Larger Than Life

“You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way."-Bette Davis.

[the-marriage-of-heaven-and-hell]

Bette Davis photographed by Milton Greene, 1952

[hollywoodlady]

In my view, she’s one of the all-time great movie stars and actresses. I thought she was a great beauty, too. I just loved her looks. She is still quite a character, very determined and strong, and she refuses to concede an inch. I suppose that is what has kept her alive. - Lauren Bacall

[julia-loves-bette-davis]

Anne Baxter & Bette Davis in All About Eve, 1950

[julia-loves-bette-davis]

Bette Davis in Ex-Lady, 1933

[normajeaned]

Then you mean, all this time we could’ve been friends?  

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

[msgretagarbo]

“A man doesn’t tell a woman what to do. She tells herself.”

Notorious (1946), dir. Alfred Hitchcock.

[myrnasloy]

[clarulitas]

Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938)

[clarulitas]

Swing Time (1936)

[julia-loves-bette-davis]

Bette Davis in Juarez, 1939

[dulcez]

Bette Davis, 1983

[lovenormajeane]

Marilyn Monroe on the set of Something's Got to Give, 1962

[bettedavis111-deactivated201703]

AFI’s Greatest American Screen Legends (from left to right) #1-10

[onceandfuturekiki]

Greta Garbo’s sound films

[avagardner]

Olivia de Havilland, Charles Boyer and James Cagney on the set of The Strawberry Blonde, 1940.

[jerseystylephotography]

John Garfield. Lana Turner.

The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Whew.

[claudiacardinalebeauty-deactiva]

[claudiarosecardinale]

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