"How Bette Davis Saved My Life: Life Lessons From Classic Hollywood" (not original name), the ultimate in "kitchen table" critiquing comes to life in the form of two former co-workers turned podcast hosts, Georgia and Moiya, (Bette's Ladies) sharing their love for not only the one and only Bette Davis, but classic Hollywood movies in general with their take on what can be gleaned from them if not just looked at as solely entertainment.
More great 90's sexy dramas with 1993's "Indecent Proposal! Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore and Robert Redford star in this "What would you do?" emotional roller coaster, dilemma packed with moral undertones flick. Facebook YouTube
Richard Gere becomes iconic in this Paul Schrader directed sexual, sensual thriller about murder and male prostitution in California's upper crust and seedy under belly. Bill Duke, Hector Elizondo and early super model, Lauren Hutton co-star. YouTube Facebook
Glenn Close and John Malkovich give a master class on how to destroy people using sex as a weapon in 1988's wickedly delicious film, "Dangerous Liaisons". YouTube Facebook
What should a nice Jewish girl do on the cusp of the sexual revolution? This must see for all young ladies (and men) on how to be brutally honest with everyone, especially yourself, in a relationship. Facebook YouTube
You're either going to really love or hate this movie...that's all. Facebook YouTube
Find out if Lana Turner can build her happiness on lover Ray Miland's invalid wife's misery in this melodramatic, pot boiler directed by George Cukor! YouTube Facebook
WOW! Can't believe we sort of agree with 1987's feminists on this one! Poor Alex! YouTube Facebook
Listen to our holiday gift to you and you will definitely have a very, very Merry Christmas! YouTube Facebook
Let a pawnshop in NYC's 1964 Spanish Harlem show you what's real and how to deal! Rod Steiger puts on an acting clinic along with some of film's best character actors. Geraldine Fitzgerald, Juano Hernandez and Brock Peters co-star! Do not miss this unfortunately timeless masterpiece about unresolved severe trauma! YouTube Facebook
Hal Ashby's counter culture cult classic rings uncomfortably true unfortunately for a lot of young men. Find out how twenty something Harold finds true love with eighty year old, happy go lucky Maude. Morbidity was never so LOL!
Girrrl... get yo' man! Joan Crawford vs. Norma Shearer for the title of Mrs. High Valued Man! YouTube Facebook
Who knew a 54 years old zombie movie would inspire better race relations today? Hmmm... George Romero's classic is groundbreaking on so many unexpected levels that it is shocking that the film was made!
Mmm hmm...This movie is one of the reasons why we lament over the lost of quality of film making that was pre-code films. The steamy love triangle between Myrna Loy, Leslie Howard and Ann Harding's characters is super saucy and ripe with smart dialouge that educates its audience on male and female sensuality and sensibility. True life lessons from classic Hollywood indeed! YouTube Facebook
Our number one crush, Burt Lancaster, co-stars with an Oscar winning, acting powerhouse cast featuring Kirk Douglass, Ava Gardner, Fredrich March, Edmond O'Brien and Martin Balsam. Legendary director, John Frankennheimer directs a screen play written by Mr. Twilight Zone himself, Rod Serling, based on the best selling novel of the same name. This is truly an elite, classic Hollywood suspense film about political intrigue involving the White House, the U.S. Military and nuclear disarmament! No sides are given, but lines are clearly blurred and may have been crossed when it comes to a possible fatal power struggle! Facebook YouTube
Humphrey Bogart's "Rick" has to decide if he'll fight love and war as the love of his life, Ingrid Bergman's "Ilsa", appears out of nowhere trying to protect her husband Nazis hot on his trail in Morroco during WWII. Paul Henreid co-stars as her husband and the hope of liberty and freedom, Laszlo. Also starring Claude Rains as the unapologetically opportunistic, lascivious French Captain Renault! YouTube Facebook
What do you do when life railroads you on the wrong side of the tracks you're from? Wallace Ford gives an Oscar snubbing performance as Frankie Rogers, a guy who just can't catch a break until he breaks out! This movie is the epitome of the saying, "you can never go home". And, some times it's for the best! YouTube Facebook
A southern belle experiences love and lost as she comes into womanhood during the U.S. Civil War. Facebook YouTube
Charles Laughton gives another acting clinic on facial expressions and underplaying emotions as a comedy device. His 1935 performance as Marmaduke (LOL) Ruggles, a loyal English butler gambled away to some zany Americans, played by Mary Boland and Charlie Ruggles (a coincidence), to go and serve in the "wild west" of 1901's Red Gap is a classy classic comedy that never wastes a scene and is hi. la. ri. ous! YouTube Facebook
Bad Bette is best, but Bette is Bette. So, Bette is always better than the rest! "The Corn Is Green" was one of her first roles as an almost saintly educator who teaches a young man and his Welsh coal mining town the value of education. Facebook YouTube
Think of Fred MacMurray's Paul Sheridan as Walter Neff's (Double Indemnity) dumb, slightly younger nephew who learned nothing from Uncle Dummy about shady blondes! Kim Novak co-stars as said blonde . This is her film debut and she smokes up the screen with her low, raspy voice and outfits! Catch Fred Macmurray in his last film noir. Don't sleep on this sleeper! YouTube Facebook
There aren't enough geometric shapes to describe the romantic "entanglements" in this picture. This ground breaking, dramedy French film by master director/actor Jean Renoir will have you laughing and SMH! Facebook YouTube
Brown Paper Bag is an homage to one our favorite film genre's, film noir. But, it is told from the rare perspective of a black man as the hero/protagonist in 1940's Hollywood. Archie Glass (Rasheed Stephens) arrives in Hollywood with stars in his eyes to only have them immediately exchanged for black marks for all the beatings he takes by not only racist but criminal thugs too as he searches for a missing white starlet. This well done independent film is a not to miss, on pins and needles gem!
