Witches, and ghost, and cats, Oh my!

Everybody knows that there is a surprisingly high number of people that wake up on Halloween and still don't have a costume, whether they've been trying to come up with something for the last few months, weeks, or hours.

So, we decided to do a really simple post on this All Hallows Eve with old Halloween costume pictures and ideas--none of which should be too difficult to create for your party.

What's more iconic than a Marilyn Monroe costume?

Not only is it recongizable, sexy, and fun, but it is also easy to put together.

What You'll Need:
A white dress, OR white skirt and top

Red lipstick

Platinum blonde wig OR a good curling iron

Round white earrings (ex. pearls)

Heels

If you're really last minute, and don't have the time or money to invest in the above look,

here is a more casual Marilyn Monroe look. It may seem simple, but this was just one photo from one of the most memorable photoshoots with Marilyn.

What You'll Need:

Long sleeved black turtleneck OR long sleeved black shirt

White linen pants, either cropped or rolled up

Blonde wig OR a good curling iron

Classic makeup

Flats (optional)

Speaking of sexy, classic movie stars, another easy look to recreate would be this number from Rita Hayworth's scandalous strip tease in her film Gilda.

What You'll Need:

A little black satin dress

High black gloves

Strappy black heels

Classic makeup

A curling iron to give you those classic waves

Feeling patriotic? Try going for this classic navy outfit that still shows off those curves.

What You'll Need:
White flared pants

A navy blue shirt or fitted blazer

White collared shirt beneath

An iconic navy hat you can get from a costume store

Another classic Halloween idea is to go as a 1920s flapper. A basic look that is easy to do, but still flirty and fun.

What You'll Need:

Hat (optional)

Straight/pleated skirt or dress

Mary-Jane shoes (either flat or heels)

If you're looking for something super sexy, try going for the naughty witch look.

What You'll Need:

Witch's hat

Little black dress OR black corset set

Classic black heels

Gloves (optional)

Broom

Couples costumes are all the rage. An idea like Frankenstein and his bride can be edgy, fun, and classically spooky if you're willing to put in the work.

What You'll Need for Him:

Distressed black suit

Heavy monster makeup

Platform black shoes

What You'll Need for Her:

Simple white dress (with cape or train)

White heels

Heavy monster makeup

A Bride of Frankenstein costume wig OR very good styling products

"A thin moon faints in the sky o'erhead

And dumb in the churchyard lie the dead.

We walk not, Sweet, by garden ways,

Where the late rose hangs and the phlox delays,

But forth of the gate and down the road,

Past the church and the yews, to their dim abode.

For it's turn of the year, and All Souls' Night,

When the dead can hear and the dead have sight."

Happy All Hallows Eve!

"Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic."-Rosalind Russell

We apologize for the delay, but here is the last post for Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

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Rosalind Russell

Born June 4, 1907

Died November 28, 1976

Catherine Rosalind Russell was born in the summer of 1907 to parents James and Clara. She was the middle child out of 7 children in a Catholic family with Irish heritage. Growing up, Russell and her siblings all attended Catholic school. Later on, she enrolled in Marymount College for a time. She had a secret desire to be an actress, although her parents wanted her to become a teacher. When she did begin to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, she was away from home, and told her parents that she was studying education.

Even though she was working to be an actress on Broadway, her first form of recognition was as a model.  She was a natural comedian, and soon earned several bit parts in plays on the big stage. In the late 1920s,

Russell was offered a job with a stock company at Saranac Lake. She finally came clean to her parents and told them about the job offer. They were not supportive and tried to persuade her not to take it, but she eventually accepted the offer despite her parents objections. She remained in that company for about 7 months, before joining up with a new stock company in Hartford. When her run was over there, she relocated to Boston and joined a theater group run by Edward E. Clive. From Boston, she later returned to New York and continued to act on the stage. Many people do not realize that Russell also had a beautiful singing voice. She decided to take vocal lessons and was soon singing in the opera. She did well there, but eventually decided it was not the place for her. She had a lower vocal range, and her inability to hit some of the higher notes meant that she was not usually given lead roles. Having spent several years developing her craft and gaining experience on the east coast, Russell decided to officially relocate to Hollywood to see what the silver screen had to offer.

