Rare Bette Davis special Interview with Dick Cavett. Spilling old Hollywood gossip
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The Dick Cavett Show: Bette Davis (1971)
If you're a fan of the Dick Cavett Show then you already know what a great interviewer he was. If you're unfamiliar with him then you'll certainly enjoy his show because he managed to go just about anywhere with whoever he had on the show. Today, when looking back on this show, you can't help but be very grateful for it because he hosted a number of legends and we usually got a lot of great information from them.
The legendary Bette Davis too the set for this wonderful interview that has her talking about kissing her leading men, how she lost her virginity, a joke about Joan Crawford and various other topics. What's so great about Cavett is that he can take on a serious discussion of her career but then throw in a wonderful off-topic conversation. Davis is certainly on fire here as she tells some great stories and there's no question that her chemistry with Cavett is top-notch. Fans of both will certainly want to watch this episode.
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Bette and Dick really enjoyed each other’s company. Her appearances on his show are just the best. She’s relaxed, funny and up for anything.
I wished I got her signature long time ago but computers were not available to find a way to get her autograph.
@@homegown1234 My uncle, born 1913, was stationed in CA during the war and got her autograph at the Hollywood Canteen. He said she was sitting at a table with her house slippers dangling on her feet. The autograph did not survive, but he did until 2006.
Well I didn’t have Bette Davis introducing Barry Manilow as her pianist on my bingo card for this interview.
What….!!!🤔
How camp is that?!
Your obscure joke has gone over my head.
Bette… my goodness she was a living goddess. They really broke the mold. Rip Bette ❤❤
I totally agree. She is one of a kind. ❤️
Ahh, the perks of being 17: I could stay up as late as I wanted on a “school night.” I was a on a culture kick, so I never missed the Dick Cavett Show. On my one trip to NYC I was determined to sit in the audience of the Cavett show. Midtown Manhattan, 1 p.m. I arrive at the theater and query anyone in line with an extra ticket. 10 min. before showtime I score a seat. Bandleader Bobby Rosengarden is playing the intro theme. I’m finally going to see my favorite late-night talk show host! The moment I’ve been waiting for: announcer Fred Foy says, “Ladies and gentleman here’s STEVE ALLEN!” Missed opportunity: Cavett was on vacation :( There is a happy ending: five years later when Cavett moved to PBS I got a front-row seat as he interviewed legendary director George Cukor.
awww....Greaat story...thank you!!
Such History! Personal to you of course, but still the rest of us recall these late night shows, and especially Dick Cavette and David Lettermen. Thank you for sharing.!
She was the greatest actress of motion pictures. Gloria Swanson was the greatest silent movie actress and Dick Cavett was the greatest talk show host there ever was.
I totally agree
@@RoseMakesIt Cavett worked for Carson. Cavett was a more thorough interviewer, more in depth and longer interviews. Carson was a better entertainer as evidenced by his 30 year tenure at the top.
Oh I agree wholeheartedly Dick Calvert was a better interviewer than Carson,
Not that Johnny Carson wasn't good because he was. It's just that Dick Calvert what is the more on a deeper level of interviewing and very well reed. I will admit dick was a person with dry humor. With all that being said he certainly is a true intellectual.
I agree about Bette & Dick but I think Garbo was greater actress even in her silent films ...
Miss Bette Davis was not endowed with a marvelous singing voice but she can certaily carry a tune. She was endowed however with a genial acting talent. They definitely broke the mold after she was born. No one can match her to this day.❤
genial?
Genial- gracious, likeable. These are an understetement of course. She had an iconic talent for acting which was never matched.
@@roziakibli4490 Why yes, genial, even when she is greedy, murderous. Especially genial in "Of Human Bondage."
I love watching Bette being interviewed,she doesn't care what she says ,and she can't sing sing a note😂😂😂😂😂💖💖💖but God she got guts ,Rest in peace Bette amen,🌹😘👍🌈💖
bette**
She would have your guts for garters for calling her Betty!!! It’s BETTE, and don’t you ever forget it looolol 😉
That's all yall focusing on? This long ass interview and you're talking about that 🤣
@@chayo4537 wow your Grammer is very bad ,that's all yall ,there's such thing as school,
Look at how she keeps the thought alive at the end of every sentence in her reading. Her skill shines through unequivocally, clear and strong.
Her epitaph is the best SHE DID IT THE. HARD WAY. It's so Bette
I love you Bette. I miss you so much. So great to see Barry Manilow.
Stunning in eighty ways.
