CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Bette Davis in ALL ABOUT EVE from STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies
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Classic Movie Review: Bette Davis gives the performance of her career in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's classic ALL ABOUT EVE, the quintessential film on life in the theatre. Winner of multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor : George Sanders. It also boasts Oscar nominated performances by Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm and the incomparable Thelma Ritter, as well as solid support from Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlow and up and coming starlet, Marilyn Monroe. One of the wittiest and most sophisticated comedies in motion picture history, it stays with you long after the first viewing and the unforgettable Oscar nominated Bette Davis, as the aging actress Margo Channing ,is not to be missed!
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STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies
My favorite line. Birdie: "What a Story. Everything but the bloodhound snapping at her rear end".
can you explain what this means?
"Some snowy evening by the fire" is a favorite of mine.
@@cavitebulls6921 Years and years ago there were popular stage melodramas and books about poor Nell, a virginal young women, being pursued by the villain trying to “have his way” with her. Usually she’d be chased in a snow storm and maybe even have to cross an ice laden river. Very dramatic!
I've used that line many times - never as well as Ritter, of course!
@@cavitebulls6921 Nell was just one virginal young woman.
Steve - I just discovered your reviews and love them! Here's a story about Ms. Davis: back in 1974, I went to see her when she was doing her one night stands across the U.S., reflecting on her career. As the evening began, scenes from her old films were being played. Then they showed the scene in All About Eve, where she declares, "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" At that point the lights came up and Ms. Davis walked on to the stage. The applause was deafening! A true legend.
Oh that sounds like such
a great moment⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Edith Head's black dress for Bette's 'bumpy night' was a legendary story. A seamstress had miscalculated and the neck opening was far too big and misshapen- horrible. They didn't have time to redesign the dress and Edith was in a panic. Bette took the oversize neck opening pushed it down baring her shoulders and VOILA! THE DRESS! It is a chocolate brown heavy silk that Edith chose because it films very lush in black and white. If you look closely you can see the so chic ermine trim!
What a story!Thanks, love the added fur detail ❤
Thelma Ritter as the wisecracking maid, and George Sanders as Addison....the whole cast was great!
Thelma Ritter is one of the VERY BEST character actresses of ALL TIME! Snarky and clever and smart and just fabulous!
Kami Koren AN UNFORTUNATE SAD ENDING TO GEORGE SANDERS LIFE. THE ENGLISH ACTOR, DAVID NIVEN IN HIS MEMIOR , SAID THAT IN 1937, SANDERS HAD TOLD HIM HE WOULD TAKE HIS OWN LIFE WHEN HE BECAME 65 YRS. OLD.
IN APRIL 1972, 2 MONTHS BEFORE HIS 66 TH BIRTHDAY, GEORGE SANDERS TOOK SEVERAL BOTTLES OF BARBITURATES, ENDING HIS LIFE. HIS SUICIDE NOTE WAS MADE PUBLIC. I THOUGHT THAT WAS IN BAD TASTE.
GEORGE SANDERS WAS ALSO A WITTY WRITER AND HAD PUBLISHED SEVERAL BOOKS. HIS BODY OF WORK SPANNING 50 YEARS WAS VARIED ; THOUGH MANY OF HIS CHARACTERS WERE MEMORABLE SCOUNDRELS. HE HAD BEEN MARRIED 4 TIMES
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One of them to Zsa Zsa Gabor.
*"When we get home, you're gonna get into that girdle and act for two and a half hours!"* (Margot)
"I couldn't get into that girdle in two and a half hours." (Birdie) I LOVE that line!
Yes! Thanks for watching!
Sad to say as a TOQ myself, it's been years since I've seen this movie....Thanks for reminding me of what a wonderful film this is. My niece who just turned 18 is becoming a classic movie buff herself, so I'm eager to share this with her for one of our next movie nights. Sooo good.
I remember seeing Anne Baxter in an interview when asked why she should get a best actor and not a supporting actor, in-which she answered. "The movie isn't called All About Margo" And I guess she was right. But years later she often regretted doing that, realizing that both her and Bette's chances of getting awards that year would of been much higher if she just accepted a supporting nod. Although personally I always thought Gloria Swanson should of won best actress that year. That said, another fabulous review Steve.
