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All About Eve (1950)
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Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Mary Orr
Cast Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
Plot A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
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Director Robert Aldrich
Writer Henry Farrell, Lukas Heller
Cast Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
Plot A former vaudeville child star torments her paraplegic sister, who eclipsed her as a movie star, in their decaying Hollywood mansion while desperately clinging to hopes of a comeback.
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Now, Voyager (1942)
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Director Irving Rapper
Writer Casey Robinson, Olive Higgins Prouty
Cast Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Plot A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
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The Little Foxes (1941)
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Director William Wyler
Writer Lillian Hellman, Arthur Kober, Dorothy Parker
Cast Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
Plot The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the Deep South at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Jezebel (1938)
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Director William Wyler
Writer Clements Ripley, Abem Finkel, John Huston
Cast Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent
Plot In 1850s Louisiana, a free-spirited Southern belle loses her fiancé due to her stubborn vanity and pride, and vows to win him back.
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The Letter (1940)
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Director William Wyler
Writer W. Somerset Maugham, Howard Koch, Andree Levy
Cast Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
Plot The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense, but a letter written in her own hand may prove her undoing.
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The Petrified Forest (1936)
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Director Archie Mayo
Writer Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves, Robert E. Sherwood
Cast Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis
Plot A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
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Dark Victory (1939)
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Director Edmund Goulding
Writer Casey Robinson, George Emerson Brewer Jr., Bertram Bloch
Cast Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart
Plot A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
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Director Robert Aldrich
Writer Henry Farrell, Lukas Heller
Cast Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten
Plot An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
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Director William Keighley
Writer Julius J. Epstein, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart
Cast Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley
Plot An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.
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Mr. Skeffington (1944)
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Director Vincent Sherman
Writer Julius J. Epstein, Elizabeth von Arnim
Cast Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Walter Abel
Plot Popular and beautiful Fanny Trellis enters into a loveless marriage with an older man, Jewish banker Job Skeffington, in order to save her beloved brother Trippy from an embezzlement charge.
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Of Human Bondage (1934)
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Director John Cromwell
Writer Lester Cohen, W. Somerset Maugham, Ann Coleman
Cast Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Frances Dee
Plot A young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.
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Dead Ringer (1963)
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Director Paul Henreid
Writer Albert Beich, Oscar Millard, Rian James
Cast Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford
Plot The working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
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Director Anatole Litvak
Writer Rachel Field, Casey Robinson
Cast Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn
Plot A duchess' irrational behavior toward her children's governess triggers tragic events that will change her family's lives forever.
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Marked Woman (1937)
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Director Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz
Writer Robert Rossen, Abem Finkel, Seton I. Miller
Cast Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane
Plot A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.
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In This Our Life (1942)
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Director John Huston, Raoul Walsh
Writer Howard Koch, Ellen Glasgow
Cast Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent
Plot The day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband. Her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé.
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Norman Reilly Raine, a†neas MacKenzie, Maxwell Anderson
Cast Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
Plot A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex.
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The Old Maid (1939)
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Director Edmund Goulding
Writer Casey Robinson, Zoe Akins, Edith Wharton
Cast Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent
Plot The arrival of an ex-lover on a young woman's wedding day sets in motion a chain of events which will alter her and her cousin's lives forever.
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Kid Galahad (1937)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Seton I. Miller, Francis Wallace
Cast Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart
Plot Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts after the now-named Kid Galahad falls for his sister.
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
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Director Frank Capra
Writer Hal Kanter, Harry Tugend, Robert Riskin
Cast Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange
Plot New York bootlegger Dave the Dude and his girlfriend Elizabeth "Queenie" Martin try to turn boozy street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when Annie learns that her daughter Louise is marrying the son of a Spanish count.
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The Nanny (1965)
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Director Seth Holt
Writer Jimmy Sangster, Marryam Modell
Cast Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
Plot There's just something not quite right when Bette Davis stars as an English nanny. And is her 10-year-old charge an emotionally disturbed murderer or just an insolent brat?
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Watch on the Rhine (1943)
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Director Herman Shumlin, Hal Mohr
Writer Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman
Cast Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Plot A German-born engineer, his American wife and their children travel from Mexico to the United States to visit her family, but a Romanian count complicates their plans.
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Old Acquaintance (1943)
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Director Vincent Sherman
Writer John Van Druten, Lenore J. Coffee, Edmund Goulding
Cast Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young
Plot Old friends Kit Marlowe and Millie Drake adopt contrasting lifestyles: Kit is a single, critically acclaimed author while married Millie writes popular pulp novels.
