16. Lonely Life, p. 234.

17. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 251.

18. Sheldon Harnick to ES, October 15, 2003.

19. Koster and Atkins, p. 139.

20. Ibid., p. 140.

21. Ibid.

22. Lonely Life, p. 239.

23. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 258.

24. Davis and Davidson, Collier's, p. 29.

25. Ibid., p. 257.

26. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 53: various clippings.

27. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 267.

28. Henreid with Fast, p. 226.

29. Brophy, p. 225.

30. Merrill, p. 163.

31. Frye, p. 226.

32. Merrill, p. 142.

33. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 53: various clippings.

34. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 276.

35. Brochu, pp. 15253.

36. Warren G. Harris, Lucy and Desi, pp. 23031.

37. Jim Brochu to ES, April 1, 2004.

38. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 266.

39. Merrill, p. 142.

40. Ibid., p. 143.

41. Ibid.

42. Ibid.

43. Frye, pp. 22628.

44. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 267.

45. Frye, pp. 22628.

46. Merrill, p. 154.

47. Ibid.

48. Stardust: The Bette Davis Story, dir. Peter Jones, Turner Cla.s.sic Movies, 2006.

49. Merrill, p. 154.

50. Ibid., p. 145.

51. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 184.

52. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 267.

53. BU, box 4: diary of trip to Europe.

54. Lonely Life, p. 195.

55. Read, p. 310.

56. BFI, Special Collections, Michael Balcon Collection.

57. Merrill, p. 156.

58. BU, box 2, folder 6: Miami Herald, January 25, 1960.

59. Merrill, p. 156.

60. Stine and Davis, Mother G.o.ddam, p. 275.

61. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 186.

CHAPTER 20. TROUBLES AND A TRIUMPH.

1. Dody, pp. 13435.

2. Merrill, p. 176.

3. Ibid., p. 199.

4. Ibid., p. 185.

5. AMPAS, Hedda Hopper Collection, file 506 (Bette Davis): transcript dated July 16, 1962.

6. Merrill, p. 192.

7. Capra, p. 477.

8. Riese, p. 352.

9. Lonely Life, p. 219.

10. Leaming, pp. 2123.

11. BU, box 25: Boston Globe, August 28, 1949.

12. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 17: Virginia Maxwell, "Ruthie Was Right," circa late 1930s.

13. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 71.

14. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 53: clipping dated May 23, 1957; BU, sc.r.a.pbook 71.

15. Dody, p. 161.

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

17. Stricklyn, pp. 9091.

18. BU, box 18: "This Is Your Life-Bette Davis," bound script.

19. Riese, p. 128.

20. Dr. Ivin Prince to ES, June 10, 2004; all subsequent quotes from this interview.

21. Dody, p. 168.

22. Wood, p. 181.

23. Time, December 8, 1961, p. 82.

24. Williams and St. Just, p. 176.

25. Williams, pp. 18283.

26. Logan, p. 289.

27. BU, sc.r.a.pbook 76.

28. Ibid.

29. Wood, p. 183.

30. Winters, pp. 389, 395, 455 (paperback edition).

31. Williams and St. Just, pp. 17980.

32. Winters, pp. 389, 395, 455 (paperback edition).

33. Martin Shingler to ES, August 20, 2004.

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

35. BU, box 9: Paul Favor, "Bette Davis," section 2 by Ruth Favor Davis, p. 25.

36. Martin Shingler to ES, August 20, 2004.

37. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, pp. 13435.

38. Ibid., p. 135.

39. Ibid.

40. Martin Baum to ES, December 1, 2004.

41. Frye, p. 230.

42. McCourt, Queer Street, p. 494.

43. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 137.

44. Ibid., pp. 13738.

45. Greenberg, p. 49.

46. Davis with Herskowitz, This 'n That, p. 138.

47. Ibid., pp. 13839.

48. Look, December 18, 1962.

49. Thomas, Crawford, p. 226.

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