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Bette & Joan: The Divine Feud Kindle Edition

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They were two of the most talented beauties Hollywood ever produced: the elegant Joan Crawford, a former chorus girl who shot through the ranks at MGM, and the brash, tempestuous Bette Davis, a Broadway star notorious for refusing to bow to the studio bosses. Their work together in the hit film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? sowed the seeds for a mutual hatred that would consume their lives. As each fading star tried to outshine the other, lives were upended and reputations were destroyed. Glamorous, merciless, and cruel, their feud became the stuff of legends.

Based on interviews the author conducted with both actresses and more than a decade of research, Bette & Joan shows the hard-drinking, hard-fighting duo at their best and worst. The epic story of these dueling divas is hilarious, monstrous, and tragic. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford are portrayed by Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange in the Ryan Murphy TV series Feud.

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Jan. 26 2017
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A candid, yet sympathetic account. Touching,nostalgic, and, above all, unforgettable. -- Library Journal "Library Journal"

Fascinating and vastly entertaining...all you want is more. -- Time Out Magazine "Time Out Magazine"

Rip-Roading. A Definitie 10! -- New York Magazine "New York Magazine" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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They were two of the most talented beauties Hollywood ever produced: the elegant Joan Crawford, a former chorus girl who shot through the ranks at MGM, and the brash, tempestuous Bette Davis, a Broadway star notorious for refusing to bow to the studio bosses. Their work together in the hit film "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" sowed the seeds for a mutual hatred that would consume their lives. As each fading star tried to outshine the other, lives were upended and reputations were destroyed. Glamorous, merciless, and cruel, their feud became the stuff of legends. Based on interviews the author conducted with both actresses and more than a decade of research, "Bette & Joan" shows the hard-drinking, hard-fighting duo at their best and worst. The epic story of these dueling divas is hilarious, monstrous, tragic, and the inspiration for the Ryan Murphy TV series "Feud" starring Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange. Now updated with two new chapters and a sixteen-page photo insert. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N387SPW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Graymalkin Media (Jan. 26 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6497 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 432 pages

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- #1,991 in Entertainer Biographies
- #4,028 in Biographies of the Rich & Famous (Books)

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Haven't read it but it downloaded just fine

Reviewed in Canada on August 31, 2017

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As ordered

Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2017

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Looking forward to the TV version that is based on the book.

What a coupla great broads

Reviewed in Canada on June 13, 2004

This is a really well-written book---two bio's in one, parallel chronologies expertly interwoven, and bountiful barbs. Hilarious as well as poignant, this one volume brought these true legends much more to life than any of their individual auto/biographies I've read.
Through comparison and contrast---more often than not in their own oblique or direct words---Considine captures Bette and Joan from angles not, I think, so fully considered in other works. One comes to a better understanding of their personalities and how each both affected, and was affected by, their numerous characters as well as each other in their endless arguments over which was the "actor" and which the "star."
Augumentatively orbiting each other for decades until their professional tangent in "Baby Jane", these two really did share much mutual respect and admiration, though seemingly less for the person and more for the performer. Virtually all of it, however, went unexpressed or unbelieved.
One wonders what might have been had these two followed the last sentiments of Jane to Blanche: "you mean all this time we coulda been friends?" But think of the tangalizing tale of Hollywood oneupmanship we would have missed if they had.
(note: there is no mention of Bette's death in this 1989 publication, which evidently preceeded it in October of the same year)

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Kindle Needs Proofing!

Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2015

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It wasn't written poorly, but there was a lot of repetition of anecdotes, and jumped around in time quite a bit. It seemed under-edited. As for the Kindle edition, there were countless typos with Joan typed as Loan and Jane typed as Lane on more than one occasion (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.) The play, The Little Foxes, was typed as The Little Faxes. I thought there would be more proofing of e-reader editions.

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Colin Sinfield

Great book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2023

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Obviously an ex library copy and well thumbed but an excellent story and well worth not being too worried about the colour of the pages.

Eder Meneses

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Reviewed in Brazil on July 31, 2018

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Um ótimo livro porém não está impecável, a capa apresenta marcas visíveis. Para um colecionador de livros como eu, é imperdoável.

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Anna

Genial biografía de dos estrellas

Reviewed in Spain on July 18, 2017

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Es un libro estupendo. A la vez tienes en paralelo las vidas de Bette Davis y Joan Crawford viendo un poco los dos puntos de vista. Aunque la rivalidad entre las dos estrellas está presente, no es lo único del libro. Un libro magnífico para saber más del Hollywood de los años 30-50 narrado de manera muy amena y devertida, eso sí, en inglés.

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Jonster

Outstanding!

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2014

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"Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud" is the Gold Standard in biographies for people interested in what exactly it was that caused these two talented actresses to end up as Jane and Blanche Hudson in their later years, without, you know, the dead rat and the wrist restraints. They just can't help sniping at each other and there's certainly no love lost between them. It's Crawford, though, who seems to understand. Through a series of both unintended and intended slights on Crawford's part, Bette pushed back with the occasional vitriolic response that frightened Crawford. Joan Crawford was in awe of Bette Davis. Bette Davis was pissed that her first big movie was upstaged by newsprint on the Crawford/Fairbanks divorce. And then there was the matter of Franchot Tone.

If you're interested in some of the most remarkable collection of quotes from a wide variety of sources, get this book. I've read it three times and highly recommend it for the quality of writing and the ease with which Considine puts it all together on the page..

I had never before seen the whole feud thing laid out the way Shaun Considine does it in his book. I knew they weren't fond of each other but I never knew why, the root of it. The large amount of information he has gathered contains so many wonderful and entertaining insights which Considine artfully arranges into a comprehensive, flowing timeline showing exactly why these two woman really had it out for each other. Should be the final word on Davis and Crawford.

Five Stars.

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Butterblume

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Reviewed in Germany on May 27, 2016

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Das Buch fand ich etwas langweilig, es hat sich sehr gezogen. Für mich waren es zu viele Informationen zu jedem Film beschrieben. Ich hätte mir mehr persönliches erwünscht.

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