Bette - The Life of Bette Davis

Charles Higham

Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.

1981

316 páginas

10h 32m

ISBN-13: 9780025515000

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Charles Higham, veteran Hollywood journalist, was among those who answered the questions about the star. (He also authored books on Marlene Dietrich, Katherine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Lucille Ball, Audrey Hepburn, Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine. Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Laughton, Cary Grant and Errol Flynn, the latter being quite controversial in its time, due to the allegations he made against Flynn. )However, his Davis book, while it unspools a much more dramatic offstage life than you might expect, is reasonably responsible in its treatment of his subject's juicy private existence: he makes no sensational allegations against her, and sticks pretty closely to known, or verifiable facts. |...| [Amazon Customer Review] Suprisingly good Davis Biography
By Tee on September 5, 2005: 'This is an excellent well-written look at Bette Davis' life and career up to 1981 when it was published. Author Charles Higham is somewhat notorious for his more controversial biographies such as the one on Errol Flynn but this one on Davis has it's feet on the ground (although his allegations that Joan Crawford lusted after Davis were quite shocking to many back then and denied by some). It was also the first book on Davis that punctured her carefully constructed image as a serene grande dame of films off the screen and the first to write of her romances with Howard Hughes and William Wyler. Even with opening the door on some aspects of Davis' life, he is fairly respectful and seems to admire her courage and strength. Davis herself did not knock the book which should say something. Try to get a hardcover version with the gorgeous pop artwork dustjacket of Davis from her ALL ABOUT EVE era'.

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Biografia da vida pessoal e profissional da lendária atriz de Hollywood, conhecida por sua intensidade e talento dramático. A obra aborda as paixões desatadas, carácteres violentos, mortes, adulterios e crises de nervos da icônica Bette Davis.