BETTE DAVIS TV SHOW - THE DECORATOR 1965 UNSOLD PILOT 26 MINS
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6 жыл бұрынBETTE DAVIS TV SHOW - THE DECORATOR 1965 26 MINS Co written by Mart Crowley "Boys in the band" Co-starring Mary Wickes as her assistant Viola (though Mart Crowley had Paul Lynde in mind for her role when he wrote it). This is a HILARIOUS unsold / unaired made for TV pilot. FULL COMPLETE EPISODE Producedy by Aaron Spelling.. Synposis. 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 the process, she tends to become friends with the families and get drawn into their personal problems. In the pilot episode, she's hired by an oil tycoon to lavishly decorate a house on his property for his daughter and future son-in-law, secretly hoping that the obvious expense will cause the fiancé' to back out of the wedding.
@chelleychelley8299 5 жыл бұрын
They didn't know what they had then, didn't appreciate the likes of Bette Davis and Mary Wickes! Would have been a really amazing show!
@maxpenn6374 5 жыл бұрын
The two of them together, especially. Nowadays they'd call it synergy.
@zonary1 5 жыл бұрын
ahead of it's time! "Designing Women" Bette Davis is Dixie Carter and Mary Wickes is Delta Burke WOW! hilarious! no, I couldn't drink anothah me-yant julip! lol!
@maxpenn6374 5 жыл бұрын
@Blue Clouds IMDB has a good description of her appearance, " Plain and hawkish in looks while noticeably tall and gawky in build." She discovered her niche and it kept her steadily employed. It wasn't just her appearance but also her voice. Her IMDB profile is a very interesting read.
@harrickvharrick3957 10 ай бұрын
Agreed! I saw good acting, appealing characters, the show was very creatively put together and there was a good sense of humour in it too.. what more could one want! However sometimes a new show may not so much get rejected as well as simply not taken on, which could be for all kinds of reason from availability of one or more main players to the number of episodes they would be able to produce in a season or contractual differences or obstacles of such a kind or other ones. Would it have been for some other reasons than them actually thinking the show primarily might not do be cause of its quality, we most likely are never gonna learn any more what it may have been..
@4evertony1 5 жыл бұрын
I would've loved this show. I love all things Bette Davis.
@jo-annzinni3511 5 жыл бұрын
loved her, at any age
@reneebraxton1032 5 жыл бұрын
The network should have picked it up. Love Bette Davis! Mary Wicks was a treasure.
@Girlgamssilver 5 жыл бұрын
There is never going to be another Bette Davis😢😢😢
@patricksaxon3983 5 жыл бұрын
I never knew that she could do comedy, what a talented actress she was!
@trentsteelman8110 5 жыл бұрын
She actually did several comedies in her early films, like "The Man Who Came to Dinner." She had such great timing in everything she did, and this show should have been picked up.
@Theyralltakenfu 5 жыл бұрын
I can't understand why this was never picked up, the show is well written, and the acting isn't going to get any better then this.
@maxpenn6374 5 жыл бұрын
Just a guess: it looks like the costume budget was sky high.
@chomme9027 5 жыл бұрын
@@maxpenn6374 definitely thought the same thing.
@larapalma3744 5 жыл бұрын
One, female Two, older female
@maxpenn6374 5 жыл бұрын
@@larapalma3744 Right! Bette Davis placed that ad in Variety seeking work for herself after she had reached that "older female" age. She did get a lot of work (not just "Baby Jane") in television and movies as old ladies of many descriptions. They were all good, even if they were not box office record-breakers.
@larapalma3744 5 жыл бұрын
@@maxpenn6374 What a lady! So smart! Is she attractive? I can't tell with women but she really has oomph lol
@richardkennedy8481 5 жыл бұрын
That show not going on the air is a tragedy.
@519forestmonk9 5 жыл бұрын
Bette brought her A-Game to absolutely every role she played. She respected the craft of acting, and she respected working in general. And it shows. No matter if it were Oscar caliber, B-movies, or TV fluff, she was utterly watchable.
