, that cemented Richard and Elizabeth into the two roles that were perfect for them, and that would become the legendary acting performances that made Albee's play into a motion picture masterpiece.

    • @frenztrue3216
      @frenztrue3216 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The oscar for butterfield wasn't pity for Mike Todd's death, that was 3 years earlier and and she had been nominated twice before in those years, but never got it cause of her bad reputation following the Fisher Reynolds scandal. She won for Butterfield 8 because just a month earlier she was close to death. So yes, it was a pity Oscar, but not for the reason you named.

    • @SchnarphStudios
      @SchnarphStudios 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@frenztrue3216 My favorite quote about it had to come from Shirley Maclaine, who was nominated for THE APARTMENT the same year: "As soon as they cut her throat, I canceled my plane tickets."

    • @blueheaven2135
      @blueheaven2135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@frenztrue3216 yes she had a bad phenumonia but performance at Butterfield 8 was great also.

    • @mogznwaz
      @mogznwaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She should have won for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

  • @marilynsmymother711
    @marilynsmymother711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    Absolutely love Bette and Elizabeth. I love that laugh from Elizabeth at 2:06. She really seems like she’s ready to be done with Barbara.

    • @lindaeasley4336
      @lindaeasley4336 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Barbara Walters was insulting to a lot of stars she interviewed . She referred to Taylor with her weight problem as " dumpy " What a bitch

    • @yonkcity
      @yonkcity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@lindaeasley4336 Her interview w/Maria Callas tends to set my teeth on edge.

    • @sunflowerlady1810
      @sunflowerlady1810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lindaeasley4336 Thank you, my thoughts exactly!!

    • @knowzmyname
      @knowzmyname 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Walters made Ricky Martin feel very vulnerable and uncomfortable about his reluctance to speak about his sexuality in an interview. Totally unnecessary

    • @maxcornise7204
      @maxcornise7204 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Walters is really more infamous than famous. She made a fool out of herself trying to put celebrities on their guard. Rather hateful like Dorothy Killgallen.

  • @SuperPeterjames
    @SuperPeterjames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Davis with her moxie and incredible talent was golden.

  • @elviswelling
    @elviswelling 6 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    "... and miss Taylor did brilliantly" she may not have been such versatile kind of actress but you've got to admitt she was a fabulous woman and a great star...

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Actresses can not always choose their roles, they have casting people for that, you can accept or deny, or, if you're very lucky, (and very good) sometimes a role is actually written for you, as in Ms. Taylor's case. Often, it is the producers and even the writers who choose the people for their work. You rarely get to pick and choose all on your own!

    • @qtandem
      @qtandem 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think Elizabeth Taylor is unbelievably underrated as an actress.

    • @frenztrue3216
      @frenztrue3216 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I guess you have never seen Giant, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, A Place in The Sun or Suddenly Last Summer, cause if you had you wouldn't say she wasn't versatile

  • @c.joyceb.8991
    @c.joyceb.8991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Elizabeth Taylor was my favorite actress, a great actress, and she still is the most Beautiful woman in the World. Even when she's not here any more.

  • @theexmann
    @theexmann 6 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    Amazing to think that Elizabeth Taylor was 55 when she did that interview with Walters. She looks stunning!

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As opposed to what. A corpse?

    • @blueheaven2135
      @blueheaven2135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@susanb2015 what do you mean?

    • @misterhot9163
      @misterhot9163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Too bad the cigarettes cut her life short like they did with Davis 😐

    • @calisongbird
      @calisongbird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      theexmann 55 is not old, for Chrissakes.

    • @misterhot9163
      @misterhot9163 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spiral Notebook so? Barbara along with any other woman particularly in journalism has a right and sometimes a duty to maintain a good image. She shouldn't be faulted for that.

  • @photo161
    @photo161 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    OMG, but Elizabeth Taylor is impossibly beautiful... Did such a remarkable woman as she once really inhabit this planet?!

  • @leanderrowe2800
    @leanderrowe2800 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I used to watch a lot of old movies in TCM and became a fan of Bette Davis. I admire her acting in all kinds of roles and characters whether they are good, bad or ugly. To me, she was and still is the best actress.

