Part One of three articles examining Bette Davis's career and life: Davis was born April 5, 1908 and died October 6, 1989. A two-time Oscar-winner, for “Dangerous” in 1935 and for “Jezebel” in 1938, Davis performed in every medium, but it was film in which she excelled and left her indelible mark.

March 18, 2008–The Museum of Cinematography in Lodz is hosting an exhibition of posters, photos and other memorabilia of Pola Negri, the Polish-born international star from film's early days. Along with Polish artifacts, the exhibits come from the archives in Germany, France and the U.S., where she pursued her career.

March 18, 2008–Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director and writer of  "he English Patient," has died suddenly. He was 54.

March 11, 2008–Leonard Rosenman, a two-time Oscar-winning composer, died Tuesday of a heart attack at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 83.

Lucy Walker is the director of the new acclaimed documentarry, “Blindsight.” She grew up in London, England. She studied literature at Oxford University and directed theatre before winning a Fulbright Scholarship to attend NYU's graduate film program, where she won various awards and received an MFA.