@user-ko7bb5kh4i 2 ай бұрын
Damn right!
@fabianfarbeyond558 5 жыл бұрын
The biggest mistake ever made by all the TV stations of the day...was not to had picked up this jewel of a show! Hilarious, witty stylish and above all SMART. How I wish she was alive and well. Love you Betty Davis.
@jwsmith53 5 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis with a laugh track. How surreal.
@Father-Nature 5 жыл бұрын
jimbo Was just thinking that! Strange.
@slimtee2 5 жыл бұрын
I know, but it's funny tho'
@Bigbadwhitecracker 5 жыл бұрын
My thoughts too.
@scotnick59 4 жыл бұрын
Ain't that the truth!
@jeprice08 5 жыл бұрын
"I've missed a lot of buses in my life! Don't you miss this one!" I REALLY love that line!
@margo3367 5 жыл бұрын
I don't care what the show's content was. I would have been happy to just look at her act for a half hour every week! She was elegant.
@portiamatthews9654 5 жыл бұрын
Very much so I love Mrs Bette Davis such class and elegant. you
@thekaiser7555 5 жыл бұрын
I have admit, it made me cry. She was F A N T A S T I C. AS USUAL. Heck yes I would have watched this every week! I was a Bette Davis fan from the time I first saw her. It was a movie called Of Human Bondage. “And after you kissed me, I used to wipe my mouth. WIPE MY MOUTH👄 !”
@thekaiser7555 5 жыл бұрын
A Jew!? Where do you get your information nitwit, CNN (with the other idiots)? A Suck Up? To who? Ms. Davis passed away.
@bowtoyoursensei554 5 жыл бұрын
@Sandy Thompson She was Baptist and she has been dead for 30 years. WTF is wrong with you?
@fuhoney 5 жыл бұрын
@Sandy Thompson You can't be an actual person, you sound exactly like a troll paid to get people arguing! "Betty Davis was a sh*tty f*ck*ng actress , she was only famous because she was a Jew!" Hahahahaha!!! She was one of the top actresses in Hollywood History and when did she become Jewish??? You MUST be a miserable person...
@bejoyful 5 жыл бұрын
Shame it wasn't picked up as a series; better than most shows on the air today and with a real star!
@patricksaxon3983 5 жыл бұрын
I loved it and I totally agree!
@reneebraxton1032 5 жыл бұрын
@Punkanelly Lovejoy Right
@ferdinandvasquez2160 5 жыл бұрын
Goodness! This lost gem should have been a spectacular series! Bette looks like the way she did back in the 40s! So beautiful and chic.❤
@druboy7201 5 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis AND Mary wickes!!what could be better!!??
@wmbrown6 5 жыл бұрын
They did go back a long ways - ever seen "The Man Who Came To Dinner" (1942)? Ms. Davis played Maggie Cutler, the secretary of Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley), and Ms. Wickes played Miss Preen the nurse.
@richardmanville5621 5 жыл бұрын
Started watching this with a bit of "kitsch curiosity" and I'm left charmed, wanting more, and wondering why this did not go anywhere? *sigh* Hollywood.
@jamietodd1675 5 жыл бұрын
This was actually good! I can’t believe the networks didn’t pick this up
@caliden3785 5 жыл бұрын
Think it was to real....also women in bettes age at that time weren't not seen as viable to carry a show.....
@ernestkovach3305 4 жыл бұрын
@@caliden3785 bunk. Another sexist against males comment without truth. She did get roles after 40 as she aged. Ms. Streep so stop the revisionist history LIES
@csfan65 5 жыл бұрын
This would have made a great series! Bette and Mary together are a hoot. Too bad this show never made it past the conception stage.
@2009cochinos 10 ай бұрын
I agree
@christo1 6 жыл бұрын
She's wonderful in this. Her talent was obvious on the big screen AND the small screen.
