Today would have been Bette’s 111th birthday. For the occasion, I’m proud to be honoring Bette with a blogathon for the fourth consecutive year.
Bloggers, once you have completed your entries, please submit them on the comments section below or via email, and I will showcase them as soon as I can. Thank you.
Without further adu, here are the entries for this years Bette Davis Blogathon. This is for you Bette wherever you are. Happy Heavenly Birthday to my favorite actress.
Down These Mean Streets gets the party started with her post on one my all time favorite movies, All About Eve ( 1950 )
Maddy Loves Her Classic Films pens a tribute to Bette in Now Voyager ( 1942 )
Poppity Talks Classic Films joins the party with her delightful article on Bette in The Star ( 1952 )
Love Letters To Old Hollywood discovers another Bette film with 1937’s Marked Woman.
Real Weegie Midget Reviews talks about Bette’s performance in Madame Sin ( 1972 )
I Found It At The Movies has arrived with Bette in The Letter ( 1940 )
The Wonderful World of Cinema spotlights Bette in Of Human Bondage ( 1934 )
The Stop Button gives an honest and insightful review of The Scapegoat ( 1959 )
Wolffian Classic Movies Digest pays tribute to his all time favorite actress, Bette Davis.
Caftan Woman embarks on a journey on the Wagon Train with Bette in The Ella Lindstrom Story ( 1959 )
Dubsism discovers the link between Bette Davis and Baseballer, Harmon Killebrew.
Taking Up Room shines the spotlight on one of my personal favorite movies, Dark Victory ( 1939 )
Stars and Letters discusses the on-screen aging of Bette Davis.
Silver Screen Classics talks about Bette’s Oscar winning performance in Dangerous ( 1935 )
The Dream Book Blog taps into Bette’s intense portrayal of Regina Giddens in The Little Foxes ( 1941 )
The Lonely Critic tells us about The Man Who Came To Dinner ( 1942 )
For his first of three posts, Movie Rob reviews Dangerous ( 1935 )
Movie Rob is back with his second of three posts. This time he tells us about the time Bette collided with Lillian Gish in The Whales of August ( 1987 )
Vitaphone Dreamer tells us to fasten our seat-belts, because she’s bringing us All About Eve ( 1950 )
Cinematic Scribblings joins Bette and Debbie in The Catered Affair ( 1956 )
Critica Retro also presents Of Human Bondage ( 1934 )
Karavansara visits the twilight years of Bette Davis with The Watcher In the Woods ( 1980 )
Poppity Talks Classic Films introduces us to Mr. Skeffington ( 1944 )
Overture Books and Films analyzes one of Bette’s most underrated films, The Corn Is Green ( 1945 )
Pale Writer joins the party with Bette in Now Voyager ( 1942 )
Pale Writer has returned with a comparison between A Stolen Life & Dead Ringer.
Screen Dreams has arrived with Bette’s Academy Award winning performance in Jezebel ( 1938 )
In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood. 
Hooray! Here’s the link to my first entry again. I hope to have the second one ready tomorrow. 🤞
https://poppitytalksclassicfilm.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/classic-film-talk-the-star-1952/
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Awesome. Thanks for that Erica. Looking forward to reading it.
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Hi there Crystal, here’s my post on Madame Sin for the blogathon. https://weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2019/04/05/films-madame-sin-1972/
from Gill at Realweegiemidget Reviews
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Thanks Gill.
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Hi Crystal, My post about Bette Davis in The Letter: https://debbimacktoo.wordpress.com/2019/04/05/bette-davis-in-the-letter-1940/
And happy birthday, Bette Davis! 🙂
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Thanks Debbie.
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https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/2019/04/05/why-i-love-bette-davis/?fbclid=IwAR1FZOZBMg4JdL6MgZNeQxn6X09gVVp9edILHKH5uQeIV3F1HuEDj2bW7HU happy birthday to bette davis. I hope enjoy my tribute to her. My profound love of bette davis as i tell why i adore bette davis.
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Thanks Joey. I adore her too.
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Here is my entry! Thanks for hosting!
https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2019/04/05/bette-davis-breaks-the-wall-in-of-human-bondage-john-cromwell-1934/
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Thanks Virginie.
