Thursdays
in August
Camp
Bette
Fasten
your folding chairs, it’s going to be a bumpy August
 In
celebration of Bette Davis’ 100th birthday we present some of
her most famous roles – from the tough actress Margo Channing
to the psycho in doll’s clothes Jane Hudson. Ms Davis began
her screen career in 1931. With her final film (Wicked Stepmother)
in 1989, she appeared in over 120 films. She won two Best Actress
Oscars for Jezebel and Dangerous and was
nominated for 8 more including her work for All About Eve,
Now, Voyager and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Thursday,
August 7 at 8pm
Hush,
Hush Sweet Charlotte
dir.
Robert Aldrich, US, 1964, 133 mins, video, b/w
 A
proper Southern lady kills her fiance. Or did she? Almost forty
years later, Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) lives in a crumbling
house slated for demolition. Driven nearly insane by the memory
of the horrific crime, the taunting of neighborhood children
and shunning by their parents, Charlotte calls on Cousin Miriam
(Olivia
de
Havilland) to help fight keep the ancestral home. But
Miriam is next in line to inherit the Hollis estate and is not
above adding to Charlotte’s fears.
Thursday,
August 14 at 8pm
What
Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
dir.
Robert Aldrich, US, 1962, 134 mins, video, b/w
Baby
Jane Hudson was a child star, but sister Blanche had the goods
to be an adult actress. After a car accident paralyses Blanche,
Jane dedicates her life to take care of her invalid sister.
Sounds like a warm, family drama, right? Guess again, Baby Jane
is mad in every sense of the word and staging a comeback.
Thursday,
August 21 at 8pm
All
About Eve
dir.
Joseph L Mankiewicz, US,
1950, 138 mins, video, b/w
 Eve
Harrington (Anne Baxter) is an ambitious ingenue who wants a
career on Broadway and will stop at nothing to get it, including
stealing Margo Channing’s man, friends and roles. Only critic
Addison DeWitt (George Sanders) sees through Eve’s machinations,
saving this knowledge to use later. Davis is delicious and vulnerable
as “aging” actress Margo Channing, savoring writer and director
Mankiewicz’s every word.
Thursday,
August 28 at 8pm
Now,
Voyager
dir.
Irving Rapper, US, 1942, 117 mins, video, b/w
 A
domineering mother drives Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) to a
life of spinsterhood. After spending time in a sanitarium, she
finds love with Jerry (Paul Henried) on
a
South American cruise. Finally able to confront her controlling
mother, Charlotte’s new power gives old mom a heart attack.
Back to the hospital she goes, only to find Jerry’s daughter
Tina suffering from depression. The two have a connection and
move to Boston together. Will Charlotte, Jerry and Tina form
a happy family? Don't ask for the moon when you have the stars.
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