Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1205617 in Books
• Published on: 1997-10-23
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Synopsis
In a collection of interviews with the author, conducted from the mid-1970s until her death, the legendary actress shares her candid views on her four husbands and various lovers, her costars and rivals, her films, and the difficulties of aging.

Customer Reviews

The wit of the acid tongue
She called Merle Oberon a social climber, Spencer Tracy a mean drunk and said that Fred MacMurray was "personality minus." Queen of the Silver Screen Bette Davis definitely had a way with words, and readers have an opportunity to delight in her ascerbic, no nonsense go-for-the-jugular outlook. The work is a compilation of more than a dozen interviews conducted with the author from the mid-1970s until her death in which she candidly expounds on a broad spcetrum of people and personal feelings -- many which probably displeased the person discussed. Topics range from her philosophy on acting and the public's misconceptions of Hollywood personalities to steamier topics such as casting couches, cheating spouses and rival co-stars. While the question-and-answer format used by the author helps reproduce the interview setting, the reader may find the flow a bit choppy at times. This didn't, however, depreciate the value of many of the witty and catty remarks she made to the author, with one stellar observation being made about "Dynasty" stars Joan Collins and Linda Evans: "My dear, it takes more than draping a body in something expensive to create real glamour. Hah! What's elegant about all the cleavage? My God, they might as well be at the beach. I also had very good breasts, but I was never costumed to resemble a street walker -- unless I was playing a street walker." You can almost hear the throaty laugh and smell the smoke curling from the cigarette.