ARTWORK & SPECS UPDATE: Bette Davis Centenary

--Artwork added to previous announcement--
--Does not include the Boxed Set artwork which hasn't been released.--

NOTE: All About Eve (Special Edition) & Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte have bonus material not on previous editions. See details below.

NICE ARTWORK!!!










First Warner and now Fox. Celebrating the year that would have been Bette Davis' 100th Birthday, **20th Century Fox** has announced an April 8th (her birthday is April 5th) release date for The Bette Davis Centenary Celebration Collection. The titles are:

All About Eve (Special Edition) (1950)
From the moment she glimpses her idol on Broadway, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) strives relentlessly to upstage Margo Channing (Bette Davis). Cunningly stealing Margo's role, Eve then disrupts the lives of Margo's director boyfriend (Gary Merrill), and her other friends in this juicy, witty drama.

Joseph Mankiewicz's "captivating" (Variety) 1950 Best Picture Academy Award-winning film about backstage backstabbing earned an Oscar nomination for star Bette Davis in the performance many consider her finest. Nominated for a record 14 awards, the scintillating film also led to Oscars for Mankiewicz as Director and Writer, the honors also went to Sound Recording and Costume Design, and George Sanders was named Best Supporting Actor.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Audio Commentary by Celeste Holm, Christopher Mankiewicz and Kenneth Geist (Joseph L. Mankiewicz Biographer)
  • Audio Commentary by Sam Staggs (Author of All About "All About Eve")
  • Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Joseph L. Mankiewicz: A Personal Journey
  • The Real Eve
  • The Secret of Sarah Siddons
  • AMC Backstory: All About Eve
  • Bette Davis Promotion
  • Ann Baxter Promotion
  • MovieTone News:
    • 1951 Academy Awards Honor Best Film Achievements
    • 1951 Hollywood Attends Gala Premiere of "All About Eve"
    • Holiday Magazine Awards
    • Look Magazine Awards
  • Restoration Comparison
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Theatrical Pressbook Gallery
  • Advertising Gallery
  • Still Gallery
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
A plane crash leads one grateful survivor to reclaim his lost love. Shelley Winters and Bette Davis star.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Restoration Comparison
  • Theatrical Teaser
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Interactive Pressbook Gallery
  • Poster Gallery
  • Lobby Card Gallery
  • Still Gallery
The Virgin Queen (1955)
Bette Davis and Joan Collins vie for the love of Sir Walter Raleigh. Rich in historical detail. Davis is dynamic.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Virgin Territory: The Making of The Virgin Queen
  • Restoration Comparison
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • TV Spots
  • Interactive Pressbook Gallery
  • Poster Gallery
  • Lobby Card Gallery
  • Still Gallery
Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte and
Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) has been closeted in her mansion since the grisly murder of her married lover many years earlier. When the country wants to tear down the house to build a highway, the spinster's relatives and friends appear to rally behind her, but each slowly preys on her mind until the gruesome rumors of the last forty years appear to be coming true. On hand are cousin Miriam (Olivia de Havilland), Dr. Drew Bayliss (Joseph Cotten), Jewel Mayhew (Mary Astor) and the scariest inhabitant of all, loyal servant Velma (Oscar® nominee Agnes Moorehead).

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Hush...Hush, Sweet Joan: The Making of Charlotte
  • Bruce Dern Remembers
  • Wizard Work - Vintage Featurette Narrated by Joseph Cotten
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Galleries
  • Interactive Pressbook Gallery
  • Poster's
  • Lobby Card
  • Still's
The Nanny (1965).
Accused of drowning his little sister in the bath, 10-year old Joey (William Dix) is sent away to an institution for therapy even though he claims the Nanny (Davis) is responsible. When he returns home, suspicion is quickly aroused again as his mother (Wendy Craig) is poisoned and his aunt suddenly dies. But Joey continues to insist the Nanny is responsible, turning life into a deft cat-and-mouse game between the equally shady woman and her young charge.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Interactive Pressbook Gallery
  • Poster Gallery
  • Lobby Card Gallery
  • Still Gallery
  • Theatrical Trailer
The set will retail for $49.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $37.99. Individual titles will retail for $19.98, and are available at Classicflix for $14.99.

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