Detail of the amazing artwork done by Luigi Martinati on the Italian poster for the 1938 film “Jezebel.”
Bette Davis on the one-sheet for the 1978 film “Death on the Nile.”
Margo Channing is a star of the theater. She made her first stage appearance at the age of four in Midsummer Night’s Dream. She played a fairy and entered, quite unexpectedly, stark naked. She has been a star ever since. Margo is a great star, a true star. She never was or will be anything less or anything else.
On TCM tomorrow! (Times are EST.)
6:00 AM — THE RICH ARE ALWAYS WITH US (1932) A socialite gets a divorce but can’t keep out of her ex-husband’s life.
7:15 AM — SO BIG (1932) A farmer’s widow takes on the land and her late husband’s tempestuous son.
8:45 AM — HOUSEWIFE (1934) Success could spell divorce for an advertising writer.
10:00 AM — FRONT PAGE WOMAN (1935) Rival reporters try to scoop each other while covering a fire.
11:30 AM — JEZEBEL (1938) A tempestuous Southern belle’s willfulness threatens to destroy all who care for her.
1:15 PM — DARK VICTORY (1939) A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor.
3:15 PM — OLD MAID, THE (1939) An unmarried mother gives her illegitimate child to her cousin.
5:00 PM — IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942) A neurotic southerner steals her sister’s husband then vies with her for another man.
6:45 PM — BETTE DAVIS: THE BENEVOLENT VOLCANO (1984) A documentary depicting the life and career of one of America’s premiere actresses.
“All About Eve” is Bette’s most “critically acclaimed” film. Do you agree with “the critics?”