  • @rozchristopherson648
    @rozchristopherson648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When I was a kid, in the 1960s, I didn't know any of these great actors and actresses of the past by name. But I knew certain ones by their face. I watched Bette for the first time in "Dark Victory." Whenever I saw Bette Davis' face on the tv screen after that, I sat still until the end. I knew that was going to be a good movie. RIP Bette. 🧡🙏

  • @EqlOpper2Nity
    @EqlOpper2Nity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    WOW, Elizabeth Taylor was stunning in that interview with Barbara Walters.

    • @SerendipityNJ
      @SerendipityNJ หลายเดือนก่อน

      Back in 1983 when 'Private Lives' (Liz Taylor/Richard Burton) was playing off Broadway - I was walking home from work one day, and a crowd was gathered outside the theater. I figured either one of the actors were going to come out. I stood across the street in front of another theater (Tommy Tune was standing right next to me waiting as well ). Eventually Elizabeth Taylor came out - I was surprised at how tiny she was - but more than that - she was stunningly beautiful - I love to tell this story!

  • @johnmorris7262
    @johnmorris7262 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    She was one of a kind. In my opinion The Best Motion Picture Actress of our time. R.I.P. Ms. Davis you earned it.

  • @wotan10950
    @wotan10950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    There’s no reason to dump on Eliz Taylor. She was great. Not as fine an actress as Davis, but very accomplished in her own way. Both are legends.

    • @johnkaras6384
      @johnkaras6384 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Bettie Davis was a great actress but she thought she was better than anyone else.sorry but Joan Crawford was just as good and other actress at the time.

    • @theexmann
      @theexmann 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      True, but it was harder for Taylor because she had to transcend her unbelievable beauty to immerse herself in a role. That was always a huge ask. Davis didn't have to deal with that so in a strange way it was an advantage for Davis not to be a world renowned beauty.

    • @bdavis8397
      @bdavis8397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@theexmann Not being a beauty is just as difficult. The life of a true actress is always difficult.

    • @bdavis8397
      @bdavis8397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@johnkaras6384 Bette Davis fought for good roles and her acting was unmatched. Just count the Oscar nominations and wins.

    • @bdavis8397
      @bdavis8397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      She didn't dump on Liz...she points out that Edward Albee wrote the line and Liz made it famous.

  • @andrewlauder2777
    @andrewlauder2777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    “They could have fun with me and didn’t have to respect this old legend” The rest seem like they are entitled to the respect but that right there made me seriously respect Bette 😂😂

    • @elspethcoogan1499
      @elspethcoogan1499 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No “I’m a star” ego with Miss Davis. Down to earth, and never took herself seriously.

  • @eddiecheung7795
    @eddiecheung7795 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Bette is one of a kind, no one could even come close, a legend of legends.

    • @jesusbuiltmyhotrod
      @jesusbuiltmyhotrod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Elizabeth had beauty, Bette had CLASS 👑

  • @agavesf
    @agavesf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Elizabeth in Woolf was a tour de force: emotional violence and Greek tragedy for our modern era. Her brilliant performance and the entire crew made a masterpiece that forever changed the Hollywood code. And she ushered in the 'Oscar Transformation' - an actor radically transforming their appearance - in her case going from a beautiful superstar to a frumpy, greying middle aged harridan - then winning gold. (Think Charlize, Jared, Christian, Heath, Nicole, etc.) Woolf is only one of two films in 100 years to be nominated in every Oscar category. And it gave Bette a huge boost from that one line, a nice plus.

  • @libertygiveme1987
    @libertygiveme1987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    There were soooooooo MANY BEAUTIES during 'The Golden Age' of Hollywood, and Elizabeth Taylor was RIGHT UP THERE WITH THEM!!!!

    • @carolinaviescafernandez5490
      @carolinaviescafernandez5490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner and Sofia Loren were the most beautiful out there.

  • @sweetspirit3887
    @sweetspirit3887 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I think Bette Davis is such a sport.

  • @DrewKelleyTidwell
    @DrewKelleyTidwell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Ms Taylor was a force to be dealt with and never participated in acting classes -she was honest -
    Ms Davis was down right exceptional in all she did !!

