![]() ![]() Thanks to Simon & Schuster for a review copy of Marlene Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography I Know Where I'm Going: Katharine Hepburn, A Personal Biography She Always Knew How: Mae West, A Personal Biography Not the Girl Next Door: Joan Crawford, A Personal Biography Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis, A Personal Biography It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock, A Personal Biography ![]() Nobody's Perfect: Billy Wilder, A Personal Biography ![]() Hello, I Must Be Going: Groucho and His Friends Marlene Dietrich sculpture by Clark Hanford I've read more heavily documented books (the fascinating Barry Paris tome on Louise Brooks comes to mind) and books concerned almost solely with a life on film (David Thomson's excellent "Great Stars" series entry on Bette Davis), but for a pleasurable foray into legendary firsthand memories, Chandler is hard to beat. I enjoy Charlotte Chandler's uniquely readable biographies. She loved what happened to her," adding that Dietrich hadn’t expected any of it and “she felt she owed her great life to Josef von Sternberg,” her mentor and the director of seven of her most memorable films. Asked if she thought Dietrich also became bitter, Chandler responded, “not at all. Her impression was that Garbo was too bitter about the past to make a good interview. Chandler told Kirkus that though she didn't interview her, she did meet Garbo. ![]()
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