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1. Bette Davis: Larger than Life by Richard Schickel, George Perry | |
Hardcover: 264
Pages
(2009-10-06)
list price: US$35.00 -- used & new: US$4.69 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: B003R4ZDVC Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description Bette Davis remains one of the most acclaimed and well-known stars in the history of film. Breaking new ground for women, she was a fighter who took on the Hollywood establishment at the drop of a dime. She reveled in lifelong feuds (such as with arch nemesis and co-star Joan Crawford). She was a mother, wife, and friend. She was also a no-nonsense New Englander who happened to have more talent than the movies seemed able to contain. Her personality leapt off the screen and earned her an unprecedented number of high-profile nominations and awards for her work in films like Jezebel, Dark Victory, All About Eve, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? As the epitaph on Davis’s tombstone reads, “She did it the hard way.” Through a biography, comprehensive filmography, and hundreds of rare photos, readers will find out why. Customer Reviews (12)
SIMPLY GORGEOUS BOOK!
Bette Davis in Pictures
Fabulous color pics of Bette Davis
NOT WORTH THE PRICE
A Steal! |
2. Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis by Ed Sikov | |
Paperback: 512
Pages
(2008-09-30)
list price: US$17.00 -- used & new: US$6.98 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0805088636 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description The legendary Hollywood star blazes a fiery trail in this enthralling portrait of a brilliant actress and the movies her talent elevated to greatness In Dark Victory, noted film critic and biographer Ed Sikov paints the most detailed picture ever delivered of Bette Davis, the intelligent, opinionated, and unusual woman who was—in the words of a close friend—“one of the major events of the twentieth century.” Drawing on new interviews with friends, directors, and admirers, as well as archival research and a fresh look at the films, this stylish, intimate biography depicts Davis’s personal as well as professional life in a way that is both revealing and sympathetic. With his wise and well-informed take on the production and accomplishments of such movie milestones as Jezebel, All About Eve, and Now, Voyager, as well as the turbulent life and complicated personality of the actress who made them, Sikov’s Dark Victory brings to life the two-time Academy Award–winning actress’s unmistakable screen style, and shows the reader how Davis’s art was her own dark victory. Customer Reviews (19)
Worth the read
Best of Bette
Fascinating!
Shallow but Fun
"An Excellent Bette Davis Biography" |
3. The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis - A Personal Biography (Softcover) (Applause Books) by Chandler C | |
Paperback: 358
Pages
(2007-03-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (26)
For Other Readers This Is 4 To 5* Stuff
Where's the beef?
Bette Davis review
"Bright people are too often sarcastic," says Bette...
Best for the new Davis reader/Mary Astor correction |
4. This 'n' That by Bette Davis, Michael Herskowitz | |
Mass Market Paperback: 170
Pages
(1988-03-01)
list price: US$3.95 -- used & new: US$19.95 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0425106241 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (13)
Bette Davis Tells Her Story - Part II
Okay read
Entertaining Read by the great Bette Davis
Good book - great woman
A Bette Davis Fan Must Read |
5. The Lonely Life by Bette Davis | |
Paperback: 243
Pages
(1990-11-01)
list price: US$4.95 Isbn: 0425123502 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. Bette Davis: A Biography in Photographs by Christopher Nickens | |
Paperback: 215
Pages
(1985-01)
list price: US$14.95 -- used & new: US$88.94 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 038519675X Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (1)
Great old photo book of BETTE DAVIS!!! Fabulous!!! |
7. Complete Films of Bette Davis by Gene Ringgold | |
Paperback: 208
Pages
(1985-11-28)
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8. Mother Goddam: Story of the Career of Bette Davis by Whitney Stine | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(1988-08-18)
Isbn: 0352311428 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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9. The Lonely Life: an Autobiography by Bette Davis | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1962)
Asin: B000OKPVTQ Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (4)
Bette Davis Tells Her Story - Part I
Difference of opinion
Cont...
A Real Page Turner |
10. Bette Davis: A Biography by Barbara Leaming | |
Paperback: 400
Pages
(2003-08-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (14)
What was the point?
cold hard fact
Over Dramatizing Bette's Faults
A Money Hungry Excuse for an 'author'!
A Huge Disappointment |
11. Fasten Your Seat Belts: The Passionate Life of Bette Davis by Lawrence J. Quirk | |
Paperback: 1
Pages
(1990-12-04)
list price: US$5.95 Isbn: 0451169506 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Customer Reviews (5)
An Interesting Read
MORE THAN A BIT OF BETTE...