    • @Zva26
      @Zva26 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't forget that Liz Taylor was also exceptional in "Giant", Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Suddenly, Last Summer", and "The Taming of the Shrew" as well. Liz needed a great director to get her engaged and inspired. She responded beautifully to great direction. Davis used to fight with her directors while Taylor utilized them. Two legends.

    • @yettaplotz2155
      @yettaplotz2155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Correction. Those MGM child stars had many acting tutors and trainers. Those trainers also made the determination which child actor
      really COULD NOT SING.

    • @HamishDownie
      @HamishDownie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, she and Burton would take acting classes together everytime they were in London

  • @lindaackerman3507
    @lindaackerman3507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bette was so real, not a fake in any way, she said what she felt and she told it like it was....A true Hollywood Legend.....They sure don't make em like that anymore...😘

  • @victoriaharris882
    @victoriaharris882 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the best lines in a movie another classic which has never been forgotten and Liz Taylor was best at repeating it What a dump 👍😎

  • @cjmundo1178
    @cjmundo1178 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    *Without a doubt, Elizabeth Taylor's finest work. A well deserved Academy Award.*

  • @jesusbuiltmyhotrod
    @jesusbuiltmyhotrod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bette would tell you go to hell AND give you the directions. What a woman!! My fave actress hands down!

  • @rick0e295
    @rick0e295 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just discovered this gem 💎! Bette and Elizabeth are two of Hollywood's most Incomparable stars 🌟 and two of my favorites! RIP dearest
    Ladies! 🏆 👑 👑. 🕊 🕊 🕊

  • @softwater88
    @softwater88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Bette Davis smoked even after mastectomy surgery and after having a stroke.
    There's a bio where the author calls her: The world's most famous smoker.

    • @EmmyV2002
      @EmmyV2002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is how she died. I hate smokers

    • @Hamigal
      @Hamigal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm 63 and still enjoy my cigarettes. Bette gives me hope. Tehehe

    • @edienandy
      @edienandy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Emily Veronica I mean she was born in 1907 or thereabouts and died in ‘89. That’s a pretty full life.

    • @michaeltnewyorknights8413
      @michaeltnewyorknights8413 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edienandy 1908

    • @brandonburrell8517
      @brandonburrell8517 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Hamigal Please consider quiting. Cigarettes are bad for you.

  • @chasenip2
    @chasenip2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    To me, Elizabeth (she hated being called Liz) was much like Joan Crawford. Both were fantastic actresses, and they have the Oscars to prove it but I tend to see them both more as the ultimate in movie star glamour than serious actress. Though underneath I think Elizabeth’s personality was more raunchy, like one of the boys, than Crawford. Joan took her image SERIOUSLY, on and off screen. Taylor had fun with her image and could laugh at herself. Bette was less glamorous movie star than hard working, serious actress. And the older she got....boy did her sense of humor come alive.

    • @gruweldaad
      @gruweldaad 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joan Crawford never accomplished anything remotely as good as Virginia Woolf.

  • @freespirit5662
    @freespirit5662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bette Davis is just so sincere on this line, you can feel it like rock!
    This is not denying Elisabeth Taylor great talent to say Bette own these 3 words like no one else.

  • @MyTimeOutt
    @MyTimeOutt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember Bette Davis touring Indianapolis @ Clowes Memorial Hall many years ago w/the Bette Davis Show & that was how she opened that her appearance for that combination of talk & edited film clips of her vast career.

  • @sammysoppy3361
    @sammysoppy3361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Bette would have absolutely been a sensation had she lived today ....

    • @jonldn
      @jonldn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don’t think she did so bad during her long life and career ….

  • @beckv8526
    @beckv8526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    She was so talented. I love how she called herself a legend. She is.

  • @jm7804
    @jm7804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Why are people being so cruel with their comments? Davis was an actress. Taylor was a movie star. Davis was known for her acting ability; Taylor for her extreme beauty.

    • @elizabethtorrales7170
      @elizabethtorrales7170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly! and that voice, a cat being tortured. and don't forget for playing the victim to the point of stealing a husband to DReynolds and showing off her diamonds. Vapid, is what comes to mind. Mean while Bette was all over the place scaring men (The letter, and Of Human Bondage, and the Petrified Forest)She may not have been a classic beauty, but who wants beauty with no substance. Best villain ever, you are never bored with Bette never. That is a promise.

