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Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Documentary about Hollywood star Bette Davis, spanning her life and career from the 1920s to the 1980s, on stage and on screen, including an interview with the actress herself. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Ian Holm
Interviewed Guest:
Bette Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Baxter
Interviewed Guest:
Olivia de Havilland
Interviewed Guest:
Joseph L Mankiewicz
Executive Producer:
Alan Yentob

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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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Orson Welles's period drama telling the story of a wilful son of the proud Amberson family, who destroys his mother's hopes of marrying her first love - a recent widower. Show more

Contributors

Eugene Morgan:
Joseph Cotten
Isabel Amberson Minfaer:
Dolores Costello
George Amberson:
Tim Holt
Fanny Amberson:
Agnes Moorehead
Roger Bronson:
Erskine Sanford
Major Amberson:
Richard Bennett
Producer:
Orson Welles
Director:
Orson Welles