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A review by talimullins
Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud by Shaun Considine
4.0
Took me a bit to get through this because of a busy week, but what a great listen!
This is a dual biography on two of Old Hollywood's biggest stars, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and their legendary rivalry. The author tells about their parallel lives and the differences and similarities in their personal and professional lives and how they wove in and out of each other's orbits.
I loved it! So fascinating to me. I love old movies and I honestly wasn't totally aware of their feud, though I had some inkling in the back of my mind about it. I didn't know much about either of them other than both dated a lot, both were considered....bitchy? and Joan was accused of abuse by her adopted daughter Christina in Mommy Dearest, a book she wrote that was then turned into a movie.
I haven't seen many of either of their films, All About Eve starring Better Davis is actually one I really like, and Mildred Pierce starring Joan Crawford is *so* good, even as much as they tamed it down for that era's audiences. This book definitely made me want to seek out more of their films, especially Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
My favorite story involved Joan obnoxiously knitting just off camera on the set of The Women, just to annoy her cast mates, then pleading innocent.
This is a dual biography on two of Old Hollywood's biggest stars, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and their legendary rivalry. The author tells about their parallel lives and the differences and similarities in their personal and professional lives and how they wove in and out of each other's orbits.
I loved it! So fascinating to me. I love old movies and I honestly wasn't totally aware of their feud, though I had some inkling in the back of my mind about it. I didn't know much about either of them other than both dated a lot, both were considered....bitchy? and Joan was accused of abuse by her adopted daughter Christina in Mommy Dearest, a book she wrote that was then turned into a movie.
I haven't seen many of either of their films, All About Eve starring Better Davis is actually one I really like, and Mildred Pierce starring Joan Crawford is *so* good, even as much as they tamed it down for that era's audiences. This book definitely made me want to seek out more of their films, especially Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
My favorite story involved Joan obnoxiously knitting just off camera on the set of The Women, just to annoy her cast mates, then pleading innocent.