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Three on a Match (1932)
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Director Mervyn LeRoy
Writer Lucien Hubbard, Kubec Glasmon, John Bright
Cast Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis
Plot Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
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A Stolen Life (1946)
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Director Curtis Bernhardt
Writer Catherine Turney, Margaret Buell Wilder, Karel J. Benes
Cast Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clark
Plot When a woman's twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before.
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Deception (1946)
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Director Irving Rapper
Writer John Collier, Joseph Than, Louis Verneuil
Cast Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
Plot After marrying her long-lost love, a musician finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
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The Corn Is Green (1945)
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Director Irving Rapper
Writer Casey Robinson, Frank Cavett, Emlyn Williams
Cast Bette Davis, John Dall, Nigel Bruce
Plot A schoolteacher becomes the mentor of a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.
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The Great Lie (1941)
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Director Edmund Goulding
Writer Lenore J. Coffee, Polan Banks
Cast Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor
Plot After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.
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The Catered Affair (1956)
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Director Richard Brooks
Writer Gore Vidal, Paddy Chayefsky
Cast Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds
Plot When Jane Hurley tells her parents Tom (a struggling cab driver) and Agnes (a domestic engineer) that she is marrying Ralph Halloran, Agnes starts planning a big wedding, even though Jane and Ralph don't want it and Tom cannot aff...
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It's Love I'm After (1937)
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Director Archie Mayo
Writer Casey Robinson, Maurice Hanline
Cast Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland
Plot An actor of the stage finds himself pursued by a lovestruck fan while trying to patch up a tempestuous relationship with his actress lover.
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Dangerous (1935)
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Director Alfred E. Green
Writer Laird Doyle
Cast Bette Davis, Franchot Tone, Margaret Lindsay
Plot An alcoholic actress who is considered a dangerous jinx is rehabilitated, but she then shows that she's as dangerous as ever.
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The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
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Director William Keighley
Writer Kenneth Earl, M.M. Musselman, Julius J. Epstein
Cast James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin
Plot A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.
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The Star (1952)
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Director Stuart Heisler
Writer Dale Eunson, Katherine Albert
Cast Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood
Plot A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a comeback.
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Lewis E. Lawes, Wilson Mizner, Brown Holmes
Cast Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron
Plot Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing prison cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but the tough but compassionate warden is able to effect change in him.
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Another Man's Poison (1951)
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Director Irving Rapper
Writer Leslie Sands, Val Guest
Cast Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams
Plot A mystery writer becomes involved in a tangled web of murderous deception not unlike the plots of her novels.
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Hollywood Canteen (1944)
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Director Delmer Daves
Writer Delmer Daves
Cast Bette Davis, John Garfield, The Andrews Sisters
Plot Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
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Director Jean Negulesco
Writer Nunnally Johnson, I.A.R. Wylie
Cast Bette Davis, Shelley Winters, Gary Merrill
Plot While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers. After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead frie...
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Juarez (1939)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer John Huston, a†neas MacKenzie, Wolfgang Reinhardt
Cast Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Brian Aherne
Plot Louis Napoleon III (Claude Rains) takes advantage of the American Civil War to circumvent the Monroe Doctrine and expand his power by helping Emperor Maximilian von Habsburg (Brian Aherne) to add Mexico to his empire.
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Beyond the Forest (1949)
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Director King Vidor
Writer Lenore J. Coffee, Stuart Engstrand
Cast Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian
Plot Resentful of her small-town life, a married woman schemes to run off with a rich businessman.
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The Anniversary (1968)
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Director Roy Ward Baker, Alvin Rakoff
Writer Jimmy Sangster, Bill MacIlwraith
Cast Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley
Plot Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.
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The Virgin Queen (1955)
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Director Henry Koster
Writer Harry Brown, Mindret Lord
Cast Bette Davis, Richard Todd, Joan Collins
Plot Sir Walter Raleigh (Richard Todd) overcomes court intrigue to win favor with Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
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The Scapegoat (1959)
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Director Robert Hamer
Writer Daphne Du Maurier, Robert Hamer, Gore Vidal
Cast Alec Guinness, Bette Davis, Nicole Maurey
Plot An English schoolteacher meets his lookalike, a French count; and unwillingly swaps identities with him.
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June Bride (1948)
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Director Bretaigne Windust
Writer Ranald MacDougall, Eileen Tighe, Graeme Lorimer
Cast Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter
Plot A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...
