BETTE DAVIS - ORIGINAL VINTAGE PUBLICITY PORTRAIT - 8\" x 10\" - 1934/35 For Sale

An original vintage Bette Davis black and white publicity portrait from 1934 or 1935 distributed by Warner Bros.
The photograph shows Bette applying lipstick before a triple mirror and dressed in a soft robe (possibly satin). The reverse has a number of stamps including Culver Pictures Inc. of New York, a NY Photo Agency and Property Cinema Arts of Park Avenue NY who appear to have redistributed the photograph in 1937 (the library handling date). The photograph was almost certainly taken by Elmer Fryer in 1934 or 1935 and is of his signature pose and props.This is a gloss photograph measuring 8\" by 10\" (20cm x 26cm). Catalogue number DAVIS.PUB.A440.
In very good condition. See images and also video with images.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage.Postagefree to the UK and £11.57 to North America. Posted \"Tracked 48\" to any address in the UK, \"Tracked\" to USA or \"Signed\" to Canada.

This original photograph was produced in the United Statesduring the Golden Age of Hollywood and is being shipped from the UK. Under theApril 2025 U.S. import regulations, goods originally manufactured in the U.S.are exempt from the 10% import tariff, even when shipped from abroad.This item qualifies under HS Chapter 49 or Chapter 97 and is classified as a collectibleof U.S. origin. I declare accurate country of origin on all customs forms. U.S.buyers should not be charged U.S. import duty on this item. Please contact meif you need a copy of the customs declaration or supporting documentation.

I can offer a modest discount for combined purchases and a higher postage discount for combined purchases to North America,

After graduation from Cushing Academy, she was refused admittance toEvaLe Gallienne\'s Manhattan Civic Repertory. She enrolled inJohn MurrayAnderson\'s Dramatic School and was the star pupil. She was in the off-Broadwayplay \"The Earth Between\" (1923), and her Broadway debut in 1929 wasin \"Broken Dishes\". She also appeared in \"Solid South\".Late in 1930, she was hired by Universal, where she made her first film, calledBadSister(1931). When she arrived in Hollywood, the studio representativewho went to meet her train left without her because he could find no one wholooked like a movie star. An official at Universal complained she had \"asmuch sex appeal asSlim Summerville\" and her performance in \"BadSister\" didn\'t impress.

In 1932, she signed a seven-year deal with Warner Brothers Pictures. Her firstfilm with them wasThe Silent Voice(1932). She became a star afterthis appearance, known as the actress that could play a variety of very strongand complex roles. More fairly successful movies followed, but it was the roleof Mildred Rogers in RKO\'sOf Human Bondage(1934) that would giveBette major acclaim from the film critics. She had a significant number ofwrite-in votes for the Best Actress Oscar but didn\'t win. Warner Bros. felttheir seven-year deal with Bette was more than justified. They had a genuinestar on their hands. With this success under her belt, she began pushing forstronger and more meaningful roles. In 1935, she received her first Oscar forher role inDangerous(1935) as Joyce Heath.

In 1936, she was suspended without pay for turning down a role that she deemedunworthy of her talent. She went to England, where she had planned to makemovies, but was stopped by Warner Bros. because she was still under contract tothem. They did not want her to work anywhere. Although she sued to get out ofher contract, she lost. Still, they began to take her more seriously after that.

Returning after losing her lawsuit, her roles improved dramatically. In 1938,Bette received a second Academy Award win for her work inJezebel(1938)opposite the soon-to-be-legendaryHenry Fonda. The only role she didn\'tget that she wanted was Scarlett O\'Hara inGone with the Wind(1939).Warners wouldn\'t loan her toDavid O. Selznickunless he hiredErrolFlynnto play Rhett Butler, which both Selznick and Davis thought was aterrible choice. It was rumoured she had numerous affairs, among themGeorgeBrentandWilliam Wyler, and she was married four times, three ofwhich ended in divorce. She admitted her career always came first.

She made many successful films in the 1940s, but each picture was weaker thanthe last and by the time her Warner Brothers contract had ended in 1949, shehad been reduced to appearing in such films as the unintentionally hilariousBeyondthe Forest(1949). She made a huge comeback in 1950 when she replaced anillClaudette Colbertin, and received an Oscar nomination for,AllAbout Eve(1950). She worked in films through the 1950s, but her careereventually came to a standstill, and in 1961 she placed a now famous Job Wantedad in the trade papers.

She received an Oscar nomination for her role as a demented former child starinWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962). This brought about a newround of super-stardom for generations of fans who were not familiar with herwork. Two years later, she starred inHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964).Bette was married four times.

In 1977 she received the AFI\'s Lifetime Achievement Award and in 1979 she won aBest Actress Emmy forStrangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter(1979).In 1977-78 she moved from Connecticut to Los Angeles and filmed a pilot for theseries Hotel(1983), which she called Brothel.She refused to do the TV series and suffered a stroke during this time.

Her last marriage, to actorGary Merrill, lasted ten years, longer thanany of the previous three. In 1985, her daughter Barbara Davis(\"B.D.\") Hyman published a scandalous book about Bette called\"My Mother\'s Keeper.\" Bette worked in the later 1980s in films andTV, even though a stroke had impaired her appearance and mobility. She wrote abook, \"This \'N That\", during her recovery from the stroke. Her lastbook was \"Bette Davis, The Lonely Life\", issued in paperback in 1990.It included an update from 1962 to 1989. She wrote the last chapter in SanSebastian, Spain.

Sadly, Bette Davis died on October 6, 1989, of metastasized breast cancer, inNeuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Many of her fans refused to believeshe was gone.

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