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by Charlotte Chandler

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Charlotte Chandler

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978-1416522225

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1416522220

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Pocket Books; UK ed. edition (February 5, 2007)

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The author, Charlotte Chandler, tells the story mostly in Bette's own words, with reminicences from those who knew he.

The author, Charlotte Chandler, tells the story mostly in Bette's own words, with reminicences from those who knew her. Chandler fills in details here and there, and adds a few anecdotes of her own time with Davis. It's hard to sum up a person's life in less than three hundred pages - and even harder to sum up the summing in a few Bette Davis . What I love about this book is that I can hear Bette Davis telling her stories. Her voice is loud and strong and full of humor. I have so much more respect for her - she was a true pioneer in the film industry.

Alone and ill, she faced her last days with bravery and dignity

Chandler also spoke with directors, actors, and others who knew and worked with Davis. As a result Davis comes to life in these pages - a dynamic, forceful presence once again, just as she was on the screen. Though she owed everything to her mother, Ruthie, Bette Davis remained fascinated all her life by her hard-to-please father, who walked out on his family. Alone and ill, she faced her last days with bravery and dignity. The Girl Who Walked Home Alone is a brilliant portrait of an enduring icon from Hollywood's golden age and an unforgettable biography of the real woman behind the star.

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Only 9 left in stock (more on the way). The high price of success in show business often goes unnoticed unless a perceptive writer reveals it to us, as Charlotte Chandler has done in her remarkable books about Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder, and Alfred Hitchcock. Now, in "The Girl Who Walked Home Alone, Chandler reveals Bette Davis as a valiant, often misunderstood heroine of the real star wars.

In 1980, Bette Davis summoned Charlotte Chandler to her New York apartment She'd just read Chandler's book about Groucho Marx, and appeared to meet her 'framed in the proscenium arch of the doorway. her skirt was knee-length, revealing shapely legs in ultrasheer nylons and black high heels. I had the illusion that I was walking into a Forties Warner Brothers movie.

Chandler follows her personal biographies of Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock with this one on Davis. Like its predecessors, the book consists largely of quotes taken from conversations the author had with Davis during the last nine years of the star’s life. From the evidence here, Miss Davis certainly carried a ly one about herself. She recalls her early years in Massachusetts, claiming she was the descendant of a Salem witch and was born between a bolt of lightning and a clap of thunder

Though she owed everything to her mother, Ruthie, Bette Davis remained fascinated all her life by her hard-to-please father, who walked out on his family.

Chandler also spoke with directors, actors, and others who knew and worked with Davis. She remembered the disappointment - which never left - over her father's lack of interest in her, and she believed that her resentment of him was probably a major factor in her four failed marriages: she kept putting her men in a position where they would eventually disappoint her.

The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis, A Personal Biography - Applause Books (Paperback). Charlotte Chandler (author).

When Charlotte Chandler first went to meet Bette Davis, in 1980, the actress was waiting at the door of her apartment in the Lombardy Hotel on East 56th Street - she didn't like visitors to be greeted by a closed door, she explained. Davis, 71 at the time, wore a soft, drapey knee-length dress and black high heels - her legs had retained their lovely shape - and she leaned gracefully in the doorway, with the light shining behind her. "I had the illusion that I was walking into a 1940's Warner Brothers.

бесплатно, без регистрации и без смс. Even a short list of Bette Davis's most famous films - Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; Dark Victory; The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; Now, Voyager; All About Eve; What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - re. . Even a short list of Bette Davis's most famous films - Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; Dark Victory; The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; Now, Voyager; All About Eve; What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? - reveals instantly what a major force she was in Hollywood. Her distinctive voice, her remarkable eyes, her astonishing range and depth of characterization - all these qualities combined to make Bette Davis one of the finest performers in film history

This biography reveals details about the public and private worlds of the legendary actress Bette Davis, in her own words. It looks at all the details, ranging from her teenage decision to become an actress, to the pain and outrage over her daughter's bitter portrayal of her. It also reveals how her father abandoned her.

Ice_One_Guys

This is a fabulous book! Bette Davis actually asked the Author to write the book and approved the title. She also speaks directly to the author so you are hearing the words directly from Bette herself. I think if you read it you will get a whole new take on Bette Davis and not think of her as hard to work with but think of her as very strong and determined. I think anybody who is a fan should read this book, and maybe those who aren't fans should read it also and they might become one.

Tygolar

It's not until the final pages of the book that Charlotte Chandler really give us some insight into the full Bette Davis personality, as she talks about her views on growing up in a household where she felt battered by "her father's devastating wit...Bright people are too often sarcastic. My father was, and I grew up being quite sarcastic, like him."

Otherwise, this Bette Davis book seems more like a retread of all the books that have already covered her life. One of the best was Lawrence Quirk's extremely penetrating and well-written book called "Fasten Your Seatbelts: The Passionate Life of Bette Davis."

