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Lauren Bacall: By Myself |  | Author: Lauren Bacall
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 260297
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0345333217
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.092
EAN: 9780345333216
ASIN: 0345333217
Publication Date: October 12, 1985
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"In a word, LAUREN BACALL BY MYSELF is terrific...one of the real-life heroines of our time...and she wrote this book as she lived it."
BOSTON GLOBE
"She's a real Joe. You'll fall in love with her like everybody else."
-Humphrey Bogart
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 Liked Her More When I Knew Less January 15, 2010
John J. Paradiso (Chicago)
I came across this book in a second hand shop and being a fan of the Bogie-Bacall movies decided to buy it. From the outset, I got the impression that Bacall is wanting to tell us only what she wants us to believe rather than the way it really was. I found it a little hard to believe that New York raised 19 yr. old could be that totally naive and sheltered , yet in less than 6 months she's having an affair with a married man 25 years her senior. It didn't hurt that he was also one of the biggest film stars of the day and although there are the agonizing separations (except for the frequent late night trysts) while he divorces Mayo, the pot at the end of the rainbow turned out very good for Bacall. Her marriage to Bogart instantly placed her in the rarified air of Hollywood superstars (who we read about ad nauseum) and afforded her the opportunity to turn down roles that would expose her very limited range as an actor at that time. Theirs may have been the "storybook romance" but Betty definitely played her cards right and that fact bleeds through her words on page after page. Whether dumping her kids to go campaigning for pseudo-intellectual Adlai Stevenson or globe trotting with Bogie and Kate on the set of The African Queen, the union with Bogie was the winning lottery ticket for Ms. Bacall. Even after his death, her many publicized affairs don't quite jibe with the image she paints as the "nice Jewish girl". I came away with the feeling that if not an out and out gold digger, Bacall at the very least was a pretty slick opportunist. By Myself shattered an illusion. Kinda makes me wish I'd have passed this one up.
 A Real Movie Star and A Real Person December 20, 2008
Jeanne C. Walker (Claremont, California)
Although written many years ago, "Lauren Bacall By Myself" is an absorbing and relevant book. She is still alive and well remembered by many movie-goers who saw the first Bacall/Bogart movies. Her first-person memoir shows the couple as very real people who reach Hollywood stardom and are very much in love. Their children are as important as their careers. Their life together is filled detailed descriptions of their many Hollywood friends; she name-drops because these are indeed friends and people who enjoy laughter together.
Then tragedy comes with Humphrey Bogart's illness and eventual death. He is mourned by family, by actors who knew and admired him, and by his thousands of fans.
Lauren, continues to act. She describes trying to replace Bogart with other male celebrities; she admits making big mistakes with her some of her choices. The "By Myself" of the title brings her to her own eventual theatrical success as she continues making movies and at last becomes the stage actor she has always longed to be. APPLAUSE to her for making it on her own.
 Great read, very personal and well written September 22, 2008
Elizabeth Armenta (Dallas, TX)
This book is very enjoyable. One of the best biographies I have read. It's very well written and very personal. Recommended.
Bogie and Baby and more March 11, 2008
Kona (Emerald City)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lauren Bacall's 1984 autobiography details her humble beginnings, how modeling led to acting, and her marriages and love affairs. She met Bogie on the set of her first movie when she was 19 and he was 43 and married. They fell in love at first sight and had a good marriage until his death. Her next husband was Jason Robards, Jr.; his drinking made for trouble from the start. The ups and downs of her movie and Broadway careers and her love of politics (and politicians) round out the book.
The woman who emerges from the pages is pretty much what I expected - strong, independent, and passionate - but also quite self-centered and spoiled. She's had a charmed life and makes no excuses for her shortcomings.
The book is full of famous tinseltown names and fabulous jet-set locations. She writes as if she were talking, often using ungrammatical half-sentences which slowed me down sometimes, but that is a minor quibble. I heartily recommend it to her fans.
great look at a great dame May 7, 2007
Jennifer Sturgis (Massachusetts)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
buy it used. good read for the beach. then see her movies.
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