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Bette Davis was named #2 on The Greatest Screen Legends actress list by the American Film Institute and the 10th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly not only because she was a great actress, but also because she knew how to pick good parts.

Below are famous movie quotes from 10 indelible Bette Davis characters. See how many of the quotes you can match with the movies!

In which movies did a Bette Davis character say:

1. “Get outta here, Luke Standish! You smirkin’ Judas!”

2. “I didn’t bring your breakfast, because you didn’t eat your din-din!”

3. “I find one should never look for admirers while at the same time one is falling to bits.”

4. “I didn’t want to be born. You didn’t want me to be born either. It was a calamity on both sides.”

5. “I’ll admit I may have seen better days, but I’m still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut.”

6. “Sherry, the next time you do NOT want to see anybody, just let me know, and I’ll usher them right in.”

7. “I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative!”

8. “This is 1852 dumplin’, 1852, not the Dark Ages. Girls don’t have to simper around in white just because they’re not married.”

9. “Good riddance to bad rubbish.”

10. “You’re going to have a big wedding whether you like it or not! And if you don’t like it, you don’t have to come!”

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Answers

1. The character Charlotte Hollis said, “Get outta here, Luke Standish! You smirkin’ Judas!” in Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte.

2. The character Baby Jane Hudson said, “I didn’t bring your breakfast, because you didn’t eat your din-din!” in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

3. The character Fanny Trellis Skeffington said, “I find one should never look for admirers while at the same time one is falling to bits.” in Mr. Skeffington.

4. The character Charlotte Vale said, “I didn’t want to be born. You didn’t want me to be born either. It was a calamity on both sides.” in Now, Voyager.

5. The character Margo Channing said, “I’ll admit I may have seen better days, but I’m still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut.” in All About Eve.

6. The character Maggie Cutler said, “Sherry, the next time you do NOT want to see anybody, just let me know, and I’ll usher them right in.” in The Man Who Came to Dinner.

7. The character Judith Traherne said, “I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative!” in Dark Victory.

8. The character Julie Marsden said, “This is 1852 dumplin’, 1852, not the Dark Ages. Girls don’t have to simper around in white just because they’re not married.” in Jezebel.

9. The character Mildred Rogers said, “Good riddance to bad rubbish.” in Of Human Bondage.

10. The character Agnes Hurley said, “You’re going to have a big wedding whether you like it or not!

If you like Bette Davis, you might also enjoy these Tricky Movie Trivia movie reviews:

Now, Voyager
All About Eve

Posted April 24, 2008 Comments(1)

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Many movies have chronicled the joy and pain of being a mom — and often both extremes are portrayed in the same movie. The following selection of movies are perfect for Mother’s Day: They’ll take you up, then down and back up again, and with any luck, they’ll leave you with a renewed appreciation for the institution of motherhood.

Baby Boom
1987
Starring Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard
110 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“I can’t have a baby because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting.”

Terms of Endearment
1983
Starring Shirley McLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson
132 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“You don’t know how lucky you are, you know. Everybody wants to go to Des Moines. People come from all over the world just to get one look at Des Moines before they die.”

Mother
1996
Starring Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds
104 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
After eating very old orange sherbet from his mother’s freezer: “Blaaah! Oh God, this is horribly old! This tastes like an orange foot!”

The Joy Luck Club
1993
Starring Tsai Chin, Kieu Chinh, Ming-Na Wen, Lauren Tom
139 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“That bad crab, only you tried to take it. Everybody else want best quality. You, your thinking different. Waverly took best-quality crab. You took worst, because you have best-quality heart. You have style no one can teach. Must be born this way.”

Erin Brockovich
2000
Starring Julia Roberts, Albert Finney
130 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“Are you going to be something else that I have to survive? Because, to tell you the truth, I’m not up to it.”

Stepmom
1998
Staring Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Ed Harris
Rated PG-13 for language and thematic elements
124 min

Memorable quote from the movie:
“You didn’t asked me if I wanted a new mother. You didn’t even asked me if I liked her!”

Parenthood
1989
Starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis, Tom Hulce, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Harley Jane Kozak
124 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“I wouldn’t live with you if the world were flooded with piss and you lived in a tree!”

Hope Floats
1998
Starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands
114 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“Once upon a time your mama knew what it meant to shine.”

Steel Magnolias
1989
Starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Sam Shepard, Dylan McDermott
117 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“Well, you know what they say: if you don’t have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me!”

The Goodbye Girl
1977
Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings
111 minutes

Memorable quote from the movie:
“If you were a Broadway musical, people would be humming your face.”

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Posted April 7, 2008 Comments(2)

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I was saddened to learn of the passing of Charlton Heston last yesterday. He wasn’t just a star of classic movies to me; I actually met Mr. Heston years ago and can attest to the fact that he was a courtly gentleman in the old tradition.

How we met

Sometime in the 1990s while I still lived in Los Angeles, I attended a fancy fundraising dinner as the “date” of my friend, comedienne Kathy Buckley. Neither of us had a significant other at the time, so she gave me a treat by letting me accompany her to the chic event.

The soirée was to raise money for an organization for the deaf. Being deaf herself and an insanely compassionate motivational speaker who gives a lot of herself to worthy causes, Kathy was the keynote speaker. As such, we sat at the head table with Charlton Heston and his wife, and the master of ceremonies, whose name I won’t mention, and his wife.

The reason I won’t mention the MC’s name is that he was quite famous in the 1970s for playing a cool and kind TV dad on a very popular sitcom that ran for years. Had he acted appropriately that evening, I would be happy to mention his name. But because of his behavior that night, I neither want to give him any publicity, nor do I want to ruin the memories of people who grew up watching his show.

From cool to uncool in a flash

To set the scene for the evening’s events, you have to understand where I was coming from at the time. I was the rabidly left-of-center executive director of an organization I founded to provide childcare for homeless children. (That’s how I met Kathy. She volunteered with the organization.) As a card-carrying liberal, I came to the dinner table that night prepared to absolutely hate Charlton Heston for his outspoken opinions about guns. I sat directly across the table from him, so I expected to squirm all evening from being in such close proximity to this person who embodied everything I detested.

In the meantime, on my immediate right was TV Dad. I thought, “How cool that I get to sit next to him!” After only a few moments, however, I realized, not so cool. Cranky beyond belief, this icon proceeded to not only complain about everything he could think of, but was abusive to his wife in the process. I initially tried to make conversation with him, but not only did that prove to be impossible; I didn’t even want to after just a few minutes of listening to him be completely obnoxious.

The old don’t-judge-a-book-by-its-cover thing

To escape, I had no choice but to focus my attention across the table toward Charlton Heston. And it’s a good thing, too; because that caused me to have one of the biggest lessons I had learned up to that point in my thirty-something life: DO NOT judge a book by its cover. As I listened to Mr. Heston speak, I was absolutely enraptured by his manner and the way he made everyone, including the show-biz nobody sitting in my chair, feel completely at ease. I don’t remember anything he said that evening; I just remember the way he said it and the kindness that radiated from him. As a result, sometimes (I wish I could say it was all the time) when I’m tempted to judge people before I know all the facts, his face pops into my head. And his death won’t diminish that.

So I say farewell to a man who gave me — and maybe many others over the years — an important life lesson. Goodbye, Mr. Heston, we’ll miss you.

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A final note: Obviously, I had no idea who Mr. Heston really was before I went to that fundraiser — and even after, although my opinion had changed. For example, I had no idea he was a civil rights activist, which I found out today while researching photos for this post.

Posted April 6, 2008 Comments(3)