Boston University rolled out the red carpet on Thursday, September 18, during a star-studded event that honored the 100th birthday of Hollywood legend and Massachusetts native Bette Davis. The celebration marked the debut of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center’s latest exhibition, A Retrospective Exhibition of the Life and Work of Bette Davis, and included appearances by two-time Tony Award–winning actress Lauren Bacall and Academy Award–winning actress Susan Sarandon, as well as New York Observer film critic Rex Reed.