Depends on What You're Looking For...
MORE THAN A BIT OF BETTE... Given the author's own connection to the film world, as well as the fact that he, himself, is a big fan ofMs. Davis, much of his writing is peppered with interesting insider information. It is the culmination of an amazing forty three years of research. Being a member of the cognoscenti, the author provides a great deal of colorful background that fleshes out her life, grounding it in the context of the time in which she lived and developed as the great star that she eventually became.He does this through extensive interviews of the people who had played a role in her life, news clippings, film reviews, and his own interviews of Ms. Davis. The author takes the reader through her relationships, many of which were rocky,with her family, her fellow actors, directors, writers, producers, and studio heads. The author discusses hermarriages, of which there were a four, and her lovers.It is, however, when discussing her films, her highs and her lows, that the author's knowledge really comes to the forefront. Having seen most of the films of which he writes, I especially enjoyed and was totally fascinated by all the background information, skullduggery, and behind the scenes hoopla that went on in the making of these films. I will definitely go back and see some of these films again, as they are now couched in a new light. This fascinating book is, without a doubt, the definitive biography of Bette Davis, warts and all. The author succeeds in painting a three dimensional portrait of a feisty, determined woman, who brooked no nonsense when it came to her craft, but who also had a softer side, wanting to love and be loved. This is a woman who asserted herself and refused to countenance anyone who would try to make her be something that she wasn't. While this may not have made her very popular with those who lived or worked with her, this quality shone through in her films, making her one of the most popular and enduring superstars of all time. Bette Davis eventually became more than the sum of her parts. She became a legend.
Good reading for Bette Davis fans |
12. Bette Davis by Roy Moseley | |
Paperback: 216
Pages
(2003-08)
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Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (5)
Jealous much, Moseley?
engrossing
It's a good read.
This Nut Betrayed Davis during and after her life!
A FUN READ FOR FANS OF LA DAVIS There are various anecdotes in the book which are refreshing, surprising and funny: seems Bette was a most contradictory woman who could be extremely unpredictable: honest, caring and lovable one minute and harsh, cynical and monstrous the next. Apparently, like most great stars, geniuses, etc., she was quite insecure and a walking paradox who was fascinating but exhausting to be around! The book is a valuable read for fans (and there are many) of this great First Lady of the Silver Screen because it reveals the real woman behind the legend. As I have long suspected, Moseley pointedly states that many things Davis said in print about her life were totally worthless as historical facts biograpy-wise, because she tended (as many stars of her era did) to romanticize/whitewash her personal life to the point of rendering it rather dull. And dull definitely is not an adjective one would use to describe this brilliant woman! ... Read more |
13. Bette Davis (Great Stars) by David Thomson | |
Paperback: 144
Pages
(2010-01-05)
list price: US$14.00 -- used & new: US$7.56 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0865479313 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description “She could look demure while behaving like an empress. Blonde, with eyes like pearls too big for her head, she was very striking, but marginally pretty and certainly not beautiful . . . But it was her edge that made her memorable—her upstart superiority, her reluctance to pretend deference to others.” Customer Reviews (2)
A Great Book About a Great Actress
Awful |
14. Bette Davis: A Celebration (Applause Legends Series) by Alexander Walker | |
Paperback: 160
Pages
(2000-04-01)
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A good start.
Paste-up Job proves worthless
Paste-up Job proves worthless |
15. Bette Davis, film star (The Library of famous women) by Gene Brown | |
Unknown Binding: 64
Pages
(1990)
Isbn: 0823912027 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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16. No Guts, No Glory: Conversations with Bette Davis by Whitney Stine | |
Hardcover: 308
Pages
(1990-10)
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17. The Complete Films of Bette Davis (Citadel Stars) by Gene Ringgold, Lawrence J. Quirk | |
Paperback: 216
Pages
(1990-07)
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The Film History of a Movie Icon |
18. Bette Davis: A Tribute 1908-1989 by Roger Baker | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1990-05)
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19. Bette Davis Speaks by Boze Hadleigh | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(1997-05-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Customer Reviews (8)
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GREAT AMERICAN WOMAN ACTRESS
Bette tells all - or did she?
a little too polished, if you catch my drift
What a dupe!
Highly Questionable "Interviews" |
20. Bette: Biography of Bette Davis by Charles Higham | |
Paperback: 384
Pages
(1982-11-01)
Isbn: 0450055094 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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