The Bette Davis Club

Author : Jane Lotter
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781628999365
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bette Davis Club written by Jane Lotter and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When Margo's niece becomes a runaway bride --taking with her a family heirloom--her mother offers Margo fifty grand to retrieve her spoiled daughter and the invaluable property she stole. Together with the jilted and justifiably crabby fiancé, Margo sets out in a borrowed 1955 red MG on a cross-country chase and finds herself along the way"--

Author : Kathryn Sermak
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316507822
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miss D and Me written by Kathryn Sermak and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten years Kathryn Sermak was at Bette Davis's side--first as an employee, and then as her closest friend--and in Miss D and Me she tells the story of the great star's harrowing but inspiring final years, a story fans have been waiting decades to hear. Miss D and Me is a story of two powerful women, one at the end of her life and the other at the beginning. As Bette Davis aged she was looking for an assistant, but she found something more than that in Kathryn: a loyal and loving buddy, a co-conspirator in her jokes and schemes, and a competent assistant whom she trained never to miss a detail. But Miss D had strict rules for Kathryn about everything from how to eat a salad to how to wear her hair...even the spelling of Kathryn's name was changed (adding the "y") per Miss D's request. Throughout their time together, the two grew incredibly close, and Kathryn had a front-row seat to the larger-than-life Davis's career renaissance in her later years, as well as to the humiliating public betrayal that nearly killed Miss D. The frame of this story is a four-day road trip Kathryn and Davis took from Biarritz to Paris, during which they disentangled their ferocious dependency. Miss D and Me is a window into the world of the unique and formidable Bette Davis, told by the person who perhaps knew her best of all.

Author : Bette Davis
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0316441295
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lonely Life written by Bette Davis and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1962, The Lonely Life is legendary silver screen actress Bette Davis's lively and riveting account of her life, loves, and marriages--now in ebook for the first time, and updated with an afterword she wrote just before her death. As Davis says in the opening lines of her classic memoir: "I have always been driven by some distant music--a battle hymn, no doubt--for I have been at war from the beginning. I rode into the field with sword gleaming and standard flying. I was going to conquer the world." A bold, unapologetic book by a unique and formidable woman, The Lonely Life details the first fifty-plus years of Davis's life--her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed. The book was updated with new material in the 1980s, bringing the story up to the end of Davis's life--all the heartbreak, all the drama, and all the love she experienced at every stage of her extraordinary life. The Lonely Life proves conclusively that the legendary image of Bette Davis is not a fable but a marvelous reality.

Author : Peter McNally
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786434996
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bette Davis written by Peter McNally and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2008-02-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bette Davis, whose career spanned almost 50 years and covered theatre, radio, TV and motion pictures, was at one time the first lady of the big screen. Working with such storied performers as Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, and Joan Crawford, and directors Edmund Goulding, William Wyler and Robert Aldrich, Bette Davis provided some of the most memorable performances in movie history. This volume contains detailed analyses of Bette Davis' top twelve films spanning 1938 to 1987 and including The Letter, All About Eve, The Little Foxes, Jezebel, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and The Whales of August. Each film is discussed in depth, with an examination of its script, direction, camerawork and performances, particularly as they relate to Davis's work. A second group of films, memorable largely for Davis's performance rather than the overall success of the work, are also examined. Special emphasis is placed on the way Davis viewed her own work as well as the detrimental effect her devotion to her career had on her personal life. Appendices contain a list of her marriages and children; her Oscar nominations; a discussion of Davis's missed opportunities; and a partial chronology of her films.

Author : S. Barbas
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137103191
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Movie Crazy written by S. Barbas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the impact that legendary actors and actresses have had on the development of the Hollywood film industry is well known, few have recognised the power of movie fans on shaping the industry. This books redresses that balance, and is the first study of Hollywood's golden era to examine the period from the viewpoint of the fans. Using fan club journals, fan letters, studio production records, and other previously unpublished archival sources, Samantha Barbas reveals how the passion, enthusiasm, and ongoing activism of film fans in Hollywood's golden era transformed early cinema, the modern mass media and American popular culture.

