Bette respected Garland and vice versa. She was just explaining that what happened to Garland was tragic. Judy had expressed a wish that she wish to be as great an actress as Bette Davis. Judy was right up there with Davis; each one, a huge living legend 😊

@watchman1178

7 жыл бұрын

With regards to Judy Garland, they are missing 2-3 huge differences between her and Bette Davis: (1 ) Judy was forced into show business at a very early age. Like 5-6 years old. (2) Judy's mother was the epitome of a demanding stage mother. Horrible person. (3) The execs. at MGM abused Judy, overworked her, gave her both uppers & downers, and even gave her cigarettes to keep her weight down. Poor Judy never had a chance.

@lindasturm699

7 жыл бұрын

WATCHMAN 117 I totally agree. I love Bette Davis but her career started quiet differently than Judy Garland's.

@bigjonisback

7 жыл бұрын

Also Bette Davis and Kathryn Hepburn oozed self-confidence. Judy Garland oozed charisma, but was insecure about herself.

@klassicalmuzik

7 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Bette and Judy could have made a movie together? What do you think that could have been?

@BlakeGildaphish76

7 жыл бұрын

a possible flop

Judy Garland didn’t have parents that could or would protect her. When her father died she said “ now I don’t have anyone in my corner” and she was right. Judy’s mother sold her to MGM and that studio had its way with her. That is the tragedy.

@alvinmedina7121

5 жыл бұрын

Correct . Her mother did not like her. Her father adored her.

@NikiBoBicki

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Just was a meal ticket and was treated HORRIBLY by her mother, managers, everyone. Perhaps if she had been given the confidence from a young age she would have seen that she didn't "need" any of them to make it. She had the stuff of legends. My heart always breaks for her.

@lisacassar7040

5 жыл бұрын

sold to MGM LIKE A SLAVE my lil hunchback perverts screwed her & no one ever stood up for her #judy was beyond TALENT, HOW NO ONE FOUGHT for her

@steve3131

5 жыл бұрын

Her mother was a monster.

@ashkicka.22

4 жыл бұрын

LISA CASSAR That is very true! Although, Margaret Hamilton did stand up for her while they were working on The Wizard of Oz and saw that Judy was forced to smoke 4 packs of cigarettes and had poor diet.

Bette had a childhood and chose her career for herself. Judy was on the stage at 3 and was forced into her career no matter how big her talent.

@jadezee6316

6 жыл бұрын

There is no record zero nothing in print that claims judy garland ever took issue with her wanting a career or upset about being forced to achieve it.

@emmyjo720

6 жыл бұрын

Was she allowed an opinion? They didn't like Bette having an opinion, much less and teenage girl.

@NikiBoBicki

5 жыл бұрын

@@jadezee6316 - perhaps do some more research.

@NikiBoBicki

5 жыл бұрын

@@jadezee6316 In a 1967 interview with Barbara Walters, Garland reminisced: "She would sort of stand in the wings when I was a little girl and if I didn't feel good, if I was sick to my tummy, she'd say, 'You get out and sing or I'll wrap you around the bedpost and break you off short!' So I'd go out and sing." - tip of the ice berg.

@renaniidepinheiroepereira4104

5 жыл бұрын

@@NikiBoBicki , the things that Judy said about her mother, specially when she was older, need to be read with a grant of salt. I'm her fan but she had tendences to exagerate her stories about Ethel.

"I can't feel superior in any way to the tragedies" Such a humble thing for Ms Davis to say. My respect for her has grown.

@shannononefield

4 жыл бұрын

She does feel superior, see my comment above. Movie stars are monsters of self-delusion and ego.

@filmmekker

4 жыл бұрын

Shannon Lloyd She should feel superior! But still, she was diplomatic. She was a strong lady.

@emmabradford137

4 жыл бұрын

@@shannononefield Davis comes off as arrogant, typical New Englander. Garland ran circles around her as an entertainer and in endearing herself to fans. "Sad that she didn't take care of it [Garland's gift] more." Davis is in no position to judge ANYBODY in the entertainment industry with an attitude like that

@joniheisenberg6691

4 жыл бұрын

@Emma Bradford you would be LUCKY to be blessed to be born in New England. As a born and bred Bostonian I know. Discipline is in our bones and we brook no fools !

@timmycakes001

4 жыл бұрын

Shannon Lloyd you clearly have never met any movie stars. Plenty are lovely people. As far as self delusion and ego are concerned, lots of people in the world are like that - people far less successful and culturally impactful than Bette Davis and Judy Garland too

I wish more Actresses today were like Bette Davis! She spoke her mind but never threw anyone under the bus! She was a classy Lady!