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The Sisters (1938)
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Director Anatole Litvak
Writer Milton Krims, Myron Brinig, Julius J. Epstein
Cast Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Anita Louise
Plot Three daughters of a small town pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
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The Whales of August (1987)
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Director Lindsay Anderson
Writer David Berry
Cast Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Vincent Price
Plot Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
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Fashions of 1934 (1934)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer F. Hugh Herbert, Carl Erickson, Harry Collins
Cast William Powell, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh
Plot When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
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Bordertown (1935)
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Director Archie Mayo
Writer Laird Doyle, Wallace Smith, Robert Lord
Cast Paul Muni, Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay
Plot In Mexico, a former lawyer becomes the invaluable second-in-command to a casino owner, whose wife begins to fall for him.
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Jimmy the Gent (1934)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Bertram Millhauser, Laird Doyle, Ray Nazarro
Cast James Cagney, Bette Davis, Allen Jenkins
Plot An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.
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La noia aka The Empty Canvas (1963)
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Director Damiano Damiani
Writer Alberto Moravia, Damiano Damiani, Roberto De Leonardis
Cast Bette Davis, Horst Buchholz, Catherine Spaak
Plot The son of a dead Italian nobleman and a wealthy American woman forgets the disappointment of finding he has no talent for being a painter by succumbing to the sexual advances of an amoral model who believes in indiscriminate love...
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Payment on Demand (1951)
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Director Curtis Bernhardt
Writer Bruce Manning, Curtis Bernhardt
Cast Bette Davis, Barry Sullivan, Jane Cowl
Plot The film is about divorce but with flashbacks as to why divorce occurs.
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The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Paul Green, Harry Harrison Kroll
Cast Richard Barthelmess, Bette Davis, Dorothy Jordan
Plot A tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.
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The Working Man (1933)
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Director John G. Adolfi
Writer Charles Kenyon, Maude T. Howell, Edgar Franklin
Cast George Arliss, Bette Davis, Theodore Newton
Plot The vacationing head of a successful shoe company is placed as his rival's trustee, unbeknownst to them.
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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
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Director John Hough, Vincent McEveety
Writer Brian Clemens, Harry Spalding, Rosemary Anne Sisson
Cast Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards
Plot When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.
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Fog Over Frisco (1934)
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Director William Dieterle
Writer Robert N. Lee, George Dyer, Eugene Solow
Cast Bette Davis, Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay
Plot The lifestyles of Arlene and Valkyr Bradford, half-sisters from a respected San Francisco family, diverge markedly as Arlene takes up with criminals.
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Front Page Woman (1935)
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Director Michael Curtiz
Writer Laird Doyle, Lillie Hayward, Roy Chanslor
Cast Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns
Plot A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.
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Storm Center (1956)
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Director Daniel Taradash
Writer Daniel Taradash, Elick Moll
Cast Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter
Plot During the 1950s, a small-town librarian is shunned by the locals after she refuses the City Council's request to remove a book on Communism from the library's shelves.
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That Certain Woman (1937)
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Director Edmund Goulding
Writer Edmund Goulding
Cast Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise
Plot Mary Donnell, a young legal secretary with a past, elopes with a client's son, but his father has the marriage annulled without knowing she's pregnant.
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Ex-Lady (1933)
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Director Robert Florey
Writer Edith Fitzgerald, Robert Riskin, David Boehm
Cast Bette Davis, Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh
Plot Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
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The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
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Director Alfred E. Green
Writer Charles Kenyon, Hubert Henry Davies
Cast Bette Davis, Ian Hunter, Colin Clive
Plot A lawyer impulsively marries a stranger after his fiancée dumps him.
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Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
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Director John Hough
Writer Malcolm Marmorstein, Alexander Key
Cast Bette Davis, Christopher Lee, Kim Richards
Plot Tia and Tony visit Los Angeles, but he's quickly kidnapped by an evil scientist, leaving her to desperately search for him.
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The Man Who Played God (1932)
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Director John G. Adolfi
Writer Jules Eckert Goodman, Gouverneur Morris, Julien Josephson
Cast George Arliss, Bette Davis, Violet Heming
Plot After losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.
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The Dark Horse (1932)
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Director Alfred E. Green
Writer Joseph Jackson, Wilson Mizner, Courtney Terrett
Cast Warren William, Bette Davis, Guy Kibbee
Plot Jailbird is hired to lead a dimwitted candidate's campaign for governor.
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The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)
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Cast Bette Davis, David Ackroyd, Rosanna Arquette
Plot Unhappy advertising company employee Nicholas Constantine, his wife Beth, and their daughter Kate move to the quiet New England village of Cornwall Combe, and soon become deeply involved in the town's mysterious rituals.
