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Hampstead Heath, London N6. Monday 3 June 2013. Just four weeks before on 6 May I photographed eight fresh eggs on the nest (see below). One egg remained, I don't know the outome yet.
This is the photo I've been after of the Red Hot Poker we have in the front yard. I'd hoped to get it with two blossoms in the frame, but I'll have to be happy with this for now. The double blossom line-up is now getting too old.
Taken with a Nikkor Ai-S 180mm f/2.8 lens.
British postcard, no. MM 389. Photo: John Travolta in Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994).
With his second film, Pulp Fiction (1994), Quentin Tarantino consolidated his position as Hollywood's New Child Prodigy. Thanks to the phenomenal success of his debut film Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino's name was on everyone's lips. Pulp Fiction earned him the Golden Palm at the Cannes festival.
Quentin Tarantino wrote part of the screenplay for Pulp Fiction (1994) during a stay in Europe and the film is full of amusing observations about the French and Dutch lifestyle. The nuisances towards Paris concern the French name of some McDonalds' products. To the great amusement of fellow gangster Jules Winnfield (Samuel Jackson), Vincent Vega (John Travolta), who has just returned from Europe, tells us that a "quarter-pounder with cheese" in Paris is sold as "royale with cheese" and that it is called "le big mac". Vega has considerably more to say about life in Amsterdam: he praises the drug policy, the quality of the heroin, and the fact that beer is served in the cinema in the Netherlands. When he tells Jules that instead of ketchup the Dutch use mayonnaise with the chips, they both have a dirty face. Such a thing is simply not possible :).
The characters in Pulp Fiction (1994) have a lot to tell each other and their dialogues are snappy and fascinating. Tarantino uses a fragmentary structure and puts the different storylines cleverly together. The result is an exciting, amusing, and at times extremely violent film that lingers long after you have left the cinema. The film title refers to the cheap crime novels that once formed the starting point for Film Noir. The three stories put together by Tarantino are therefore closely related to the plots of countless American B movies from the 1940s and 1950s. At the beginning of the film, we are introduced to an enamored criminal couple (Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth) who decide to raid restaurants from now on, because liquor stores are no longer a lucrative target. Elsewhere in town, gangsters Vincent and Jules pay an unexpected visit to some boys who have stolen a suitcase from gangster boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). The contents of the case remain a mystery, but when the lid opens, light shines out, as in the classic Film Noir Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich, 1955). Vincent is later ordered to take his boss's wife (Uma Thurman) out for a night. Dazed by a shot of heroin, he takes her to the trendy fifties bar Jack Rabbit Slims, where the staff consists of Marilyn Monroe, Mamie van Doren, Buddy Holly, and James Dean. And then there's the story of boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), who is bribed by Marsellus Wallace to go down in the fifth round of a major match.
Pulp Fiction's dialogues, music, and art direction constantly refer to American pop culture. Gangster Jules seems to have stepped out of a blaxploitation movie from the 1970s and regularly refers to TV series from the time. All characters have their origins in classic archetypes from pulp novels and B movies and trump each other in hip language. Tarantino, who plays a supporting role himself, is surrounded by an impressive group of actors, also including Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Eric Stoltz, Maria de Medeiros, and Rosanna Arquette. John Travolta plays the role of his life as gangster Vincent Vega. His one-twos with Samuel Jackson and his stoned facial expressions are among the highlights of the film. In the last part of the film, Tarantino treats the viewer to a nerve-racking orgy of violence. After some scenes, it looks like a new film is about to start and yet everything fits exactly. The result is a breathtaking film. Pulp Fiction premiered in May 1994 at the Cannes Film Festival. The Weinsteins "hit the beach like commandos", bringing the picture's entire cast over. The film was unveiled at a midnight hour screening and caused a sensation. It won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, generating a further wave of publicity. And Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary were later awarded an Oscar for their script. Against its budget of $8.5 million and about $10 million in marketing costs, Pulp Fiction wound up grossing $107.93 million at the U.S. box office, making it the first "indie" film to surpass $100 million. Worldwide, it took in nearly $213 million.
Sources: Bart van der Put (De Filmkrant - Dutch), VPRO Cinema (Dutch), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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West-German postcard by Kolibri-Verlag G.m.b.H., Minden/Westf., no. 2487 Photo: Columbia. Publicity still for The Guns of Fort Petticoat (George Marshall, 1957).
