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Bette and Joan " review by Lyn Gardner

Arts, LondonBy 1962, two of the silver screen's great leading ladies, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, were has-beens. The women " both famed for playing strong independent characters, both with difficult personal lives and both a long way past 40 " had been replaced by a new breed of perky blonde stars. Then they got an unexpected opportunity: playing opposite each other in what was to become a cult classic, What…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:41PM on May 12, 2011

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