Bette Davis Collection Vol. 3
The Bette Davis Collection Volume 3 honoring the legendary actress on what would have been her centennial birthday. The six-disc gift set will include six fully restored titles: In This Our Life; The Old Maid; All This, and Heaven Too; The Great Lie; Deception and Watch on the Rhine.
“Warner Night at the Movies,” an innovative DVD experience developed by WHV, will be included with each classic Davis film. These are special selections that help recreate the authentic movie- going experience of the time, with attractions like newsreels, cartoons and trailers from the years each film was released. There are also new featurettes; archival radio dramatizations; select commentaries and more.
Often dubbed the “Fifth Warner Brother” for her confrontational, take-charge approach, Bette Davis earned an impressive 10 Oscar nominations (winning twice for her roles in Dangerous and Jezebel) during the course of her legendary 60-year career. Davis was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis on April 5, 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts and made her Broadway debut in 1929 in “Broken Dishes” before settling in Hollywood in 1931.
Following a short stint with Universal, she signed a long-term contract with Warner Bros. where she made more than 50 films and was the studio’s most bankable asset for nearly two decades. Her breakthrough performance (and first Oscar nomination) in Of Human Bondage opened the studio’s (and Hollywood’s!) eyes to her immense talent and led to such classic films as Dark Victory; The Letter; Now, Voyager; The Little Foxes and All About Eve.
Davis starred in more than 100 films; was the highest paid woman in America in 1942; became the first female honored with the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was named the first woman president of the Motion Pictures Academy of Arts and Sciences.
DVDS:
- In This Our Life (1942)
- The Old Maid (1939)
- All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
- The Great Lie (1941)
- Deception (1946)
- Watch on the Rhine (1943)
- In This Our Life (1942)
- The Old Maid (1939)
- All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
- The Great Lie (1941)
- Deception (1946)
- Watch on the Rhine (1943)