Bette Davis discusses her career in this 1971 TV interview, joined by Arte Johnson and Sen. Birch Bayh.
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@attyjosh4 жыл бұрын
I love the way she laughed. You can tell she was having a good time. Oh, the great Bette Davis.
@jacksincere40023 жыл бұрын
pro tip: watch movies on flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching lots of of movies these days.
@skylersalvatore23353 жыл бұрын
@Jack Sincere Yea, I've been watching on flixzone for months myself :D
@taiburnett972511 ай бұрын
There's no one like her💯
@steveprice27184 жыл бұрын
I've often felt that the measure of a person's character was how genuine that individual laughed. A hearty laugh was the ultimate expression of a mighty spirit. This dame had it!!!
@AstralPixie4 жыл бұрын
That's interesting.
@rubywlee38313 жыл бұрын
Hot pants wore them in my youth
@DIETRICHCICCONE2 жыл бұрын
You've hit the nail on the head!
@bobtaylor170 Жыл бұрын
My cousin, a sociopath, has a hearty laugh, but it's TOO hardy. He's a phony, and a brutal, dangerous bastard.
@naveensarawagi744210 ай бұрын
Among the greatest of all time .. Honest to goodness ,talented and with a wit unmatched
@Kimllg885 жыл бұрын
Her great personality, intelligence and talent keep her young. Never boring.
@gulmerton23945 жыл бұрын
I would listen to her for hours and hours.
@empb86154 жыл бұрын
Betty Davis should have all her greatest movies shown on netflix. Just to show the younger generation how great an actress she was and how fabulous her films were. She was all class.
@deb7518 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I DO wish Netflx offered some screen classics, too. Often the only channels offering them on TV get stuck on whole days of Westerns or Beach Movies and you have no other classic choices unless you sign up for another whole online channel.
@carollund8251 Жыл бұрын
Yes there are so many classic films I saw as a child in the summer or Saturdays but now I live in Europe and never get to see them anymore. Classics nowadays seem to be considered from the 70s and 80's! Those are modern for my tastes! Just where can one find them now? Just a few are on KZfaq. I have bought some DVDs ( I have six of Bette Davis's) but I can't buy that many and many can't be found. I always wonder, where do people find them? There are so many videos on KZfaq that describe some old film or other and they say, make sure you watch it, don't miss it! Well, I' d love to, but how?
@coydoy1216 жыл бұрын
Its 2018 and I'm 50 years old and I still love listening to Bette. She is my favourite actress from back in the day.
@ukelelito6 жыл бұрын
I'm 47 and i have loved her since I was 27. I'm from Argentina.
@darylsandlin58715 жыл бұрын
I'm with ya. I'm 49 next month & lately I've become fascinated with the classic actresses from that golden era. Maybe it has something to do, for me, with getting older & appreciating the classics.
@richardscott43185 жыл бұрын
I'm 49 and i've loved her since childhood. There'll never be another like her. One of a kind. I love her and miss her so much.
@proudsjw91625 жыл бұрын
57 here, Bette Davis was an incredible actress and human being!
@MrLetmein20115 жыл бұрын
54 here and I saw Baby Jane when I was about 8 and have loved her ever since .
@nickferrio13164 жыл бұрын
I love her style during the 70s. In all her interviews she looks like an absolute star.
@quincycampbell98283 жыл бұрын
That's because she was one, Darling.
@Mspike4564 жыл бұрын
Her vocabulary. What a smart girl.
@joyceb84075 жыл бұрын
"Now that I'm older the evil has come out a little more". Bette Davis was a card! You never knew what she was going to say but she was the most honest when live and certainly a great actress.
@rubywlee38313 жыл бұрын
Love honor and remeber bette davis
@LoyalOpposition2 жыл бұрын
What is a "card"?
@mattdevaux72022 жыл бұрын
@@LoyalOpposition A “card” in this sense is a very funny, fun, witty, and clever personality.
@bobtaylor170 Жыл бұрын
@@LoyalOpposition , it's a term from the mid twentieth century in America.