Russell arrived in Los Angeles in 1930 and within no time, she had her first film contract with Universal Pictures. She later recalled that during her time with Universal, she felt that she was passed over and ignored most of the time. She said that no one there treated her with any respect, and whenever she was working with people, they humiliated her. No matter how much she wanted to be an actress, Russell was not willing to remain tied to a studio that constantly attacked her self esteem. She terminated her contract, and managed to extricate herself from Universal without too much difficulty, and on her own terms, which was practically

unheard of at the time. Russell directly moved to Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Given that her first experience with a film studio was so terrible, she was nervous about her screen test with MGM. She did her best, and the studio liked her. Later on, she swore that the only reason they decided to hire her was because of her close up picture that was taken by Harold S. Bucquet.

Russell's film debut was in the motion picture Evelyn Prentice (1934), which gave her quite a bit of notoriety even though she did not have the lead role. It quickly became clear that she excelled in comedies such as Forsaking All Others (1934), Man Proof (1938), Four's a Crowd (1938), her famous role in His Girl Friday (1940), and many more. However, she also showed audiences that she could act in dramatic roles like Reckless (1935), or Craig's Wife (1936), and also in thrillers like Fast and Loose (1939). Despite the fact that Russell had shown that she could play in any genre, she was still subject to typecasting. She was soon pigeonholed as the sophisticated and dignified lady. Russell approached directors with pleas to help her change her image, which eventually resulted in her role in The Women (1939), as the frivolous and deplorable gossip Sylvia Fowler. The film was a hit and helped audiences look at her in a new light.

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Russell spent most of the 1940s devoting her time to comedies. One of her most famous comedic roles was as Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday (1940) alongside Cary Grant. She also excelled in the motion picture My Sister Eileen (1942), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. While she was dominating the silver screen in Hollywood, Russell was also adjusting to changes in her personal life during the early 1940s. She married Frederick Brisson in 1941. Brisson was the son of famous Danish actor Carl Brisson. The two were introduced by fellow actor Cary Grant during the filming of His Girl Friday (1940), and were married a year later, with Grant serving as best man at the wedding. Brisson was the love of Russell's life, and the two remained married until her death.

In the early 1950s, Russell returned to the east coast for a lead role in the Broadway musical Wonderful Town (1953). The play was based on My Sister Eileen (1942), and was an immediate success. She would play the lead role a third time on television in 1958. It was later that same year that she would take up the role in one of the most memorable films of her career, playing the title role in Auntie Mame (1958). She remained active in her career throughout the 1960s. Towards the end of the decade, in 1966, Auntie Mame was casting for a Broadway production. Naturally, Russell was offered the part, but she declined due to ill health.

Russell was diagnosed with breast cancer sometime in the mid to late 60s. She greatly struggled with the disease, and eventually lost the battle. Rosalind Russell died from complications due to breast cancer on November 28, 1976 at the age of 69. In the 38 year span of Russell's career, she starred in over 50 major motion pictures, 2 films made for television, and many plays. She was nominated 4 different times for an Academy Award for Best Actress, won 5 Golden Globe Awards, and won 2 Laurel Awards for Top Female Comedy Performances. Rosalind Russell was a true actress and genuine comedian, and a strong and beautiful woman who suffered from the effects of breast cancer.

"Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly."

-Rosalind Russell

"A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity."

-Rosalind Russell

"An impeccably dressed lady is always viewed with suspicion in real life and when you strut onto the screen with beautiful clothes and charming manners, the most naive of theatergoers senses immediately that you are in a position to do the hero no good."

-Rosalind Russell

"Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses."

-Rosalind Russell

Thank you all so much for joining in this month for what we hope will be an annual segment of Think PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness. These beautiful and talented women that we have posted about struggled with breast cancer and eventually died from complications many years ago. But there are still beautiful and strong women who struggle with the same disease today.

Always hope and work for a cure, and always Think PINK!

