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Bette Ford (born Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein; June 24, 1937, McKeesport, Pennsylvania) is an actress and former model and professional bullfighter. She was the first American woman to fight on foot in the Plaza México, the world's largest bullfight arena.
Bette Ford began her career as a model and actress in New York, where her modeling credits included stints as the Jantzen Bathing Suit Girl, the Camay Bride, and the Parliament Cigarette Girl, and her acting credits included appearances as a regular on The Jackie Gleason Show and The Jimmy Durante Show.
While on a modeling photo shoot in Bogotá, Colombia, Ford was introduced to the renowned matador Luis Miguel Dominguín and watched him fight in the ring. Soon after, Ford left New York for Mexico to train as a bullfighter. Warner Bros made a short documentary about her training ("Beauty and the Bull", nominated for Best 2-Reel Short Film of 1954).
Her historic debut at the Plaza México was followed by several years of fighting as a figura (bullfighting celebrity) in Mexico and the Philippines. The studio MGM, which had offered her an acting contract before she left New York to become a bullfighter, planned a full-length feature film based on her life story, and sent several writers, among them John Meston, the co-creator of Gunsmoke, to meet with Ford and discuss a screenplay. Ford married Meston shortly after they met and then retired as a bullfighter.
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was reputed for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.
After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930, but her early films for Universal Studios (and as loanout to other studios) were unsuccessful. She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances. In 1937, she attempted to free herself from her contract and although she lost a well-publicized legal case, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career. Until the late 1940s, she was one of American cinema's most celebrated leading ladies, known for her forceful and intense style. Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative, and confrontations with studio executives, film directors and costars were often reported. Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona, which has often been imitated and parodied.
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that lasted more than 50 years. Despite his versatility, Ford was best known for playing ordinary men in unusual circumstances.
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford was born at Jeffrey Hale Hospital in Quebec City. He was the son of the Québécois Hannah Wood Mitchell and Newton Ford, a railway man. Through his father, Ford was a great-nephew of Canada's first Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. and also related to U.S. President Martin Van Buren. Ford moved to Santa Monica, California, with his family at the age of eight. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1939.
After Ford graduated from Santa Monica High School, he began working in small theatre groups. While in high school, he took odd jobs, including working for Will Rogers, who taught him horsemanship. Ford later commented that his railroad executive father had no objection to his growing interest in acting, but told him, "It's all right for you to try to act, if you learn something else first. Be able to take a car apart and put it together. Be able to build a house, every bit of it. Then you'll always have something." Ford heeded the advice and during the 1950s, when he was one of Hollywood's most popular actors, he regularly worked on plumbing, wiring and air conditioning at home. At times, he worked as a roofer and installer of plate-glass windows.
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Actors: Marvin Miller (actor), Howard Jackson (composer), William Lava (composer), Rex Steele (editor), Larry Lansburgh (director), Bette Ford (actress), Cedric Francis (producer), Pepe Ortiz (actor), Janet Lansburgh (writer),
Plot: While working in Mexico, model Bette Ford---yes, that one---and her girl friends attend a bull fight. They also visit a matador's ranch, where Ford braves the charges of a week-old bull...uh...calf. That convinces her she should become a bull fighter, and she travels throughout Mexico, taking formal training and fighting bulls on ranches and at small fairs. Basically, a travelogue with a story featuring a pretty model.
Keywords: 1950s, amateur, animal-cruelty, arena, blood, bull, bullfighter, bullfighting, bullring, calfLS of Arena entrance. CU of Bette Ford. Bette v Bull. Various scenes of fight including CU of assistants. Bette on ground with Bull attacking. Bull coming into arena with spears sticking in his back. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/547da05041e7455f917406e28abe6e3e Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
1980 Ford Mustang Bette Davis' Last Personal Car for sale. Find us on: http://classiccarpictures.us/ We might not have "Bette Davis Eyes," but we're definitely in possession of her 1980 black Ford Mustang. The famed American actress was as feisty about her cars as she was about the characters she portrayed. On April 5, 1980, the Academy Award-wining actress personally called Crenshaw Motors, a Los Angeles area Ford dealership, to specially request "an American car." She ordered the two-door "foxbody" coupe for her 72nd birthday. She requested black exterior and a red leather interior with pin striping, which she claimed was her signature color (red were initials for her full name "Ruth Elizabeth Davis"). She dubbed the car "Black Beauty," which galloped deceptively fast because of its Po...
One of our favorite Bette Davis films is Warner Brother's, "A Stolen Life," one of two films where Ms. Davis played twins. This was presented on the "Lux Radio Theater," on August 25, 1947 while the film was released in 1946. The movie was also produced by Bette Davis. Starring in the the film were: Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Dane Clarkm Walter Brennan and Charles Ruggles. We hope you will enjoy this classic live performance. Remember you are always welcome here at the Dennis Morrison Channel which is maintained by Time Hopper Productions and the Small Lake Michigan Historical Society. Please give us a thumbs up, comment and subscribe!!!!!!
Director: Curtis Bernhardt When a woman's twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to the man she feels her sister took from her years before. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038984/
robertjeffrey.blogspot.com NOW ON DVD EXCLUSIVELY FROM WARNERARCHIVE.COM IN A REMASTERED EDITION!! THE single most classic scene from 1946s A STOLEN LIFE, the enormously successful noir-flavored melodrama in which Miss Bette Davis plays feuding New England twins in love with the same man (Glenn Ford). Directed by the great Curtis Bernhardt, who would later direct Joan Crawford to an Academy Award nomination in 1947s POSSESSED and Bette Davis once more in the gem PAYMENT ON DEMAND, A STOLEN LIFE was the last bona fide box-office blockbuster of Bette Daviss reign as the Queen of Warner Bros. It is also notable as the only film that she ever produced, for her Warner Bros. production company B.D. Inc, and would have been the first of five planned productions had fate not had a different f...
at Grauman's Chinese Theatre Darryl F. Zanuck Bette Davis with mother Anne Baxter with John Hodiak George Sanders and Zsa Zsa Gabor Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Linda Darnell Paul Douglas Glenn Ford and Eleanor Powell Jeanne Craine Joan Crawford Bette Davis then puts her name in the cement of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Deleted scene from the feature film Valley of the Sun featuring Johnny Whitworth, Bette Ford, Klor Rowland and Peter Jason. In this scene Andy gets busted checking out Bunny. Valley of the Sun stars Johnny Whitworth, Heather Burns, Barry Corbin, Bette Ford, Beth Grant, Peter Jason, Pasha Lychnikoff, Garret Morris and Graham Greene. Directed by Stokes McIntyre. Available on Netflix and itunes. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Val... https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/val...
Feeling better, now that we're through
Feeling better, cause I'm over you
I've learned my lesson, it left a scar
Now I see how you really are
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good (I'm gonna say it again)
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good
I broke a heart, that's gentle and true
Yes, I broke a heart over someone like you
I'll beg his forgiveness on bended knee
I wouldn't blame him if he said to me
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good (I'm gonna say it again)
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good
I'm telling you now baby now, that I'm goin my way
Forget about me baby, cause I'm leaving this day
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good
Baby, you're no good (I'm gonna say it again)
You're no good, you're no good, you're no good