Described as a "benevolent volcano" by Olivia de Havilland, Tinseltown icon Bette Davis earned her reputation as a great actress and an uncompromising trailblazer. The iron-willed star's offscreen alter ego often matched her on-screen persona. Through film clips, newsreel footage, photos and interviews with Davis's Hollywood contemporaries, director Peter Jones paints a mesmerizing portrait of a complex cinema legend.