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @INTERNETWORK It's pretty much a film of a play, as was Virginia Woolf. (Not putting either one down at all.)

    • @marjoriemargel1567
      @marjoriemargel1567 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Elizabeth Torrales Does it have to be Either/Or? Must we compare them? Personally, I’m glad I’m not world famous. It’s a terrible burden.

  • @XX-gy7ue
    @XX-gy7ue 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WHEN I FIRST SAW ' BEYOND THE FOREST ' , I HADN'T YET SEEN WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF ? ' , but the bad casting and ' the ' line did greatly impress me , so that I recognized it immediately when seeing ElizabethTaylor do it - for many reasons ' beyon the forest ' may be THE BEST BAD MOVIE EVER MADE ! it's like the American version of ' Madame Bovary ' !

  • @thomaslombardo3401
    @thomaslombardo3401 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nobody says it better than Ms. Davis.

  • @JM-lw3nx
    @JM-lw3nx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Odd fact: Bette Davis was the first choice to play Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf along with James Mason.

    • @nickbigd
      @nickbigd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would have made for a very meta moment when Bette as Martha would have imitated herself as Bette the actress.

  • @mmartin5579
    @mmartin5579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Elizabeth Taylor said it but Ms. Bette Davis did it

  • @deanolaurence3932
    @deanolaurence3932 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Elizabeth’s laugh at Barbaras remark was like “i don’t really give a f**k about u or Bette my dear “ 💅🏼

    • @Patrick3183
      @Patrick3183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      deano Laurence yeah that was a super phony laugh

    • @knowzmyname
      @knowzmyname 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Elizabeth and Bette were friends

    • @spicey6646
      @spicey6646 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not Bette.Liz and Bette were not enemies.

    • @Eudaimaniac44
      @Eudaimaniac44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But why?! Barbara Walters is so professional a journalist! Like when she published a memoir naming the (still alive & not at all pleased) married man she slept with for years, or the time she flat-out asked Lady Gaga "do you have sex with women?" like she was Tom Cruise or something.

  • @gravyjamable
    @gravyjamable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Bet Davis = Classic 💖

  • @nitasheehan2704
    @nitasheehan2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am so glad we have her films to watch. She was the greatest of all, imho.

  • @lindaeasley4336
    @lindaeasley4336 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love Bette Davis' movies ! She is a cinema icon and was a one of a kind Hollywood personality .
    You never knew what she was going to say . She was refreshingly honest and never pretended to be someone she wasn't off screen .
    As much as I admired Joan Crawford's acting ability , she didn't even belong in the same room with Davis . And Elizabeth Taylor was the second most beautiful actress to ever come out of Hollywood .Gene Tierney was #1 .Elizabeth was a good actress , too . Virginia Wolfe proved that

  • @johnpalermo2422
    @johnpalermo2422 6 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh were by far the most beautiful women of hollywood. Stunning NATURAL beauty 👍.. Js💯

    • @atolm1
      @atolm1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      John Palermo amen!

    • @atolm1
      @atolm1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not in the same league in my opinion.

    • @orpflo4845
      @orpflo4845 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I see grace and raise you Hedy Lamar

    • @Canerican.
      @Canerican. 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agree

    • @anthonyhebisen
      @anthonyhebisen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Elizabeth Taylor thought Vivien Leigh to be the most beautiful woman in the world. And personally, I couldn’t agree more.

  • @christiancaulfield1663
    @christiancaulfield1663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Taylor and Davis were super they were different actresses but both super .

  • @misterhot9163
    @misterhot9163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The irony is, Jack Warner purchased the rights of Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? as a starring vehicle for Bette Davis and James Mason.

  • @hustledude
    @hustledude ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow Liz looked stunning in that interview and I loved her laugh

  • @canasta59
    @canasta59 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Taylor looks amazing.

    • @IanThaddiam
      @IanThaddiam 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I scrolled down to say the same thing. Jaw-droppingly beautiful. Just at that right age.