Audie Murphy (1925-1971) was the most decorated US soldier of World War II. Subsequently, he was a film actor and songwriter. In the 1950s and 1960s, he enjoyed success as a performer in Westerns and adventure films. Murphy received every military award his country had to offer, some of them more than once - a total of 33 awards and medals; among others, he was a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He received five of his decorations from France and one from Belgium. During his three years of service, he served in the 3rd US Infantry Division, where he rose from Private to First Lieutenant.
Audie Leon Murphy was born in Kingston, Texas in 1925. His parents were Josie Bell (Killian) and Emmett Berry Murphy, poor sharecroppers of Irish descent. There was great poverty in his family which counted eleven children, two of whom died. As soon as these children were old enough, they were employed to help earn a living. His father disappeared one day and was never heard from again. Over the years, the mother became increasingly weak and died when Murphy was 16 years old. The three youngest children were sent to an orphanage and Murphy went to work, first at a petrol pump and then at a radio repair shop. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, he decided to enlist in the army. On his seventeenth birthday, he applied to a Marine recruiting station but was rejected because he was not of sufficient weight. Finally, after another unsuccessful application to the paratroopers, he was accepted into the infantry. With the help of his sister, he had used a forged birth certificate, with 1924 as his date of birth, to make himself look old enough. At Fort Meade, where his training was to be completed, he kept insisting on being sent overseas and in early 1943 Murphy landed with the rest of the troops in North Africa. He would become the most decorated American soldier of World War II and participated in combat operations for 27 months. Early in June 1945, a month after the German capitulation, Murphy returned to the United States, where he received a hero's welcome in his native Texas. He was honourably discharged from the army with the rank of a first lieutenant on 21 September 1945. Murphy became world famous when he appeared on the cover of Life (16 July 1945) as the "most decorated soldier". After the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, he reenlisted in the 36th Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard. However, this division did not participate in combat. When Murphy left the Guard in 1966 it was with the rank of major. After Murphy returned from Europe, he bought a house in Farmersville for his eldest sister Corrine, her husband Poland Burns and their three children. His intention was that his youngest sister and two brothers, Nadine, Billie and Joe, who had been in an orphanage since their mother's death, would also move in with them but six children under one roof proved a bit much so Murphy took them in.
After actor James Cagney had seen Audie Murphy's picture on the cover of Life magazine, he invited him to Hollywood in September 1945. The first years there were difficult for Murphy. Cagney Productions paid for acting and dancing lessons but was reluctantly forced to admit that Murphy - at least at that point in his career - didn't have what it took to become a movie star. For the next several years he struggled to make it as an actor. Due to a lack of work, he became disillusioned, often ran out of money and slept on the floor of an old gym 'Terry Hunt's Athletic Club', owned by his friend Terry Hunt. He eventually got a bit role in the film Beyond Glory (John Farrow, 1948) starring Alan Ladd, and in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (William Castle, 1948) with Guy Madison and Diana Lynn. In this third film, Bad Boy (Kurt Neumann, 1949), Murphy got a leading role. Murphy also appeared in the film adaptation of Stephen Crane's book The Red Badge of Courage (John Huston, 1951), for which he received rave reviews. Murphy wrote his autobiography 'To hell and back' in 1949 and it became a national bestseller. The book was written by his friend David "Spec" McClure, a professional writer. He had great difficulty playing himself in the film version, To Hell and Back (Jesse Hibbs, 1955). He initially saw it as a kind of sell-out of his actions during the war and thought Tony Curtis should be given the lead role in the film. In the film, the reality was followed and Murphy's comrades died just as was mentioned in the book. At the end of the film, Murphy was the only member of his original regiment left. During the ceremony in which Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor, his friends were represented as ghosts. This was Murphy's idea to honour his friends. The film was a huge hit and brought in almost 10 million US dollars during its first years, setting a box-office record for Universal that wasn't broken for 20 years until it was finally surpassed by Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975). One of his better pictures was Night Passage (James Neilson, 1957), a Western in which he played the kid brother of James Stewart. In 1959 he starred in the Western No Name on the Bullet (Jack Arnold, 1959), which was well received, despite Murphy playing a professional killer. He worked for Huston again on The Unforgiven (John Huston, 1960) opposite Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn.