Author : Barbara Leaming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bette Davis written by Barbara Leaming and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Culled largely from the actress's private diaries, scrapbooks, and previously unpublished letters - as well as conversations with her friends, lovers, fellow actors, and family members - here is the full story of cinematic legend Bette Davis (1908-1989). Barbara Leaming chronicles the Academy Award-winner's work in such memorable films as Of Human Bondage, Jezebel, Dark Victory, All About Eve, and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, as well as her four unhappy marriages, her notorious legal battles with Warner Bros., and her struggles with both alcoholism and mental illness."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : David Rose
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595586717
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Eddy Club written by David Rose and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning "Vanity Fair" reporter Rose has written a gripping, revealing drama that is also a compelling, accessible, and timely exploration of race and criminal justice as it addresses the corruption of due process as a tool of racial oppression.

Author : Sherman Billingsley
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143849095X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stork Club Cookbook and Bar Book written by Sherman Billingsley and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its heyday, The Stork Club was the "place to be seen" among New York's glitterati. Gossip columnist Walter Winchell held the corner table, recording the comings and goings of the brightest stars of stage and screen—including Lauren Bacall, Bette Davis, and Ralph Bellamy—along with shining literary lions—from Ernest Hemingway to Dashiell Hamett and Anita Loos—to politicians and bigwigs—including regulars like J. Edgar Hoover. And the Club's host—Sherman Billingsley—became famous for keeping the fun going to the early hours of the morning. The Stork Club Cookbook and Bar Book brings back these two classic works along with Shermane Billingsley's own "How to Throw a Stork Club Party" and her memories of her father's nightclub. Long unavailable in print, and never gathered together before, the entire suite of classic works is introduced with a brief history of the Stork Club by Broadway historian Ken Bloom. You'll be able to follow in the culinary footsteps of major stars while you enjoy Quail à la Jane Russell and Eggs Eva Gabor that you can whip up in your own kitchen. You'll tipple along with your favorite bar-hoppers, enjoying drinks like Nelson Eddy's Alexander the Great and Ralph Bellamy's Scotch Sour right in your own living room!

Author : Linda Benjamin
Publisher : Black Rose Writing
ISBN 13 : 168433828X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Girls' Guide to Aging with Grit and Gusto written by Linda Benjamin and published by Black Rose Writing. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's a girl to do if she's dumped by her husband in her 60's? How about writing a book documenting her journey and collecting role-models of inspirational women from their 60's through their 90's? The humorous yet educational memoir of a therapist's journey and the experiences of her inspiring interviewees, women who've been through grief, depression, caregiving, widowhood, retirement, empty-nesting, and physical challenges, Girls' Guide to Aging with Grit and Gusto is a roadmap for women who want to thrive (whatever their age or circumstances) as they grow older.

Author : Chris Yogerst
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081319802X
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Warner Brothers written by Chris Yogerst and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the oldest and most recognizable studios in Hollywood, Warner Bros. is considered a juggernaut of the entertainment industry. Since its formation in the early twentieth century, the studio has been a constant presence in cinema history, responsible for the creation of acclaimed films, blockbuster brands, and iconic superstars. These days, the studio is best known as a media conglomerate with a broad range of intellectual property, spanning movies, TV shows, and streaming content. Despite popular interest in the origins of this empire, the core of the Warner Bros. saga cannot be found in its commercial successes. It is the story of four brothers—Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack—whose vision for Hollywood helped shape the world of entertainment as we know it. In The Warner Brothers, Chris Yogerst follows the siblings from their family's humble origins in Poland, through their young adulthood in the American Midwest, to the height of fame and fortune in Hollywood. With unwavering resolve, the brothers soldiered on against the backdrop of an America reeling from the aftereffects of domestic and global conflict. The Great Depression would not sink the brothers, who churned out competitive films that engaged audiences and kept their operations afloat—and even expanding. During World War II, they used their platform to push beyond the limits of the Production Code and create important films about real-world issues, openly criticizing radicalism and the evils of the Nazi regime. At every major cultural turning point in their lifetime, the Warners held a front-row seat. Paying close attention to the brothers' identities as cultural and economic outsiders, Yogerst chronicles how the Warners built a global filmmaking powerhouse. Equal parts family history and cinematic journey, The Warner Brothers is an empowering story of the American dream and the legacy four brothers left behind for generations of filmmakers and film lovers to come.