LAUREN BACALL on BETTE DAVIS - Diva on DIva

[@sharonramone7186]

I met Ms. Bacall at a book signing when her autobiography came out. I had my camera with me, +security tried to take it. She looked at security and said "Oh for go## sake let that child take 2 photos" She then looked at me and asked" How would you like me to pose?" What a classy lady! Thank you Ms. Bacall for a great moment! And some great movies!

[@TheBee87bee]

Thank you for your kind post! So many on other KZbin video have made nasty comments of Bette,it makes me sad . She was a wonderful woman and actress ;she will always be my favorite!!!!

[@JustBeYouooh]

Sharon Ramone why did you put ## for “God’s” sake?

[@allys744]

That’s a great story. Class act

[@TheSaltydog07]

I can't imagine her being afraid of anything. Self-professed tough broad with a heart of gold.

[@sharonramone7186]

@@TheSaltydog07 Great time, great memories!

[@tfutrell000]

Bacall has a coolness about her that is unparalleled.

[@joanofarc33]

Thomas Futrell Well she did live with Bogie for a good part of her life.

[@degsbabe]

Comes from her association with Humphrey bogart

[@cherylcollins27]

Classic beautiful classy lady 😍 love her movie's I was born in 64 but I adore Golden age of Hollywood when stars were Stars talented, elegant and classy and so incredibly beautiful 😍

[@Blonde_Somnambulist]

Cheryl Collins me too , I remember watching these old movies as a child in the late 1960s , I now have a collection of films that I’m finding hard to accommodate. I never watch tv 📺 I instead I submerge myself in glamour , fine stories and consummate performances. Davis is my number 1 of course 😘

[@thecreatoristhetruth5623]

That's because Bacall was a man masquarding as a Female and so was that large skull, deep set eyes, wide shoulders, no hips Mr. Davis. Bogart was the little woman impersonating a man.

[@4evertony1]

Lauren Bacall was a true beauty. Such class and elegance beyond measure. She admired Bette Davis. You must be someone special if Lovely Lady Lauren Bacall admires you.

[@terrijofilms305]

Lauren Bacall was 71 years old when she did this interview in 1995; she looked fabulous! She’s an iconic actress from the Golden Age of motion pictures! Definitely one of the finest female stars of all time! 🤩✨🤩

[@edwardjones2202]

It's 1975

[@terrijofilms305]

@@edwardjones2202 I was just a bit off! LOL 🤣

[@edwardjones2202]

@@terrijofilms305 hah well you were right she was beautiful

[@billolsen4360]

Still a classy dame

[@scotsean]

​@@edwardjones2202 1979

[@andresland182]

It is a delight to listen to Lauren. She had a poise, an elegance that just cmes across naturally. What a star

[@cruzlane9448]

Those old moviestars sound tougher and more feminist than todays vain stars!🤔 how is that possible

[@degsbabe]

Bogie is laughing........

[@RedactedFreePress]

and sinatra

[@shihlin1]

Lauren Bacall carried herself so well, with dignity and elegance. You can't even find that in today's Hollywood. And that VOICE!! Lauren had one of the most distinguished voices in the history of Hollywood. I could listen to her all day.

[@mayaa5048]

shihlin1 - all those good all cigs.Remember Bogart die of cancer for smoking.

[@brkitdwn]

Talula Bankhead also had a unique deep masculine voice easily recognized when she spoke.

[@brendaannedufaur6244]

I love how bacall praises Bette Davis and says how gorgeous she was. All true. I also think Bacall had a truly unique look and was a gorgeous woman. Gorgeous figure. Her hair was incredible. And she did her own hair in her first movie which was with Humphrey Bogart! Bacall slowed her career for her marriage and children. She could have done so many more movies. See her in how to marry a millionaire. she was incredible. truly funny. could deliver script incredibly. i love her.

[@rgs6236]

Brenda Anne Du Faur I totally agree!

[@elizabethf1591]

Brenda Anne Du Faur Bacall always struck me as a bit of a bossy person .

[@sarahholland1375]

Ive always thought Lauren Bacall was so effortlessly elegant. I love her hair in her first films. I'd love to know how to get my limp hair like that!

[@sarahholland1375]

@@elizabethf1591 you'd have to have a strong personality to cope with a man like Humphrey Bogart when you're just 19.