@Salsero125 жыл бұрын
Her laugh is the best. Love her
@bdiaz60816 жыл бұрын
I love how she always came out with her pocketbook in hand.
@girliboi5 жыл бұрын
i've noticed quite a few of the...*ahem*... more "established" stars did back in the day, also would frequently make their entrance in outerwear (heavy coats, etc).. looks odd today, as pretty much nobody walks onto a talk show in a cape, or fur coat, or carrying a purse, etc.. but then this was also a time when it wasn't uncommon to chainsmoke and/or sip a stiff cocktail throughout a television interview, so i guess she had to have somewhere to carry her cigarettes..
@mae88614 жыл бұрын
BDiaz pocket book LOL you’re from the east coast. We in the west call it a purse.
@ethannielson9424 жыл бұрын
BDiaz Like the Queen of England.
@chocloditelensman4 жыл бұрын
She always does.
@stephenwilliams12693 жыл бұрын
@@mae8861 GB Handbag.
@petertorrey2365 жыл бұрын
Everything about her is interesting.
@ninalee8705 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is
@cjordan12076 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis ...the most brilliant actress and the most talented woman. What a legend!
@SGCSW6 жыл бұрын
Such a hearty voracious laugh! Love it!
@michaelraymond50485 жыл бұрын
She cackled like a Witch
@latinguy674 жыл бұрын
I LOVE watching Cavett interview Miss Davis. Such a great chemistry they had.
@jessiem2764 жыл бұрын
Miss Betty Davis...THE BEST actress of all time!! She was very classy and had morals!
@JoanBette4 жыл бұрын
Well I love Bette Davis, period, but her laugh is just the best! What a great lady and a model to hard work and discipline.
@rubywlee38313 жыл бұрын
Will love bette davis forever
@elichaitman32942 жыл бұрын
Your name is hilarious
@candyveneer24285 жыл бұрын
Betty Davis coughing and smoking and coughing! Priceless!
@TG-rm8pj5 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis is pure class! Always has been and always will be.
@Heyoudummy2 ай бұрын
Nobody better than Bette Davis! Love how she always wore gloves and then slowly peeled them off each interview!
@Kimllg886 жыл бұрын
Greatest actress of the 20th century. And intelligent.
@DeepScreenAnalysis4 жыл бұрын
You confused her with Vivien Leigh.
@jessiem2764 жыл бұрын
I agree...Betty Davis was the Very Best!!
@brkitdwn6 жыл бұрын
So fascinating to watch and listen too. Bette
@rogerwinters98565 жыл бұрын
My favorite actress of all times, one and only number one, there will never be another.
@mfloyd15566 жыл бұрын
Thank you Bette. You've taught me so much. She is such a beacon for the free spirit.
@lynnemilazzo39043 жыл бұрын
My favorite actress of all time. She actually sang to me once for a minute or two... I was in a crowd to see her light a Christmas tree, and I got to speak to her. I will never forget it as long as I live...
@javiervalverde23743 жыл бұрын
That's amazing!!! What a blessing!!! What year did this happen?
@lynnemilazzo39043 жыл бұрын
It was in 1980 , in Bridgeport Connecticut..
@javiervalverde23743 жыл бұрын
@@lynnemilazzo3904 Oh wow!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! That is amazing!!! I would've loved to have met her
@direfranchement4 жыл бұрын
Are there any actors like this now? Bette was a cut above the rest even in her day when there were real stars...she was witty and yet still real and honest. These interviews from the 70s and 80s showed that she had no illusions about her place as a star.
@terryhefty Жыл бұрын
I LOVE her humor lol 😂 she’s so funny and down to earth ❤️❤️❤️
@pablobanados65523 жыл бұрын
There's something about her, that makes her absolutely fascinating.
@jrbon46196 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, talented, and intelligent, person, Ms. Davis was.
@shirleysavitts96476 жыл бұрын
This conversation was illuminating and perhaps foretelling of Americans apathy.... Loved Bette Davis remark toward the end. Thank you for posting.
@Apollo_Blaze3 жыл бұрын
This was soooo good....loved watching them all talk about their lives...and Dick is the perfect interviewer...his show was so relaxed and fun to watch.
