“I hope to start a career as a new Bette Davis,” she said with a giggle. With him was a friend, Ann Hulegard, 28, a former PSA flight attendant who is an aspiring actress. The event attracted more than a few trying to make it in show biz, including William Faulkner, 32, a Delta Airlines flight attendant who said he has directed some commercials and is writing a screenplay. The way that she can always make it through, that gives me inspiration.” “I’ve always watched old movies,” she said. Lisa Fogle, 19, a student at Cerritos College, brought a lawn chair for the long wait on the line. Steve Hutton, 30, a Pasadena accounting clerk, was one of the next. “It was worth waiting for,” he said afterward. She’s a legend,” he said.ĭreyer knelt as she signed his copy. “Miss Bette Davis is a Hollywood institution. The first on a line that stretched around the block was Michael Dreyer, 25, a data entry clerk from Sacramento who had arrived at 6 a.m. McArthur signaled and, like a congregation coming forward for communion, her fans inched forward. As grumbling reporters were shooed away, she touched her fingers to her lips and blew a kiss at them. “I thank all of you, very, very much,” she said in a throaty voice. “Thirty seconds only! I’m counting! Out!”ĭavis was unruffled, despite pleas for just one more picture.
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