It's Burt and Clark...Gable that is-the one and only. This straight forward male soap opera that takes place during WWII on a subamrine full of men, men, men, men, men is riveting and groundbreaking. The nail biting, don't look away "Run Silent, Run Deep" is a clinic in leadership, loyalty, perseverance and patriotism! We salute the U.S Navy and Military! Facebook YouTube
Our first Hitchcock film! This 1947 cerebral, sleeper, "flop" is a movie about men and women in lust and love disguised as a "whodunnit" murder mystery! Gregory Peck stars as defense lawyer to accused murderess, Valli, and husband to devoted wife, Ann Todd. Whom will he chose? YouTube Facebook
Laughton, Mills, DeBanzie...a who's who in British film and theater greatness all give some of their best performances in this 1954 clinic on how to: get married, make a man and a man and a woman a woman!
This pre-code film is delighhtfully comical while being brutally honest about the corrupt, incestous relationship between, big business, pharmacy, politics, education and commercialism. John Barrymore gives one his best performances as the naiive Professor Topaze who finds himself a patsy to fraud most foul. This "can't-believe-it-got-made-movie" also stars Myrna Loy as the Honey Trap with a heart as golden as her honey. Not to be missed or underestimated, "Topaze". Facebook YouTube
There aren't enough superlatives to describe the seriously underrated masterpiece that is 1957's "Sweet Smell of Success". Tony Curtis manages to upstage, in many scenes, the one and only Burt Lancaster who gives one of the most diabolical on screen performances as J.J. Hunsecker-a ruthless king maker/breaker in N.Y.C.'s kill or be killed newspaper columnist and publicity scene. If you don't want to know how the real sausage is made in entertainment, politics, business, etc., then skip this brutal truth of movie platinum! YouTube Facebook
Sylvia Sydney's character was definitely into it-especially if she wanted to be governor! She and non other than George Raft star in this 1946 drama about how politics worked then and still does the same way today. YouTube Facebook
Bette Davis is the "nice guy" in this 1943 dramedy co-starring Miriam Hopkins as her nicesty (nice+nasty) BFFL. These two play rivals in everything ranging from men, motherhood and money. And, the vitriol seems so real because their off screen bitter feud translated so well on screen. YouTube Facebook
This 1975 ultimate stars vehicle for Ms. Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams catapulted the USA's and the world's consciusness into not only is black is beautiful but its uber glam and gorgeous! 1975's "Mahogany" is culturally relevant on so many levels. We discuss them here. Facebook YouTube
This 1956 British comedy stars the perfect coupling of Kathleen Harrison and Jack Warner as- NOT "The Huggets", but the Knowles! But, they are still as sweet and funny with a new cast of zany friends and family that will have you in stitches! You will LOL at, "Home and Away". YouTube Facebook
Our first double feature and we chose these two because of the double dealing, scandolous broads they feature! Hedda Hopper in "The Mystery Train" and Martha Vickers in "Alimony" are so terrible we had to put them in our Hall of Fame, "Most Horrible Women in Film"! Enjoy these two worthy winners! YouTube Facebook
This W. Somerset Maugham classic does not disappoint. And, with Anne Baxter (Eve in "All About Eve" see episode 6), now being totally victimized by life and the gorgeous Gene Tierney and Tyrone Power caught in the middle, relax and pour a glass of that very expensive liquer Clifton Webb drinks and indulge. YouTube Facebook
Amazon Prime's 2020 sweet, classy, and jazz music filled ode to classic Hollywood romantic films is just right for any movie fan from any era. "Sylvie's Love" is a modern day cineamtic unicorn in its unique approach to "urban" love stories. Set in late 50's early 60s Harlem, N.Y., enjoy, this rarely seen portrayal of people of color in love. "Sylvie's Love" is a true treat and delight. Facebook YouTube
We are so excited to FINALLY do, Ms. Crawford! And, boy, did we pick a doosie! Find out how Walter Craig got Red Pilled real quick! YouTube Facebook
