The Bette Davis Collection (Dark Victory / Mrs Skeffington ...

4 Great Movies.
Mrs Skeffington.
Bette Davis earned her eighth Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as Fanny Skeffington. Backed by Claude Rains (Notorious, Casablanca) as her devoted husband, glorious costumes and a lush Franz Waxman score, Davis takes what might, in lesser hands, have been just a woman\'s picture and turns it into art. This is the original full-length 147 minute version of the film, which was cut by 20 minutes a few weeks after its initial release.

Dark Victory
This new presentation of Bette Davis\'s bravura, moving, but never morbid performance as Judith Traherne, a dying heiress determined to find happiness in her few remaining months, has been fully-restored from the original negative for this DVD. Dark Victory remains a three-hankie classic and was Davis biggest box-office hit yet, garnering Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress and Original Score.

Now Voyager
A tender love story, a taut psychological drama, an inspiring tale of physical and spiritual transformation, Now, Voyager is all three. Its also a Bette Davis career milestone, resulting in her sixth Best Actress Oscar nomination as spinster Charlotte Vale, who defies her domineering mother (fellow Oscar nominee Gladys Cooper) to discover love, heartbreak and eventual contentment. A stunning transfer from the original negative.

The Letter
Directed by William Wyler (Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday), this classic film noir, based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham, was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and a Best Actress nod for Bette Davis.