classicfan66 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 do anyone know the name of the Bette davis movie with her famous line is "what a dump". thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I've never seen it, but Bette Davis used the "What a dump!" line in the 1949 movie "Beyond the Forest." Playwright Edward Albee probably made the line even more famous in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" when he has the character Martha imitate Davis saying it several times. Edited by: jakeem on Jun 14, 2013 11:59 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Your question really belongs in the Information Please section, but I'll answer it. It's Beyond the Forest, which sadly has rights issues. TCM hasnt shown it in years.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I've never seen that movie, Hibi. So I too, was unaware of it. Up until now, I've labored under the belief that "What a dump!" was one of those legendary "non lines" like, "Play it again, Sam" and "Judy, Judy, Judy!" Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Nope, Bette says it all right, with all the trademark Bette Davis style she's got. I can smugly say I've seen *Beyond the Forest*, although not for a long time. Sorry to be smug, but it doesn' t happen very often that I've seen a movie that many others here have not. Joseph Cotton's in it too. As I recall, it's pretty darn good. I know some critics think little of it -too melodramatic or slight or something - but I loved it. Besides, it' s fun to say it, one hand on hip, when surveying some crummy place that deserves that epithet. (By the way, the "dump" she is referring to is an elegant beautifully furnished house.) The other two super famous Bette Davis lines are "Why ask for the moon? We have the stars." and "Fasten your seatbelts, friends, it's going to be a bumpy night." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuysWearBlack Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Jamie Farr does a great impression of Bette doing that very scene in an episode of MASH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Bette was a very kind person in many ways. Mty friend Suzanne says that when her father died, Bette phoned her every week for months to be sure she and her brother were doing okay. She had formed a close relationship with her by the time of Bette's death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Bette was a very kind person.. She had formed a close relationship with her... ...too bad she was not a kind person towards her daughter or had a close relationship with her instead ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 ...too bad she was not a kind person towards her daughter or had a close relationship with her instead ! I saw her daughter once in an hour show. I don't blame Bette for a minute. She was a real pain, talking about how her mother had "sinned," and therefore she had cut off her connection with her. It's a good thing I wasn't there. I just wanted to smack her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 It's a good thing I wasn't there. I just wanted to smack her. You wanted wanted to "SMACK Her" ?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Why do you constantly bump up a thread you've posted on? Everypne's posts on other threads are just as important. You add nothing to the post or show an edit. Please stop doing this. No one else does this. Edited by: lavenderblue19 on Jun 14, 2013 6:34 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 You wanted to "SMACK Her" ?!?!?! Yeah. Something wrong with that? Or is "smack" suddenly a bad word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 > {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}The other two super famous Bette Davis lines are "Why ask for the moon? We have the stars." and "Fasten your seatbelts, friends, it's going to be a bumpy night." Don't forget her famous line from "The Cabin in the Cotton" (1932): "I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair." She was delighted to repeat that one during her 1971 interview with Dick Cavett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoraCharles1934 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 > {quote:title=Dothery wrote:}{quote}...too bad she was not a kind person towards her daughter or had a close relationship with her instead ! > > I saw her daughter once in an hour show. I don't blame Bette for a minute. She was a real pain, talking about how her mother had "sinned," and therefore she had cut off her connection with her. It's a good thing I wasn't there. I just wanted to smack her. > What I've seen of B.D. in documentaries is a judgmental, "the Antichrist-is-a-homosexual" zealot. I can believe that Bette was an imperfect mother (to be charitable). Her relationships with the men in her life were unstable, and she probably did treat her daughter as more of a companion than as a child. But to cash in on a tell-all about an elderly and ailing parent is just . . . uhhh . . *cringe.* If I remember correctly, both ex-hubby Gary Merrill (Bill Sampson :x ) and their son came to Davis's defense. Back on topic - hope Beyond the Forest can escape from legal limbo someday and reach our TV screens. I have no idea what I'll think of the movie, but I'd love to hear for myself that iconic line delivered at least once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 jakeem, that "Washed my hair" line is my favorite of Bette's. Dothery, what did Bette's daughter MEAN when she said her mother "Had sinned"? That's a very general and ambiguous term. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Dothery, what did Bette's daughter MEAN when she said her mother "Had sinned"? That's a very general and ambiguous term. No idea. She came across as a religious extremist. I couldn't make head nor tail of what she was talking about. I don't remember her pinning it down to any one thing; just that Bette had "sinned," that was all. That was enough to make her sever relations with her. I have a feeling she didn't go along with B.D.'s way-out born-again views. She was a very strange woman. She reminded me of the Red Queen ... "Off with their heads!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Froy Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Not to go all **** retentive, but there is no friends in the bumpy ride quote, not that Bette/Margo didn't have friends in that flick. The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Bette Davis. You go, girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misswonderly3 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I had a feeling I might have been wrong about the "friends" bit in that famous line. But I think I like it better that way. I say, the line should read the way I thought it did. Hey ,what does Joseph Mankiewicz's writing have on misswonderly's? (don't answer that.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Froy Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 I agree. Those Screenwriting Academy Awards are vastly overvalued. Actually, I sometimes can't remember if it's a bumpy ride or a bumpy night. But it is definitely going to be bumpy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Oh, yeah, she says it, but in a throwaway fashion. It's not like it's been hyped up over the years by others (LOL)..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I read B.D.'s book after it came out. It was written after she found the Lord and to set Bette straight (as if Bette was going to change her ways by that point being an old and sick lady). It was Bette mostly being Bette. I've no doubt a lot of it was probably true, but it wasnt in the realm of Mommy Dearest. Mostly Bette acting like the diva she was (fueled by alcohol) and mother-in-law from hell. I did laugh a lot because parts were funny, but it was such a mean spirited book and written by someone who was so holier than thou...Bette did a lot for B.D. in life despite her shortcomings .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Good post Hibi, Agree with you. When it comes to these tell all books, you really can't believe everything you read, especially when there's an agenda of money, revenge or publicity involved. I feel the same way about Mommie Dearest. Some reliable sources have said that there's a lot of truth in the book, other reliable sources say not. Either way, most likely there's some exageration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I admit I'm cynical about people with little to no talent that write books about successfull family members. These books have to have 'juice' otherwise no publisher would want to print them. This leads the author to exagerate. To what extent? Well only those involved know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Did Bette ever compare notes with Richard Widmark about the joys of pushing someone down the stairs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Froy Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 It's possible. I would hazard the guess that Bette got more enjoyment pushing Joan down the stairs than Dicky got by pushing Mildred down the stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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