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Bette Davis has never sought the easiest way to star
dom and fame on the screen. The dynamic star of “Mr. Skeffington, ” twice winner of the Academy Award, has established herself as Hollywood’s most distinguished dramatic actress precisely because she has, in spite of all temptations, shunned easy, obvious roles and shal-. low, colorless characterizations. » And for that reason Warner Bros. has never hesitated to suggest a role to Bette Davis which is difficult or slightly unpleasant. Bette has played many such parts and has invested them with the subtle feeling for characterization which is her acting trademark. _
Consider the pains this fine actress, so genuinely
attractive in real-life, takes to give dimension and depth
to her various screen interpretations.
In “Mr. Skeffington” the scenario demands that she .
age imperceptibly overa period of twenty-six years... rom a glamorous, striking beauty, circa 1910, into an embittered, prematurely-old harridan. Though Bette negotiated the sequences in which she appears as a celebrated beauty with. a minimum of makeup and primping, her hair-dress and makeup in the latter part of the picture demanded a 5:30 a.m. rising hour for her during production. 5 She wore plain clothes and a highly uncomplimentary makeup and frowsy hair-do for her role in “The Old Maid.” She played the hateful, exasperating Mildred in ‘Of Human Bondage’ anda blind neurotic in “Dark Victory.” ve eGo But Bette does not depend for effect solely upon ex| pert makeup. In “Mr. Skeffington” as in all her 4 vious screen characterizations, it is her true projection’ of the character's inner machinations which the audience carries away with it. z Greater love hath no actress than that she give up her. good looks for her studio. Bette Davis has sacrificed her abundant good looks on many a cinema occasion— and frankly admits that she is in love with her profession and pledged to give her best in any role she essays.
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BETTE DAVIS RATES AV FOR VERSATILITY
The Play's The Thing, and The Sereen’s Finest Actress Lets Glamour Go By the Boards... It’s Art For Art's Sake!
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