    • @zootsoot2006
      @zootsoot2006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When did she suddenly become a frump?

    • @michaeltnewyorknights8413
      @michaeltnewyorknights8413 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zootsoot2006 😂

  • @DeepScreenAnalysis
    @DeepScreenAnalysis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Elizabeth's fake laugh after Barbara's comment at 2:00 is everything. She really didn't give a shit about Bette's opinion one way or the other.

    • @rogerpropes7129
      @rogerpropes7129 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ! I think that was the only time I've seen Taylor laugh when it wasn't a fake laugh. She really was a lousy actress and so was Marilyn Monroe, but when your face is a miracle of nature who needs talent. Even Greta Garbo was all style and little substance as an actress, but the most photogenic face up to that time in cinema. Bette Davis was just a freak of nature and therefore fascinating to watch. For a perfect acting performance see Ingrid Bergman in 'Gaslight', Wendy Hiller in 'Pygmalian', Liv Ullman in 'The Emigrant Saga', Vanessa Redgrave in 'Isadora', and Meryl Streep in anything.

    • @alfiesgirluk
      @alfiesgirluk 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Roger Propes totally agree!!!!

    • @johnpalermo2422
      @johnpalermo2422 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Messylin EXACTLY! 😂

    • @patrickjenkins9167
      @patrickjenkins9167 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😎 To me, it's the laugh of a Woman who is very RARELY satisfied for any length of time by the same Man. The Laugh of a Woman who's been around the World and has met all sorts of unusual Characters. Ms. Taylor possessed the amused, beguiling, "CACKLE" of a Woman who knew how to have a good time and didn't give a damn what ANYONE thought of it❗ Needless to say, Women like that usually don't have many Female Friends. 😅 I wonder why⁉️ (San Francisco)

    • @2dasimmons
      @2dasimmons 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      But she DID. ALL THE ACTRESSES ADMIRED BETTE DAVIS. She was quite the excellent actress.

  • @renan.csmaia
    @renan.csmaia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love Elizabeth Taylor!! 😍😍😍

  • @MrQbenDanny
    @MrQbenDanny 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    According to Davis herself, she hated that movie and certainly proved it when she went to the production heads (Maybe Jack Warner), and said towards the end of schedule filming, " If you want me to finish the film, let me out of my contract" They did. Rosa according to Bette Davis should have been given to "VIRGINIA MAYO". Davis suffered greatly during the filming. As for the famous line, credit Elizabeth the Great for its own famous interpretation as Bette, who at the time had become a drag queen version of herself, sadly. I had the GREAT privilege of reading with Miss Davis in the final call backs for a musical version of a movie she starred in called "The Corn is Green" , the musical was called "MISS MOFFAT". BETTE DAVIS was so nice and supportive towards me and kind. I was shocked to see how small in height she was, this giant of the screen. It is to this day the greatest moment of my acting life. The director was the legendary Joshua LOGAN.

    • @marcosvalenca
      @marcosvalenca 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you in Miss Moffat?

    • @MrQbenDanny
      @MrQbenDanny 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Marcos Valenca I was not cast, but was according to my agent at the time a "First Choice", for a replacement. Sadly, Miss Davis suffered a bad injury to her back during the out of town tryouts before coming to Broadway and the show closed. BETTE DAVIS WAS NOT REPLACEABLE AND HAD NO UNDERSTUDY.

  • @ranaskip
    @ranaskip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I got the feeling that if Bette Davis were alive today and smoking a cigarette on a talk show no one would stop her.

    • @debradonley3825
      @debradonley3825 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would. Smoking is a smelly, dangerous, unattractive habit. I've seen people die from smoking. Not pretty.

  • @Myplop
    @Myplop 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Elizabeth looks so beautiful in that interview with Barbara

  • @jimm6386
    @jimm6386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My best friend many moons ago gave me a birthday card - it was a color photo of Bette Davis on the front, in her 80’s, holding a martini glass slightly tilted almost spilling, her eyes were a bit crossed and above this she says, “Let’s drink dinner”! Love the humor.

  • @56cadd
    @56cadd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She was great in, "what ever happened to baby Jane." ! A must see, WHEW..!