@bryanismyname7583

6 жыл бұрын

Just to clarify, Joan Crawford accepted Anne Bancroft's Oscar that year, and had offered to do so for all the other nominees in case Bette Davis lost.

@goldenclown4435

5 жыл бұрын

@Lee Browning YOU DIDN'T- I'M LAUGHING

@Beatles0223

5 жыл бұрын

Today's so called actresses don't have a tenth of Bette's talent.

@lisacassar7040

5 жыл бұрын

@Lee Browning well yeah joan bitch that she was lobbied so bette would not get the award ., thats evil ugly & no class

@shihlin1

5 жыл бұрын

I also believe in Baby Jane's lunch scene when Bette fed Joan a nice fat rat for lunch, Bette was cackling and enjoying every minute of it !

Hearing Bette talk about Judy in such a thoughtful way is music to my ears. Not enough people regarded her as a human being, just a money maker. So for a fellow actress in the industry to speak up for her like Davis did is refreshing.

"There have been a lot of people killed by Hollywood" What a line. It's so true when you hear it said like that. One of the greats. We have no icons these days.

@lynnlRDR-RDR2

4 жыл бұрын

We still have bernadette Peters and also barbra Streisand whom judy liked

@CharlieChilders-wm9gb

7 ай бұрын

​​@@lynnlRDR-RDR2when Barbra Streisand (at age 21) appeared as a guest on the Judy Garland show, Judy Garland told her this "Don't let them do to you what they did to me"! Barbra Streisand listened and learned this then. .

@lynnlRDR-RDR2

7 ай бұрын

@@CharlieChilders-wm9gb thank you. Not sure if I hear that before.

@CharlieChilders-wm9gb

7 ай бұрын

@@lynnlRDR-RDR2 when they were rehearsing the show, Judy told Barbra Streisand this. No, this was not on the show. However, Barbra has mentioned this several times on talk shows etc. You can also read that in several of the many Judy Garland biographies.

One thing that I think we can all agree upon is that Bette was right about how talents like Judy don't come along very often. Right?

@sfden50

7 жыл бұрын

One thing Bette did recognize and respect was talent, and Garland had that with a great big T.

@terr777

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, and the studio is completely to blame for not appreciating her as she was. They made an addict out of her, she may well have been able to handle her demands as well as Ms. Davis if she had been allowed to be herself.

@DutyJames

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@edwardj.dougherty9164

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right. Garland wasn't tragic, some of what was done to her and some of the choices she made later in life are tragic. From the biographies I've read, Garland was a pretty typical albeit rebellious teenager who just wanted to have a good time (boys, parties, dancing, drinking). It's just very sad that her desire to live an exuberant life as a teenager was wholly incompatible with her obligations to her contract with MGM. The studio imposed adult expectations and obligations on a child. AFTER ALL, She was only 13 years old when she signed her first contract. Her Mother was complicit in the abuse too. She had started Garland and her sisters on amphetamines when they were touring in Vaudeville theaters. She got clean many times but every time she decided, mostly for financial reasons to go back to movies or TV or concerts, she had to use the pills to lose the weight and keep up the stamina to perform at such a high level. Davis' life story was totally different. It's like comparing apples and oranges.

@Brakathor

6 жыл бұрын

klassicalmuzik - I laughed out loud at how transparently you were trying to avoid the wrath of raving Judy Garland fans with this comment.

Her recognition of the garland's raw talent is wonderful

@MrVidaeverdade

6 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be rather weird if Davis DIDN'T recognize Garland's talent, given that everybody else in the world recognized it?

@emmyjo720

6 жыл бұрын

Bette was secure enough in her talent that she didn't feel threatened by others.

@babyboy1971

4 жыл бұрын

John Irvin my late mother did this. Born 1930.

I thank God I lived when they did. True legends who made Hollywood great. We will never see the likes of Bette and Judy again.

@edwardj.dougherty9164

6 жыл бұрын

I’m terribly envious of you in the sense that you actually lived through that era. I came a long during the 1960s and 1970s when some of the legends were still getting good, and age appropriate parts in pictures and TV. Sadly, too many of them did the “disaster films” like Towering Inferno 1, 2, 3 and 4. I’m glad they’ve become high camp because at lest they’ll survive.

@oliveranderson7264

4 жыл бұрын

Julian P Agreed

“They don’t come along like that very often”....high praise, indeed.