Mc Queen, Brenner, Bronson, Coburn and future cinematic icon, Eli Wallach, star in this excellent, action packed, could stand alone nod to "The Seven Samurai" (our previous episode). YouTube Facebook
Our first ever look at the 1954 STUNNING cinematic, classic masterpiece from Akira Kurosawa. YouTube Facebook
John Wayne begins his rise to iconic movie superstar in THEE blueprint for all westerns that followed in this standard classic co-starring the one and only Claire Trevor and Thomas Mitchell in his scene stealing in this Oscar winning role. YouTube Facebook
Bette co-stars with the great Henry Fonda in this pre-civil war drama. Can their love survive New Orleans' tradition and malaria? YouTube Facebook
This 1945 WWII centered comedy, drama stars a brilliant star making early performance by thee Deborah Kerr and the one and only Robert Donat. The pair star as a married couple whose three year separation during the war transform them into two people they no longer recognize-literally and figuritively. Will their relationship survive such a dramatic turn of events? Facebook YouTube
Ann Todd wishers she could take off James Mason's head, perhaps, in the eaarly British psycho thriller, "The Seventh Veil". YouTube Facebook
The decision that wife, Nora, made in Henrik's Ibsen play has been debated and discussed for over a century. We give our spin on, "A Doll's House". YouTube Facebook
Be dazzled and amazed by the visually stunning and musically inspiring spectacle that is 1948's "The Red Shoes", starring the beautiful and talented ballerina extradoinaire, Moira Shearer. Will she choose true love or love of the dance? YouTube Facebook
We've decided to be good little Bette's Ladies and do this 1941 sweet and tender movie starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Get your tissues ready! YouTube Facebook
Celebrate America's greatness with an American great, Bette Davis, in all of her gloryin "All About Eve"! This cinematic masterpeice naturally had to be one of our first eps-originally as a video at a noisy coffee shop! (Sorry in advance!) This shortened version is still packed with high edutainment value! YouTube Facebook
Barry Sullivan MGTOWs (Men Going Their Own Way) Bette Davis after 20+ years of marriage to finally get some peace! Grab all your friends who are divorcing, divorced or getting married, get the popcorn and learn what NOT TO DO in this 1951 PSA on men and women in relationships. Check out, "Payment On Demand". Seen on Amazon Prime. How Bette Davis Saved My Life YouTube How Bette Davis Saved My Life
Shirley MacClaine stars as a woman in love with being in love with all the wrong guys as she sings, cries, dances and shines through NYC's supa cool 60's scene. Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon choreography in full glory here! Co-starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Ricardo Montalban. (This ep in it's original recorded form is not 1:28. Not sure it says this, but enjoy!) YouTube How Bette Davis Saved My Life Facebook How Bette Davis Saved My Life
Watch Burt Lancaster's film debut as a simp of simps, "The Swede" for Ava Gardner's, "Kitty" litter, garbage of a human being in this thrilling CLASSIC film noir! Facebook: How Bette Davis Saved My Life Youtube How Bette Davis Saved My Life
Yes, we are revisiting this timeless, introspective, "Mad Men"esque 1961 film starring Burt Lancaster. This shorter 35 min version still gives you that Hollywood life lesson only how we can give it to you! Facebook How Bette Davis Saved My Life YouTube
Fred Mac Murray learns he is the smartest man in the room only when he's alone. This gold standard/template for the film noir genre is a "don't blink, don't move" must watch. Barbara Stanwyck co-stars with Edward G. Robinson in one of best roles for each star respectively. Facebook How Bette Davis Saved My Life YouTube How Bette Davis Saved My Life
Bette Davis v. Joan Crawford. And the winner is... You decide. We quip. Facebook page and Youtube video links are below. Enjoy! How Bette Davis Saved My Life How Bette Davis Saved My Life YouTube
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