An Academy Award-winning actress and one of the most riveting and volatile personalities the screen has ever known, Bette Davis comes to life in the pages of this lavish, fully illustrated tribute. "Bette Davis: Larger Than Life" is a lavishly illustrated tribute to one of the most acclaimed and rec[...]
The morning of her niece s wedding, Margo Just drinks a double martini and contemplates the many mistakes she s made in her fifty-odd years of life. Spending three decades in love with a wonderful but unattainable man is pretty high up on her list of missteps, as is a long line of unsuccessful love [...]
In "Jezebel", "Dark Victory", "Now", "Voyager" and "All About Eve" Bette Davis distorted herself into grotesque, shocking characters - always, she insisted, for the good of the role. This book unmasks the complex, self-destructive woman beneath the steely public persona.[...]
*Includes pictures. *Includes an introduction for each actress. *Includes quotes by the actresses about their lives and careers. *Includes bibliographies of each actress for further reading. In 1999, the American Film Institute released its list of the 50 greatest Hollywood stars of the 20th century[...]