@shaunreilly774

20 күн бұрын

A talent like Judy's, never before her and never since; it's funny, but when she was alive a lot of people took her for granted and probably thought another talent as great would appear, but it never did, and don't say there was Liza or Barbra because they both say they are not. She was beyond gifted and that is why generation after generation discover her and still applaud her talents, she really had no idea just how special she was, and therein lies her real tragedy.

Davis shows her great respect and admiration for Judy by calling her "Miss Garland."

@andresuston7692

4 жыл бұрын

@Ed Miller So one actor NEVER called another actor by their first name even if they had worked with them or partied with them??????

@H1ST0RYWriter

4 жыл бұрын

@@andresuston7692 oh sure, when there wasn't a camera in their face. There used to be a distinction between public and private interactions. That distinction has fallen away if you look at modern celebrities. Also, using the title "Miss" doesn't carry the honorific conotations in the U.S. since we rejected monarchy, it's just good manners.

@johnprovince5304

4 жыл бұрын

It was a theatre tradition. Stars often received billing as Miss or Mr. as a token of respect.

@Jenilady123

3 жыл бұрын

She referred to EVERYONE as "Miss" or "Mr"

I never tire of watching Bette Davis. She shoots from the hip, always 100% honest.

I think the difference was the upbringing. From Judy Garland's mother was a monster. Judy Garland was just a meal ticket for her and others that were around. Marilyn Monroe also had a bad childhood.

Funny how the ultra-greats of the industry were all in awe of Judy Garland’s talent. Sinatra, Astaire, Davis, Rooney, Kelly, and numerous others have stated that her kind of talent was ultra rare and she was one of a kind. It’s one thing to be worshipped by your fans, but it’s a whole different level when you are worshipped by your peers. I just can’t understand why some awesome guy who cared about her and loved her without asking for anything didn’t come along. Baffling...

@EMVelez-qb1zu

2 жыл бұрын

When you’re used to being used, you tend to attract users. It’s all she knew, unfortunately.

@carlostorres6114

Жыл бұрын

It’s because she died young. Katharine and Betty Grable were better

@melisagalvalizi6982

Жыл бұрын

But they never talked about Judy as a person 😭

@Mxyzptlksac

Жыл бұрын

You’d be an idiot to deny Judy had talent.

@markwhitman9029

11 ай бұрын

Of course they were in.awe of Judy's talent but hard pressed with her entitled behavior. As

So many actors and actresses succumbed to the pressures and stress of their craft. My mother was a stand-in actress for the late Maureen O'Hara....she once told us that Hollywood literally "killed" Judy Garland by forcing her at a young age to take amphetamines in order to keep her weight down. She became addicted to pills and alcohol as the means to cope with the demands placed on her. She was ROBBED of the Best Actress Oscar for her role in, "A Star Is Born"....studio heads weren't happy with her at that time and they didn't let her win. Bette Davis was right about Judy and her incredible talent and how tragic it was that her life and talent was terminated much too early. Very sad.

@brianwolle2509

5 жыл бұрын

lately you hear it was her mother who got her started on pills

@SunshineCountryChickens

5 жыл бұрын

Her mother kept her doped up to perform, then to sleep, then to wake and perform again. All this after she tried and failed to abort her, can you imagine if we had never gotten to know Judy? How many Judy's are aborted every day we will never know them

@trevl8955

4 жыл бұрын

@sandiegotrojandawg You literally told us nothing that wasn't already common knowledge for decades. If you're going to lie about something online at least get a little more creative about it.

@Ash.Crow.Goddess

4 жыл бұрын

What a terrible thing the industry did to women back then.

@dianabeurman9937

4 жыл бұрын

JUDY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD HAVE WON THE OSCAR!!!!!!!##

I love that Bette didn't bash Judy. She showed class and understanding about how things could happened to Judy and any other star. Judy was great and the world is a sadder place without her. Judy was a star and didn't even know it. She was also loved and didn't even know that either. How sad. RIP Dearest Judy.

@littlesongbird1

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Too many people are calling Bette a hypocrite. I don't feel like she is: she just saying what set her apart was her upbringing and that if those "tragedies" had had her upbringing they would have not wound up as such and vice versa.

@TrangPakbaby

2 жыл бұрын

Judy had 3 kids who adored her more than anyone.. I think she knew she was loved, thank god

@thehapagirl92

29 күн бұрын

She did bash Judy. She said she was healthy and didn’t escape and had a healthy upbringing. She’s shading Judy saying Judy was unhealthy and used drugs to escape and had a shit upbringing

I met her in 1980 when we were both patients in the same hospital, South Coast Medical Center. I was there for bi-polar depression. Bette was there to dry out under intense medical supervision for her chronic alcoholism. She was a very cool old lady.