[@pattimaeda6097]

Brenda Anne Du Faur Bette was NOT gorgeous

[@lindaackerman3507]

I met Lauren Bacall back in 1994 or 95, she was at a book signing for her latest book, this was in boca raton and I was pregnant and in line to get her autograph, but apparently she was only supposed to sign the hard copy books and I bought the paperback book, when my turn came around for her to sign it, her secretary or someone working for her told me she only can sign hard copy books, ...I was ready to leave but Lauren saw and motioned me to come to her and she signed my paperback book,...she was a class act.😘💗💗

[@MrCrowebobby]

Never could see her beauty in films or in photos, but I saw her in the lobby of the theater at a showing of Gypsy, surrounded by much younger, very beautiful models and she made them all look plain. She just had that something extra in person.

[@jm7804]

She was a stunner at any age, but in her 20s she was one of the most beautiful women to ever live. That sultry stare could enchant anyone.

[@xxcharmed1xx]

Bette Davis is without a doubt the greatest actress to ever live! Will never be another like her... or Lauren Bacall.

[@07FreshMaker]

Merryl Streep?…

[@xxcharmed1xx]

@@07FreshMaker🤮🤮🤮

[@PhilAlumb]

​@@07FreshMaker....Streep just has accents. Something not intense about her.

[@EliMardirossian]

Bette and Betty (Lauren)!!! May they rest in peace, power and glory

[@JClark-34695]

Ms. Bacall was breathtakingly beautiful, but it wasn't just skin-deep. Her physical beauty was magnified by her genuineness and humility. She wasn't just a real beauty, she was a real PERSON.

[@danc3693]

She was really beautiful at any age.

[@beachstreet101]

I didn’t realize she loved Bette Davis so much. It’s hard not to. Today there is no one of this era for the upcoming actors to look up to that will be popular or even alive anymore. Sad state of what Hollywood has turned out to be now. Gone are the class acts. Just a few left like Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange, but we don’t see them much in anything anymore.

[@richardallen3810]

I saw Ms Bacall in the original run of Applause and the show was wonderful. I recall her curtain call when she appears last and upstage center and the entire cast starts to applaud as she makes her walk to the footlights and the audience is on their feet clapping and shouting their enthusiasm.

[@srobindittrich6599]

Lovely seeing Bacall again.

[@oldhatcinema]

Lauren Bacall and Bette Davis. Two of the greatest actresses to ever live. Both talented, genuine, classy women all the way.

[@theresabollman8061]

I always loved Ms. Bacall. Total class act! Real and no BS.

[@monk1312]

Bacall called me the most obstinate man she ever met 🤣I had the privilege of watching her do a run through of sweet bird of youth, all through rehearsals we had a stand-in who read from a script, when Bacall, fresh from NY, showed up for a run through...she was outstanding, no lights, make up, nothing, a pro proving what’s she’s made of; Extraordinary.

[@alanaronald244]

Why?

[@srobindittrich6599]

Alana Ronald - Why what? Oh. I see. Why did Bacall think the gentleman was the most obstinate man? Good question.

[@LaDivinaLover]

Laurence Clifford why did she say you were the most obstinate..?

[@brendaannedufaur6244]

Laurence Clifford thank you for sharing this. how nice you were a part of it all

[@camelspider2376]

Spill the beans

[@terry4137]

Yes, she was a beauty! Love ya, Bette! RIP

[@pattimaeda6097]

Terry no she wasnt

[@thewatcher5726]

It's just something about Lauren... Maybe the way she speaks...

[@dennishalford5763]

The low, sultry voice. She said her studio wanted her to keep her voice low, even in scenes where she is excited.

[@thewatcher5726]

Dennis Halford is that so well that was great advice. Because I could listen to her all day...

[@cruzlane9448]

Cathleen turner voice!?

[@jansdoe6963]

@@cruzlane9448 I agree with you,

[@gracecheri997]

Class 🌟

[@maydavalle]

💖Lauren Bacall’s naturally assertive, honest and classy voice and those amazing eyes made her incomparable! Striking!! The strength & the looks! Bette Davis was the perfect, intriguing, smart, impeccable actor and strong role model to thankfully impart what a female can aspire to be, as a person❤️, not just on screen.

[@TheBee87bee]

Cool,and lovely,strong and fearless,Lauren Bacall,always the best!!!!

[@corannthomas]

One of my all time favorites. Class act all the way

[@americanitalianisrael4008]

Bette Davies to me the GREATEST AMERICAN ACTRESS ,PERIOD.

[@geed.3469]

Not really...

[@marchbrothersfilmsinc8790]

AGREED

[@theonlyantony]

Lovely compilation. Thanks

[@sallyhurst492]

I love the line at the end. We all have a role in our career wether we like it or not. Being a woman.

