He had Bette Davis's sofas re-upholstered for her, and organised Rex Harrison's room at the Ritz-Carlton.

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Carol Kane is an absolute delight as Ruth, who is soon revealed to be famous movie star Bette Davis.

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" For those who missed the 1980s, that's a comical reference to a Grammy-winning song called, "She's Got Bette Davis Eyes.

WSJ: Review: Lucas' 'The Lying Lesson' a gentle comedy

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford deliver powerful (and powerfully creepy) performances.

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Regular folk having a brush with fame has already been the subject of Craig Lucas' gentle comedy "The Lying Lesson, " in which a mysterious woman who visits a Maine town turns out to be Bette Davis.

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Warner was already the industry leader in back-catalog exploitation when it introduced MOD discs, having done much honor to screen icons from Hollywood's golden age, including Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and Katharine Hepburn.

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With her sizable eyes and her capacity to seem at once helplessly expressive and fiercely controlling, she is both a credible Wallis and, more important to lovers of film, one of the few young actresses bold enough to channel Bette Davis.

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My interviews with people such as Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Lemmon, Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, James Caan, Robin Williams, Christian Slater, Lucille Ball, Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, Julia Roberts, Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, Tom Cruise, Carrie Fisher, Whoopi Goldberg, Lauren Bacall, and Bruce Willis (just to name a few) have enlightened me about the art of acting and the history of Hollywood.

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