@klassicalmuzik

6 жыл бұрын

Ron Ricci that’s cool. Maybe you guys didn’t meet under the best circumstances but still that’s pretty cool that you got to meet her. I wish I could have met her. She died before I was even born.

I'm living for Bette Davis and that beret😎

@karenkarenson8697

4 жыл бұрын

Ed Miller ?

@chrisperdeus4270

4 жыл бұрын

@Ed Miller bitch

@blueberrycobbler

3 жыл бұрын

Karen Karenson Ed doesn’t understand humor. Poor bastard.

When one of the greatest actresses of all time talks about the kind of talent that rarely ever comes around that Judy Garland possessed, it tells you how talented Judy was. My mom and her mother were Julliard piano and voice majors and when you mention Judy Garland around them, their description is extraordinary talent and one of a kind. A true star amongst stars.

Bette Davis was such a class act. I love her. I love how she explained how she felt about Judy Garland and how she loved and respected her. But in the end, Judy succumbed to the evils of Hollywood.

The more interviews and the more I learn about her- the more I see her as insurmountably underappreciated for just how incredibly self-aware, astute, and profound she was.

Bette Davis is the best actress of all time in movies. Never saw a bad performance from her.

@stevejarrettnc

Жыл бұрын

Same could be said for Judy, if you haven’t, you should. She wasn’t just a singer.

So smart and thoughtful.

Much as I admire Bette Davis, she is talking crap here. To say that 'it is a shame she didn't treasure her gift/talent/fame more' about Judy Garland is bullshit. Judy grew up in the studio system, was used and abused by the likes of that mean, fat bastard Louis B. Mayer, mentally tortured and her self esteem shattered by comments about her looks and weight, given uppers and downers from a young age to get her to work and then to sleep, and the list goes on. It is has nothing to do with a failure on Judy's part and not 'treasuring' anything. Even the strongest person in the world would struggle to battle all of that, and the addictions that were created by others. Davis went into the movie industry as an already whole person....an adult with her own mind and personality long created and a stable childhood and upbringing. It just is NOT comparable and she shouldn't even try.

@jadezee6316

6 жыл бұрын

All true but as tragic as it was it is not totallt fair to say judy could not have risen above it as others did. I dont make that claim for or against. I simply do not know judys demons and neither do you or anyone else. She didnt overcome the drugs and that is the only point one can ever make about judy or any other person. They either did or they didnt the rest is self delusion

She was so respectful to Judy Garland and Hepburn. She was so honest about her feelings either good or bad. We have so many manufactured stars in Hollywood and the music industry today and very few stars.

How can you help but absolutely LOVE this woman !! she's articulate, smart, witty.. FUNNY for sure! charming and suave.... I absolutely adore her !

5 жыл бұрын

I do too, Hank. I also adore Susan Hayward. She seemed to be SO effortless in her acting and I thought she was beautiful.

An actor steps into every job. Every perspective. Every danger. Every heartbreak or loss. It is very draining to be experiencing real, deep emotion for hours on end, for years. And to try to hold onto your stability, not lose yourself to characters or feelings or what you're told when you're vulnerable and raw. It's a different world!

What a true American film legend! Strong, talented and saucy right to the end. Her movies were gems, with some exceptions. We all have our "off" days. So she drank and smoked. Big deal. You're passing judgement on a different era using today's standards. They all drank. William Holden was an alcoholic too. Turned in some mighty fine performances. The snarky comments centering on her personal habits are uncalled for. After all, SHE will be remembered in perpetuity, WILL YOU?

@MetFan37

7 жыл бұрын

If you take notice, she smoked but rarely inhaled.

@elspethcoogan1499

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Gehre Wise and thoughtful post. Most posting here haven't a clue about people like Davis but spout out nonsense with very little awareness about the personality or the times they lived in.

@mosmith9187

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, agree that was the social graces when entertaining or when one came home from work a drink and or a cigarette.

@emmyjo720

6 жыл бұрын

Everybody smoked. Especially during WWII.