I absolutely agree. She's so fabulous 🤩
I loved Mrs Davies performances, thanks for these Betty's memories.
I had no idea she could sing like that- Hush hush sweet Charlotte? So lovely 😻
Thank you for uploading....Much thanks to Dick Cavett for having the intelligence to invite the great Bette Davis for this extended interview.
I loved every bit! Bette and Dick were both class acts!
It was always fun watching these two friends together, playing off of one another!
Thank you 🤗 Seattle
So cool that Barry Manilow played for her
Oh that was so fascinating…I could have watched double the length, and I love the real affection and respect they have for each other too.
As Bette said , music is so vital in movies, the music in Dead Ringer was my favorite, a truly haunting and magnificent score which captures the essence of the whole drama .
I agree with you, but my favorite movie score is Moon River, from Breakfast At Tiffany's. Does anyone agree? I'm not taking anything away for your favorite.
@@donaldcasey3990 Musical scores I particularly like are Max Steiner's for "Gone With the Wind", John Williams's for "The Poseidon Adventure" and Jerry Goldsmith's for "Basic Instinct".
@@donaldcasey3990 I hated Moon River when I was forced to sing it in a quartet at my Junior-Senior banquet in 1963!
The music from "once upon a Time in the West" is my favorite
@@manuelcampuzano558 One of the greatest film scores ever (by Ennio Morricone).
Shes scary and adorable at the same time
Hahaha I agree
@@RoseMakesIt 🙂
What a wonderful show to watch...I wish it would have gone on for hours and hours...I love how at ease they are with each other and the little jabs are funny to watch. And yes, I agree with Bette, Dick did look beautiful in that tux.
This show was truly THE show! BAnd no other can compare to this great idol of mine
100% agree with u.
Yes! I agree Barry Manilow is the best!
i love the way she talks. she spaces out her sentences so they finish and then abruptly carry onto the next onesand has some funney emphases on certain words ending in Y or ies.
Look at Berry Manilow ! Skinny young thing 😮 lol
Thanks for posting, she looks so chic here
She is so damn interesting!! And Mr. Cavett is great interviewer.
That Dark Victory reading was wonderful!! I suddenly clicked in and was with them all the way, especially when the doctor was asking Judith to place herself in his hands…wonderful!!
WHAT A FASCINATING WOMAN !
Sweet Barry Manilow on the piano
Baby Barry! I love it!
Barry already a gentleman charmer and great accompanist!
I love this interview👍👍👍👍she was well 😵😵😵😵😵😘🙌🙌🙌🍷🍷🍷🍷🙌🙌🙌😂😘💖
betty davis will always reign supreme..smiles
Queen...❤😂🎉
Those bow ties are SO ludicrously large lol!! That’s just about the only thing that ‘dates’ this. I’ve never read that book, but I’m going to make a point of getting it now!! God, I love Bette so much…what an incredible legendary one off individual. We will never see the likes of her again that’s for sure!!
Remarkable pair!!
I agree with Whitney that Now Voyager was her best. Gorgeous film. I always thought that also. Voyager and Dark Victory. I also adored the Letter and All About Eve.
I think she was most proud of All About Eve as it was her comeback film and she was older and it really cemented her icon status.
Love Bette Davis ! My favorites of her movies are The Little Foxes, The Letter, and All About Eve.
Omg. She is gorgeous
I have often watched Dick cavett on UA-cam and remember some of his show with some back in the day this was one of the best I've ever seen I have never seen an actor or actress do a scene and read with the person who is interviewing them I thought they did a great job I loved it just love it I've always loved that if it's movies all the ones I've seen and she was a good actress constant actress I think God bestowed upon her that ultimate gift and how I love her and interviews she's clear she's precise concise and honest there never be another Betty Davis there are things that happen only once in life that's how that comes along sometimes once in life and she was it you'll never find another Betty Davis there could be no copies no matter how you try to imitate her you can't just don't try she was it and I think the movie industry is better for it. Rest in peace Betty
Well I don't think she was robbed of it, because if I'm not mistaking didn't Ann Bancroft get it the Miracle Worker. That was in my opinion SO WELL Deserved.
Take a breath & add a few periods. Your comments are sincere but difficult to track❤
My favorite Bette Davis film is In This Our Life
Fabulous work ethic this woman had . Legend ❤
Worst kisser, Ms Davis later divulged, was Edward G Robinson.
Gross, those liver lips.
Oh no!😮💨
This is who I thought it must be! Does not have a pleasant looking mouth ...