[@lindaeasley4336]

It is so true that Bette Davis was gorgeous in her younger days . I remember seeing a. BLack and white still photo of her once and being amazed at her beauty .She had long hair and a sultry look on her face .. I think it was taken in the early 1940s

[@bentleyr00d]

I never thought she was really a beauty, but she managed to play a beauty and did so very successfully.

[@zyxw2024]

Bette Davis was not beautiful. But she worked with what she had. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes

[@michellegray9806]

@@zyxw2024 Not true,I think she definitely was a beauty&she had her own "spectacular"look&also ouracted any&all in her hey day&for the rest of her life I don't think came along a better actress!!

[@Apollo_Blaze]

That voice was so unique and she had such class...such an amazing lady.

[@luisfedericosala1354]

A true Lady: Mrs Bacall ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@a.a.p1952]

Betty Davis was a true movie star and icon as with Lauren Bacall what a beauty and that voice. Legendary classic the Elizabeth Taylor they sure as Hell don’t make them like that anymore. God Bless them all Stay Corvid Free Cheers 🇨🇦

[@oleskool61]

She was so smoothe and so classy, with a very distinctive voice. Bogart was a lucky man to have her as his wife.

[@ralphfurley123]

She was a beautiful lady, even at the age in which she was interviewed in this video!!! A natural beauty!!! She carried her self with such class and dignity!!! ☮️🖖🏽

[@lupegaehring2362]

My daughter Madeline was born on Bette Davis' birthday....( April 5th ) And I gotta say from what I know about Bette Davis , they are so much alike ! ( my daughter appears confident , she has the ability to make a person cry with just words... When she loves you she really loves you, and when she judges you... you're done ) I adore every film she's ever made , and I loved the way she could tear you apart ,or make you fall apart in tears, I've never had that , but my daughter does, and she's 22 , determined , and a pain in the ass...love it!

[@michele2855]

Both women are the ultimate Bette and Lauren

[@vistaestrada]

“Merv! Pull yourself together!”

[@madeleine9907]

Haha...love it

[@sandiegotrojandawg]

Bette Davis was the greatest actress there ever was in Hollywood. Lauren Bacall's plastic surgeon did a masterful job with her, especially her eyes. Lauren looked great up to her passing.

[@gregrak9389]

oh please

[@m.e.d.7997]

She always looked like Lauren.

[@GoldLeafPress]

I’m really happy we didn’t lose her or bogart to drugs or addiction. I’m also really happy I got to live during the same period while she was alive. I was 17 when she passed away. She was always beautiful

[@americanitalianisrael4008]

These were days when you had many many GREAT BEAUTIFUL TALENTED actors/actress. Today it is only a hand full if any.

[@TheHoopyscoopy]

Wow, her answer at 3:25 hit it on the head for me. That's why I'd like to act. Probably why most actors act too.

[@JoshMich1985]

I wish the interview she did with David Frost from 2000 that aired on A&E was on youtube. She talked about 'Applause' in depth there.

[@WalterLiddy]

Davis was perfection in All About Eve. It's hard to imagine anyone else doing it. Bacall is great, but she has a hardness about her. I don't imagine she could be as vulnerable in that role as Davis, and a subtle vulnerability is crucial to that part. It would have been fascinating to see Bacall attempt it though.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Bacall won the Tony, made magazine covers & was toast of Broadway for Applause, reads like you've never seen her Oscar nominated performance as Streisand's Mom, she softened that "hardness". Which, when she was young, her director called insolence & how she could go toe to toe with Bogart. Bacall was young widow with young children, survived decades of Hollywood & Broadway stardom, you don't do that by being a softie, also reads like you don't know much about Bette Davis' career, either. Bacall was NYC girl, Davis New Englander, they don't breed softies in either of those places.

[@Fabioman3]

Spoken by one of the true greats about one of the true greats!

[@FluWorldOrder]

It just ocurred tome that at the age Lauren is here she reminds of he actress Charlotte Rampling.

[@carmelellis817]

Lauren is such a class act...absolutely adore her xx

[@TheJohnpandy]

I loved Lauren Becall and her drive, work ethic, and directness l. John Sivorn ❤️

[@KeithDec25]

Great people are measured by their great generosity to others

[@Sanpedranoazul]

Such a L A D Y ! ! ! Arts Icons that will never die! Reminded me on Tim Gunn, Soooooo Polite to talk, Bless you Tim!

[@m.e.d.7997]

Would love to have seen Lauren Bacall in "Applause".

[@m.e.d.7997]

@Silversled I thought it was a big hit at the time in 1970 New York.

[@m.e.d.7997]

@Silversled I saw Lauren Bacall in London in "Sweet Bird of Youth" in 1985. It was good and she was good in it. I forget who her co star was. I was younger but it seemed sold out, packed theatre and that it was doing quite well; not sure how long she played in London in it.