@QueenlySweetpea

5 жыл бұрын

Mike Gehere .. Nope, you will most definitely not be .. ;)

For the people obsessing over Bette Davis being an alcoholic. Do you know how many people now could easily be labeled an alcoholic and they see it as "I like wine"? The standards of what is an alcoholic according to a 12 stepper is often "anyone that isn't in recovery". Bette Davis even said that she is not feeling superior to anyone. The performing world especially in the classic film years was incredibly demanding. Our brains are not all wired the same and some people can naturally put up with more than others. It doesn't mean they are better, it also doesn't mean that everyone is able to simply live a perfect life, simply being stone sober. Bette was always very blunt when asked her opinion. She also respected people that were dedicated and treated others respectfully when working.Both women were pretty damn incredible. I would have liked to have heard her thoughts on Marilyn, since Bette worked with her on "All about Eve". As to the cigarettes, any criticism of smoking is from someone who must have no idea what the history of smoking is in America. Everyone smoked and wasn't until about the 70s that there was any negative attitude about smoking. So yeah she smoked. Both my parents were health nuts yet they smoked into their 40s. My dad heard of the health concerns about smoking and so he just started getting tobacco that was not processed and rolled his own. They made it seem like it was the other stuff not the tobacco.

@emmyjo720

6 жыл бұрын

Smoking was everywhere. I am British and in the 30s and 40s, everyone smoked it was a stress reliever at a time when people were sleep deprived and didn't know if they would be alive at the end of the day due to the bombings. Plus they had husbands, sons, brothers, friends in constant danger. And they stayed addiction for decades afterward. They did not know it caused cancer and during the war, I doubt they would have cared as death was all around them. Smoking is also an appetite suppressor, and still popular with French women as a way to stay slimmer

Bette Davis is a LEGEND. So few have her fortitude to just take what life hits you. It's incredibly rare

IMHO Bette could make no wrong moves. She was the embodiment of strength, talent, class, beauty and a ball buster...in heels. Love her!

I have always loved Bette & always will. Had not seen this. Thanks for posting it.

Discipline: Bette is 100% correct ⭐💜

Bette here acknowledges that she and Kate Hepburn came from the same tough, New England Yankee background, and that it toughened them enough to survive Hollywood. And she's right. I grew up a few towns down the road from where Bette had grown up, and I was a day student at the same school where she had gone years before as a boarder - Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA. They did grow them tougher and sturdier in New England, and that's not just a cliche. I always wondered why she and Hepburn never acted together. It not only would have been quite a movie (God help the director), but quite a dynamic to see how they would have interacted between takes. It would either have been a nightmare, or they would have gotten on really well. It probably would have depended on what point in their careers they worked together. Even movie stars tend to mellow with age. But . . . we'll never know.

@mckenna8663

7 жыл бұрын

DivineSimply from what I understand Katharine Hepburn did not want to act with Bette Davis. she for some reason did not like Bette Davis at all. Davis would have loved to act with Hepburn, but it was not happening in the opposite direction.

@DivineSimply

7 жыл бұрын

That's really interesting. Knowing what I've read and heard about the two of them, it sets my brain working to try and guess what elements in each of them would have clashed. Katharine was from an upper-class background, Bette was working-class, whether that is somehow relevant, I don't know. Katharine was a self-confessed bully on a set, while Bette could be forceful herself, but mostly out of impatience with mediocrity in her pursuit of excellence. Or maybe she wasn't comfortable with Bette's lifestyle. Katharine, married only once and briefly early in her career, never created a family, never had kids, and Bette most certainly did. Despite what her daughter BD said about her, Bette by all accounts was a very good mother. Hepburn said she herself was too selfish to ever want children. That family dynamic creates different kinds of women. But who knows? Fun to think about.

@1953childstar

7 жыл бұрын

You are very correct. Katherine did not need to work, Bette did and supported her family. Katherine was the heir to the Corning glass company and her father was a doctor.

@emmyjo720

6 жыл бұрын

Bette was raised by a single parent who had to work to provide for her children. Bette had to do the same, her daughter Margot needed specialist care for life, which needed to be paid for, plus BD and her husband lived off her for years

@bWitched96

6 жыл бұрын

That's very true. I'm a big Hepburn fan and I've read the bio "Kate, Remembered" many times. I do remember it being mentioned in there that Bette was a big fan of Kates too. She was always looking for projects that the both of them could do together. Bette finally found a script she deemed worthy and she mailed it to Hepburn. Alas, Hepburn ignored it and Bette never got a reply.

She seems to be knitting with her glasses.

@henryjackson2357

7 жыл бұрын

Mirko Bozic OMG that's exactly what it looks like!

@IanThaddiam

7 жыл бұрын

That's hysterical.

@cmcb09

6 жыл бұрын

Mirko Bozic almost a version of twiddling her thumbs, my sisters former mother in law. About a generation younger then Bette, would always be sitting twiddling her thumbs nonstop. While waiting for someone or for a family gathering to start.

@jonwiley2592

6 жыл бұрын

I was just about to make the same comment about the knitting motions with the glass stems. I bet Davis couldn't keep a pair of glasses if she was constantly working the hinges like mad.