Audie Murphy was plagued by insomnia, bouts of depression and nightmares, probably a result of the many battles he had to fight during his life. His first wife, Wanda Hendrix, often spoke of Murphy's struggles. During the 1960s Murphy was addicted to the sleeping pill Placidyl for a time. When he realised he had become addicted he locked himself in a hotel room and taught himself not to use it. He also broke the taboo of talking about war-related mental conditions. To draw attention to the problems of returning veterans from Korea and Vietnam, he spoke candidly about his own. He called on the US government to pay more attention to this issue and to study more closely the impact of war on mental health. Meanwhile, the studio system that Murphy grew into as an actor crumbled. Universal's new owners, MCA, dumped its "International" tag in 1962 and turned the studio's focus toward the more lucrative television industry. For theatrical productions, it dropped its roster of contract players and hired actors on a per-picture basis only. That cheap Westerns on the big screen were becoming a thing of the past bode no good for Murphy, either. The Texican (Lesley Selander, 1966) with Broderick Crawford, his lone attempt at a new, European form of inexpensive horse opera, to become known as "the Spaghetti Western", was unsuccessful. His star was falling fast. He made a total of 44 films, but Murphy was also a rancher and businessman. He bred and raised thoroughbred horses and owned several ranches in Texas, Arizona and California. Murphy was also successful as a country singer and composer. He worked with Guy Mitchell, Jimmy Bryant, Scott Turner, Coy Ziegler and Ray and Terri Eddlemon, among others. Murphy's songs were recorded and sung by Dean Martin, Eddy Arnold, Charley Pride, Jimmy Bryant, Porter Waggoner, Jerry Wallace, Roy Clark and Harry Nilsson, among others. His two biggest hits were 'Shutters and Boards' and 'When the Wind Blows in Chicago'. In 1949, Murphy married film actress Wanda Hendrix and divorced her in 1952. He then married flight attendant Pamela Archer, with whom he had 2 children, Terrance Michael and James Shannon - named after two of his closest friends. Audie Murphy died in 1971 in a plane crash in the mountains of Virginia. Murphy was buried with military honours in Arlington National Cemetery. The official government representative was the decorated World War II veteran and future President G.H.W. Bush.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dutch) and IMDb.
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I took this picture before I adhered the "thank you" sentiment on the scalloped circle to the inside of the card (shown here in front of the card), just so that you could see it.
I used Glossy Accents to make the doll's hair shiny. She is raised on pop dots above the scalloped circle, and the fan is raised on more pop dots for even more dimension. Also, it's a little hard to see in the photo, but the butterflies on the ribbon have a bit of glitter and shine to them. I love the "painterly look" that I got with the DesignBlock Flourish stamp on the acetate!
I was inspired to put the doll in a blue circle with black scallops after seeing cards made by a friend of mine, Sandy.
Materials used:
* cardstock: white, textured blue, textured black
* Clearsnap/Colorbox pigment ink: black (thank you sentiment)
* Dress It Up Petals (larger blue flower gemstone)
* EK Success 3D-Dots: 1/16" squares
* EK Success Cutter Bee scissors
* Grafix Clear Craft Plastic .007 medium weight (acetate)
* Hero Arts S5034 DesignBlock Flourish
* Hero Arts CL142 Thank You Messages
* Hero Arts small pink flower gemstone from a Sparkle Clear set
* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Mega punch (pink): 2 1/2" scalloped circle and circle
* Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Super Jumbo punch (blue): 2" circle
* Odorless mineral spirits (OMS) - Mona Lisa brand (Michael's)
* pencil
* Prismacolor Premier colored pencils
* Ranger Archival Ink (waterproof): jet black (doll)
* Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
* ribbon: glittery butterflies
* Therm O Web Zots Small (3/16" glue dots)
* Tsukineko StazOn solvent ink: Opaque Cotton White
Thanks for looking!
"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."
George Sheehan@
Thanks to Eddi 07 for the lovely texture
Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you gt a little better than the day before. It all adds up. #success
Ihrek is one of Baron Jackal's only success stories. Created using barraki DNA, Ihrek is a toa-hunter, created specifically for the task of destroying or capturing toa. It literally sniffs out the elemental energy signature of a toa to track them. While it carries no weapons, it's claws are as strong as any protodermis weaponry. It also has night and infared vision, and can hide its aura from psychic toa.
