Bare Back Bette

Spotted: 11 October 2018, after Google Image Search, pinned to own Pinterest

"Bare Back Bette" is a portrait of one of America's greatest and iconic female film, television and theater actors, Ms. Bette Davis. Caption on Getty Images read: "1932: American actress Bette Davis (1908-1989) as Madge in the film, 'Cabin in the Cotton', directed by Michael Curtiz." Credit for the photographic work goes to film historian John Kobal, who passed away on 28 October 1991.

The Cabin in the Cotton, released on 15 October 1932, is a film adaptation of the novel of the same title. One of Ms. Davis' most quoted lines was from this film (as lifted directly from the novel): "I'd like ta kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."

Ms. Davis, who was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, succumbed to breast cancer and passed away on 06 October 1989. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an international health campaign observed every month of October to raise awareness, as well as raise funds for research on the disease.


[This post is antedated: 20181022]