Join us both Wednesday and Thursday, the 30th and 31st of October for some vintage costumes and the history of trick-or-treating.

Happy Halloween!

"The Wavishing Kay Fwancis."

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Kay Francis

Born January 13, 1905

Died August 26, 1968

In the early days of the new year of 1905, Katharine Edwina Gibbs was born in Oklahoma City, OK to parents Joseph and Katharine. She was the couple's only child. Her father left the family by the time Kay was 4 years old. Her mother, known as "Katie," was a trained vocalist and actress in the theater. The mother-daughter pair lived on the road, traveling between cities. Most of the time, Kay was educated by her mother. Occasionally, they would stay in the city for a long enough stretch of time that her mother would enroll her in Catholic school. Between the ages of 15 and 17, she attended secretarial school in New York City. At the tender age of 17, she met and quickly wed a man by the name of James Dwight Francis. Their marriage did not last, and it was the first of several failed romantic relationships for Kay. It was from her first marriage that she took the surname that she would use throughout her career--Francis.

By 1925, Francis was working as a stage actress. She regularly commuted between Boston and New York, but eventually decided to settle in the latter and pursue a career on Broadway. Her big debut on the city's stage was a role in a modern version of Shakespeare's play Hamlet. She knew how to interact with the kind of people who could boost her career. Francis later said that her early parts were given to her because she "lied a lot, to the right people." This eventually got her a place in The Portmanteau Theatre Company, where she played a wide range of characters, and gained much experience. She did 2 Broadway plays in 1927, playing parts in Crime, and Venus. Her last appearance on the stage was in Elmer the Great (1928). For the play, she was working alongside Walter Huston, who told her she was good enough to make it in Hollywood. Because of this, Francis went for a screen test, which gave her a part in Gentlemen of the Press (1929), and also in The Cocoanuts (1929) alongside The Marx Brothers.

Although her parts in those first 2 films were not big, she still earned herself a contract with Paramount Pictures, which led to her relocation in California. Once established in Hollywood, everyone's eyes were on Francis. Aside from the fact that she was the tallest woman in Hollywood, standing just short of 6 ft, everyone knew that she had the potential to be the next big star. She made 21 films between 1929 and 1931

alone, many of which she starred in alongside William Powell. Some film critics were surprised that Francis managed to build a solid career so quickly, as she had to work around a speech impediment which she never fully recovered from. Since childhood, Francis had pronounced the letters "r" and "l" as a "w." In the midst of the monumental transition from silent films to talkies, when many actors and actresses who had speech impediments or unpleasant speaking voices were cut from the industry, it is somewhat surprising that Francis was not turned away. On the contrary, everyone fell in love with her, and most people thought her impediment was endearing, and she was affectionately given the title of "The Wavishing Kay Fwancis."

Although she was already doing well with Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros came to her with an offer that would launch her into ultimate stardom. Her last picture with Paramount was Trouble in Paradise (1932). She accepted the offer from Warner Bros, and her first pictures with the studio were George Cukor's Girls About Town, and Twenty-Four Hours later that same year. Within the next few years, Francis

became one of the highest paid women in Hollywood. She was known as the Queen of the Warner Bros lot from 1932 to 1936.

As time went on, Francis's relationship with the studio turned sour, as all of her parts were written to showcase her as a fashion icon during the Depression era, so as to appeal to female audiences. To her, the scripts became meaningless, and she had no desire to act in most of the films she was cast in, but she was bound by her contract. She began to openly feud with the studio, which eventually led to her getting demoted. Later on, Warner Bros released her from her contract. She had a brief taste of freedom, before she began to feel the anxiety over not being able to secure another contract with a studio at all. Fellow actress and good friend, Carole Lombard, gave her the push she needed to get back into acting when she made sure she was given a part in her upcoming film In Name Only (1939), alongside Cary Grant. Francis knew that she would be nothing more than a supporting character in the film, but she tactfully accepted, knowing that it was the best move for her career at the time. Her role in the film started a chain-like reaction which led to similar parts in other films. While none of these parts were starring roles, Francis used them to slowly rebuild her reputation. Her next leading role would not be until she was cast in King of the Underworld (1939) with Humphrey Bogart.