So, I made another bad guy. I decided I needed more, because all I have is the gen soliders, Tenenbria, and Jackal. While the Gen soliders are technichally mass-produced, it didn't seem like much. I was also inspired by Bloodborne to make something beastly. I actually made thisguy a few months back, just haven't got around to posting him. Also, comments+nitpicks appretiated, as always!
Our Shared Opportunity: A Vision for Global Prosperity
Featuring Keynote Addresses by:
Daniel Yohannes
CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation
Elizabeth Littlefield
President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Panel Discussions:
Panel 1: “Our Shared Opportunity: A Vision for Global Prosperity”
Thomas A. Daschle
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader (D-SD)
Carly Fiorina
Chairman, Good360, and Former Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Henrietta H. Fore
Chairman and CEO, Holsman International, and Former Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Thomas J. Pritzker
Executive Chairman, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Vin Weber
Former U.S. Representative (R-MN)
Panel 2: “The Future of U.S. Development Engagement: The U.S. Government, Private Sector, and NGOs”
Helene D. Gayle
President and CEO, CARE USA
Mark Green
Former U.S. Representative (R-WI), and Former Ambassador to Tanzania
Rhonda I. Zygocki
Executive Vice President, Policy and Planning, Chevron Corporation
Panel 3: “Deepening U.S. Government Engagement with the Private Sector on Development Efforts”
R. Hunter Biden
Chairman, Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC, and Chairman, World Food Program USA
Farooq Kathwari
Chairman, President, and CEO, Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
Paula Luff
Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hess Corporation
Katherine Pickus
Divisional Vice President, Global Citizenship and Policy, Abbott, and Vice President, Abbott Fund
One year ago CSIS convened the Executive Council on Development – a bipartisan group of leaders from government, business, NGOs, and philanthropy – to explore how the U.S. government and private sector can work together to support the economic success of developing countries. In their final report, Our Shared Opportunity: A Vision for Global Prosperity, the Council provides a targeted set of recommendations for the U.S. government and private sector, calling for a greater reliance on business, trade, and investment tools to achieve better development outcomes. The report is part of CSIS’ Project on U.S. Leadership in Development, a partnership with the Chevron Corporation launched in 2011.
This 1955 Dellow MkII was used by the late Peter LeCouteur with great success for many years in trials events. It was a regular performer in classic trials such as the Exeter, Edinburgh and Land’s End. The car was modified by the owner; a different cylinder head, modified camshaft and supercharging giving the engine a power output of over 80bhp, much higher than quoted by the manufacturer for the standard 1172cc Ford engine.
The origins of Dellow date back to 1949 when Ken Dellingpole and Ron Lowe started series production of a small sporting car that was ideal for trials but also well suited to regular use on the road. The MKII, with coil spring rear suspension, appeared in 1951. Dellows were used in rallies and races as well as in many hundreds of trials events. Around 500 Dellows were built, with over half being exported.
1.172 cc
4 Cylinder
44 bhp @ 4.500 rpm
The National Motor Museum - Beaulieu
New Forest
Hampshire
England - United kingdom
November 2018
This photo was taken on July 9, 2010 using a panasonic dmc-gf1 using a canon fd 50mm f3.5 macro lens via an adapter. Macro is something I do when I feel uninspired. It really gets me through photographic slumps. The gf1 has really impressed me with its picture quality. It is nowhere near my nikon d700 but for a take everywhere camera it is awesome. This shot was taken in insadong and is a little bit of a good luck charm for me. The chinese characters mean success and that is what I am hoping for to get into a masters program.
Spare driver came while I was at school and collected it YAY! I think it may have been truck #10 (MkIII/MkIV) that came to collect it due to the dusty grabber markings in the side and they wrap around the bin to much to be raptors and to thick to GenV's.
'' One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes ''
mashallah <3
My, my, what a week! Evan and I successfully ran a Lego Building camp for the first time! The whole week went fantastic and we couldn't have asked for a better 5 days. This photo was taken on the last day where we had three special visitors who showed and explained their Lego models to the kids. You might recognize two of them ;)
Pima Air & Space Museum - Tucson, Arizona - 29 DEC 2014
1949 Lockheed VC-121A Constellation "Columbine" 48-614 in the markings of the 7167th Special Air Missions Squadron, Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany, 1951.
