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Bette's Great Line

posted 18 years ago by Harold_Robbins
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Bette Davis has the film's best line: "Somewhere along the line the world has lost all of its standards and all of its tastes!"

The line pretty well sums up the entire film, but what did they expect? They were working from a Harold Robbins novel which had obviously been based on a very public scandal. . . 20th Century Fox made the same mistake a few years on when they filmed VALLEY OF THE DOLLS as if it were great drama instead of a potboiler by Jackie Susann.

6/24/07 Update: I re-read the Robbins novel last year, and it was much better than the film!

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[–] Williliwaw 17 years ago

It was a great line, and also I like the way Susan handled her lines in this Pic...and Susan btw looked Sensational. Much has been written about the only 9 years difference in ages in real life between these two great stars, but Susan looked way way better for her years and Bette looked every day of her age if not more...so the casting worked, but as I remarked elsewhere I feel Barbara Stanwyck would have been better than La Davis...and tis said Mrs. Martin Rackin a friend of Susan's pushed for Stanwyck but Joe Levine, Marty Rackin and Eddie Dymtryk felt Bette would be better boxoffice.

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[–] TCall2004 13 years ago

The book was much better than the movie.

The film was BENEATH both Bette Davis AND Susan Hayward....who didn't get along at all.

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[–] phillindholm 13 years ago

Actually, though it's mostly forgotten today, in it's time, it WAS a hit. And it's doubtful whether Hayward or Davis even cared about being nominated for it-both considered it a low point in their careers.

[–] snsurone 12 years ago

When Bette spoke that line, she was sitting in what one critic called "the ugliest chair in Hollywood".
Makes the line hilariously funny.

[–] jenkins-21 12 years ago

And the critic was RIGHT. The chair WAS ugly looking and looked very uncomfortable to sit in........

[–] momsabeach 9 years ago

LOL Sums up the whole movie!! I love it

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