Like many of her fellow comrades in Hollywood, Francis focused much of her time during WWII on volunteer work. She did many tours of war-zones, which led to the book (and later film of the same name) Four Jills in a Jeep. With all of this going on, Francis was often in the public eye. While people commended her for her efforts, she was virtually unemployed. She was given the opportunity to do a 3 film deal with Poverty Row, which led to her last 3 films, Divorce (1945), Allotment Wives (1945), and Wife Wanted

(1946). She might have spent more time after that trying to find more film work, but Francis suffered from various health issues; that combined with an accident in 1948, led her to make the decision to end her career. She officially retired in 1948.

In 1966, Francis was diagnosed with breast cancer. She began to fight the disease and tried to take preventative measures, even undergoing a mastectomy, but her efforts proved futile. On a late summers day in August of 1968, Kay Francis died from complications with breast cancer. She was 63 years old.  Despite the fact that her overall career in Hollywood was short, Kay Francis was a beautiful actress who displayed her talent in no less than 68 motion pictures during the 17 years that she was active.

"I can't wait to be forgotten."

-Kay Francis

Kay Francis is the second star from classic films that is a part of our Think PINK campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Click here to view the post from last week on Bette Davis.

Come back again next Thursday, October 24, for our last post on a famous actress who battled breast cancer.

Always hope for a cure, and remember to Think PINK!

Autumn's Anthem

"Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf,

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day

Nothing gold can stay."

-Robert Frost

"Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around he here;

Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!

How like the hopes of childhood's day,

Thick clust'ring on the bough!

How like those hopes in their decay--

How faded are they now!

Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here;

Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!

Wither'd leaves, wither'd leaves, that fly before the gale:

Wither'd leaves, wither'd leaves, ye tell a mournful tale,

Of love once true, and friends once kind,

And happy moments fled:

Dispersed by every breath of wind,

Forgotten, changed, or dead!

Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, lie strewn around me here;

Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how sad, how cold, how drear!"

-Charles Dickens

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for another Think PINK! post about a classic star who battled breast cancer.

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.."-L.M. Montgomery

Happy Fall, everyone!

Where we are located, the world is getting cooler each day, and tufts of vibrant autumn colors are visible among the trees. That being said, we are just feeling inspired to share something with you that might be able to help you get into the mood for fall whether the world outside your window is changing yet or not.

"There once was a man named Stingy Jack
Who thought he was quite a clever chap.
Pining for adventure one day,
Stingy Jack asked the devil to come play.
The devil agreed, and quick as a wink,
He whipped up two stools and a good, strong drink.
The devil had a plan that was better than gold--
For his drink, Jack would pay with his soul.
But Jack be nimble, and Jack be quick--
He soon thought up his own little trick.
When it came time for him to pay,
Stingy Jack did say,
'My fine fellow, does it not make sense
For us to do away with this pretense:
You know I be a poor young man,
And I always get by the best way I can.
I have no money to pay; forgive me this offence,
And as a favor, turn yourself into my sixpence.'
The devil thought, and quick as a wink,
All that was left was a coin and a drink.
Stingy Jack's face split into a wicked grin,
As he swallowed the final bit of his gin.
He took the coin and hurried away
To his home, where he put the coin away
With a cross, to keep the devil at bay.
All Hallows Eve comes but once a year,
And ten had passed when Stingy Jack died.
Up to heaven his soul did fly,
But he could not gain entrance, no matter how he tried.
He soon turned up at the gates of hell,
But the devil sent him off, wishing him well,
Giving him nothing but a glowing hot coal
To light whatever hole he would make his home.
So Stingy Jack's lonely soul still roams
Every All Hallows Eve."