@stevenshipman650 5 жыл бұрын
This is actually quite funny. Mary and Bette make perfect foils for each other and the concept is sound. I imagine the network turned it down because she wasn’t young. She was certainly funny enough. Both she and Mary
@wmbrown6 5 жыл бұрын
Was this for ABC, pray tell? Obviously, based where Mr. Spelling worked at the time, this was a Four Star production. But then, ABC did pick up "O.K. Crackerby!" with Burl Ives for the 1965-66 season - and we see how well that did . . . not to mention "My Mother, The Car" on NBC.
@robin2012ism 5 жыл бұрын
@@wmbrown6 there has to be a few stinkers in every bunch.
@sunnyboy4553 5 жыл бұрын
@@wmbrown6 Don't forget Mr. Ed the talking horse!
@DylanRomanov 3 жыл бұрын
I hope in my next life I exist in a universe where this show went on
@laurastrobel718 5 жыл бұрын
"All little girls peek"what a great line the dialogue is priceless Bette was the epitome of cool The great Mary Wickes made the perfect comedic foil for her this is golden thanks for sharing😃
@belgiumgirl8970 5 жыл бұрын
Laura Strobel and she still likes too! Great line!
@laurastrobel718 5 жыл бұрын
@@belgiumgirl8970 i imagine this show wasnt picked up because of the youth explosion at the time most boomers were teens or in their early 20s by this point and were watching things like "my 3 sons" and the like if they were watching t v at all entertainment is mostly aimed toward the younger demographic traditionally their parents would have dug it though since Bette was a star during their youth...
@belgiumgirl8970 5 жыл бұрын
Laura Strobel your probably right😊
@PhillyNonSequitur 5 жыл бұрын
Why was I not informed about this Bette Davis TV Show? Love it!
@TomYaz 5 жыл бұрын
Frank D because it just surfaced
@lotharroberts5978 5 жыл бұрын
I bet you do, Frank. I bet you do.
@patriciagiles5833 5 жыл бұрын
I wasn't either! Who's responsible for this conspiracy?
@wmbrown6 5 жыл бұрын
@@patriciagiles5833 - Four Star Television, apparently (Mr. Spelling worked there then, he was the producer of the Gene Barry detective series "Burke's Law").
@showtunestarpower 5 жыл бұрын
Bette's comic timing is terrific!
@scottj7281 5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I found this gem to watch!
@vanessaawilliams3780 5 жыл бұрын
She's got Bette Davis eyes😘 Love her❤️
@rgs6236 5 жыл бұрын
Shows were so great back then. This should of been one of them...it's a shame it was never picked up
@Father-Nature 5 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis in a sitcom pilot? Never thought I'd write that out!
@jomama5186 5 жыл бұрын
Darn, I wish they would have kept that as a TV show! I bet it would have been cute! What a fantastic house Bette/Liz had!
@laurameyer7285 5 жыл бұрын
What a shame!!! I would’ve watched ALL the Episodes if there had been more than just the pilot. Great to see her in such a sassy & fun role ❣️❣️
@michaelabbott516 6 жыл бұрын
So fabulous and with Mary Wickes to boot !
@toddcanton9537 6 жыл бұрын
love them both
@jraoul711 5 жыл бұрын
This show would have been great if it went into production. I really liked this pilot.
@highhighsky1 5 жыл бұрын
It's like the Devil Wears Prada meets Baby Jane Hudson and Margot Channing all rolled into one character.
@americandreamer6092 5 жыл бұрын
@Haser Buen Don't forget Camille Beauchamps!
@jwsmith53 5 жыл бұрын
All About Eve is like an early draft of The Devil Wears Prada.
@Marimarr59 5 жыл бұрын
I wished they had aired back in the 60s while i was growing up...i would have love watching her! My mom had the personality of Bette Davis
@1911beauty 6 жыл бұрын
BEtte davis is one of the worlds most captivating actresses!
@deacondavis5098 5 жыл бұрын
This should have been made into a tv series!!!
