When Bette Met Mae

I recommend this to other classic films fans that like Mae West and Bette Davis. A friend of Bette's once taped the actual 1973 first meeting of the two on a cassette. What they do in this production is have actors who look very much like them (especially the one playing Bette) mouth the words to the actually voices of the actresses on the tape. It sounds strange, after a few minutes you get used to it. There are some nice little nuggets of film history included in their conversation and it also includes breaks that show what they are referring to in their conversation. I believe the meeting was for dinner at Bette's home, and she, Bette Davis, was actually a bit star struck by Mae. You get a taste for just how intelligent a business woman Mae West was too. So if you want a real treat give this film a chance, remember the voices are really theirs from the recorded tape.

I give this a 9 out of 10 stars for it's historic film history value