| Bette Davis Book:
Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis
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Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis |  |  | | List Price: $17.00 | | Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Salesrank: 107667
Released: September 30, 2008 | | Our Price: $2.54 | | Used Price: $2.53 | | | Media: Paperback | |
Editorial Review:
The legendary Hollywood star blazes a fiery trail in this enthralling portrait of a brilliant actress and the movies her talent elevated to greatness In Dark Victory, noted film critic and biographer Ed Sikov paints the most detailed picture ever delivered of Bette Davis, the intelligent, opinionated, and unusual woman who was—in the words of a close friend—“one of the major events of the twentieth century.” Drawing on new interviews with friends, directors, and admirers, as well as archival research and a fresh look at the films, this stylish, intimate biography depicts Davis’s personal as well as professional life in a way that is both revealing and sympathetic. With his wise and well-informed take on the production and accomplishments of such movie milestones as Jezebel, All About Eve, and Now, Voyager, as well as the turbulent life and complicated personality of the actress who made them, Sikov’s Dark Victory brings to life the two-time Academy Award–winning actress’s unmistakable screen style, and shows the reader how Davis’s art was her own dark victory. Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis Reviews:
Fascinating! 
2009-10-14 - I've always wondered about the real Bette Davis, and this book tells me more than I knew before. But we will never know the real BD.
Shallow but Fun 
2009-08-24 - "Dark Victory" is a shallow but fun biography of Bette Davis. It covers the entire sweep of her life, focusing especially on her work in films.
"An Excellent Bette Davis Biography"
2009-06-23 - There are virtually dozens of Bette Davis books that have been released over the years, especially since her death. "Dark Victory" is one of the best. Not only does author Ed Sikov give the reader a nice overview of her life in pictures, but he also goes into great detailed discussion about her personal life. If you have never read a book on Bette Davis before, or simply have just discovered her through her films, this book is a fabulous way to start getting anecodotes and information on one of the screen's greatest actresses. All her films are covered here from "Jezebel", "Dark Victory", "All About Eve", to "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?". Her marriages and love affairs and her children are discussed in inate detail as well. Mr Sikov writes candidly on the good side of Bette Davis, but he is not shy in writing about her shortcomings. This is an excellent read; I had the book completed in two days. Publisher's Weekly says the book is "perceptive and superbly written". "Dark Victory" also comes with 35 black and white photographs.
DARK VICTORI.
2009-06-07 - Dark Victory by Ed Sikov
Biography of Bette Davis.
Very well written, well researched.
.....and a book was in very good condition.
Thank you!
Susan Fel
A Cut and Paste Job From Other Bios 
2009-02-11 - There is nothing new here that any Bette Davis fan hasn't already learned from other biographies. As a matter of fact, the author has taken bits and pieces from all the other biographies and spliced them together here to formulate a narrative that has been hashed and rehashed over and over.
There is also a HUGE error in the pictures. There is a photograph of Patricia Neal standing by a window and the author claims it is Davis in all her beauty....it is not....it is indeed Patricia Neal as I've seen this photo of hers in other movie books.
Save your money from this one if you are a collector and a Davis fan. You will be disappointed. If you are new to Davis and are not familiar with her this will do.
One more thing: It is interesting to note that if Davis suffered abuse at the hands of WIlliam Grant Sherry, her third husband, it is because SHE provoked it. But the abuse was worse from Gary Merrill who was a whack job. The proof lies in the fact that William Grant Sherry married Marion Thompson, B.D.'s nanny and STAYED HAPPILY married to her for the rest of his life....why no abuse there???? Makes one wonder......
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