I've always thought if the shoe had been on the other foot, Bette would have demanded the same thing. It's not the only time two actors have been up in the same film, it was a theory that it caused them to cancel each other out. I don't think so. Anne Baxter was good, but Bette was the stand-out performance. For my money, if anyome should have won for "Eve" it chould have been Thelma Ritter...who should have won for everything she was nominated for. Steve
@@stevenhayes4063 Thelma Ritter was great in just about everything she was in. Loved her in A letter to Three Wives. Love all your reviews, I never miss one.
Either Davis or Swanson would have been deserving, but I only recently saw BORN YESTERDAY and Judy Holliday's performance was sheer perfection.
Favorite movie of all time. Most literate script ever! I would tie it with Kathrine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in Lion in Winter. Love you guys!!!!
Yes, both films are among my favourites. Apparently I like films with people being vicious to each other. Lol
This is as close to perfection as a movie can possibly get. Just simple sets, none of that CGI/SFX stuff like you see nowadays, but it leaves those in the dust. The acting, plot, and dialogue keeps me riveted every time I watch it!
And the dialogue. That incredible screenplay!
Steve, it's wonderful how you can be SO uninhibitedly, hilariously funny, and yet I can still see the elegant, deep, full hearted, gentleman underneath. Thank you, again, for giving me such fun. Love from a tired old married lady from San Diego, CA.
Oh Ginny; once again you've made my day! Thank you SO much!!!
He gives me so much life with his reviews I only wish I would have found him sooner
@@char1737 The happy thing is that we can find Steve's videos going way back and binge watch them. Now, that's entertainment. I just love him. His reviews and HIM.
Probably my favorite movie of all time. Everybody was near perfect in it. And oh, that glorious music!
Alfred Newman. Those incredible Fox scores. This si one of his best!
I think the screenplay is absolutely brilliant. This is a screenplay I wish I had written; American Beauty, that film, too.
Excellent screenplay.
I loved Bette’s comment to Joe Mankiewicz several years after she made this film with him. She was in the process of divorcing Gary Merrell and she walked up to Joe said, “Joe. You never told me about the sequel!”
It's the old story. Gary went to bed with Margo and woke up with Bette...Nuf' said. Thanks so much! Steve
Your Bette Davis mimic is SPOT ON!!🤣😅😆👍🏽
Eve: "Get out"...Addison: "You're too short for that gesture"...
Hilarious!
Cynthia, I LOVE ME SOME ADDISON! "Still just Theatre!"
story of my life (im 5ft)
Really enjoyed your review! Time for me to watch this movie, yet again! I never get bored watching this movie no matter how many times I’ve seen it…
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.....probably the best two actresses of modern time!!!!
Brilliant review, and congrats on your 100th episode. You’re an enormously talented, hilarious treasure!
Oh J.P>, you made me blush. . I'll give you and hour to cut that out! Thanks for the compliment and for watching!
That seen when Margot reveals to Bill that she is forty years old is amazing. She makes it look so easy.
The role fit her lie a glove. it doesn't always happen, but when it does... so does magic! Thans for watching!
She's revealing her age to Lloyd Richards (played by Hugh Marlowe), not Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill)
@@michaelcioni8599 whoops
In the intro scene, one of Thelma Ritter's lines was "I remember that tour. It was so cold the brassieres were snappin' like matzohs," but it was cut by the censors.
I have a feeling they cut alot. But what they left in was incredible!
🤣🤣🤣 We want tge outtakes!
There is nothing tired about Steve Hayes. I am plowing my way through your reviews, an absolute joy . Keep up the good work
I like his reviews 2 !
Wow! I love the thought of you plowing through the old reviews. makes my day!
Celeste Holm should have won the Oscar for this, the best supporting performance that year, definitely.
In the staircase scene, when Margo starts up to go to bed, the background piano music changes to "Stormy Weather" A great moment.
STEVE! I feel like you and I should definitely kibitz. We share a giant LOVE of the golden age of Hollywood!! Finally, I've found someone else doing these reviews. Keep up the fantastic work!
Thanks so much! We gotta keep these films alive!
I can only imagine what Claudette Colbert thought about this film. She was offered the role and was preparing to star in it when she got injured. This injury prevented her from taking on "Margo" and thus Bette Davis was offered the role of a lifetime.