Just saw What ever happen to Baby Jane, an amazing performance by Bette Davis
She struggled to find the key for “Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.” This makes me love her more. No fear!❤
Superb interview....that is all❤
Thank you very much! Never saw that one
Wow Bette what a woman 😊 never another like her ❤
The best of the best. ❤
Thanks for posting this. According to multiple sources, Miriam Hopkins (whom Davis cruelly tears into in this interview on national television) died on October 9, 1972. So this show must have been sometime after that, not 1971 as stated.
Dick Cavett season 9 episode 15, air date Sep 19, 1974.
" She's My Favorite 💞. Love her 😻❤️🔥😻
I LOVE REPEATING THIS PART MANY TIMES 1:03:26
Joan Crawford in 'All About Eve'?! LOL!!!
Hahaha I love their banter. She seems so relaxed around him.
In a more perfect world Barry Manilow would have gotten some hazardous duty pay, good on him for being able to hold it all together. That's a real true sign of a professional.
Barry manilow has always been and still one of my singers and song writers, no one has come close maybe with exception of Lionel Richie.
@@donaldcasey3990 I remember when Barry was on American Bandstand and he was playing his new release Mandy. I imagine it was an honor to play piano for Betty Davis and I admire his ability to concentrate so well that it blanks out any noise he may be hearing while playing the piano. No offense but Betty Davis has never been one to belt out a tune and this was proof. Besides I was more into Marlene Dietrich
@@joeows6537 joe I appreciate your comment, and your right, Mrs Davis was belter. But JUDY does it for me. Tell what you think.
So fantastic!!!! 🥰
LOVE ❤️ HER
Wow, never seen this one. Thanks!👍
A very young and skinny Barry Manilow!
I'd loooove to kiss you but I've just wash my hair ❤😂
Saw Barry in Vegas 2009. Saw him in casino and said, "Barry, do TRYING TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN. He looked at me.
That was really lovely to watch.
I kive rhat Barry Manilow was accompanying her! 💟
Love the peekaboo reveal midway!
Me too! She is soooo fabulous 🤩
time stamp please?
She's a fabulous actress. Singing?
But thrilling on screen.
I hope a professional will bring this footage back to its original clarity.
It's a record of a great artist.
That style of singing is called “Parlando”. It’s when an actor speak-sings. Rex Harrison used to do it a lot. I actually love it when they do parlando. It’s entertaining and always about the words not the music.
I miss her. ☮️💟
singing "Hush, Hush, ..." she reminds me of Baby Jane
Love her , with a good script and a good director Nobody could match Bette Davis, The Best Actress that ever lived , eg Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte , Whatever Happened to Baby Jane , there will never be another . "Thank You Miss D " xxxoo❤
The way that Whitney lights her cigarette speaks to how much he respected her. You won't find an expression of body language these days that does it the same way
Bette Davis and Ruth Chatterton are my touchstones!!!!
Marvellous!
Wow, a VERY young Barry Manilow. A true talent.
Omg! A young Barry Manilow accompanying Bette Davis on the piano. How camp is that????!!!!!!!! Was this one of his first television performances?
Not at all. Manilow was active since the early 1960s. This is 1974, he's already a superstar that year. He had already been on the Tonight Show playing with Bette Midler.
I just watched her introduce "They're Either Too Young ..." in _Thank You're Lucky Stars_ ... she wasn't a good singer when she was younger, either
I just love this man !
Wig-check, makeup - check, Bette Davis sings and Dick Cavett presents and interviews the legendary Miss Bette Davis. Great show.
NB The wig, the make up, the cigarette, the glasses... How to create an icon. Great Dick Cavett Show with the legendary Bette Davis.
Lovvve Bette & Dick Cavett together...alllllways amazing interviews!! Lovvve her giggles & laughs..she truly enjoys being with him..and he brings out the best in her!:)..still laughing that she made him wear a tux!..lol..how cuute & funny is that.. surely bec she knew she'd be dressed to the Nines!..& like it was a 'date', & it was...just not a 'romantic' one but better, & one they both looked forward to:))
I think she was very attracted to Dick. I don’t blame her. He was gorgeous.
That is Barry Manilow for God's sake!
So? Permanently associated with the '70s, and should have been left behind there.
If this show was indeed taped in 1971, Miriam Hopkins was still alive. She died on October 9, 1972.
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The elevator music plays the tune Million Dollar Baby or Danced with the Prince of Wales. In a building in Chicago. I tried to dance...
This would be 1974, not 1971.
