Girl Who Walked Home Alone : Bette Davis, a Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler (2006, Hardcover)-image
Girl Who Walked Home Alone : Bette Davis, a Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler (2006, Hardcover)-image

Girl Who Walked Home Alone : Bette Davis, a Personal Biography by Charlotte Chandler (2006, Hardcover)

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LCCN: 2005-056252 Illustrator: Yes Dewey Edition: 22 Book Title: Girl Who Walked Home Alone : Bette Davis, a Personal Biography Dewey Decimal: 791.4302/8092 B TitleLeading: The Item Weight: 20.1 Oz brand: Simon & Schuster Author: Charlotte Chandler Synopsis: 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. Drawing on extensive conversations with Bette Davis during the last decade of her life, Charlotte Chandler gives us a biography in which the great actress speaks for herself. (It was she who suggested that Chandler write this book.) 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. 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. She spoke happily of her love affairs with Howard Hughes and William Wyler; she recalled her leading men, favorite co-stars, and unloved rivals; and she took great care to refute the persistent Hollywood legend that she was difficult to work with. Alone and ill, she faced her last days with bravery and dignity. The Girl Who Walked Home Aloneis a brilliant portrait of an enduring icon from Hollywood's golden age and an unforgettable biography of the real woman behind the star., Following her intimate portraits of Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder, Chandler draws on her extensive interviews with Bette Davis to reveal new details about the public and private lives of the legendary actress in her own words. of photos. Reviews: "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." -- Sidney Sheldon, "Bette keeps me awake at night. I lose sleep because I can never turn off her movies, like I could not stop reading this book." -- Luciano Pavarotti, "In this book, Bette is as witty, wistful, bitchy, candid, angry, romantic, sad, and funny as any Bette Davis movie." -- John Landis, "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." -- Sidney Sheldon, "It was a special treat -- a gift -- to read Charlotte Chandler's book and hear the voice of one of my all-time favorite actresses. It was as if Bette Davis came alive for me. Charlotte Chandler's book has become my constant companion and inspiration." -- Liv Ullmann Publication Year: 2006 ISBN-10: 0743262085 Publisher: Simon & Schuster gtin13: 9780743262088 Item Height: 9.4 in Number of Pages: 368 Pages Genre: Biography & Autobiography Item Width: 6.4 in Language: English Topic: Entertainment & Performing Arts ISBN-13: 9780743262088 LC Classification Number: PN2287.D32C54 2006 Item Length: 1.2 in Intended Audience: Trade Format: Hardcover

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This signed first edition hardcover book titled "The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis, a Personal Biography" is a historical non-fiction novel authored by Charlotte Chandler. It features 368 pages filled with details about the life of arguably the greatest actress on the silver screen Bette Davis and her journey in the entertainment and performing arts industry. The book is published by Simon & Schuster in 2006 and is in pristine condition and comes with a dust jacket always covered by a Brodart plastic cover since purchased brand new! This biography novel is perfect for collectors or anyone who wants to learn more about Bette Davis. A fantastic bio, incredible book! BOOK OVERVIEW: Noted film biographer Charlotte Chandler interviewed Bette Davis extensively in the last decade of her life, resulting in a biography in which the great actress speaks for herself. Chandler also spoke with directors, actors, and others who knew and worked with Davis, and includes brief synopses of all of her theatrical films. Here are some more examples of Bette's wit to be found within these pages: “I'm the one who didn't get the man, which is the more interesting character on the screen, but in real life sometimes I wish I could just have been the girl who got the man, and kept him. I got four husbands and several lovers, but I didn't keep any of them. I was invited to the White House, but no man stayed to share my white cottage.” “My favorite actor with whom I never played, professionally or personally, was Laurence Olivier. I admired everything about him. He was a great actor, and he was my dream man. Literally and figuratively. Larry was my fantasy lover, the perfect man, or at least I thought he would be. He was not only beautiful, but intelligent.” SOLD AS IS! FINAL SALE! NO RETURNS!

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