[@normadesmond6017]

Her husband, Humprey Bogart, once said: "Bette Davis scared me to death. And I was the one was the gun!".

[@christianphilipsenravn6460]

Dearest Laureen Bacall, I konw you have deceased many ago but I still want you to know I find absolutely beautiful and talended...

[@massimogiordano2778]

BETTE DAVIS WAS A GIANT UNFORGETTABLE MOVIE STAR AND WOMAN 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🌹🌹

[@sambond0079]

What a beautiful woman she was.

[@63bplumb]

Saw her on Broadway in "Woman of the Year". Yea---THAT was Great!

[@ryanmaxwell613]

i love how she highlights that at one point bette davis, THE bette davis had to advertise that she was looking for work just because she was past hollywoods sell by date is wrong just shows women have been fighting this bullshit for years

[@m.e.d.7997]

Lauren looks so beautiful!

[@jerrylee8261]

LB had the most beautiful bone structure. I saw her in a movie being photographed in a cab and it was dark but she lit up the screen. Saw her on What's My Line and she was absolutely breathtaking. Kinda wonder why she married Bogart. A man almost old enough to be her grandfather. She must have had some issues.

[@TheEleatic]

The greatest lesson has always been "cut school".

[@tommoncrieff1154]

I don’t think Bacall was anything like her heroine Davis but she had elements in common - particularly a unique timbre of voice, explicit diction and a totally memorable sound. Because films are so visual, we often forget how extraordinarily unique some of the iconic stars sound - Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, John Wayne, so many of them have voices that are memorable, not just in diction and delivery but in tone.

[@jaccusefashion]

Bacall was heavenly, spikey, funny, brilliant.

[@doubtful100]

Actually Miss Davis did not originate the roll of Margo Channing. Tallulah Bankhead acted the part on stage prior to the movie and Davis took her take on the Margo Character from there.

[@milesmontemore5060]

Bankhead never played Margo Channing on stage. In 1952 she played Margo Channing in a radio broadcast.

[@scotnick59]

@@milesmontemore5060 thank-you.

[@markfadness9204]

I assume you are thinking of the role of Regina in Lillian Hellman's play "The Little Foxes" which Tallulah Bankhead played on Broadway & Bette Davis played in the film.

[@michellegray9806]

That's an interesting comment as I always read&was told Bette Davis did it,thankyou for this interesting information.

[@nickbigd]

False. Bankhead originated the lead in Little Foxes on stage which Davis played on screen. Not All About Eve

[@gregorysabbagh3746]

Lauren Bacall taking the role on the Sopranos was just boss. LOL! Getting robbed by Moltisante and little Carmine was hilarious!

[@GARU4YOU]

WONDERFUL

[@asalane20]

Love her deep voice :)

[@QueenBees456]

Sophisticated Lady!

[@kathleendobens6648]

She's a very natural beauty. Even at her age.

[@yasminx16]

True Hollywood royalty. They are few and far between these days - meryl Streep, denzel Washington...hard to name more to be honest. Thanks for posting

[@katespurlding9647]

London Loves Meryl Streep ugly no talent bitch,she could never come close too Davis or any of the old actresses.

[@TheHoopyscoopy]

Why do so many talk show hosts ask guests the same questions? This was already covered by Merv and Cavett.

[@laurence278]

Cette femme était très belle et avait une personnalité hors du commun.

[@toddbonin6926]

Wow! This was well done!

[@kathrynoneill5862]

So beautiful

[@richardoconnor2560]

Imagine how many cigarettes the two of them smoked between them.

[@minavamp2359]

bacall always has a deep manly voice even in her 20's. davis on the other hand always has a feminine voice despite how heavy she smokes. cigarattes do deepen the voice, but in this case not so much with these 2.

[@RedactedFreePress]

Lauren Bacall was one of the most beautiful women the studios ever brought forth.

[@eagleeye2300]

A very beautiful woman.

[@lynnpoole3842]

NO ONE I MEAN NO ONE CAN TOUCH BETTE DAVIE..GREATEST OF ALL TIME....

[@joniheisenberg6691]

Great hair !

[@bigjoe330]

When Stars were Stars.

[@mikeilamenk]

This made me like her even more, lol. I knew she liked Bette but I didn’t think it was really in a true fan girl way 😍 the way she talked about the roles she played, Bette’s beauty, (for real she’s really gorgeous, hot) how she had a crush on her, she even mentioned some titles of her movies, and how she put an ad for job in the newspaper. She’s a true fan and not just trying to be polite. 🥰

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Betty Bacall was a classy dame

[@OttoByOgraffey]

Who's Betty Bacall?

