Bette Davis Movies

Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.

A documentary about and an interview with Hollywood actress Bette Davis about her life and career from the late 1920s to the 1980s on stage and...

A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical...

Bette Davis is the most disturbing film diva Hollywood has ever seen. Her life and her roles reflect the fractures in the American image of women....

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...

In a short scene a mother explains to her children, Jenny and Billy, why they received war bonds as Christmas presents, even though the mother can...

Share the magical memories - and see clips from her Oscar winning performances - in this profile of the "First Lady of the American screen."

Documentary looking at the life and career of 1930s film star Leslie Howard. It features exclusive home movie footage, including footage from the...

A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.

A compilation of "coming attractions" from bad '50s melodrama through the greatest disaster movies of the '70s. Features a chain of your divas...

Rare footage reveals how stars were created and motion pictures sold, and how the the advent of sound and color changed movies.

Bart is a clerk for a publishing company; he has written a novel. His wife Peggy and he have five children. Bart's former girlfriend Mildred is...

A short documentary about the Bette Davis film, The Star from 1952.

Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to...

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.

On February 22, 1986, Bette Davis received an honorary César award – and presented one to the Cinémathèque...

A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually...

In a drab desert town, some 200 miles south of Reno, an indecisive man with an unfaithful wife dreams of someday, someday, taking charge of his...

A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.