@raecoyote 5 жыл бұрын
OMG! I would have LOVED this !!! I’m so sad that it didn’t happen!! Perfection!
@zimnaya 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fabulous....I'm still smiling minutes afterwards!
@shellbyshell9961 5 жыл бұрын
Bette is the campest, straight woman in the world....what an icon,
@JassminaVellucci 5 жыл бұрын
It was once said, Bette Davis Act with her eyes, she doesn’t have to say a single word, just watch her eyes and you know what’s happening. She was one of the greatest actor ever lived.
@wonderjh 5 жыл бұрын
That was awesome!!! I loved it! To bad it didn’t get sold!! Aaron Spelling even....
@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 5 жыл бұрын
What a riot! Is there no end to Ms. Davis' talents?? Such a shame this one never got any 'traction'. Thanks for this upload.
@reginaeiland9358 5 жыл бұрын
This was sooooooooo good! Why on Earth didn't this make it!
@harryfishback8173 5 жыл бұрын
Cannot believe it wasn't picked up who could resist the legendary Bette Davis. Its quite funny better than many of the shows from that era....
@dianesilva1666 5 жыл бұрын
Wow- I clicked on this out of curiosity, & wound up enjoying the show - it was really sweet - too bad the pilot wasn't picked up
@lukalarrs7040 5 жыл бұрын
Betty Davis was the best ever💖
@foxspurplelolli4318 5 жыл бұрын
I am ever so happy this was in my suggestions. Ever so sad this was not picked up by tv. Fabulous acting by magnificent actors.
@chomme9027 5 жыл бұрын
Bette was absolutely fabulous in pilot.
@sandrafledglingmixologista2221 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this! Never heard of it and I wish this show had been picked up.
@MrMd217 5 жыл бұрын
I’m here for it! She was fabulous! 😘
@windstorm1000 5 жыл бұрын
I know!
@calmiller7459 5 жыл бұрын
Want more!
@WhirledPeace 5 жыл бұрын
Towards the end of watching this I got desperately sad because I’m afraid there’s no one alive left to thank or to let them know what a great pilot that was. If that was just the pilot, can you imagine the series maturing overtime. For the ghosts and souls floating about who were apart of this, great job. 🕊
@shanniworld8310 5 жыл бұрын
To bad this was not picked up. Thanks for posting it.
@evelynsandefur4913 5 жыл бұрын
Really good show! Thank you.
@misterman1958 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, Bette Davis was so talented. Loved this little gem!
@myozzio5025 5 жыл бұрын
Mouth says "must have been utterly charming in its day"... Eyes say "What a dump!"
@harryfishback8173 5 жыл бұрын
LMAO soooo true...
@DA90027 4 жыл бұрын
This was great what a shame it didn't become a series.
@sheismymom 6 жыл бұрын
Cute seeing her interact with the little girl
@stacynels4 5 жыл бұрын
Little girl whom couldn't act
@picmajik 5 жыл бұрын
Better than most child actors of the day--some were worse
@AxelQC 5 жыл бұрын
Damn, this would have been such a good show.
@Tenacious83 5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this!!!
@nocilantro_gack 5 жыл бұрын
Miss Bette Davis smoked the hell out of those cigarettes....while she chewed up every scene she was in... The best actor of all time...Watch "The Little Foxes" sometime...THATS acting!!!
@loretta6554 5 жыл бұрын
Loved it wish it had of been picked up also Love Bette Davis.
@margaretstewart7187 5 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️ Bette Davis a great actress 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@carolynmcqueen825 5 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@GothGuy885 5 жыл бұрын
I don't understand why this did'nt take off.. It would have been wonderful!! Bette Davis was one of my Favorite actresses. . .
@jasbegs1258 6 жыл бұрын
Bette looks great here- shades of Margo Channing. Chic.
@seriousone8030 5 жыл бұрын
Bette's dress at the hoedown even looks like Margo's dress.
