Lauren Bacall "Cactus Flower" (1965), "Applause" (1970), and "Woman of the Year" (1981). She won Tony Awards for her performances in the latter two. "Applause" was a musical version of the film "All About Eve", in which Bette Davis had starred as stage diva Margo Channing. According to Bacall's autobiography, she and a girlfriend won an opportunity in 1940 to meet her idol Bette Davis at Davis' hotel. Years later, Davis visited Bacall backstage to congratulate her on her performance in "Applause". Davis told Bacall, "You're the only one who could have played the part." The few films Bacall made during this
Stars Over Broadway as he tactfully expressed it, 'needed some dough' and 'wasn't going to wait till I decorate a wheel chair'." Stars Over Broadway Stars Over Broadway is a 1935 American musical film directed by William Keighley, written by Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein, & Pat C. Flick, and starring Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh and Eddie Conrad. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 23, 1935. Frank S. Nugent of "The New York Times" wrote in his review: "The Warners have tackled the operatic film with an engaging sense of humor. In "Stars Over Broadway",