'Deary boy, you are out of your mind. This woman will annihilate you, she will grind you to a fine powder and blow you away.' Director
Joseph Mankiewicz recalls the warning he was given by a colleague when he offered Bette Davis the lead role in All about Eve.
As a tribute to Bette Davis , who died earlier this month,
Arena is showing again a programme that includes an interview filmed prior to her 75th birthday. With great candour, she discusses a career that spanned a turbulent half century and included not only two Oscars and ten nominations but also years in the wilderness.
Contributors: Anne Baxter , Geraldine Fitzgerald ,
Olivia de Havilland and Joseph Mankiewicz. Narrator Ian Holm.
Series editors ANTHONY WALL and NIGEL FINCH (R)