The tale of Stingy Jack originated in Ireland, which, you may have guessed, is also where Jack O'lanterns come from. All Hallows Eve, now known as Halloween, was originally like a Celtic day of the dead. It was a time when people would mourn, fast, and pray over the souls of those who have passed on. The legend of Stingy Jack originated centuries ago in Ireland around the time of All Hallows Eve. Originally Scottish, Irish, and English people would carve turnips and potatoes and large beets, and place a light within. They would specifically carve frightening faces, or things like crosses into the vegetables, so as to scare off wandering spirits that did not make it into heaven, and keep them out of their homes--spirits like Stingy Jack's. It was a tradition which Irish emigrants brought with them to America, and has spread to other people over time. The pumpkin is a fruit that is native to America. Once the emigrants were established here, they discovered that the pumpkin worked much better for carving.

I don't know about you, but I kind of want to carve a pumpkin now...

"I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived."-Bette Davis

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Bette Davis

Born April 5, 1908

Died October 6, 1989

Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born in the fall of 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts. She had one younger sister, named Barbara, and the two of them were affectionately known as "Betty" and "Bobby" respectively, since they were small children. When she was only 7 years old, Davis's parents divorced. Both of the Davis girls were sent away to boarding school when they were young. By 1921, their mother decided to relocate to New York, and Betty and her sister went along.

Once living in New York, Betty's mother got a job working as a portrait photographer. The little family of three would often go to the movies to spend time together, which is where Betty was inspired by the acting performances of stars such as Rudolph Valentino and Mary Pickford. Her mother was very encouraging about her longing to be an actress, but she made no moves to

begin a career until after she saw a performance of The Wild Duck in 1926. From that time onward, she was possessed by what she described as the need to be an actress. She was inspired to change her name to "Bette," which she took from Honore de Balzac's La Cousine Bette. Then she decided to apply for acceptance at Manhattan's Civic Repertory, but was turned away by the founder, who believed she was too "frivolous." Not one to give up, Davis turned her attention to the John Murray Anderson School of Theater, where she was eventually accepted.

Eventually, Davis made the decision to audition for a stock theater company that was run by George Cukor. He was not overly thrilled with her performance, but he gave her the chance she needed by giving her a part as a chorus girl in the play Broadway. After that time, more roles came her way. She even got the chance to play the part of Hedwig in a rendition of The Wild Duck, which had so inspired her during her youth. Her big, official Broadway debut did not come until 1929 with the play Broken Dishes. One night, a scout from Universal Studios was in the audience, watching her perform, and he presented her with an offer she couldn't refuse.

In December of 1930, Davis travelled with her mother at her side to California. Someone from the studio was sent to meet them at the station, but he decided to leave after looking around the station and not being able to see anyone who he thought "looked like an actress." So, Bette and her mother found their own way to the studio for her screen test. She failed to earn a part in her first test, but the studio decided to put her to use in another way--they used her as an extra in screen tests for other actors. After a while, they decided to give her a second chance at a screen test. This time it was for the film A House Divided (1931), and she failed once again. By this time, executives at Universal were ready to cut her loose, but it was thanks to cinematographer Karl Freund that she finally made it onto the big screen. He insisted that they give her another chance and cast her in the upcoming film The Bad Sister (1931), just because he thought she had "lovely eyes." She was given the part, but the film was a flop. She went on to play parts in six films for Universal, all of which were unsuccessful. Universal did not renew her contract.

Davis was seriously considering returning to New York and life on the stage, when she was unexpectedly cast as the leading actress in the Warner Bros film The Man Who Played God (1932). The film was an immediate success. She was lavished with praise for her performance, and given a 5 year contract with the studio. Davis had roles in 20 motion pictures before she was cast in Of Human Bondage (1934) as Mildred Rogers, a role which awarded her with her

first major critical acclaim. Life magazine wrote of her performance saying it was "probably the best performance ever recorded on the screen by a U.S. actress." Everyone, including Davis, was sure that she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance. When this did not happen, all of Hollywood, including other nominated actors, protested the decision. This led to the only time in history that the Academy allowed the consideration of a candidate that was not originally nominated for the award in question, by permitting voters to "write on the ballot his or her personal choice for the winner." Despite the measures that were taken to make sure that Davis was in the running, she did not win the award due to the small size of the committee that was voting. People were so outraged by the results that the Academy changed voting procedures, allowing for a wider selection of eligible voters.

