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Now Befte Davis is able to say, "I hare my self-respect as an actress again"
By Jerry Asher
Below: Critics discovered the Bette Davis of "All About Eve" was as great as ever.
True to her code she never discussed her feeling for co-star Gary Merrill.
Bette at birthday party with her mother, sister Barbara and friend.
NO ONE could ever accuse Bette Davis of being subject to flattery. As a matter of record, she finds it extremely embarrassing. However, on the day she finished "Story Of A Divorce," something very flattering happened and Bette couldn't have been more pleased.
To celebrate the completion of the picture, a huge cake topped by a huge egg was wheeled onto the set and presented to the star. "To a good egg" read the inscription and below the cast and crew placed their signatures. Most actresses would have wept and given an Academy Award performance. But Bette, who was deeply touched, showed it by roaring with laughter. She thanked them, then she made a speech that remains an all-time but censorable classic!
That Bette's morale needed a hoist, is no mere conjecture. Anyone aware of her illustrious background can appreciate her own doubts prior to the scourge of criticism evoked by such pictures as "Winter Meeting" and "Beyond The Forest." Bette neither directed nor wrote these scripts. But she still happened to be the star whose name was supposed to sell the pictures. Typical of the Davis integrity, when a job has to be done she accepts it as a challenge — ofttimes at the expense of her better judgment. Obviously, had worthier vehicles been obtainable, she never would have stuck her talented neck out.
For 16 years Bette Davis and Warner Brothers shared mutual benefits. As a civic leader, a great box-office star and a representative member of the motion picture (Please turn to 'page 68)
She never tried to explain away rumors about her waning popularity and took acclaim for comeback calmly. Here, with Gary, Hugh Marlowe, Anne Baxter.