Book description
Of Human Bondage, Jezebel, All About Eve, Whatever Happened to Baby
Jane? Just this short list of Bette Davis' films gives an unmistakable
sense of the role she played in twentieth-century cinema as one of the
finest performers in Hollywood history.
Drawing on an extensive series of conversations that took place
during the last decade of Bette Davis' life, this biography draws
heavily on the actresses own words. Looking back over the decades,
from her teenage decision to become an actress to the pain and outrage
over her daughter's bitter portrayal of her, Davis speaks with
extraordinary candour. She explains how her father's abandonment of
her a child reverberated through her four marriages, and discusses the
persistent Hollywood legend that she was difficult to work with.
Immersing readers in the drama and glamour of movie-making's golden
age, The Girl Who Walked Home Alone is a startling portrait of an
enduring icon.
"An extraordinary work. Bette Davis's life is
served up on a platter -- delicious, poignant, exciting, sensual,
brilliant."
-- David Brown
Charlotte Chandler is the author of several biographies
of actors and directors, including Groucho Marx, Federico Fellini,
Billy Wilder, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Joan
Crawford, and Mae West, all of whom she interviewed extensively. She
is a member of the board of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and
lives in New York City.
