The Films of Olivia de Havilland

by Tony Thomas

Book Overview

Classic film star Olivia De Havilland. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806508051
• ISBN13: 9780806508054
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Citadel Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Nice tribute to Olivia despite some mistakes in film descriptions...

Any fan of OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND would be glad to get his hands on this handsome book featuring a vast collection of stills from all of her films and some interesting comments on her personal life and the films themselves. Studded with gorgeous photos, it's a keeper. As often happens in film books, the author's description for some of the films is not entirely accurate but this is a minor flaw in an otherwise well-written and informative piece of work. Definitely worth buying if you're a fan of this two-time Academy Award winner who was honored last year by the Academy two weeks before her 90th birthday which was a tremendously successful sold-out event. Olivia is one of those rare actresses who had a career handed to her on a silver plate, beginning with Shakespeare, just shortly after graduating from high school. Little could she have known that in the course of a year she would be starring in the famous film version of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, a few years later would go on to play Melanie in one of the most beloved films of all time--GWTW--(at 22), would win two Oscars (1946 and 1949), as well as a landmark law suit against Warner Bros. when Jack Warner tried to enforce her contract indefinitely--of which Bette Davis said--"every actor in Hollywood owes her a debt of gratitude"--and would hold onto her reputation as a prestigious actress for fifty years in films. Fine tribute to a legendary star of the Golden Age.

Great Book

Although this book had quite a few errors in the movie descriptions and wasn't 100% accurate, It is still worth owning if you are an Olivia de Havilland fan. The pictures, all black and white, are really great and a lot of them I haven't seen before. I also liked the foreword by Bette Davis, short and sweet.