Lawrence J. Quirk

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The Passionate Life of Bette Davis

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Produktbeschreibung

"Much has been written about actress [Bette] Davis, but little has been very revealing, or comprehensive-until now . . . monumental . . . highly recommended." -Library Journal With a career spanning six decades and more than eighty films, Bette Davis is synonymous with Hollywood legend. From her incandescent performance as Margo Channing inAll About Eveto her terrifying, psychopathic Jane Hudson inWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Davis generated electricity wherever she appeared, whatever she did-and not just on the silver screen. Her personal life was as passionate as her career and was so fiery that it eventually consumed her. In this landmark biography, Lawrence J. Quirk takes us behind the scenes of all of Davis's movies, from her early unpromising roles, to her commanding presence at the pinnacle of stardom, to the degrading exploitation of her in horror films at the end of her career. Quirk delves into Davis's four unhappy marriages, as well as her frosty, manipulative relationships with her three children. Also revealed are her many affairs through the years with leading men, bit players, servicemen during World War II, and, very late in her life, much younger men, who repaid her by using her and deserting her. Intense, volatile, ruled often by her emotions, Bette Davis was described by one critic as "a force of nature that could find no ordinary outlet." "Gripping." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Includes photographs

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 659
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062883056
• Artikelnr.: 52976245

Autorenporträt

Lawrence J. Quirk was one of the nation's leading film authorities who wrote over twenty books on film and the media and many articles about Bette Davis over a forty-three-year period. Quirk was the editor and publisher of the film journal Quirk's Reviews, the director of the James R. Quirk Memorial Film Symposium, and the donor of the prestigious James R. Quirk Awards to deserving film figures. He died in October 2014.