The "unknown" Barry Manilow
Hahaha right. Nice of them to give an up and coming musician some screen time 😂
@@RoseMakesItNot so nice. Manilow was already signed as a solo artist and was working with Clive Davis, and Davis was pushing Manilow's career. All that screen time, name drops, and chit-chat was in Manilow's appearance contract signed by his agent and lawyer and Cavett's. In some ways you could consider this that Clive Davis got Bette Davis to promote Manilow on TV!
I love Bette, she was hilarious and some character. She was a great actress BUT she could NOT sing! But she certainly tried and that’s confidence and admirable. ❤
this was 1974 not 1971, and how i know that is he mentioned the show he had the honor of doing with Katharine Hepburn which was in late 73.
Also, Mother Goddam was released in 1974, and The Six Million Dollar Man (promo'd in VO at the end) was 1974.
Yes, the original 1971 interview with her and Cavett is posted elsewhere on UA-cam ..It's the interview that they are referring to at the beginning of this one. This is definitely 1794
He interviewed her again in 1977, she was very happy and chatty. About to watch this one now. I'm not sure what year this is from because it says 1971 but when asked whether Miriam Hopkins is alive, she says no but she died not till October 1972, aged 69. She also seems to mention the 1977 interview with Dick, so I am confused. What was this filmed or aired?
Fascinating. Thank you for posting this. Bette Davis was a class act. In a prior Cavett interview with her, he appeared to have a crush on her and she may have sensed it, so I wonder if she chose the song, 'Too Young or Too Old' with him in mind? Anyway, his tacky 'humorous' question, whether she molested the author when he was eight, was way out of bounds, and when he added that he was molested at eight, it just made it weirder. And Bette's body language absolutely revealed her disgust. Not cool, Richard. Keep your Scorpio nature in check, dude.
Good analysis. Cavett often overstepped IMO. As for example with Bacall. He played that crush-on card with her also.
And he wasnt always well prepared. Study your guests history so that your questions arent irritating for them. Parkinson and Osborne were more interesting IMO.
I actually think he pretended to have a crush only. They were very old women and he was young. He was being debonair to them. I do though, think that the truth is moreso that Bette had a crush on him. She seems very taken by him and very ga ga when around him. He was gorgeous and charming after all.
She was a great actress. Singer? Uh, no.
Yes, but this is not about the singing. It's the association (then) in the public's mind with creepy grotesque songs, which started- I think with Baby Jane. "I've written a letter to daddy" is one of best and saddest performances in movies. The voice fits the character
"She was a Vocal stylist 🎶"... She didn't sing like Judy Garland. She had such immense Screen Chops. 👏
Also robbed for ALL ABOUT EVE and DARK VICTORY!
Bette Davis was age 63
Великая мировая актриса
I’m sorry but I can’t with this wig 😭😂
No it's very cute on the old dame.
OK...but first let me take this wig off.
Bette should have had a fabulous music career as well! She is another Adele or Celine Dion! What a voice! Bravo, Miss Davis, Bravo!!!!
Love Bette Davis and Dick Cavett but the quality of the the tape is so poor you can hardly make out either of them. Just blurs.
49:25 just wanted to timestamp the singular they
I have the LP record "Miss Bette Davis Sings" and she sang the majority of the notes in tune...but surely she was no singer!
Taking your comment at face value, then Cavett was unkindly ribbing her when he asked Manilow his opinion on her as a "singer."
Unfortunately, she was unable to realize the obvious -- that smoking ruined her voice.
Yeah unfortunately I think that was the fate of a lot of people of that generation. I used to be a personal chef to Lucille Ball doctor and he said that the same thing happened to her. At the end of her life her voice sounded like it got stuck in a garbage disposal.
@January ..sorry...age was the factor bec singing was never her career, so she never had to keep up w. vocal training. Older Greats who can still sing realllly well usually stay in training.. Lovvvve you Bette!!:)
@@AndiB111 WRONG. She was able to sing decently in the only movie she sang in, made in the 1940s during WW2.
Ruined her health too. Smoking .
I’m lost. So before that biography……no one had wrote one without getting the stars approval? Huh? That’s just not true.
OMG!!! ... look how young Barely Man-Enough is.
This singing is excruciating. Freakishly like Baby Jane.
Can you upload this in a higher quality? 1080 if possible. It's sooooooooooo blurry
Perhaps downgrading your phone may be simpler.
Wow Barry Manilow right before he made it big.
I wonder if Barry knew then he would become a superstar later on.
No, but he knew things were happening for him. "Barry Manilow II" was release in 1974 and from that "Mandy" became a #1 hit in January 1975.