This collection of impressions and ‘toons featuring Bette Davis show some of the many ways she has been impersonated, interpreted, and lampooned in popular culture. As grand as she was, Davis always had a sense of humor about herself. She has been impersonated countless times over the years, and she’s been amused and even enthusiastic about the attention. In fact, she appears in this video doing an impression of herself, that is actually comedian Arthur Blake’s impersonation of the actress, which became the basis of many other impersonations of Davis. She explains all in the video.
The thought of classic film noir movies typically evokes shadowy black and white images, but there are lots of color films with the fatalistic themes, tropes, and even the shadows commonly seen in film noir.
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