@petuser15 жыл бұрын
When you think about great performances then Davis playing Margo Channing in 'all about eve' has to be the defining role. she played a 40 year old ageing star in a time when ageism was ten times worse than it is now. Now many women dont have children until they are 40 but then it was considered over the hill. She brought her whole life to that role and a gravitas to the character that is palpable in its intensity. BD you are a Star.
@theresamedve58973 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, the best actress of all times. No one is equal to her and her wonderful laugh is contagious!
@Vejur90002 жыл бұрын
Her interviews with Cavett are among her most comfortable and happy ones. She liked him, it also didn’t hurt that he was cute
@Pdjohnners6 жыл бұрын
Miss Davis is such good value.
@geraldinemacullin10295 жыл бұрын
Love bette
@cestmoi17965 жыл бұрын
What a liberated laugh. Wonderful !
@SophieLovesSunsets4 жыл бұрын
Bette was so sassy 4:25 :) When I was little I remember my great-grandmother used to watch all the old Bette Davis movies and she would always say 'They don't make em like her anymore' at the time being just a kid I never understood what my grandmother meant by that or why she was always watching those old black and white movies but now I'm older I totally get it. You don't see that type of elegance, charisma, style, talent or wit anymore. I'm 32 and I watch more of those old movies now than I do modern movies. Bette Davis was a class act and she was part of a golden generation of superstars we will never see again ✨
@diankreczmer65955 жыл бұрын
Betty Davis always dressed classically . A true lady
@bluecollarguy676 жыл бұрын
Oh, this is just so wonderful to watch! Bette Davis is beyond compare and categorization as she was just magical. I easily rank her up there with Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead and Katherine Hepburn for being the best guests to appear on any talk program and the ease with which they all had to converse about anything at all. They truly enjoyed life and people.
@lauriewinek24535 жыл бұрын
I like her personality better than Hepburn's. Hepburn appeared too snooty and uptight.
@MarthaMansbridge4 жыл бұрын
@@lauriewinek2453 I agree - Hepburn was not fun to watch in an interview at all. Always felt she would at any moment jump up and tear off the hosts head and storm off. Snooty is the word. Great actress in her own way but snooty - her Cavett interview is a good example, there are clips of her 'off air' and she was clearly difficult and pretty characterless - I bet the crew were petrified of her. Then on air, she sat there with her feet on the table, almost in a 'defiant teenager' sort of way as if to prove a point through the whole interview that 'she could and therefore she would'. Davis was far too well mannered for that sort of behaviour, I've no doubt she could be a beast when making a picture if things were not being done right, why would she not be - as she always said, what goes up there on the screen stays there forever! Hepburn is very guarded, filtering everything she says in order to maintain the pretence. Davis visibly relaxes the more she can just be open, direct and herself. They are of course two very different women, they don't need to be compared but on the basis they are probably the only two of their kind from that era it's inevitable I guess. Doesn't;t detract from their very different, but equally worthy talents.
@stmichl94333 жыл бұрын
I agree that Agnes Moorhead was in that league. And yet she never reached the stardom of a Davis or Hepburn but she was a powerful actress.
@VinnyDrysdale6 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis and Charles Laughton would have been something to see.
@KeithDec254 жыл бұрын
Totally agree Read somwhere there was supposed ro be a movie about Henry VIII and daughter Elizabeth?...
@VinnyDrysdale4 жыл бұрын
@@alfysmith2171 I agree with your response to your hallucination of my comment. I was referring to them being in a movie together. If you watched the clip, that should have been clear.
@robertosoto13705 жыл бұрын
There is a segment where miss Davis is talking about jack warner when he told her to hang in there about the scripts she was offered & then warner tells her i found the most terrific story & script just for you i already bought it! , then she says ; "i bet it's a pip" then she went on talking about Olivia de Havilland going through a similar situation &so on ,i have cds & cassetes of Bette Davis movies &in this particular interview her voice sounds just exactly as she sounded when she was young in the 1930s what a terrific Actress she was &although she & Joan Crawford didn't like each other they were the greatest movie legends &icons of the silver screen& thanks to the magic of film they wiil live forever...
