Cinema: The New Pictures: Sep. 27, 1937

That Certain Woman (First National-Warner Bros.). Warner Brothers paid $25,000 in court costs in England last fall to compel high-spirited Bette Davis to return to the fold after her rebellion against playing an uncongenial part (in God's Country and the Woman), and her demand that her salary be increased was refused. Actress Davis herself spent $18,000 opposing the action, could be made to pay the $25,000 court costs as well, since the studio has not yet executed its judgment against her for the amount.

In less precarious times, the role she is given in...

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