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Lauren Bacall ... everyone called her Betty, her real name.

[@HeresWhatJonathanSaid]

Lauren was so fabulous, but that outfit from the Tonight Show appearance (2:15) is shockingly awful. What was Lauren thinking?

[@maya8443]

She looks like the joker..

[@deliarodriquez4989]

She's from the Bronx she's a BRONX gril.

[@AxelQC]

David Bowie as Lauren Bacall.

[@jwmalcolm2282]

Bacall was gorgeous

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

❤️

[@brackslaughter155]

It is sad to hear industry insiders describe Bacall as mean to everyone. I doubt these performers start out that way. "When I know I'm right, I don't back down" turns into "I'm always right" as they age. There is an interesting clip of Dick Cavett artfully asking her about her bad reputation and her very vague response.

[@jpmonroe9603]

Had a week catering to Ms.Bacall's whims at the Watergate Hotel in the 70s. She was rude and demanding and treated my staff like they were dirt under her feet. She was perfectly charming with her peers, tho'. Guess that means that she was a good actress. However, a less than admirable human being.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

All About Eve: A great film, incomparable, magnificent, yet very sexist too. Like another of Bette's films, June Bride, it reduces the female. She cannot be completed without a man and her career is a minor consideration, an amusement for her earliest years only, something she should abandon once she reaches maturity. That ideology was of its time and the films are great enough to be worth all the plaudits they receive to this day, but when we watch them, we should never lose sight of the post World War II (1948 & 1950) propaganda in them. They are part of the design to shove women back into the kitchens and laundries. For my part, I think Margot would have been better off letting Eve have Bill Sampson and Linda should have pitched her boyfriend down the stairs instead of carrying the suitcases for him. Please note that it is worth pointing out that I am certainly not a man-hating feminist. I am a man myself and a lot of feminists do not like me.

[@srobindittrich6599]

Daniel Hammond - Funny Daniel, as I read your post, I rather liked what you had to say. I'm a feminist; however, I take pride in labelling myself as more of a humanist. I usually take exception to the man bashing, or any gender bashing, that my fellow feminists indulge in. Why indulge in a hate mongering sport that only promotes hate and misunderstanding? Anyway, I liked your comments. It's nice to see a man admire strong women like Bacall and Davis.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

S Robin Dittrich Thank you for your response! Appreciated. Have a lovely day!

[@margolane8529]

You missed the point of the film... All About Eve isn't promoting sexism and ageism, it's confronting and critiquing those prejudices.

[@cocokai9661]

And it continues till this day and age. Just think of the finale of Friends, where Rachel, having finally achieved career success, chucks it all to settle for a three time divorcee because isn't that what all women should do? Hollywood is the most misogynistic backward place on earth. What do you expect when it's run by the Harvey Weinsteins of the world.

[@susanb2015]

@@cocokai9661 Who watches or cares about that stupid show.

[@mfb3042]

There was a time actors were real people.

[@jeansinger7245]

I alway thought she was classy and beautiful

[@bigran_outbound2262]

Bette Davis imo

[@midnightmilkman1]

Hollywood Royalty

[@blackbird5634]

Cavett has always been a creeping vine towards power, and beauty and intelligence. Such a strange little man.

[@DCFunBud]

Bacall was a tough broad.

[@karendionne2228]

I think Cate Blanchett could portray Ms. Bacall in a bio-pic

[@deliarodriquez4989]

She doesn't age.

[@rhondabitler2461]

I was always a fan of Lauren Bacall. I think she was very attractive. I have heard it said; people only tolerated her because of Bogie and she is very rude. I don't have a clue if it's true.

[@edennis3202]

She was very direct, and she swore. I'm known to be very rude, too, because I say what I think, regardless of how it's going to be received.

[@jpmonroe9603]

Very rude? Believe it ! I had a week of her rudeness and demands at the Watergate Hotel.

[@jamesdougherty2271]

I've heard that Lauren Bacall was not a nice person.

[@Mixedpixie]

James Dougherty well she was know To be really honest and direct so I guess ppl didn’t know how to ask or like it very much

[@edennis3202]

She was certainly lovely to her fans. She didn't mince words or suffer fools gladly, so I imagine that Hollywood morons would have disliked her.

[@jpmonroe9603]

You heard correctly, James. I suffered through a week of her rudeness and demands.

[@TheMarkanthony5]

Actresses today simply cannot match the qualities and humility and class of the silver screen. Sorry but true.

[@maya8443]

Lauren looks like the joker with that wird outfit on the Carson show.

[@lenagigantes7179]

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