Them's the breaks! How nice for Bette!! How nice for Joe! How nice for Everybody! Thanks for watching!
Claudette was hurt while giving a marvelous performance in the terrically under-rated ''Three Came Home,'' the true story of author Agnes Keith when she was trapped in a Japanese concentration camp. For some reason, Fox never bothered to renew it's copyright and the film fell into ;public domain. Happily though. It's available in its entirety on RUclips. If you've never seen it, look it up for not only Claudette Colbert's performance, but also the touching performance of Sessue Hayakawa.
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Congratulations on your 100th episode, featuring one of the best movies ever!
I so agree! Thanks for watching!
They should invite you over to TCM and do a guest hosting spot. But they probably are not comfortable with the queens who love the classic movies. Too bad. It's the gay queens who keep these stars of the 20s 30s 40s and 50s in the public eye. Why is that? We just have better taste, that's all.
Actually I think that is a great idea!
Such a great wonderful idea. TCM has unfortunately become the station with the most boring hosts.
Steve Hays loves the movies , cares more than anyone on that show. Come on , we love him, and want him on TCM.
@@marjoriemargel1567 I love you, Marjorie! Just sayin'...OXOX Steve
@@emerybayblues Thanks so much!
That's so sweet! Thank you!!!
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I did. OXOX
Fabio, I agree with you! Isn't it just too fabulous! I want one too! 😀!
All spot on, with one exception; there was one other actress that could have slipped that part on like a second skin, Tallulah Bankhead.
Mark Miller did you know the story there? Bette is seemingly influenced by Tallulah in this role. In fact, Tallulah was known to make big comments about how Bette 'stole' her look and approach for the role. She always adamantly believed Bette based Margot on herself. Bette and Mankiewicz always denied it, but so wouldn't they? Bankhead may have been able to sue if they admitted it was true, she might be entitled to a share in profits or something. Apparently though, she wasn't even considered for the role! I think, because for some crazy reason she never took off as a screen actress sadly, and we only have a few big roles of hers as proof of her talent. However, she DID manage a Hitchcock AND a minor Lubitsch, albeit one made in his final illness and for which he obviously was less involved with.
She did actually do Margot Channing a couple of years later in a radio production. I bet the listeners had a well informed opinion of who, if anyone, Bette based her Margot on after that play aired!
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And Bette Davis took on the Regina Giddens role in _The Little Foxes_ which Bankhead played on Broadway.
As a kid I saw Lifeboat on TV and thought Tallulah was Bette Davis.
I agree! Lulas always said that Bette was doing her in the film!
The coiff, dress, manner is all Tallulah.
It's so crazy how they treated older actresses back then. In All About Eve Bette Davis' character is 40, and in Sunset Boulevard Gloria Swanson's character is 50 but in both movies everybody acts like they are geriatric.
There's even a line in All About Eve where Gary Merrill (who was practically the same age as Bette Davis) says to her "There's a rumor that you were the lead in 'Our American Cousin' the night Lincoln was shot."
One of my favorite lines from the movie.
Ten yrs late but I've just seen this review....I love your style Mr Hayes......I can't stop watching your channel....Love from the UK
Oh Mike! I'm thrilled to have another friend in the UK! You made my day! Welsome aboard! I hope you subscribe so I can visit yu monthly with another goodie! Thanks so much and Happy Summer! here's to you , the UK and the Movies!!! Best; Steve
Fabulous movie, Fabulous on every level.
Hey Steve, sorry I missed your 1OOth! I love all the wit and wisdom you bring to movies I should know about!
And you don't look a day over 4O gurl
Thank you, Cup Cake!
You are utterly charming Steve. Thank you for your reviews from one classic movie lover to the other. Best wishes!
Thank you for watching!
You had me at Episode #1, and "I'm not be had for the price of a drink, like a salted peanut."
I am.Pass the cashews! OXOX
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ It took you eight years to respond! Good thing I've never seen/woofed you on Scruff....
Loved this one. Once a year, friends call me and imitate Bette, saying one of the lines from ALL ABOUT EVE: "Bill! It's your BIRTHDAY."
How great is that!?
That strikes me as odd, since your name is, Selby.
I just discovered you. Where have I been? I love love love your reviews. Your taste in movies runs parallel to mine and it certainly is fun to see how much alike we think. Rave on hunny!