@QueenlySweetpea

5 жыл бұрын

@@jonwiley2592.. Nope, she has never done that with her glasses in any other interview before, therefore it must've been the topic of discussion which got her reacting that way with her glasses ..

Happy Birthday, Bette! I love this clip - a very wise woman, and I've always loved her. She would've been 111 years old today, April 5, 2019 (April 5, 1908) With Love, Karen

Always loved Betty Davis, Honest and Straight to the point. She's Up There in The Top 10 Actresses in That Rich Golden Period of Hollywood.

Great strong woman! However we all cannot be this strong without guidance! Judy garland was a great talent without any guidance. Hollywood will do that to you. RIP Judy

A big part of it was Garland's youth when she first became famous. She was a lot more vulnerable to outside pressures than Davis likely was.

Happy Birthday, Bette. Had you been alive, you would have been 110 today.

Judy Garland was the greatest all around talent of the 20th century. She could do it all at a high level. Great actor, Great dancer, and most of all The greatest singer.

Wow! We need more "stars" capable of this type of graciousness. And she offered up genuine learning lessons. I've got a new respect for Bette Davis.

Have always loved Bette. She was a wonderful person and actress. She is polite but straightforward. She was brought up with morals. I greatly admire Bette with her grace and poise 🌸⭐️🦋. And to top it off, she was beautiful.

As an unwanted child thrown up for adoption at birth, I have been struggling with everything all my life. As a child I emulated both Judy and Marilyn over Kate and Bette (although I admire them). Now I see why. I so wanted strong disciplinary parents and a strong foundation. All I ever wanted was to know who I am and what I am doing. I am so glad Bette said she was LUCKY because she is. She had tools to work with Judy and Marilyn didn't have.

I think I have seen all of Bette Davis films, she is iconic and her respect for other actors is so refreshing and unheard of these days. She was multi talented and put everything into the role she was playing. Elizabeth was fantastic, but I really loved her very early films, and will watch them over and over. She was a one-off, a talent like that is never going to be seen again, style, elegance, beautiful gowns, and great storylines,wish we could go back to those times, they were great xx

I so Loved and Love Bette Davis! One of my favorite, if not my favorite actress of all time! R.I.P. Bette Dear! 💖🌹🌷🌺🌸❤😘💕 YOU'RE SO SADLY MISSED! 😢 Luv ya tremendously! 💖💯

Bette comes across as fiercely intelligent & very articulate here. I didn't expect to like her for some reason. The studio system had Judy on diet pills & uppers from age 15. Today, they & her mother would be sued for abusing their legal Duty of Care. Marilyn had 14 Foster homes, some where she was sexually abused, a schizophrenic mother, no father & 'friends' who encouraged her prescription pill addiction (Milton Greene) . Its sad to think that these days they'd do rehab & maybe have had happier lives.

@maya8443

4 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right, however, when Judy got to Hollywood she was already an addict by eighteen she was a full-blown addict. Her mother's greed was Judy's worse enemy, she sold her out to those pedophiles, satanists hollywood executives who also abused her physically and mentally. It's sad to see how someone so talented and beautiful was victimized by those who were there to protect her.

CLASS. TALENT. HARDWORKING ACTOR. NOBODY BEFORE AND NOBODY AFTER COULD DO WHAT BETTY DAVIS DID.

Bette Davis was right...and respectful about Judy...

Judy never considered herself a "tragedy", she considered the things that happened to her, tragic. So I disagree with Bette there, but where Bette is 100% right is that ones background, particularly ones childhood, is very important in having a stable adult life. Judy was performing on stage at the age of 2 and had a stage mother who put Judy's needs after her desire to have a Hollywood career. And like Bette says, when you're 15 and need to be up at 3/4 in the morning, especially in the 1930s, amphetamines would do the trick. And when she needed to sleep and get her rest, barbiturates would work. Is it a wonder Garland got addicted at such a young age? Look at the opioid crisis today.

@elspethcoogan1499

7 жыл бұрын

millers3888 I agree with everything you say. Garland was not a tragedy but some people like to label her as such because it's fits the mythology surrounding her.

@amybaker4654

7 жыл бұрын

Judy may not have considered herself tragic but she did have very low self esteem due to Bipolar Disorder.I think that the medication that she was obliged to take didn't help her mood disorder,even may have precipitated it.She was a classic textbook case.

@JudgeJulieLit

7 жыл бұрын

No basis for Judy ever having low self-esteem. She was from earliest childhood serially victimized by her handlers, studios and later husbands and cretin tv. executives who canceled her awesome show, but she herself always performed like a champion--under stresses that would have broken most people.

