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20. The following account is from Logan, pp. 296309, including interview with Rex Reed.

21. Robert Lantz to ES, November 20, 2003.

22. Williamson, p. 80.

23. Gary Springer to ES, September 26, 2004.

24. Anon., "What a Dump," New Yorker, February 17, 1973, p. 32.

25. "Bette Davis Launches British Tour," Times (London), October 3, 1975.

26. Martha Wallis to ES, February 9, 2006.

27. Margot Webb to ES, December 16, 2004.

28. Gary Springer to ES, September 26, 2004.

29. Riese, p. 384.

30. Mel Gussow, "Bette Davis: One of the First to Look Like 'a Real Person,'" New York Times, January 19, 1977.

31. Williamson, p. 88.

32. Vik Greenfield to ES, August 9, 2004.

33. Riese, p. 118.

34. www.findadeath.com.

35. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 88.

36. Williamson, p. 88.

37. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, pp. 1036.

38. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 328.

39. Ibid., p. 331.

40. Ibid., p. 332, quoting Film Facts, vol. 19.

41. Vincent Canby, New York Times, October 19, 1971.

CHAPTER 23. BETRAYAL.

1. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, pp. 7778.

2. The following recollections are all from Anthony Harvey to ES, March 31, 2006.

3. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 78.

4. The following recollections are all from John Guillermin to ES, June 29, 2004.

5. This anecdote, and all others from Betty Buckley, are from Betty Buckley to ES, October 20, 2004.

6. John Kuri to ES, October 26, 2004.

7. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 102.

8. Williamson, pp. 8890.

9. Waris Hussein to ES, October 17, 2003.

10. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 29.

11. Riese, p. 230.

12. Williamson, p. 79.

13. Chambers, p. 40.

14. Robert Lantz to ES, November 20, 2003.

15. Merrill, p. 256.

16. Charles Pollack to ES, April 4, 2004.

17. Ellen Hanley to ES, July 21, 2006.

18. Chambers, p. 40.

19. Look, December 18, 1962.

20. Merrill, p. 257.

21. Lonely Life, p. 243.

22. Owens, pp. 67.

23. BU, box 1.

24. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 79; BU, box 4.

25. BU, box 4: 1971 daybook.

26. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 79.

27. Ibid.

28. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 166.

29. Charles Busch to ES, May 26, 2004.

30. Chambers, p. 40.

CHAPTER 24. WAR'S END.

1. This and all other Pollack recollections are from Charles Pollack to ES, April 4 and August 9, 2004.

2. Dotson Rader to ES, February 17, 2004.

3. Mart Crowley to ES, May 1, 2006.

4. Bob Hofler to ES, October 30, 2003.

5. Charles Pollack to ES, April 4 and August 9, 2004.

6. James McCourt to ES, January 3, 2005.

7. This and all other Greenfield recollections are from Vik Greenfield to ES, April 4 and August 9, 2004, and September 18, 2006.

8. Martha Wallis to ES, February 9, 2006.

9. Williamson, p. 90.

10. Anthony Harvey to ES, March 31, 2006.

11. Robert Lindsey, "Film Inst.i.tute Honors Bette Davis," New York Times, March 3, 1977.

12. David Galligan to ES, April 2, 2004.

13. Stricklyn, p. 198.

14. "Could Your Husband Take It," Ladies Home Journal, April 1942, p. 18.

15. d.i.c.kman, pp. 3031.

16. Leaming, p. 300.

17. Dotson Rader to ES, February 17, 2004.

18. Mart Crowley to ES, May 1, 2006.

19. This and all other Kaplan recollections are from Mike Kaplan to ES, September 22, 2004.

20. Harmetz, p. 621.

21. Gary Springer to ES, September 26, 2004.

22. James McCourt to ES, January 3, 2005.

23. Harmetz, p. 621.

24. Lambert, Lindsay Anderson, p. 293.

25. Charles Busch to ES, May 26, 2004.

26. Harmetz, p. 621.

27. Lambert, Lindsay Anderson, p. 293.

28. Ibid.

Obituary 1. Last Will and Testament of Bette Davis (copy), dated September 2, 1987, and admitted to probate on February 15, 1990.

2. Ken Hall, "Ken's Korner," Antiques and Collecting Magazine 108, no. 1 (March 2003): 18, and Heathcliff Rothman, "I'd Really Like to Thank My Pal at the Auction House," New York Times, February 12, 2006.

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