Lost it in the Great War.

Supposedly Gable hated Jeanette Macdonald so much that when they were making "San Francisco" together he ate spaghetti loaded with garlic on purpose before a kissing scene.

I've never been a big fan of Crawford. Such a mannered acting style—of course Davis was too, but somehow it works better for her.

Technically Bette went out on a very, very low note with "Wicked Stepmother". But yes, she sure did catch a lucky break to get a fine script like "The Whales of August" so late in her career.

Rumor has it that Crawford did porn, although that's probably not really true.

Surely there had to be a respected British stage actor who had some personality. As opposed to being so colorless you can almost see the set decoration behind him.

Leslie Howard was just such a milquetoast nobody on the screen. Every time I see him I wonder how he kept working for so long.

"The Letter" did OK, at the time at least. Oscar noms for picture and for Davis.

Yup, there's no lead in the movie, and there were no supporting awards at the time.

They are very odd. I've never heard of "A Woman's Face" and I'm a Turner Classic Movies addict.

I'm hoping they portray how Crawford faked an illness during production of "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" as some dumbass power play and wound up getting fired and replaced with Olivia de Havilland.

There's a story that when Crawford died, someone asked Davis about it. Supposedly Davis said this, or something close to it:

Had quite the body, didn't she?

AV Club not so much for proofreading these days…writers make obvious errors and they stay there forever.

I dunno, I'll take the minority view…that scene should have been in color. Even if they shot the rest of the movie in black and white. If the whole goddamned plot is going to turn on a red dress we should be able to see that the dress is red.

The story is about a woman's terminal illness! Tragic romance! Without that it's just Bette Davis riding horses.

And Ronald Reagan's in it! Playing a drunk!

I have never watched that movie and thought that Davis is being punished by going off to die. She is trying to save Henry Fonda's life. She's been redeemed. Going to a yellow fever island isn't the best idea but it isn't a death sentence. There would have been doctors and nurses there, right? Maybe Fonda lives…

Mickey Mantle: "Why DiMaggio? Why not me?"
Paul Simon: "Syllables, Mick, syllables."

I seem to remember some anecdote about Davis getting one look at Marilyn and saying that with tits like that, she was going to be a star. Or words to that effect.