  • @nalliverojas452
    @nalliverojas452 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    La Davis , por siempre y para siempre la mejor de todos los tiempos ,la amo ♥

  • @danhutson3460
    @danhutson3460 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was watchng on You Tube the other day about a plumber, New York Drains. And he & the home owner were walking in the basement, as it had flooded. I tell you, it was about the nastiest place I had ever seen & the Bette Davis line, "What A Dump" came to mind. I looked that up & found it have been spoken in the 1949 film, "Beyond the Forest", so in the comment section, I told that story. I find it funny that today I have seen that same line somewhere else on YT! Bette Davis, what a legend & the same can be said about Elizabeth Taylor too, but different legends. May they be resting in peace!

  • @christya2488
    @christya2488 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a... fun video! I'd heard of that line but never knew the origin story. Thanks!

  • @NickeyONickes
    @NickeyONickes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Those gals did a lot of talking in 1987. 😊

  • @kjaersdalen
    @kjaersdalen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Elizabeth Taylor are known for her beauty but Bette Davis are known for her ACTING

    • @gauravw6947
      @gauravw6947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Naa, Elizabeth is equally known for her ACTING and performances in Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf (one of the best performances in the history of American films ever), Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer, Giant...

    • @bdavis8397
      @bdavis8397 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Obviously you haven't seen Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Liz was brilliant.

    • @Irishgui83
      @Irishgui83 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elizabeth is known for her acting, being beautiful and her relentless work at ending AIDS (imo her most important public 'role'). What a legend.

  • @JW-yr1qs
    @JW-yr1qs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Favorite Bette Davis movies are "Now, Voyager" and "Dark Victory"...I liked Liz Taylor in "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" and "Cleopatra"

    • @lettyguerra371
      @lettyguerra371 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A place in the sun for Elisabeth Taylor, and Mr. Skeffington for Bette Davis are my favorites for both of them. Yes those other movies for each actress are great too. Their signature roles respectively.

    • @YatesNYC
      @YatesNYC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lettyguerra371 - Mr. Skeffington is a great movie and Bette is amazing in it. Also, the issues the movie deals with are still so relevant today.

  • @sweetapplepie70
    @sweetapplepie70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Miss my Bettie Davis beautiful eyes➕➕🅰🅰🅰➕➕
    🍀🍀😊😊😊🍀🍀
    📖📖🙏🙏🙏📖📖

  • @onebourbononescotch
    @onebourbononescotch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Bette

  • @josephrocha142
    @josephrocha142 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bette amazes me by her acting talent, Liz Taylor for her beauty. Both are great.

  • @lukeallan8876
    @lukeallan8876 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Bettie Davis 💖

  • @palmirasanchez
    @palmirasanchez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Charming and one of a kind!!!

  • @joracer1
    @joracer1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love them both. But Bette brings great emotions when watching her on screen. Liz is simply gorgeous.

  • @TheGoddessSekhmet
    @TheGoddessSekhmet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bette Davis is supreme

  • @clydewatkins7712
    @clydewatkins7712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love her so much , ❤️

  • @1234pouvez
    @1234pouvez 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love seeing the comparison. You can see that Elizabeth Taylor, who gave a great performance in the film, was imitating Bette Davis doing Bette Davis. In the actual film, it's just another casual line. I have the movie, and I like it for the song "Chicago" which is played throughout the movie. The song is heard as a ballad with a full orchestra and strings rather than the usual up-tempo.

  • @silverbells4732
    @silverbells4732 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    better davies has a class of her own. with d cigarette. just class
    so elegant in d red gown....

  • @Emy-fv5ny
    @Emy-fv5ny 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aaah Elizabeth...I love her!💎👑

  • @primieramalantutada2194
    @primieramalantutada2194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bette davis.... We ❤❤ you...

  • @ozdorothyfan
    @ozdorothyfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Elizabeth Taylor was a remarkably talented actress as was Bette Davis. The first time I realised Liz was so good was watching 'cat on a hot tin roof' many years ago. Try it if you have never seen it.

  • @judithbirch700
    @judithbirch700 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love bette

  • @jayhoward8212
    @jayhoward8212 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I say that sometimes in the morning, before flushing...