@RayPointerChannel 5 жыл бұрын
Well, it's the makeup..a LOT OF IT, and perhaps a bit overdone even for television.
@theresacolosimo5589 5 жыл бұрын
What a great show and Ms. Davis was terrific as usual. I can't believe this show was an unsold pilot? Really enjoyed it
@brigittemcdonough2385 5 жыл бұрын
Bette Davis my hero!
@clydewatkins7712 5 жыл бұрын
So glad I came across this , I could watch it over and over again and you know I will.
@Bigbadwhitecracker 5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. This would have been an amazing show. The chemistry between Bette and Mary Wikes is fantastic. What a great concept. Our loss.
@boblowney 5 жыл бұрын
Mary was the nurse in Now Voyager. terrific then too
@michaelgrant250 5 жыл бұрын
I was 14 and I would have watched all seasons. Just as good as any of the sit-coms of that time.
@butterflycombcomb5158 5 жыл бұрын
Wow what a treat didn't know about this! I love her she one of my most favorite actresses! Why the show never happen? I think Bette is just great in this!
@leeharrison4253 5 жыл бұрын
It's Bette at her BEST! This should have been a long run and think of all of the great interiors of the time we would have witnessed. I will enjoy the few posted.
@farmyardflavours 5 жыл бұрын
This was awesome. Just watched with my sister and we laughed and laughed and both agreed that we wished Bette Davis would have been our friend
@themaxcollective 5 жыл бұрын
"I've missed a lot of buses in my life"
@artchem1 5 жыл бұрын
That was an interesting idea for a Show, as Bette Davis was fabulous in ever way. Love “ The Decorator “. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@Anita_Backrub 5 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. ❤ Bette Davis was something else, I could watch this for days!
@TheDuchessWellington 5 жыл бұрын
Why on earth didn't this great show get sold. Bette and the whole cast were fantastic. The show would sell now because it's a good format. Thank you so much for posting it.
@okiedokey9962 5 жыл бұрын
This was actually pretty good. I watched the entire episode. Surprised it didn't make it to television.
@bannedheretic2971 5 жыл бұрын
I love your name, it's my signature phrase.
@james8343 5 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for posting this!! I have never even seen this potential sitcom!! shame nobody picked it up! Seems kind of sad that these were hard times for Betty Davis and Joan Crawford b/c they were aging and no longer as important in Hollywood as they were in their Hayday!
@willg4802 5 жыл бұрын
too much drinking, smoking, arrogance, flippancy and makeup. The main characters are old bitties. The other characters are offensive, anti white, anti rural stereotypes. Who was this supposed to appeal to other than gay men? It is a wonder this was made at all, can't imagine what any studio executive was thinking other than that they wanted to appeal to a very small audience of gay men and single women At the time this was made, single women past the age of 26 were rare, and they didn't have much money to spend on the advertisers products. It wasn't until the nineties that something along this line came along-The Golden girls".
@saintmichael1779 5 жыл бұрын
It's Bette, not Betty.
@linnetdoe9937 5 жыл бұрын
@@willg4802 ..."The main characters are old bitties." If you must resort to name-calling, at least spell it right. I won't even bother telling you how dumb the rest of your post is.
@regent260 5 жыл бұрын
“It’s absolutely fab”!!!
@scotgat 5 жыл бұрын
This just goes to show you that television executives don't know a good thing when they see it. Probably still true in 2019.
@mikehudson8884 5 жыл бұрын
Aw this was great to see. Bette Davis still looked good in the mid 60s
@willg4802 5 жыл бұрын
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@gsogso3444 5 жыл бұрын
Its 2019.feb.17...it took me back there...i just love Betty Davis.....thank you....the magic of old days and great acting
@jamessandy5873 5 жыл бұрын
"Betty"
@Ebrady224 2 жыл бұрын
Bette if u must correct someone at least make sure u are correct in ur response to them
@sagdragon64 5 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! Can't imagine why it wasn't picked up. Thanks for posting!
