#old bette davis | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

616rtd · 1 year

Text

#bette davis in color #old bette davis #bette davis

1 note · View note

jeannemoreau · 1 year

Photo

- Need any help?

ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

#iconic #bette davis #anne baxter #all about eve #1950s #cinema #old hollywood #quotes #joseph l. mankiewicz #my gifs

7K notes · View notes

hotvintagepoll · 1 month

Text

Propaganda

Bette Davis (All About Eve, Now Voyager, Jezebel)—She is a bitch and I like her so much. Also: unf. She does it all: rage, vulnerability, romantic passion, hauteur that invites beholders to say "step on me" under their breath. Her work in the 1930s, from melodramas to romantic comedies, is excellent, but I've mentioned 1940s films above because I feel that she really was at her best once the studio allowed her star image to get edgier. Also her decades-long platonic friendships with male co-stars (e.g. Paul Henreid, Claude Rains) are very important to me. Anyway: bow down before Bette Davis, HBIC.

Gloria Swanson (Don't Change Your Husband, Queen Kelly, Sadie Thompson, Sunset Boulevard)—the absolute BALLS this woman had! an icon of the 1920s, her career had simmered down, decent living in radio, deciding you know what? you know what i'll do? I'll star as the haggard old aging decrepit horror icon in Sunset Boulevard, that's what I'll do. Nobody else in Hollywood would take the part (every other actress didn't want to be framed as a has-been)—gloria said, fuck that, I'll eat this role alive and serve cunt the whole time. she was still so gorgeous when they made Sunset Boulevard they had to intentionally make her up/costume her to make her look older than she was. mad respect for the screen legend who says yeah, i am a screen legend, i was always that bitch and here I am again to prove it

This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Bette Davis:

youtube

"The absolute GOAT of vintage cinema. An icon. Her EYES. Any time you see Bette on screen you know she's about to steal the spotlight. Her range is incredible, she can play coy, shy, mischevious, innocent, evil, hideous, beautiful, cunning, and wise all with the same self assurance and talent. I live in awe of her ability. And, of course, she's gorgeous. I think she peaked in 1950 with "All About Eve", at the age of 42- she was in full control of her craft, she's a milf, and her scratchy voice makes me nervous in a good way."

"She’s Bette fuckin’ Davis! She had a great sense of humor and a lovely pair of eyes! She was a camp icon and fuckin’ knew it. And she wasn’t afraid to make fun of herself!"

64.media.tumblr.com

"shes got a whole song of saying how hot someone is bc they look like her"

"She's got Bette Davis eyes! Incredible character actress, charming, witty as all hell. Her favourite accessory was a lit cigarette."

Gloria Swanson:

She was THE idea of a 1920s sex comedy star, and was a hot (and totally unhinged) older woman in Sunset Boulevard. Hot as a young woman and as an older woman? Yes plz

I feel like she would slay in alternative fashion

her performance as Norma Desmond in sunset boulevard makes me insane. I love her

#gloria swanson #bette davis #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 3 #Youtube

472 notes · View notes

s0uvlakii · 5 months

Text

the eyes of the old hollywood ladies

#carmen miranda #gloria swanson #hedy lamarr #marlene dietrich #joan crawford #rita hayworth #elizabeth taylor #audrey hepburn #lauren bacall #greta garbo #marilyn monroe #bette davis #old hollywood #movies #cinema

662 notes · View notes

norashelley · 1 month

Text

Bette Davis

#bette davis #old hollywood #classic film #classic actress

243 notes · View notes

todocine · 8 months

Text

Bette Davis in an early publicity portrait after signing her first Hollywood contract with Universal in 1930. Photo by Jack Freulich.

#bette davis #universal #old hollywood

1K notes · View notes

vintage-every-day · 1 month

Text

Bette Davis and Fred MacMurray after a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast in 1937. Photo by Charles Rhodes.