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And posted! thanks for another year of Bette Davis ! http://thestopbutton.com/2019/04/05/scapegoat-1959/
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Thanks Andrew.
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Bette joins the Wagon Train: https://www.caftanwoman.com/2019/04/the-fourth-annual-bette-davis-blogathon.html
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Thanks Patricia.
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Hi, Crystal! Here’s mine: https://takinguproom.wordpress.com/2019/04/06/dark-victory/
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Thanks Rebecca.
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Hi Crystal,
My post is up
https://starsandletters.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-on-screen-ageing-of-bette-davis.html
Thanks!
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Thanks Janet.
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Hi Crystal! A little late but hopefully not too late! My article on Dangerous (1935). Best regards, Paul
https://silverscreenclassicsblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/dangerous-1935-bette-davis-and-her-first-best-actress-oscar-performance/
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Thanks Paul.
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Hi Crystal! Here is my post: https://lonelycritic.blogspot.com/2019/04/bette-davis-and-man-who-came-to-dinner.html
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Thanks again Tucker.
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Hi Crystal! I’ve been unwell this week 😔I’m so so sorry but may I throw myself on your tender mercies, and get my contribution to you tomorrow? I’ve written about half of it!
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That’s absolutely not a problem Gabriela. My entry won’t be posted until tomorrow, as I’ve been suffering from stomach pains all day. Thanks for letting me know, and I hope you feel better soon.
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Oh no! I’m so sorry you’re not well! I hope you’re feeling much better very soon 🤗 Thank you for understanding 🌸🌸
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Thanks. It sucks being sick.
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here are two of my posts (so far)
https://movierob.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/the-fourth-annual-bette-davis-blogathon-dangerous-1935/
https://movierob.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/the-fourth-annual-bette-davis-blogathon-the-whales-of-august-1987/
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Thanks Rob.
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Hey, Crystal! Sorry to be getting this to you last minute, but my post is live. Thank you!
https://vitaphonedreamer.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/all-about-eve-1950/
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Thanks Meredith.
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Here’s my post: https://cinematicscribblings.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/scenes-from-a-marriage-the-catered-affair-1956/ Thanks!
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Thanks Erin.
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here’s the final one – https://movierob.wordpress.com/2019/04/07/the-fourth-annual-bette-davis-blogathon-strangers-the-story-of-a-mother-and-daughter-1979/
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Here’s Mine https://lonelycritic.blogspot.com/2019/04/bette-davis-and-man-who-came-to-dinner.html
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Thanks Tucker.
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Here it is my take on Of Human Bondage (1934):
https://criticaretro.blogspot.com/2019/04/escravos-do-desejo-1934-of-human.html
Kisses!
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Thanks Le.
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And as usual I come last.
Here is The Watcher in the Woods, from 1980.
https://karavansara.live/2019/04/07/the-fourth-bette-davis-blogathon-the-watcher-in-the-woods-1980/
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Thanks Davide. You wasn’t last. I’m last, because I’m not even finished my entry yet.
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Here is my second entry. It took a little longer to finish than I thought. 😉
https://poppitytalksclassicfilm.wordpress.com/2019/04/08/classic-film-talk-mr-skeffington-1944/
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Thanks Erica. I’m sorry for getting to it so late. I wasn’t on line yesterday, as I feeling sick.
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That’s perfectly understandable and I sure hope that you’ll be feeling better soon. 💜
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Sorry it’s a little late, but here is my post on The Corn Is Green.
https://www.overturebooksandfilm.com/2019/04/the-fourth-annual-bette-davis-blogathon.html
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Thanks Christine.
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Hi again! Here are my contributions https://palewriter2.home.blog/2019/04/08/the-pain-of-metamorphosis-bette-davis-in-now-voyager/ & https://palewriter2.home.blog/2019/04/08/walking-through-the-looking-glass-bette-davis-in-a-stolen-life-and-dead-ringer/ Thanks for giving me the slight extension!
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Thanks Gabriela. I was happy to do so. I hope your feeling better now. I’m sorry that I’m getting to this so late. I was offline yesterday due to sickness.
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Absolutely no problem! I’m okay now and I hope you’re getting better, too 🌸
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