@elspethcoogan1499

7 жыл бұрын

Amy Baker I've never heard that Garland had bipolar disorder. Where did you hear that from?

@Missditabomb

7 жыл бұрын

Elspeth Coogan I can't recall in which book I read it, but yes, it did state Judy Garland was bi-polar. If you look at Judy's behaviour; the drinking, suicide attempts, deep depressions and feeling of worthlessness and this manic side that was up and ready to rehearse and sing and be "fine", (when all of Judy Garlands life was deteriorating in every sense), it fits.

This interview with Bette was TOPS.

I like the fact that she is able to feel and understand the issues of other people even though she herself didn't go through them. More people should do that.

A truly amazing actress who's work is as relevant today as it was then

Nice portion of the interview. Ms. Davis answered that spot on.

I don't think she was mean, but she was assertive and even aggressive in some situations and she also didn't suffer fools willingly. Some celebs have stated that she was generous and gracious on set at least to them.

@ericmaine

5 жыл бұрын

Keith Colledge also -as a woman - it was her name above the title. If the films were crap, her career would be over

Judy garlands tragedy came from not having anyone who would take care of her well being someone who does love her as a human who has feelings. Her dad was that person he didn’t hurry her to sign with MGM he would hug her and ask if she was ok but he died. After that it was her moms turn to take care of her and be a real loving mother who protects her, but she didn’t appreciate her daughter she abused her and manipulated her to make money at her expense she would tell her to take more pills more than it was necessary to be awake and work 24/7. Her mother never stand up for her if she would see or hear that MGM was abusing her verbally or physically she would only add more insult to injury. She had nobody to look out for her. MGM work her 24/7 no rest no healthy diets even if she was sick they never listen to the doctors orders they still send her back to work gave her more awake pills They all only wanted to use her and abuse her for money.

People used to be able to have intelligent conversations without trying to be PC or overly cautious and without “shading” other celebs. Just having a dignified and honest conversation about being famous. Amazing lady Mrs Davis.

Intelligent humble and articulate but with such s strong character - we don’t seem to make people like this anymore certainly not in Hollywood

Bette Davis is class through and through!

The biggest trend that I see in these comments is people bringing up Bette's alleged alcoholism and smoking. Everyone has vices. However, it is clear that neither her drinking nor smoking got so out of hand that she didn't manage to live 81 years and star in films until her final year of life. Judy Garland was an exceptional talent, but she also had demons that wouldn't let her be free. Neither her kids nor her career were enough to make her kick her addiction and she overdosed on barbiturates. It was classy of Bette to compliment Judy the way she did.

Both Bette Davis and Judy Garland are a class act. Nothing and no one can ever touch them in superior performances they have given time after time. RIP Bette, and RIP Judy thank you both for many memories. Never forgotten.

Love Bette Davis... Great actress and very smart and gracious when it came to Julie Garland.

@stevefranklin8052

6 жыл бұрын

Ms K. Johnson who's JULIE GARLAND?? YOU MEAN JUDY GARLAND LOL🤣

so true n Bette was a force as an actress!! there really isn't anyone who has been able to replace her n her acting skills!! RIP BETTE

New England Background was a stabilizer!! Yes Ma'am....Yankee to the bone!

@soilofk

6 жыл бұрын

what did she mean? I am not from USA ??

@Liz-sc3np

5 жыл бұрын

soilofk Yankees refer to Americans who grew up in the New England area.

@SunshineCountryChickens

5 жыл бұрын

@@soilofk Means a little something different now. Back then New Englanders had a proper upbringing and stable home life

@Tamsyn12003

4 жыл бұрын

Charlo Crossley Interestingly, he later interviewed Kate Hepburn and asked her if she agreed with Davis on the backbone of New England upbringing helping them, and Kate absolutely agreed!

I’m from Boston . Southie specifically. I love this ! She’s a down home New England, Lowell, girl that ended up in The glitz and glamour of Hollywood and the west coast . She was from LOWELL!!! But she still remembered her roots & was thankful for them & clearly in this interview was proud of being an east coast woman . And as a Southie boy I love that & of course her as well ! Love it ! #itsbettedavisbitch #bettedavis

She did not sugar coat what it takes in Hollywood. Talent is one thing but discipline is key...

That was very insightful of her. I was really struck with what she said about nerves . I think that’s what it is and you have to have a toughness about you. Certainly it’s better if you do.

When you are sold to the predators and psychopaths in Hollywood at a very young age who gives uppers and downers to very young children; there can only be one outcome; a tragic outcome. Even if one enters that den of iniquity in their twenties or even thirties; the predators and psychopaths would still subject you to the casting couch and only those willing to sell their souls get the good parts.