#vintage #old hollywood #golden era #bette davis #fred macmurray

224 notes · View notes

citizenscreen · 2 months

Text

Bette Davis congratulates Julie Andrews after the New York premiere of THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

#julie andrews #bette davis #old hollywood

262 notes · View notes

palukoo · 1 month

Text

my true genuine real last ditch final hour effort to save Bette in @hotvintagepoll is to say that she’s so hot I literally can’t stop drawing her

#take my varying levels of effort and result Bette sketches/drawings and go forth and vote!#my art #my post #bette davis #old Hollywood #hvlp propaganda #those big ones are probably gonna look crunchy I may edit them if I have time but the fire alarm is going off in my apartment rn lmfao

173 notes · View notes

eirene · 4 months

Text

Bette Davis wearing a strapless blue-green evening dress with a sheer stole.

Vogue, May, 1951

Photographer: Erwin Blumenfeld

#Erwin Blumenfeld #Bette Davis #old hollywood #fashion #portrait #photography #fashion history #fashion photography #vogue #magazine #editorial #1950s

253 notes · View notes

616rtd · 1 year

Text

#old bette davis #bette davis in color #celebrity christmas

1 note · View note

hotvintagepoll · 2 months

Text

Propaganda

Bette Davis (All About Eve, Now Voyager, Jezebel)—She is a bitch and I like her so much. Also: unf. She does it all: rage, vulnerability, romantic passion, hauteur that invites beholders to say "step on me" under their breath. Her work in the 1930s, from melodramas to romantic comedies, is excellent, but I've mentioned 1940s films above because I feel that she really was at her best once the studio allowed her star image to get edgier. Also her decades-long platonic friendships with male co-stars (e.g. Paul Henreid, Claude Rains) are very important to me. Anyway: bow down before Bette Davis, HBIC.

Lilian Harvey (Die Drei von der Tankstelle, Der Kongreß Tanzt, Glückskinder)— Lilian Harvey was one of the most popular German film stars of her time, appearing alongside frequent co-star Willy Fritsch like a European version of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. She had it all: she could act, she could dance, she could sing, she was hot, and she wasn't afraid to stick it to the Nazis. During the 1930s, she remained in contact with her Jewish friends and colleagues, which earned her the scrutiny of the Gestapo. When choreographer Jens Keith was arrested for having a sexual relationship with another man, Lilian posted his bail, allowing him to escape to France. She was eventually forced to flee Germany herself, and her film career never recovered. She is perhaps best known to American filmgoers from her brief mention in "Inglourious Basterds," when Joseph Goebbels insists that her name not be mentioned in his presence.

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Lilian Harvey:

Bette Davis:

youtube

"The absolute GOAT of vintage cinema. An icon. Her EYES. Any time you see Bette on screen you know she's about to steal the spotlight. Her range is incredible, she can play coy, shy, mischevious, innocent, evil, hideous, beautiful, cunning, and wise all with the same self assurance and talent. I live in awe of her ability. And, of course, she's gorgeous. I think she peaked in 1950 with "All About Eve", at the age of 42- she was in full control of her craft, she's a milf, and her scratchy voice makes me nervous in a good way."

"She’s Bette fuckin’ Davis! She had a great sense of humor and a lovely pair of eyes! She was a camp icon and fuckin’ knew it. And she wasn’t afraid to make fun of herself!"

"shes got a whole song of saying how hot someone is bc they look like her"

"She's got Bette Davis eyes! Incredible character actress, charming, witty as all hell. Her favourite accessory was a lit cigarette."

#lilian harvey #bette davis #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 2

151 notes · View notes

secretceremonies · 8 months

Text

Bette Davis as Groucho Marx at the Hollywood Canteen

One of the founders of the Hollywood Canteen, actress Bette Davis, is one of its most indefatigable workers and persevering performers. Bette appears almost nightly for the service men. But the distinguished actresses' appearances are hardly dignified, nor even glamorous. Twice awarded Oscars for fine acting, Bette stoops to captivate her G.I. audiences with a hilarious takeoff on Groucho Marx. Here's Bette Acquiring the Marxian eyebrows and moustache at the hands of Perc Westmore, makeup expert.

#bette davis #groucho marx #marx brothers #1940s #40s #1942 #(I think)#old hollywood #old movies #old films #black and white #makeup #jules!

248 notes · View notes

spellboundcinema · 5 months

Text