The Girl Who Walked Home Alone

Charlotte Chandler Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; Dark Victory; Now, Voyager; All About Eve . . . just this short list of Bette Davis's films gives an unmistakable sense of the vital role she played in twentieth-century American cinema. Drawing on an extensive series of conversations that took place in the 1980s, the last decade in the life of one of Hollywood's finest performers, Charlotte Chandler uses the actress's own words to draw a brilliant portrait of an enduring icon.