Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis

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 Daviss 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 Sikovs Dark Victory brings to life the two-time Academy Award–winning actresss unmistakable screen style and shows the reader how Daviss art was her own dark victory.