Something new that I did learn: Davis was tempted to play Mary Todd Lincoln in the late '40s, but ended up doing WINTER MEETING ('48) instead--which turned out to be a mess. Too bad she didn't follow her original idea, but let Warner Bros. choose her next project instead.

I expected to hear more about the Bette Davis/Susan Hayward confrontations on the set of WHERE LOVE HAS GONE, but there is not even a mention of Miss Hayward in the brief mention of this film.

Nor is there much to be said of Olivia de Havilland, supposedly one of Bette's few female friends who also happened to be a big star. The HUSH...HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE section could certainly have included some admiration for de Havilland replacing Joan Crawford as well as she did--since Bette was extremely grateful that her friend agreed to the accidental casting which worked so brilliantly. No mention made of Robert Aldrich's actual comment when he declared: "We were better off with Olivia. She was great."

It does include his opinion that Bette "was born to thrive on conflict," which helps explain what motivated all the on-the-set tensions that existed on the set of most of her films.

A photo in the very fine photo spread has a misidentified photo labeled as Bette in the CHARLOTTE role, but it appears to be from another film.

At least Celeste Holm does get her chance to expand on her view of Davis when they met for ALL ABOUT EVE. She puts it very aptly: "She seemed to think she had a license to be rude." Also, Lillian Gish, hurt at being treated so poorly by Bette when they did THE WHALES OF AUGUST.

The earlier part of the book devotes a lot of time to ground already covered extensivey in other Davis books, but perhaps this could not be avoided. What is disappointing is that only toward the final chapters do we get quotes from Davis about her lifetime experiences that have not been quoted before and some of the revelations are very frank--even a bit disturbing--but seem honest and truthful. One can sympathize briefly with her when she says: "Maybe I just wasn't lovable."

Certainly worth reading if you're a Davis fan--but don't expect to be overwhelmed by new information.

Abuseyourdna

Bette Davis is one of the Silver Screens Giants,a woman of enormous will power, determination, earthiness, sensitivity, ruthlessness, passion with a great great talent.

She was larger than life, and never quite understood that her strong personality had the opposite effect to what she wanted to achieve on others. Men like to be hunters, so did Bette, Directors like to direct, so did Bette, if she thought she knew more than they did. She had it written into her contract at Warners that if she wasn't happy with the Director she could fire him, which she sometimes did.

She had a sex drive stronger than a team of mules, which the aging star missed very much in her latter years. She's quite frank about growing old (not for sissies), the devastation of losing her looks, after her stroke, her loneliness, the realization of being alone for the rest of her life, her hair loss due to incessant dyeing for pictures,and her need to keep working. Was it financial ? Partly, she says, but I don't buy that.

She was a daughter, a wife (four times), a loyal friend, a sister, but above all Bette Davis was an ACTRESS, and she needed that outlet to make her life whole.

She carried a love for William Wyler in her heart for most of her life. Yet when he was asked about their affair he said he knew he could never marry Bette, too much fighting, too many demands made on him for HER career, and whilst he had a very high respect for her talent, and liked her very much, his affections had never gone beyond that.

She made some of her finest films under Wylers direction. Jezebel, the Letter and the Little Foxes, and she understood and agreed with Wylers pattern of umpteen takes and constant search for perfection.

Her rivalry with Joan Crawford and Miriam Hopkins is legendary. Crawford was a star who believed in the star system and that meant on the lot during filming she kept her distance from the cast and crew - Davis loved to swap yarns with the crew,mingle with the cast and discuss scenes with the director.

Mirian Hopkins liked to get as many closeups as she could, and Bette was constantly on her toes, ensuring the proverbial rug wasn't pulled out from under her.

Hopkins owned the rights to Jezebel and played the role on stage. Amazingly, when she sold the rights to Warners, she didn't have a clause inserted that gave her the right to play the lead - she just assumed she would be given it. But at Warners, their top star was Bette Davis and she was given the role. Davis has always claimed that Jezebel was the turning point in her career. Willian Wyler directing, her name above the title for the first time, the great success of the film, and then winning the coveted Oscar for best actress.

The Girl Who Walked Home Alone is written by Charlotte Chandler and "spoken" by Bette Davis. She asked Chandler to write it after reading her previous work Groucho And His Friends, and she was as blunt and as brave in print as she was in real life.

It isn't the bitchy book I was expecting, but it portrays Davis, warts and all, and recaptures an era the like of which we will never see again.

I recommend it.

Fecage

Enjoyable.

Adoranin

Very good book; well worth buying! Very informative; very engrossing. bette davis is supreme! I love her! Very well written book.

Quashant

Boring!!!!!!!!

Leyl

I agree with the reviewer below who said there is nothing new here. The author breezes through Davis' life with Davis interjecting here and there. Its been done before and a lot better (notably Whitney Stine's book 'Mother Goddam'). The author writes very poorly as well and the book is labyrinthical and very confusing. One doesn't know when Davis is talking, when the author is talking, or when one of the people whom the author interviewed is talking. Skip this one. Davis deserves better.

Wonderful book. This was a copy to replace my first one.<G>

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