BETTE DAVIS as Janet Frobisher in Another Man's Poison (1951)
— dir. Irving Rapper
BETTE DAVIS in That Certain Woman (1937) — dir. Edmund Goulding
INGRID BERGMAN in — GASLIGHT (1944) dir. George Cukor
Davis's control in The Letter is only in part a matter of repression. She plays Leslie Crosbie as a bored, stifled housewife forced to expend her libido in the creation of a crocheted white coverlet. Still, her Leslie is also a sociopath, a calculating killer and remorseless liar, ceaselessly putting on acts for those around her because authentic emotions — other than murderous rage, that is — are not part of her psychological makeup. Even as Leslie fires the gun repeatedly at Hammond's dead body in the opening moments of the film, her face is stonelike, her feelings impossible to penetrate, and it's this ambiguity that makes it possible for audiences to question Leslie's motives from the beginning, even while we give her some benefit of the doubt. (Ed Sikov, Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis)
BETTE DAVIS as LESLIE CROSBY in THE LETTER (1940)
— dir. William Wyler
List of my favorite Bette Davis characters, in no particular order [3/?]
↳ Judith Traherne, Dark Victory (1939) dir. Edmund Goulding.
—You know, I used to be afraid. I've died a thousand times, when death really comes, it will come as an old friend. Gently and quietly.
BETTE DAVIS and PAUL HENREID in NOW VOYAGER (1942) — dir. Irving Rapper
BETTE DAVIS as Fanny Trellis in Mr. Skeffington (1944)
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965) — dir. Robert Wise
Please take back what you said.
BETTE DAVIS and PAUL HENREID in NOW VOYAGER (1942) — dir. Irving Rapper
BUSTER KEATON and JOSEPHINE THE MONKEY in THE CAMERAMAN (1928) — dir. Edward Sedgwick and Buster Keaton
List of my favorite Bette Davis characters, in no particular order [2/?] ↳ Madge Norwood, The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) dir. Michael Curtiz.
—I'd like to kiss you but I just washed my hair.
Sorry. You couldn't have said anything I wanted to hear more.
DARK VICTORY (1939)
— Shall we just have a cigarette on it? — Yes.
— Juarez, dir. William Dieterle (1939) — Key Largo, dir. John Huston (1948)
#oldfanny how dare you assume that i'm older than my daughter
— Karel, look at me. There's nothing in the whole world except us, is there? — Nothing. — Nothing. — Nothing.
DECEPTION, dir. Irving Rapper (1946)
#classicfilmsource#classicfilmblr#classicfilmcentral#classicfilmedit#cinemapast#cinemapix#romancegifs#uservintage#usertimeless#moviegifs#filmgifs#userdeforest#bette davis#paul henreid#irving rapper#*gifs#this movie is 1h 55m of pure fanservice if you're a bette davis+paul henreid+claude rains fan#which i am