Why did Bette Davis Murder?

henryeather says > They were lovers. He wanted to end the relationship. Bette didn't. She sent for him to come over when Robert was away. He went to the house and tried to end it and left. Bette (Leslie) became enraged and shot him.

They had been carrying on for years then, as she says, about a year prior he started to change. She found out he had married a native woman so this enraged her. He denied it but he had stop coming around. She had to write the letter to summon him to her.

She confronted him about his marriage and he denied it at first; probably more because he knew what her reaction would be than anything else. She pushed it and he finally admitted it and said he was happy she found out. Maybe she'd finally leave him alone.

What seemed to really get her goat was the fact he said the native woman he married meant more to him than anyone ever did. This was a slap in her face and she couldn't take it. She had already spotted the woman and didn't think much of her but now the man she believes she loves, the person who had been her saving grace from the misery in which she found herself, wanted this 'thing' more than he wanted her.

It was jealousy pure and simple. She couldn't have him so sh killed him to keep his wife from having him and to keep him from finding happiness without her. All the talk of love is really desperation. She could live with his death but not with the thought of him and this native woman living happily together.


Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

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