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The Life of Bette Davis
Henry Holt
November 2007
On Sale: October 30, 2007
496 pages
ISBN: 0805075488
EAN: 9780805075489
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
The legendary Hollywood star blazes a fiery trail in this
enthralling portrait of a brilliant actress and the movies
her talent elevated to greatness
She was magnificent and exasperating in equal measure. Jack
Warner called her “an explosive little broad with a sharp
left.” Humphrey Bogart once remarked, “Unless you’re very
big she can knock you down.” Bette Davis was a force of
nature—an idiosyncratic talent who nevertheless defined the
words “movie star” for more than half a century and who
created an extraordinary body of work filled with
unforgettable performances. In Dark Victory, the noted film critic and biographer Ed
Sikov paints the most detailed picture ever delivered of
this 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
reveals 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.
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