Wise words from the talented Bette Davis. Proud to say she was born in my hometown of Lowell, MA.

Larger than life in so many ways yet still affected by wise, sensible perspective. I don't even think it's because of where she came from or her upbringing, although she probably would disagree with that. But they are enough to carry her through gracious tribute and reflection.

I can listen to this amazing woman forever....she tells it like it Really is about life

One thing I've learned very quickly about Bette Davis is that if you have a conversation with her, you better have some thick skin. Her bluntness and brute honesty will knock you down if you can't handle the raw unfiltered truth. She spoke her mind and just came out and said it. I'm the same way because I get that from my mother. Bette Davis is just like my mother. I even feel like a scared little boy in the corner when she does these interviews. The way Hollywood exploited Judy Garland is disgusting. Appalling and heart wrenching. Aggravating infact. Judy deserved love and kindness and family and so much more. It's as if few if anybody really cared much about her at all. I know some did, but not intimately which is what she needed. True love. Real love. They just used her up and threw her away. Despicable.

The parallels of judy garland and whitney houston' s story is chilling...hugely talented , hurt by life and became self destructive because of it.

@maya8443

4 жыл бұрын

No, there are no parallels really both completely different lives and circumstances. The only thing I see between Judy and Whitney is that both were gifted singers, drug issues and ultimately, their tragic deaths, other than that there is nothing else. Both completely different, Whitney got into crack because of her man, Judy got on pills because of her mother. I don't understand why people are so fixated in finding things on people's lives just to add more drama to their already unfortunate circumstances.

Bette was a very sure and strong character.

Mr. Dick Cavett, what a gentleman, seen him a few years ago at a play. God Bless You.

Love Bette Davis - to actually hear those words coming out of her mouth has made me respect her a lot more.

Someone once said it's not enough to have talent, you have to have the talent to handle the talent.

Bette was born in Lowell, MA just like me....she was amazing.😊

What an absolute legend this woman is

That was very well said! Performance takes a lot out of people. Hard on the nerves. Like she said you gotta be disciplined and strong physically to put up with the performance bullshit.

And this is why I adore Bette Davis. Respectful & truthful.

So well articulated

Much respect for Bette Davis

So many tragedies on the music side too: Janice Joplin, Andy Gibb, Kurt Cobain, Karen Carpenter. All of them were mighty in gifts and talent but their coping strategies failed them. Terribly sad.

Bette Davis a class act

I would have loved to have heard this interview!!

@donnalthood3102

4 жыл бұрын

Volume way too low!

I liked that she showed respect to Judy. I’m sure it was mutual

She right with the stresses of being in the public.

I love Bette Davis movies, but I'm not coming to movie stars for great wisdom. The remark about Judy Garland not treasuring her gifts more speaks more about Bette Davis (a drinker if not an alcoholic, at least a more functional alcoholic) and her own blind spots about addiction. Garland was pretty much made an addict by her being supplied with drugs by powerful people as a child. Addiction trumps everything, and you can treasure your gifts all you want it won't make a difference unless you can summon that within you to recognize and address the nature of your addiction.

@maya8443

4 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right, however, it was Judy's mother who supplied her with drugs, she was an addict before hollywood by the time she did the Wizard of Oz she was a full blown addict.

LEGENDS IN MOTION!

Sometimes the more u go forward the Moe u go back can u imagine a moquel who would try to harass Bette!???? He'd pull back a stump!! Nuff said!!!

Bette Davis and Judy Garland were awesome actresses ! Judy had so much talent and humor ! Bette was awesome talent too !

bette davis is with out question the finest actor ever to appear in film.

She treasured it, and took care of it miss Davis. She performed until the end..... but she was a wounded person from her childhood. And Hollywood and L.B. Mayer gave her speed to keep her going as a child and she never got over that. And let's not forget - Miss Davis used to drink big time herself as well when she was growing older and the top parts didn't came her way anymore.....

Judy’s mother got her addicted to uppers performing 8 shows a day as a 4 year old and Judy was the drawing card with her two other sisters since she had the voice . Judy supported her whole family and her mother treated her as the bread winner and not a daughter . By time she went to mgm she was already abusing uppers then addiction set in . She didn’t use them to get high her body got used to it to function

Dahhling...I think many ER doctors or nurses or first responders would take issue.

My God. Sarandon nailed her.

I always really admired Bette Davis

My dream movie for the Mses. Davis and Hepburn was Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots, although historically never met, their lives intertwined and both women had a unique strength to share with the world.