Bette Davis Trivia

1. In which movie did Bette 'author'ize?

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Answer: Old Acquaintance

Davis played author Katherine "Kit" Marlowe who had a life long rivalry with best friend, Mildred Drake, played by Miriam Hopkins. The scene-stealing in this Vincent Sherman directed movie is over the top and worth a look if you can find it. The story was remade in the early eighties as "Rich and Famous" , co-starred Candace Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset, and was the last film directed by the great George Cukor.

From Quiz Which Bette Davis Film is it?

Answer: Now, Voyager

This movie also had Claude Rains and included Gladys Cooper and Paul Henreid. It was nominated for three Oscars but won only one of them. This movie was about a dull woman (Davis) who got turned into an elegant lady and fell in love with an already married man. She later befriended his daughter and gained her love's affection.

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Answer: Dark Victory

'Dark Victory' starred Bette Davis as society girl Judith Traherne battling an inoperable brain tumor. She gets one of the most dramatic and beautiful "dying" scenes on film. Joan Crawford dies in 'Baby Jane', Gladys George dies in 'Now Voyager', and no one dies in 'Pocketful of Miracles'.

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Answer: The Letter

This movie had a very interesting and suspenseful plot. It was about a woman (Leslie Crosbie) who murdered a man while her husband was away. The man's widow had a letter that Leslie wrote and charged a high price to get the letter back. This movie was nominated for seven Oscars! It's hard to imagine that it didn't win any, but it must have up against some tough opponents. This movie also starred James Stephenson, Herbert Marshall, and Gale Sondergaard. Gale Sondergaard was also in my favorite Shirley Temple movie, "The Blue Bird" (1940).

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Answer: Mr. Skeffington

Bette Davis played 'social butterfly', Fanny Trellis Skeffington, in 'Mr. Skeffington'. Over the twenty-six year span of the film she makes dates with fellow 'society girl' Janie Clarkson (unseen throughout the movie) only to cancel every time. In 'The Old Maid' she plays a spinster, in 'Madame Sin' a female 'Dr. No', and Queen Elizabeth I in 'The Virgin Queen'.

From Quiz Which Bette Davis Film is it?

Answer: Watch on the Rhine

"Watch on the Rhine" also starred Paul Lukas and Lucille Watson. It was about a woman and her family returning from Europe to America after a great number of years. This movie was very well done and nominated for four Oscars. It won one Oscar for Best Actor (Paul Lukas).

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Answer: In This Our Life

'In This Our Life' has Bette at her most selfish and wicked in the role of Stanley Timberlake. The John Huston directed film features Bette's character dumping her boyfriend, stealing her sister's fiancee, eloping with him, driving him to suicide, stealing back her old boyfriend from her sister, killing a little girl in a drunken hit and run, blaming and framing an innocent young man, and carrying on 'inappropriately' with her favorite uncle. The other three films do not feature Bette Davis as a villain.

From Quiz Which Bette Davis Film is it?

Answer: All About Eve

A Bette Davis quiz is not complete without "All About Eve", the greatest film of 1950. This magnificent movie won six Oscars, fourteen awards, and was nominated for fourteen more. It was about an aging movie star who met her greatest fan. Only, Margo's fan, Eve, seemed to be studying Margo. Soon, Eve wove her way into the Margo's career and she started stealing her fame. There was an awesome cast consisting of Anne Baxter as Eve, George Sanders as Addison, and Celeste Holm as Karen. Another great movie came out the same year, "Sunset Boulevard". That movie won many Oscars as well, but lost a lot of awards to "All About Eve".

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Answer: All About Eve

Bette as the great dramatic actress Margo Channing. All the other films are comedies.

From Quiz Which Bette Davis Film is it?

Answer: A Pocketful of Miracles

This was another awesome movie that also starred Glenn Ford and Hope Lange (who was a supporting role in "Peyton Place"). This movie was nominated for three Oscars! It also won a Golden Globe and a second place Golden Laurel award. The film was mainly about a beggar who gave her apples to a man who believed them to be good luck, and the two became friends. When Annie's daughter came to visit, Annie had to convince her that she was a member of high society.

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Answer: All three films.

All three films starred Bette Davis disguised as someone else. 'A Stolen Life' and 'Dead Ringer' both feature her as a twin who upon the death of the other twin takes on her sister's identity. In 'A Pocketful Of Miracles' she pretends to be Mrs. E. Worthington Manville when in reality she is street peddler Apple Annie.

From Quiz Which Bette Davis Film is it?

Answer: Jezebel

This wonderful movie won two Oscars and a Special Recommendation award. It was also nominated for four more awards. The movie was about Jezebel, a pretty and carefree woman who completely controlled her fiance. He eventually stopped loving her, and she tried to win him back. This movie had a great cast including Henry Fonda and George Brent. Henry Fonda would later make the film "Yours, Mine, and Ours", (1968) another one of my favorites that also starred Lucille Ball.

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Answer: Phone Call From A Stranger

Bette in the only scene in her long film career history that is played while she lies in an iron lung.

From Quiz Which Bette Davis Film is it?

Answer: Dark Victory

Out of all of Bette Davis' films, this movie had one of my favorite casts. It included Humphrey Bogart who was famous for "Casablanca" (1942) and "The Maltese Falcon" (1941). It also included Geraldine Fitzgerald who also appeared in "Watch on the Rhine." But to top it off, it had the wonderful Ronald Reagan, who later became the fortieth president of the United States! This movie also had a good plot. It was about a woman diagosed with a brain tumor and who ended up marrying the doctor. Judith (Davis) later learned she was about to die and went into a depression before she learned to live the rest of her life to the fullest. It was nominated for three Oscars, winning none.

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Answer: Bunny O'Hare

Bette and Ernest Borgnine play motorcycle riding bank robbers. She is a murderess in 'The Letter', an adultress in 'Beyond The Forest', and a teacher in 'The Corn Is Green'.

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Answer: A Stolen Life

This unforgettable movie was about twin sisters, one evil and one kind (Patricia was the evil one). They both fell in love with the same man and Patricia ended up marrying him. She later drowned and Kate, the good sister got her happy ending after all. This movie also starred Glenn Ford and Dane Clark.

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Answer: Jezebel

I think 'Jezebel' is one of Bette Davis' greatest performances in a long career of great performances. The scene where Henry Fonda forces her to follow through and dance in her flaming red dress at the ball is one of the greatest screen moments of all time.

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