Tory and Dangerous She won two Academy Awards was the first person to accrue 11 Academy Award nominations and became the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute But who was this actress? Based on three years of research and over 150 interviews with close family friends and co workers this Hollywood legend biography reveals for the first time the devastating effect on Bette of her father’s desertion; her oddly close relationship with her mother; her massive self doubts and numerous tempestuous marriages and extramarital affairs Spada exposes the disturbing cover up of the facts surrounding the sudden death of Bette’s second husband Arthur Farnsworth; the truth about her relationship with her daughter B.
bette free davis free Bette Davis MOBITory and Dangerous She won two Academy Awards was the first person to accrue 11 Academy Award nominations and became the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute But who was this actress? Based on three years of research and over 150 interviews with close family friends and co workers this Hollywood legend biography reveals for the first time the devastating effect on Bette of her father’s desertion; her oddly close relationship with her mother; her massive self doubts and numerous tempestuous marriages and extramarital affairs Spada exposes the disturbing cover up of the facts surrounding the sudden death of Bette’s second husband Arthur Farnsworth; the truth about her relationship with her daughter B.
Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBIJames Spada is a superb biographer I've read five Bette Davis biographies and find it impossible to rate one higher than the others Inescapably many details are rehashed across all of them This one I liked not much or less than the others I've read However if I were recommending which ones to include in your coverage there are so many this would make my listAll the fabulous comical caricatures have redefined our memories of this wonderful actress Just watch her actual films though and you'll rediscover that she was nowhere near as over the top as you might have recalled she had far greater dramatic subtlety and nuance than her impersonators have led us to believe As a woman she was renowned for being earthier than her professional nemesis Joan Crawford and boaste
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Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBIBette Davis fans should be warned about reading this book which includes the most cursory treatment of her film work but a cornucopia of embarassing stories of drunken arguments with 3 of her 4 husbands professional feuding and personal contrari
Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBIBette Davis has always been a favourite I enjoy her movies most specially the ones she did in the forties her most popular time in Hollywood Reading about her childhood family fears her jo
Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBIMy problem with this biography is that the author tries to push a certain narrative down the reader's throat namely of Bette being a temperamental bitch which makes it really hard to sympathize with anything she ever did or said even if she was right In a way this is worse than a book blatantly against its subject because it tries to put certain ideas in your head but in a subtler way I believe the writing style which includes detailed descriptions of places dialogues and people's thoughts and feelings almost as if you were reading a novel contributes to this kind of deception It starts from the very first chapters describi
Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBIAn honest review; Bette Davis was a brilliant woman possessed with sensitive acting ability She appeared to have been bi polar and self anesthetize herself with alcohol which only exacerbated this conditionStrong willed and focused however she appeared to ha
Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBII am embarrassed to admit how glued to this book I actually was although not for the reasons most would think Never having been much of a fan of any celebrity certainly not of Bette Davis nevertheless I was curious as to how a virtual nobody could have risen to such heights of stardom even to attaining two Oscars and then to have seemingly lost it all Although remembered fondly as a great actress which may or may not have been true nevertheless Bette Davis was shrewish and miserable for much of her life and through many marriages and abortions Most certainly money fame and celebrity can only buy just so muchand not of what matters most
Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBIBette Davis has never been one of my favorite actresses but there's no denying that she was a star This biography of her manages to walk the line and give an even handed account of her good and bad traits There are places where a little too much information is given I don't really care what her sexual adventures were but her personality comes through strong and clear and the book is compelling reading
Bette Davis PDF/EPUB ß ☆ ePUB ahali.co bette free, davis free, Bette Davis MOBIA fascinating look at a wonderful actress but sometimes horrible human being I think the author does a good job of trying to remain objective when chronicling the events of his subject's life; he shows how Bette could be cruel jealous and petty but then goes into descriptions that show her humane side such as founding and putting countless hours into the Hollywood Canteen and constantly giving to her thankless daughter This book is a must read for classic movie fans