I fully intend to, if you'll keep watching! Thanks!
Talk about From The Archives ... I keep getting milestone episodes of yours on my "Recommended" RUclips today, and I must say I love them! I hope you're on your 200th episode by now! What I didn't hear you mention was that while Anne Baxter was hired because she looked like Claudette Colbert ... that's because Claudette Colbert was originally slated to play Margot, but suffered a back injury on another film and was unable to make it. Paging Bette Davis!!! Also, it's interesting that both Anne Baxter and Bette Davis were nominated for Best Actress, as was Gloria Swanson for "Sunset Boulevard," and they ALL lost to Judy Holliday (and I can't even remember the name of her film!) She was wonderful, but she certainly was no Bette Davis or Gloria Swanson, or even Anne Baxter!
Claudette had broken her back filming "Three Came Home" and Bette was a last minute replacement. The Judy Holliday film is "Born Yesterday" and it's wonderful. I'm so glad that you're watching back episodes and hope you will subscribe to get all the new ones. Have a wonderful summer and thanks for watching.
I'm so glad you chose Bette, and All About Eve for the 100th episode! Congratulations, I love your show!
Thanks so much!
Congratulations to you and Johnny! I so look forward to what you will do next! Thank you for such interesting and fabulously entertaining reviews. My Mother grew up in LA in the 30's and 40's and worked at I. Magnin in Pasadena where many of these stars shopped. She had her share of stories about some of these celebrities! My Mom just had her 88th birthday and she just adores you and loves to watch your reviews! Thank you for the joy! Much love and happiness to you, Steve!
Please give my regards to your dear mother and thanks so much for watching!
Nice to hear him recognise Anne Baxter role . She was superb
She was terrific! I love when she get's that low, menacing whisper. ' "As a matter of fact, there IS something you could do..." The snake coming out of the grass.
how wonderful!!! one of those films,,,,,you can watch for ever and ever..
I plan to. Join me! Thanks for watching!
Hard to imagine this was originally supposed to be a vehicle for Claudette Colbert...Bette does a great impersonation of Talulah Bankhead!
Colbert was Mankiewicz' first choice for Margo. Darryl Zanuck wanted Marlene Dietrich.
Congrats on your 100th episode, Mr. Hayes. May there be many more!!
Thank you! Today is Joe Mankiewicz's birthday! He was amazing!
What a year. All About Eve and Sunset Blvd are classics.........and both adapted as Broadway musicals not as good as the movies but pretty impressive. Eve became Applause with Lauren Bacall. S. Blvd. got the Andrew Lloyd Weber treatment with Glenn Close playing Norma Desmond.
Yup! A banner year and two musicals. Granted, they can't top the originals, but that's to be expected. Hope you have lovely holidays! Best Wishes & thanks for watching; Steve
Shriek! Where have you been all my life? An acquaintance informed me last evening All About You, and without trepidation, I fled to your presence here, and, well, I've risen in love! I am utterly charmed, entertained, informed, piqued, teased and convinced we must do lunch! Bravo/brava! You have made me feel like a young gay kid again (not against my wishes), and I cannot express adequately how much I respect your knowledge, presentation, STYLE and humour. Live well and prosper.
Bravo Peter ! You said it with class, style and a wee touch of Queen's panties for days dar'lynn. Love Joe C.
WOW! What an incredible tribute! Thank you so much, Peter! You really made me so very, very happy! I hope you are well, safe and that you keep watching TOQ! Much love and many thanks! OXOX Steve
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Yes, I am a great fan of you from Brazil. I want to watch all your videos on RUclips, because you really understand about good movies. You are an inspiration, thank you for your comments.
Thank you for watching and tge lovely compliments! Viva Brazil!!!
During the party scene on the stairs, notice the piano player changes to "Stormy Weather"
Oh sure. There is nothing in this film that wasn't planned to perfection!
LOVE ❤️ ALL ABOUT EVE AND EVERY CAST MEMBER!! EVEN BESS FLOWERS 💐😍☺️
Especially Bess Flowers! Every movie fan waits for the "bess Flowers " moment! I was surprised she wasn't nominated! LOL! Steve
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@@alfredbonnabel7022 I hope you do the same for me! LOL!
The best movie. Watched it more time than I can count.