  • @michaelglover2871
    @michaelglover2871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first time I heard that line was on M*A*S*H. Klinger walks into "the swamp " in Bette Davis drag, and exclaims "what a dump!". To which Hawkeye responds "look, the cleaning lady is here ".

  • @markbrookes6557
    @markbrookes6557 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely LOVE Bette Davis!!! She was definitely a force to be recked with, she was a true original. Bette died on my 32 birthday. That's the only thing I remember of that day.

  • @CatRiley
    @CatRiley 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow! Thank you for posting

  • @aprilkalcsa9336
    @aprilkalcsa9336 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She was one of the Best.

  • @margaretstewart7187
    @margaretstewart7187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bette Davis 👑👑👑

  • @revmiguel2000
    @revmiguel2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Notice how respectfully BD says, « Miss Taylor » referring to Elizabeth Taylor.

  • @mihaelaserdenciuc8833
    @mihaelaserdenciuc8833 ปีที่แล้ว

    Elizabeth Taylor was not only very, very beautiful women,but also a grea,great,great actress,a big heart,a BIG WOMEN.
    RIP ELIZABETH AND BETH !! 🙏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @knowzmyname
    @knowzmyname 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Barbara always liked to stir something up if she could, and both Bette and Elizabeth were known to be quite sensitive to criticism. I think that is why Elizabeth was careful in her response. E had tremendous respect for Miss Davis.

  • @Apollo_Blaze
    @Apollo_Blaze 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I laugh every time she says it...no matter how many times, I always laugh...LOLOL....I love this video... She was amazing.

  • @kammorris5902
    @kammorris5902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Its funny that a simple line from a B-grade film would catch on like that. Beyond the Forest wasn't a great film and Davis knew it. She would talk of how this film wasn't the best of her career. Having seen the film, I agree with her. However, it speaks volumes of her influence on cinema and how enduring her iconic status is.

  • @funnynickline
    @funnynickline 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Remarkable Superstars in the living history" Blesses the Universe's Salutes you........ more on their powers be it here on earth or in heavenly places God bless.🙏💎💎💎💎💎🙏

  • @Shilpiinurface
    @Shilpiinurface 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do u even compare? Both were mad beautiful, talented and intelligent...I love watching both..😘💙💚💛

    • @direfranchement
      @direfranchement 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The purpose of this video isn't to compare the two women.

  • @luisfedericosala1354
    @luisfedericosala1354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For me the most memorable line said by Bette was in All about Eve: fasten seat belt, it would be a move night; or something like that.

    • @kathygetchel4657
      @kathygetchel4657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was: 'Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night.'

  • @disneyfan8178
    @disneyfan8178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's interesting because, I heard that Edward Albee wanted Bette Davis and James Mason to play Martha and George. I would've loved to have seen that (not taking anything away from Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton)!

  • @cecemaynard9254
    @cecemaynard9254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WHAT A D U.M P ? " BETTE🌹BETTER 🤗I LOVE THEM BOTH🌹🌹TWO BEAUTIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS🍀🍀💖💖🤗🤗REST BELOVEDS🌹🌹

  • @kalevala29
    @kalevala29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the whole thing with Virginia Woolf is that the comment was supposed to exaggerated. I mean, Taylor was playing a drunk. And she was bloody brilliant. Bette knew this I'm sure. And she ran with it, lol

  • @phd2007
    @phd2007 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unlike the rest of the world I've never viewed Elizabeth Taylor as astonishingly beautiful, except in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof AND in this clip. And she's fifty years old here.

  • @chocloditelensman
    @chocloditelensman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What A Clip !

  • @amberpearce222
    @amberpearce222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bette davis is iconic

  • @Jkelly-vw9un
    @Jkelly-vw9un 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love Betty Davis...

  • @lorijoeylorijoey3254
    @lorijoeylorijoey3254 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    She is everything!

  • @murielbelmondo7074
    @murielbelmondo7074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Quel plaisir ces actrices

  • @tonyhoward7004
    @tonyhoward7004 ปีที่แล้ว

    At the end of her life, Bette was trying to get Steel Magnolias made with her, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor. I love that film of course, maybe in another life I can see Bette's version!