Post by topbilled on Mar 5, 2024 8:43:19 GMT
Bette Davis had been toiling in Hollywood for a while when she arrived at Warners in 1932. Initially, she was guided at the studio by mentor George Arliss when she was cast in two of his films, the first one being THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD. By 1935, she had worked her way up to leads and an Oscar performance in the melodrama DANGEROUS. Other melodramas followed, and until she left the studio in 1949, she appeared in a succession of hits that included JEZEBEL, for which she received her second Best Actress trophy. Dissatisfied with the scripts being offered her in the late 40s, she agreed to terminate her contract and in 1950 started to freelance. She returned to Warners in the 60s for DEAD RINGER, a doppelganger horror film directed by old costar Paul Henreid.
Check out:
THE MAN WHO PLAYED GOD (1932)
JEZEBEL (1938)
BEYOND THE FOREST (1949)