@zxingzxing5 жыл бұрын
I love Bette Davis, she was truly inspirational and unique.
@dandykema12166 жыл бұрын
God, she was good clean fun
@rc24644 жыл бұрын
The greatest American actress of all time. What a classy woman.
@rubywlee38313 жыл бұрын
Bette davis all this and heaven too lovely movie fine cast
@lala-gj4oo6 жыл бұрын
the one and only bette
@wally14522 жыл бұрын
All I can say this moment is, I love Bette Davis. I believe what you see here with her is the same thing off camera...so honest, so funny, so beautiful. Oh, that we who loved her forever could have met her. Blessed are those who were her friends.
@junegiovanni64756 жыл бұрын
The world's greatest actress, the Queen of the silver screen Miss Bette Davis. RIP Ruth Elizabeth Davis, commonly known as Bette Davis 1908-1989)🎥🎬🎬🎬🍸👡💄👚👒
@melissaguerra15184 жыл бұрын
The moment she walked off coughing LMAO! "I've got to get out of here!" Bette was so hilarious!
@bannedheretic29713 жыл бұрын
Great interview. Love her vim and vigor.
@wadecatt95436 жыл бұрын
Bette called Dick by his real name (Richard) when he said he liked her look then and now.
@Tidybitz2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching Whatever Happened to Baby Jane when I was quite young, it was on TV once on a Friday night when they showed horror films for a while. I was allowed to stay up late on Fridays as there was no school the next day. Baby Jane was my first Davis film I remember seeing, and after that I was hooked and I've been a fan ever since.
@ukelelito6 жыл бұрын
A QUEEN !
@MrQbenDanny6 жыл бұрын
"The bride came C.O.D" is one of the funniest comedies ever made!!!!!
@marjoriemargel15675 жыл бұрын
MrQbenDanny So odd you think so. Both Jimmy Cagney and Miss Davis HATED each other after that film and both blamed each other for its failure at the box office. They never worked together again.
@philiphalpenny97615 жыл бұрын
@@marjoriemargel1567 Davis said she & Cagney longed to work in something substantial, Bride Came C.O.D. was a dud, to be sure, but where is the evidence that they hated each other?
@thegingerunicorn1784 жыл бұрын
Bettie was such an amazing, interesting, charismatic person. I would have adored to have been alive in her time and to have met her.
@johndalton31803 жыл бұрын
Bette is at her most charming here. Made me smile. Thanks to the poster for sharing this.
@sharoninglima1217 Жыл бұрын
Bette was extraordinary and one of a kind! ❤❤❤
@elizabethfaraone4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful person and actress. She was 63 years old here. Looks so healthy, despite being a smoker. Much healthier than I am at 58. Died at 81
@jimmyl3246 жыл бұрын
She played all ages. Was fearless .
@EphemeralProductions Жыл бұрын
her laugh was great indeed!
@flipczech5 жыл бұрын
Hell ya, love this woman. Bette Davis XX
@nanaterri3925 жыл бұрын
Such a lady, all class. RIP, Miss Davis.
@TotzkeMike6 жыл бұрын
I love her more than I can say.
@rhymeandreasoning6 жыл бұрын
SO AWESOME !!! Thank you for posting this.
@hollyhatcher4895 жыл бұрын
she's sassy and tells it like it is!
@michaelledger30487 ай бұрын
I love this woman. I never get tired of seeing her.
@theredbutterfly-5 жыл бұрын
God I love her...
@ThePerimeters3 жыл бұрын
She was (pun intended) a quick study. Very witty and deliciously bawlsy. Comfortable in her own skin. Great conversationalist.
@shelovezcandy28523 жыл бұрын
Bette was a force to be reckoned with.
@jimmyl3246 жыл бұрын
Greatest actress of all
@TrangPakbaby6 жыл бұрын
jimmyl324 u better believe it :-)
@lonestar67096 жыл бұрын
By a mile. Bette is untouchable.
@patr705 жыл бұрын
Katherine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Bette Davis, Jane Fonda, and Cate Blanchette ALL belong in the Top Actress category.
