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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fairly accurate Bio. of Miss deHavillands life and work, 15 Oct 1998
By A Customer
Tony Thomas died in July 1997,just a few days after Olivia deHavilland's 81st.birthday. His work here is,for the most part,the most accurate,and least opinionated,of all the deHavilland Film/Bio-Graphies to date,and his writing on this subject is quoted liberally (Mistakes and all!),in at least one multi-volumed film guide. The introduction by the late Bette Davis is a sincerely kind,and profoundly positive tribute,that can be considered more insightful about Miss deHavilland's personal character,than much else that's written in the book. This book served for me as a starting point for my own research into Olivia deHavilland's work,and on more than one occasion I have found myself being confused,and amused,by viewing one of her films for the first time,and discovering that it didn't quite go the way I had read about it! I discovered (Also from my own research),that he was sometimes short on facts,and slighly over romantic on some points of the deHavilland family history,especially the family of Sir Geoffrey deHavilland (Find out more on him in his autobiography "Sky Fever",and hopefully in Olivia's new autobiography to be released... someday),who was Olivia's uncle ,and who was famous for founding his own British aircraft company. Overall,a good book for it's time,but hopefully,better is yet to come!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Comprehensive Book, 20 Jan 2000
A well written and researched book, with well over a hundred quality photographs, a synopsis of every film she appeared in , and an honest appraisal of Olivia's performance. If you are at all interested in Miss de Havilland's career, this is a "must have " book.
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