L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Thursday, September 18, 2014

Not my Bette Davis



Bette Davis had a face designed for black and white film; she only really exists in our consciousness as a black and white image.  But here are some of the fairly rare color photographs of the actress taken in the Forties and Fifties.  (I trust that the images that I've included here are from actual color photographs and not just the cheesy "colorized" images with which the internet is rife.  Ugh.)

I'm sorry but, though there's nothing really wrong with these pictures, she doesn't look like herself; something's off.  To me, she just looks weird.


Of course, sometimes that's the point.





3 comments:

  1. Bette knew she would not get by on her looks, like some others.
    Instead she knew it would have to be by her great acting ability, nothing less.
    They tried to glamorize her in the early thirties with bleach blonde hair,
    she hated it, being the genuine person she was for her fans.
    And certainly "nevah" to be pushed around as she stood her ground
    against what she called the "moguls" of Hollywood among others.
    -Rj in the IE

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