After the commercial success of the L-049 Constellation, Lockheed produced a slightly improved version designated L-749. This aircraft attracted the attention of the U.S. Air Force, which bought ten of them for long-range VIP transports and designated them VC-121A. The new transports proved to be very popular and regularly carried high-ranking Generals and Presidents.
Dwight D. Eisenhower had two different VC-121As assigned as his personal transports at different times. This aircraft was the first. It served him during his time as the SHAPE commander in the early 1950s. All of Eisenhower's Connies were called "Columbine" after the state flower of Colorado. The second VC-121A served "Ike" when he was President of the United States. Eisenhower also used one of the larger L-1079 (VC-121E) Connies as his third "Columbine" during his second term as President.
History
Built by Lockheed, Burbank, California and delivered to the US Air Force on February 4, 1949.
Feb 1949: To 1600th Air Transport Group, Westove AFB, Maine.
Dec 1950: To 1254th Air Transport Squadron, Washington National Airport, Virginia.
Jan 1951: To Lockheed Air Service, Idlewild International Airport, New York for installation of VIP interior.
Apr 1951: 7167th Special Air Missions Squadron, Wiesbaden AFB, Germany. Used by General Eisenhower as his personal transport.
Dec 1952: 7415th Air Base Group, Orly Air Field, France.
Nov 1956: To Lockheed Air Service, Idlewild International Airport, New York.
Feb 1957: 1298th Air Transport (Special Missions) Squadron, Washington National Airport, Virginia.
Dec 1959: 7101st Air Base Wing, Wiesbaden AFB, Germany.
Jun 1967: To Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona for storage.
Jun 1968: Dropped from inventory as surplus.
1972: Loaned to Pima Air & Space Museum by National Museum of the United States Air Force.
Technical Specifications
Wingspan: 123 ft
Length: 95 ft 2 in
Height: 23 ft 8 in
Weight: 72,000 lbs (loaded)
Max Speed: 330 mph
Service Ceiling: 25,000 ft
Range: 2,400 miles
Engines: (4) Wright R-3350 radial engines, 2,200 hp each
Crew:4
Passengers: Up to 60
I know! Yet another photo of my dog, Zac, but as well as being a not bad snap of my good chum, this one represents success after I carefully, with some trepidation, updated the firmware on my D800 so as to use a facility called "Trap Focus", of which I'd never previously heard! It involves pre-setting the focus distance, holding down the shutter release button, and leaving it to the camera to take the photo when something runs into the focus area. It sounds dodgy but amazingly it works! The focus on his eyes is the best I've achieved to date. Thank you Nikon D800 and David Busch's book!
Now to try it with a non-nikkor lens (should be OK) and to snap some of the mountain bikers behind my house!
I wasn't expecting this. I really should know better by now: people love their Lego, and Lego adaptations of [insert pop culture icon here] are like geek catnip. It happened last year when I did the Mass Effect Citadel, and whenever I manage to finish the Ringworld (still in progress! not abandoned!) it's likely to happen again.
But damn.
So far GLaDOS has been picked up by Brothers Brick, Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, G4TV, Joystiq, Machinima, and an absolutely astonishing number of other places. And earlier I learned that the Kotaku article had actually been syndicated on the Portal 2 news feed that displays in the Steam sidebar when you're looking at the Games Library entry for Portal 2. It's scrolled off now, but I think at this point my life may actually be complete.
I average between one to two thousand total page views on my photostream per day, about half that when I haven't posted anything in a while. Yesterday I had 71,510. As of this writing it is currently 8:53 PM by Flickr time (GMT), and there have been 122,761 total page views across my photostream today. This is a simply astonishing amount of traffic, so I feel obliged to redirect some of it to my friends.
If you are coming here from elsewhere because you love seeing Portal in Lego, you should definitely check out Legohaulic's ATLAS and P-Body and LDM's Turrets. I haven't tried building either subject matter because they've already done it perfectly.
Arkov is a huge Valve fan and has been building Lego based on Valve games for a long time, including an amazing Dog that you may have seen before.