@gigiduhermoine890 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading and sharing this very "Vintage" pilot of the late and GREAT Bette Davis.. I have been a fan of her's for decades...such a Top notch actress.. I wasn't aware of this t.v series she taped back in the 1960's.. I love old t.v shows and movies from the days of the Golden era of Hollywood.
@gigiduhermoine890 5 жыл бұрын
Wow this was produced by the late great Aaron Spelling ! He is famous for "Charlie's Angel's"... "Dynasty" "Charmed"..etc..
@louanne801 5 жыл бұрын
I am loving Bette’s hair here. It’s much softer and more flattering than her Dead Ringer hair.
@TheDesmo54 5 жыл бұрын
I love to watch her work she’s awesome
@imtweetydiva29 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading. I love this. I love my Bette.What a treat!🙂
@jeanthomasson5869 5 жыл бұрын
This would have been fantastic. I'd love to see a tasteful remake and left as is. It was a joy to watch.
@TomYaz 5 жыл бұрын
Jean Thomasson I agree
@markmed9091 5 жыл бұрын
Eileen Baral is the little girl . She was in the Nanny and the Professor. She was also in an old Alfred Hitchcock episode ...” Where the Woodbine Twineth “.
@princessbell2530 5 жыл бұрын
Kim Richards was in The Nanny and the Professor. I'm confused now...and Google is not helping.
@stacynels4 5 жыл бұрын
Nobody is mistaking her for Nanny and the Professor's Kim Richards now are you?
@GothGuy885 5 жыл бұрын
I thought she looked familiar!! when I was a kid I loved N&TP
@linnetdoe9937 5 жыл бұрын
Eileen Baral played Francine Fowler on eleven episodes of Nanny and the Professor.
@raecoyote 5 жыл бұрын
Mark Med ..... Where the Woodbine Twineth .... omg simply one of the all time creepiest best!!!!!!
@williamfreytes-cheverez3688 5 жыл бұрын
This was actually enjoyable
@highstepnightowl 5 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to see a few seasons of this show
@toddcanton9537 6 жыл бұрын
All About Eve does a family makeover. This could have been a hit if they gave it a chance. Davis shows her comedic side.
@TomYaz 6 жыл бұрын
your right
@JudgeJulieLit 5 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the prospective tv show sponsors did not want to bring into America's living rooms a season or more of Bette's bawdy hungover "bumpy ride"s.
@crlwardrobe979 5 жыл бұрын
Maybe just too costly. I am sure Ms. Davis would have demanded a large salary.
@ericplunder2744 3 жыл бұрын
@@crlwardrobe979 i don't think she would be able to ask very much. Film offers weren't flooding in.
@lucyrickard9182 5 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed that. Too bad it didn't become a series.
@charlesdavis7087 5 жыл бұрын
A rising star, no doubt. ? Mary Wickes, I've loved her for years. Never remembered her name. Thanks for sharing.
@jamesfeeney3016 5 жыл бұрын
Loved this
@jwsmith53 5 жыл бұрын
It's like a lost episode of 'The Twilight Zone'.
@joeford860 5 жыл бұрын
I like how the 1956 Plymouth cab turns into a 1964 ford
@jomama5186 5 жыл бұрын
I wonder how old Aaron Spelling was when he produced this in 1965. Amazeballs!
@rudyolivarez3564 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing how little you know about movie star legends that can do comedy like this go figure Mrs Betty Davies she can really carry this.
@dC821957 5 жыл бұрын
this made my day, thank-you
@stealadealoutletsteal7995 5 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! This is great! I never knew Betty Davis had a comedic side. Thanks for sharing! I would love to see other episodes.
@marquamfurniture 5 жыл бұрын
Would have been fantastic in comedies. Perfect timing and delivery.
@brightonmick 5 жыл бұрын
Loved every minute. Thanks
@jess4metoo 5 жыл бұрын
That was amazing, like seeing something completely fresh and new. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
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