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WICKED BECOMES HER IBD

APLOMB BOOKS
04 / 2024
9780999306970
Inglés

Sinopsis

It was on Friday, May 6, 1988 that Bette Davis walked off the set of her last filmáWicked Stepmother. Her exit for reported health reasons created a media stir when writer and director Larry Cohen decided to finish the film without her, using the footage he captured during her time on the set and rewriting the film to explain her absence. Davis blasted the film and its director, but when she died months after the filmâÇÖs release,áWicked Stepmotheráwould become forever connected with the legendary star, marking her final big screen appearance.áááááááááááááWicked Becomes Herárevisits the later years of Bette DavisâÇÖ illustrious film career, including the collection of horror films that kept her in the public eye, but through the lens of her final film -áWicked Stepmother.ááThough Davis abandoned the film shortly after production began, the story behind the making of the film gives readers a new look at the person behind the star.áááááááááááááBy looking at her work on features likeáWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush, Hush ... Sweet Charlotte, Dead Ringer, The Nanny, Burnt Offeringsáand more, readers will discover the drive of a movie star, whose desire to remain active in her later years was so strong that she would justify a film for no other reason than the fact that her name was on the marquee as its star.ááááááááááááááFilled with photos and new details behind the production of some of her most beloved films,áWicked BecomesáHeráoffers a new glimpse into the final years of one of the most iconic and successful actresses of the 20th Century.