Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
1 Spawned in Witch Country 1
2 Struggling to the Surface 15
3 Hollywood 27
4 Warner, Zanuck-and Arliss 49
5 Ham, Sex, and Other Things 71
6 Battling Toward the Big Break 91
7 Of Human Bondage-and Recognition 109
8 Grinding out the Warner Sausage 129
9 The First Oscar-and Its Aftermath 143
10 The Great Rebellion-and the Return 153
11 Bette O'Hara? 177
12 Jezebel, Oscar II, and Wyler 187
13 1939: The Great Year 215
14 The Old Maid and Elizabeth: Davis at Her Zenith 235
15 The Fourth Warner Brother-and Farney 257
16 Popeye the Magnificent 287
17 War Bonds, Now, Voyager, and the Canteen 309
18 The Quintessential Bette Davis Movie 367
19 Sliding Downward with Sherry 383
20 Renaissance-and Gary Merrill 417
21 Back in the Doldrums 475
22 The Horrors 489
23 Bette Davis: Survivor 523
24 A Legend-But Alone 539
25 The Lioness in Winter 583
A Bette Davis Film Listing (With Stage Roles and Some TV Films) 591
A Selective Bette Davis Bibliography 595
Index 597