Davis's next big role was in the film The Petrified Forest (1936), alongside Humphrey Bogart. This was Bogart's big film debut, and he was the main focus of critics throughout the production and release of the film. She next played a prostitute in the film Marked Woman (1937), which she won an award for. The next year brought one of her better known roles in the motion picture Jezebel (1938). Not only did this film mark the beginning of her golden years in Hollywood, but it was also during the production of Jezebel that she met and fell in love with director William Wyler, despite the fact that she was already married. Their relationship came to nothing, although Davis referred to Wyler as the love of her life. It was not long after this, in 1938, that Davis and her husband, Harmon Nelson, divorced.

She was emotionally distraught when filming began for her next film, Dark Victory (1939). She originally wanted nothing to do with the project and wanted to quit, but was convinced to see it through to the end and use her genuine despair to create a more powerful performance. She was happy she decided to finish the film, saying years later that it was her personal favorite movie that she had acted in. Davis was the queen of the box office in 1939, having 3 more major hits, including her famous role as Elizabeth I in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.

The 1940s brought about some changes in Davis's career, heavily driven by WWII. She devoted much time in 1942 to selling war bonds. She sold 2 million dollars of war bonds in only 2 days. She also spent time performing for regiments along with other stars such as Lena Horne. In October of 1942, Davis teamed up with fellow stars Cary Grant and Jule Styne to open a serviceman's club where Hollywood stars entertained servicemen on a volunteer basis. This also led to her performance in the film Hollywood Canteen (1944), which used the building in the movie.

Casting began for the film Now, Voyager (1942) in the early 1940s. When Davis was approached about the film, she automatically dismissed it, having no desire to appear in the romantic genre. Producer Hal Wallis convinced her to take the lead role after explaining that it was important for such a well known star as Davis to give the audience a break from reality through motion pictures. It is now known as one of her most iconic and dignified roles.

Davis continued to work with Warner Bros for the next 7 years. Her final picture with them was Beyond the Forest (1949). From that time on, she worked as a freelance artist. Though she did

get more roles, they became less frequent and gradually less successful. Her most memorable role during the 1950s was as Margo Channing in All About Eve (1950). She would not have another major hit until Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962). She had moderate success throughout the 1960s with films such as Dead Ringer (1964), and The Nanny (1965), but her career began to falter again by 1970. She did quite a bit of television work in the seventies, and had just begun filming for the series Hotel when she suffered a major setback, which she would never fully recover from.

Davis was officially diagnosed with breast cancer in 1983. Shortly after the diagnosis, she had a mastectomy. She was hoping for a successful recovery, but two weeks later she suffered from a series of multiple strokes, which left her with slurred speech and partial paralysis on her left side. She worked for quite some time in physical therapy so that she could do her best to continue acting. Her last complete film was The Whales of August (1987). Her final film was a great success. Despite battling her health issues, she was still the fiery and determined woman that the audience loved. As one critic put it, "Bette crawls across the screen like a testy old hornet on a windowpane, snarling, staggering, twitching--a symphony of misfired synapses."

Davis's health rapidly declined over the next two years. Late in the evening on October 6, 1989, Bette Davis succumbed to the cancer that had been attacking her body for so many years. She was 81 years old at the time of her death.

The epitaph on her tomb reads, "She did it the hard way." Bette Davis was an amazing actress, whose refusal to ever give up led to a legendary career which consisted of over 90 motion pictures, 13 short films, more than 90 television appearances, 11 Academy Award nominations (2 of which she won), 3 Golden Globe nominations, over 20 Honorary Awards, and the notable achievement of becoming the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1941.

"Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life."

-Bette Davis

"Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation."

-Bette Davis

"Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life."

-Bette Davis

Bette Davis was just one of many incredible and inspiring stars who battled breast cancer. Join us next Thursday, on October 17, for another post on a lovely face of the big screen who was diagnosed with the same disease.

Here's to hoping for a cure.

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