How Bette Davis Saved My Life
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  • Facebook Live # 3: Stella Dallas (1937)
    Catch our next live featuring Ms. Stanwyck herself in this automatic tear jerker!  We'll be featuring a special guest from The Ultimate Fashion History's YouTube and Facebook pages along with another secret special guest! See you tomorrow 1pm CST! 
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  • 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 boundaries of their love.  The themes were and are still quite controversial-even for today's sensibilities! Don't miss the fun  times! Next Facebook live is August 19, 1pm CST. 

     

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  • "Blazing Saddles" (1974), Scorching Stereotypes

    In this western comedy classic, Mel Brooks, Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman and Madeline Khan take out the pistols and pull the trigger warnings! This laugh per minute film is another cure for what racially ails you; laugh at others as you laugh at yourself! This comedy classic does this perfectly! 

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  • Clint Eastwood becomes An Icon in "A Fist Full of Dollars" (1964)

    It's more than just a shoot em' up! Almost 60 years old and this "spaghetti" western still packs a punch with its story of greed, survival and a power struggle that destroys everyone in its path. It is as poignant as it was then-if not more now. 

     

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  • "Dirty Dancing" (1987) with A Felony

    In this 80s iconic movie, Jerry Orbach (and the audience) is asked to just dance when his fresh out of high school daughter, "Baby", (Jennifer Grey) falls in love with the at least 25 year old, male, dance instructor, Johnny, (Patrick Swayze) during their family summer vacation to the Catskills of NY in the 60s, right before the Vietnam era.  But, the movie has a great soundtrack, so... 

     

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  • "Pretty Woman" (1990)...I Guess

    Julia Roberts becomes a superstar in this movie that also stars Richard Gere as a corporate raider that saves said pretty woman from a life of impropriety on the corners of L.A. Movie also stars Hector Elizondo and Jason Alexander. Great soundtrack included!

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"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…