I'm pretty sure all of those creations have been featured on The Brothers Brick at some point, which is arguably the first place you should go if you want to start your morning by looking at awesome Lego builds.
Finally, those of you who've been doing backflips over the WIP Portal Gun (excuse me, ASHPD) that I'm working on should know that it's a modification based around parts of several accessories from BrickArms, a supplier of high-quality aftermarket minifig-compatible weapon accessories designed by Will Chapman.
I will be keeping the GLaDOS model intact, and she will be on display at Brickcon 2011 in Seattle this October.
Thank you to everyone who has linked to, commented on, faved, or otherwise shown your appreciation for my work. And thank you, of course, to Valve--who created GLaDOS and these excellent games--and to their concept artist Jeremy Bennet, on whose work the Portal 2 version of her was based.
British postcard. Photo: Warner Bros. Publicity still for The Letter (William Wyler, 1940).
American film star Bette Davis (1908-1989) was one of the greatest actors in world cinema history. She dared 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. Her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas.
After appearing in Broadway plays, Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930. Her early films for Universal were unsuccessful or she only had a small role, such as in James Whale's Waterloo Bridge (1931). Davis was preparing to return to New York when actor George Arliss chose Davis for the female lead in the Warner Brothers picture The Man Who Played God (John G. Adolfi, 1932), which would be her 'break' in Hollywood. Warner Bros. signed her a five-year contract. The role of the vicious and slatternly Mildred Rogers inOf Human Bondage (John Cromwell, 1934) earned Davis her first major critical acclaim. She established her career with several other critically acclaimed performances. For her role as a troubled actress in Dangerous (Alfred E. Green, 1935), she won her first Oscar. 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. In Marked Woman (Lloyd Bacon, 1937), she played a prostitute in a contemporary gangster drama inspired by the case of Lucky Luciano. For her role she was awarded the Volpi Cup at the 1937 Venice Film Festival. Her next picture was Jezebel (William Wyler, 1938), and during production Davis entered a relationship with director William Wyler. The film was a success, and Davis' performance as a spoiled Southern belle earned her a second Academy Award. Dark Victory (Edmund Goulding, 1939) became one of the highest grossing films of the year, and the role of Judith Traherne brought her an Academy Award nomination. The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Michael Curtiz, 1939) with Errol Flynn, was her first colour film. To play the elderly Elizabeth I of England, Davis shaved her hairline and eyebrows. Davis was now Warner Bros.' most profitable star, and she was given the most important of their female leading roles. Her image was considered with care; she was often filmed in close-ups that emphasized her distinctive eyes.
Until the late 1940s, Bette Davis 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 co-stars were often reported. After The Letter (William Wyler, 1940), William Wyler directed Davis for the third time in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1941), but they clashed over the character of Regina Giddens. Taking a role originally played on stage by Tallulah Bankhead, Davis felt Bankhead's original interpretation was appropriate and followed Hellman's intent, but Wyler wanted her to soften the character. Davis refused to compromise. Her forthright manner, clipped vocal style and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona which has often been imitated and satirized. In 1941, she became the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a year later, she was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen. Her best films include the women's picture Now Voyager (Irving Rapper, 1942) and Watch on the Rhine (Herman Shumlin, 1943). In 1947, at the age of 39, Davis gave birth to a daughter, Barbara Davis Sherry (known as B.D.) At the end of the 1940s, her box office appeal had noticeably dropped and she was labelled 'Box Office Poison'. Then producer Darryl F. Zanuck offered her the role of the aging theatrical actress Margo Channing in All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950). During production, she had a romantic relationship with her leading man, Gary Merrill, which led to marriage. Her career went through several of such periods of eclipse, and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships. Married four times, she was once widowed and thrice divorced, and raised her children as a single parent. Later successes include the Grand Guignol horror film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Robert Aldrich, 1962) with Joan Crawford, and the follow-up Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Robert Aldrich, 1964) with Olivia de Havilland. Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health, but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer, with more than 100 films, television and theatre roles to her credit. She was the first person to accrue 10 Academy Award nominations for acting, and in 1977, she was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. One of her last films was Lindsay Anderson's film The Whales of August (1987), in which she played the blind sister of Lillian Gish.
Source: Wikipedia.