This 'N That

by Bette Davis and Michael Herskowitz

Book Overview

In frank, no-nonsense terms, Bette Davis speaks about her life as a superstar; filled with unsparing anecdotes of other stars, a wide variety of views and opinions, and the joys and sorrows of her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399132465
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Bette Davis; she was The Sun, The Moon and The Stars.

If you love Bette, you can't afford to miss out on this touchingly powerful (2nd.) autobiography "This 'N' That" by Ms. Bette Davis. Written in the final years of her life Ms. Davis touches on many avenues of her life, personal and private. Many of the beginning chapters talk about her mastectomy and her life devastating stoke that followed 9 days after her mastectomy. (If you or a loved one have suffered a stroke buy this book it will be a great inspiration to you.) Also, Bette talks some about her daughter's scathing autobiography "My Mothers Keeper" by B. D. Hymann. I don't know if any of you saw the "Phil Donahue Show: Bette Davis" back in late 1987, but she was brilliant talking about her book and how she hoped it would be an inspiration to mastectomy and stoke victims. She also tales many funny, sad and heartwarming stories of her career and home life in this book. I highly recommend this book, and that episode of the "Phil Donahue Show", if you can find it. You will not find that interview with Mr. Donahue in any of Bette's filmographies, but will see a brief clip in the "Stardust: The Bette Davis Story" TCM documentary. I fortunately found someone who recorded the interview when it aired on TV, and that's how I purchased a complete version of the "Donahue: Bette Davis" interview. If your interested in purchasing the full "Donahue Show" interview with Bette check on [...], and search Davis on Donahue in Movies & Television. However I must warn you, I am not responsible for any orders you make from that person on [...], that is just where I ordered my copy, I am simply referring you to a source of entertainment that you will find interesting if you like this book.

Honest

I read this book after I read The Girl That Walked Home Alone. This book has much of the same information as the other. Bette is honest and forthright. Although it is a good book and I enjoyed reading it, I felt as though The Girl Who Walked Home Alone was more in detail. All in all a very good book.

Entertaining Read by the great Bette Davis

SO glad that Bette Davis stepped forward and defended herself after he daughter's APALLING book. And what a fun read! I couldn't put it down. As far as "My Mother's Keeper" goes, Shame on you, B.D. Hyman. B.D. Hyman would like to come off as a victim who doesn't have any flaws, but her book about her mother, Bette Davis, has the opposite affect. B.D. Hyman comes of as a spoiled rotten, selfish, cold-hearted, and mean teenager and then woman, who has no tolerance for other people and their flaws. So Bette Davis was a dramatic women, eh? What a shocker. It took her way too long to make Stouffers Macaroni & Cheese for you when you came over? How terrible. She got frustrated carving a chicken and ripped the meat apart with her hands? How obscene. She was irritated her 16 year old daughter wanted to spend their entire vacation in Europe with a 30 year old man? How dreadful. She sent a doctor over to see you when you were sick? What a witch. She spanked your son and put him in his room when she was baby-sitting him? How appalling. Your mother was eccentric? What a BOMBSHELL. She thought you were completely perfect and flawless? What a crime. She wanted you to say thank you when she brought you lobster from Maine? How very dreadful, and what a horrifying life you must have had. It is clear from this book that Bette Davis had lots of faults. We all do. But none of them could be considered child abuse. And most of us don't have our faults written about extensively for all the world to see, in a fictional, exaggerated novel. Poor Bette Davis, may she rest in peace. What a thing to have happen to you in your old age. She probably never recovered.

You'll love it if your a fan of Bette's

Obviously the one star reviewers aren't very big fans of Bette's. This is an honest and real account of some of the movies, struggles she faced with all her recovery from her surgeries. This is an important read to a bette davis fan and I would highly reccomend it! Jonathan goldis

Impossible to put down

This amazing book is not a true autobiography but a memoir-type collection of anecdotes, stories, and observations by the immortal Bette Davis. Fans of Ms. Davis, and of vintage Hollywood, will be delighted.So many things one wonders about Ms. Davis and her time are answered. She once and for all settles the long-standing rumors about the feud between her and Joan Crawford. She reminisces about other actors, comparing their personalities at the time she knew them with their contemporary personas. She professes admiration for some, disdain for others. Priceless insight is given into all things cherished by classic film fans.More importantly, Ms. Davis writes with such intelligence, humor, and candor that reading this book will make a fan out of any reader. I always knew she was no dummy, but her skill at writing amazed me. Perfect Yankee diction and common sense, and lots of acerbic wit blend marvelously. Her lessons learned concerning her children, her opinions of the world at the present; Bette was truly an amazing woman.