How Bette Davis Saved My Life
"How Bette Davis Saved My Life: Life Lessons From Classic Hollywood" (not original name), the ultimate in "kitchen table" critiquing comes to life in the form of two former co-workers turned podcast hosts, Georgia and Moiya, (Bette's Ladies) sharing their love for not only the one and only Bette Davis, but classic Hollywood movies in general with their take on what can be gleaned from them if not just looked at as solely entertainment.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Bette!: "A Stolen Life" (1946)
Bette Davis co-stars with Glen Ford in this drama as twin sisters (Pat and Katie) who are rivals in love and life.
What happens when one of them switches identities with the other to capture the othe…
Our Christmas Gifts to You: Perfume, Flowers, and A Home
Three non-traditional Christmas movies for your holiday enjoyment!
"Perfume" (1991) One wild soap opera; sex, women in biz , infidelity, mental illness, addiction just to get started! But the early …
Middle-aged Women Beware!: FEAR + THE WALL= "The Sty of The Blind Pig" (1974) and "Reckless" (1997)
Alberta, "The Sty of The Blind Pig" and Anna, "Reckless" could not be from more different backgrounds, yet they both make the same type of rash and irrational (IMO) decisions based on fear and anger …
All The Single Ladies...Beware!: "The Night of The Hunter" (1955)
Robert Mitchum does the most...acting and scaring in this classicly underrated at the time, Charles Laughton directed masterpiece. Watch Shelly Winters and her children become victims of one of thee…
Ya Mama!: "Tarnished Lady" (1931)
Can Tallulah Bankhead's, Nancy, survive: Her manipulative mother? A frenemy? A lost love? And, a SUPPORTIVE RICH HUSBAND?! Wait...one of these things is not like the other! Find out in this pre-co…
Kay Slays: "In Name Only" (1939)
Kay Francis is an ice queen playing 3-D chess with Cary Grant and Carole Lombards's emotions (and everyone else's) as she refuses to grant him a divorce that will grant him happiness with the woman h…
Are All Mistresses The Same?: 1950s v. 1980s
"About Mrs. Leslie" (1954) stars pre TV's "Hazel" Shirley Booth and Robert Ryan. "His Mistress" (1984) stars Robert Urich and Julianne Phillips. Let's compare and contrast the similar paths these t…
"Footloose" (1984:) Deeper Than Dance
This 80's iconic musical, comedy, drama starring Kevin Bacon and John Lithgow still rocks today! Join us for our next Facebook Live this Saturday, 9/16, 11am CST for an all new "Late To The Party" ep…
STEELLLAAA!!!!...Dallas (1937)
Yes! Get the tissue ready for tears of sorrow and laughter because Georgia and I have a blast with Tom and Norman from Ultimate Fashion History! Listen to our recent Facebook Live as we talk about ho…
Bette vs. Joan: Almost 100 years later... Why Do Fans Still Need This?
The feud between these two classic Hollywood acting titans was epic and literally brutal. Fans still engage in this battle-with positions and sides clearly drawn. Will it ever end? Do we want it to? …
Bette's Back!: "Ex-lady" (1933)
We were live on Facebook! Bette Davis and Gene Raymond steam up pre-code Hollywood in this sensual taboo, romantic drama about a progressive, unmarried career woman and her beau testing the boundarie…
"Spring Time For Hit..." Well...You Know: "The Producers" (1967)
Only Mel Brooks could've taken WWII and made it a cinematic comedy classic! Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel and Dick Shawn are just a few who assist Brooks in making us uncomfortably, gleeful with this rip …