@BLTKellys2 жыл бұрын
@@patr70 Glenda Jackson.
@patr702 жыл бұрын
@@BLTKellys who?
@Patrick31835 жыл бұрын
came for Bette Davis , stayed for the still-relevant conversation with the Senator
@RaymondHng5 жыл бұрын
Birch Bayh was the U.S. Senator for Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was succeeded by Dan Quayle.
@Red_Rebel2 жыл бұрын
I love it when she’s laughing it’s like she’s having you as a guest on her living room
@JohnPaul-qs2qf3 жыл бұрын
She was sure on form that night. Rarely seen her better. And she looked so happy to be there as well.
@gabrieladerre28624 жыл бұрын
What a woman! 😍😍😍
@hypolyxa72073 жыл бұрын
Apparently she made 7 appearances total on the show... SOMEBODY GET THEM!
@KeithDec254 жыл бұрын
I wish ABC had saved ALL of the Cavett shows...
@leemclaury62514 жыл бұрын
Bette was a proud Yankee
@ginacable53763 жыл бұрын
She was marvellous always.
@mark-j-adderley4 жыл бұрын
I love the Mid-Atlantic accent, the way she looks whimsically into the middle distance and shouts like an irate sergeant major on parade, the one who has just been served with divorce papers and can’t abide the impudence of his soon to be ex-wife, as it were ...
@Sbaxter19896 жыл бұрын
I've never seen this thank you !
@ronrendon3 жыл бұрын
Her laughter is contagious!
@jchow596611 ай бұрын
I temember seeing this episode when it aired - i was a kid. I was mezmerized!!! 💟
@anastasiahromanova65296 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I’ve seen this. I’ve always thought she only had one interview with Dick Cavett.
@RaymondHng5 жыл бұрын
Birch Bayh was the U.S. Senator for Indiana from 1963 to 1981. He was succeeded by Dan Quayle.
@RaymondHng5 жыл бұрын
Still hearing Bette Davis coughing off camera throughout Arte Johnson's interview.
@uploadingjoy91202 жыл бұрын
Wow, go to 37:00 -- solid statement from the Senator and Ms. Davis about our freedoms and how easily they can slip away. Unfortunately, it's happening now.
@zeldasmith6154 Жыл бұрын
Bette reminds me of Orson Welles when she answers and how she she answers.
@user-mj8nf2vp7q5 жыл бұрын
I loved it when the studio orchestra played There's More Than Corn In Indiana, as the senator entered the stage.🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽
@sharonwood87755 жыл бұрын
Irene Dunne was a great actress of the golden era but I think Bette Davis is the greatest of all.
@chucksellers84222 жыл бұрын
I liked how he framed that because Bette Davis is the very best actress of all times and my second favorite star behind Marlene Dietrich.
@Hili24pur Жыл бұрын
They were all so clever and smart. And Bette what a gem ,brilliant wit , one of the best actresses ever
@imsocuteimsorich4952 Жыл бұрын
I love this woman been interviewed,she's so funny,Rest in peace Betty amen🌹🌈👍😘💖
@mattcall74674 жыл бұрын
Bette has a real fun personality lol she seemed warm too.. such a shame what her daughter done too her as in Bette’s own words she ‘her daughter’ was the love of her life.. shame on her.. rest in peace Bette xx
@dstuart29184 жыл бұрын
"Miss Davis was attacked by a giant calendar." Hysterical.
@bettyweise67823 жыл бұрын
A fantastic woman and star. ❤❤❤
@jchow596611 ай бұрын
We still love and miss her 💟
@DIETRICHCICCONE2 жыл бұрын
I think I'm obsessed with Bette Davis ❤️
@AphroditeD Жыл бұрын
A fascinating woman, truly!
@darrenwalshe85134 жыл бұрын
Charisma personified
@teeniebeenie87745 жыл бұрын
yay mr bayh, a true patriot
@user-fk9kv4mx8r4 ай бұрын
Great personality and wit, said it as it was 🤍
@kamuzu4 жыл бұрын
Bette hacking up her lungs in the background...........priceless.