A transformed Charlotte Vale in NOW, VOYAGER (1942) also starring Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Gladys Cooper.  In addition to nominations in the acting categories for Bette and Gladys Cooper, NOW, VOYAGER's musical score by Max Steiner won an Academy Award.

Bette's Oscar nomination for NOW, VOYAGER marked the fifth consecutive year in which she was so honored, a feat equaled only by Greer Garson (1941-1945) in Academy Award history.

"The Untold Want"
by Walt Whitman
(from Leaves of Grass)

THE untold want, by life and land ne’er granted,
Now, Voyager, sail thou forth, to seek and find.

Music Clip:

"Warner Bros. Fanfare & Main Title" (clip) by Max Steiner (a .MP3 file courtesy RCA Victor).

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Still More Memorable Quotations:

• "Well, Monsieur, a person in my position must be content with picking up a few crumbs of happiness from other people's tables." --as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes in ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO (1940).
• "Happiness isn't a little cake we can cut up to satisfy our appetite." --as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes in ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO (1940).
• "There are some things it's useless to fight against, Monsieur, and one is another woman's jealousy." --as Henriette Deluzy-Desportes in ALL THIS, AND HEAVEN TOO (1940).
• "You know, there are men who think it's their duty to flirt with women whenever they have the chance. I believe they think women expect it of them." --as Leslie Crosby in THE LETTER (1940).
• "With all my heart, I still love the man I killed." --as Leslie Crosby in THE LETTER (1940).
• "I don't ask for things I don't think I can get." --as Regina Giddens in THE LITTLE FOXES (1941).
• "You sound like a book, and a very cheap one." --as Maggie in THE GREAT LIE (1941).
• "The usual thing.  'Do you?'  'I do.' 'Kiss the bride.'  'Have some cake.'" --as Maggie in THE GREAT LIE (1941).
• "But you wouldn't!  You couldn't!" --as Maggie in THE GREAT LIE (1941).
• "I always know what I'm doing." --as Stanley Timberlake in IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942).
• "I guess I'm kill or cure." --as Stanley Timberlake in IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942).
• "I might even turn out to be a good wife. Imagine me being a good wife." --as Stanley Timberlake in IN THIS OUR LIFE (1942).
• "Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon... we have the stars." --as Charlotte Vale in NOW, VOYAGER (1942).
• "I always have the feeling you're laughing at me, and I find that attractive--besides the fact you're very rich." --as Fanny Trellis in MR. SKEFFINGTON (1944).
• "I have never talked to a man for more than five minutes in my life without wanting to box his ears." --as Miss Lilly Moffat in THE CORN IS GREEN (1945).

Another Oscar-nominated performance, this time as Margo Channing in ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) , the character as which Bette delivered her most famous movie line ever...

"Fasten your seat belts.  It's going to be a bumpy night." --as Margo Channing in ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) (a .WAV file).

Bette with Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe, and George Sanders during the "bumpy night" and a poster from ALL ABOUT EVE , the Best Picture of 1950, which also starred Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter and Gary Merrill.

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