I adore George Sanders in this and any other film he’s been in.
The prefect cad.
Congratulations Steve (and Johnny)!
Thanks so much!
I surprise myself by really liking your work in these reviews. I usually don't like what I can only call "things like this" because camp leaves me cold. But you make it work, for one thing by limiting the camp to just the right amount, and by supplying lots of background and anecdotes that we don't get elsewhere. So, from an old queer who isn't as tired as I was last year, well done. I see that I am late to the party here, but I've only seen three of these so there must be quite a few more out there waiting for me to discover them.
Welcome aboard! I hope you subscribe so I can bring you another classic every month! Thanks for watching! Steve
IS THAT A BETTE/ MARGO DOLL! BEHIND OUR STEVE!: I SCREAMING! 😮!
It is! A GENE MARSHALL doll in an exact replica of Edith Head's Oscar winning dress for "All About Eve". Gene is designed/created by the brilliant artist Mel Odom.
"You could always put that award where your heart ought to be!" LOVE the Margo Channing doll...down to the Edith Head dress.
YES! Mel Odom's fabulus "Gene" doll. I love it too!! Thanks for watching! best; Steve
@@stevenhayes4063 I've been binging you since yesterday...to paraphrase Charlotte in "Now Voyager"...."Steve, I suspect you're a treasure!"
No, thank you Steve and Johnny and all the others who help you to make these great videos.
Much appreciated :)
Thanks so much for watching!
Ah yes, the Thalia. It's where I saw "La Dolce Vita", "Rocco and His Brothers" and so many other great foreign films in the early '60's.
The BEST and for over 40 years, only two blocks from my humble abode! Lucky me!
No way in hell that Baxter should have been or was anything near the lead in this film. The story follows Margo's journey and had the title of the book not been changed for the film, no one would even have considered her demand for Best Actress nomination. She was a supporting role. It truly was one of the great travesties of modern cinema.
What a cast, script and direction.
Mr. Hayes -- !! How terrific that you lived near the Thalia. I live near it too! Ah, to have this in common -- it's almost too overwhelming😄🤩
It's been my "go to" place for decades, though not since the pandemic.I'm still too nervus to go to the movies. Have only recently slowly started bnack going to the theatre. I was always so grateful that it didn't go the way pof the other fabulous revival hosuses like The Regency and Theatre 80 St. Marks. I have many wonderful memories . I met Butterfly McQueen there and the Film Noir fesrtivals they had every sumnmer were an absolutel must! They always screened the more obscure ones, that I relished seeing. Not to mention, it was a nice place to meet cute guys back in the day. How great that we are neighbors still! Thanks for watching! Best; Steve
This is my third or fourth time watching this. Your review did this movie proud.
Thank you , Sir. And your review made thsi reviewer very ahppy! Best Wishes; Steve
wonderful! loved watching you talk about 'all about eve'. along with 'now voyager' this is my favorite bette davis movie. and a salute to the legendary celeste holm...who in her 90's is still with us!
I love your show so much. Thank you for your style, wit and knowledge!
Thanks so mcuh!
One of my very fave movies!! Congrats on hitting the 100!!
One of mine too! Thanks so much for watching. Don't for get to subscribe if you haven't already and please push the "LIKE" button. Stay well. Stay SAFE! Best; Steve
Steve, you are a star in the heavenly fer-ma-mint! Thank you for your wonderful programs, and the great story about meeting Joseph M. We love you!
I love you to! Thanks so mcuh for watching!
You certainly picked a winner for the 100th episode. Found you a while ago on Joe.My.God and am always pleased when Joe shares the next epi. Congrats!
I love "Joe My God" and am so glad you found me there!
I just discovered your channel. I am learning so much and thoroughly enjoying the reviews.. Thank you!
Welcome aboard! I hope you subscribe, si I can visit you with a new episode/ classic movie every month! Have a lovely summer and thanks for watching! Steve
The first Bette Davis movie I ever saw was All About Eve. I have been a Davis fan ever since.
My absolute favorite Betty Davis movie!
One of the greatest!
Beautiful review of my favourite movie- thanks so much!
I love LONDON! So glad you watch!
Happy 100th Episode! And what a great film to review. This is my favorite Bette Davis movie, hands down. Great writing, great acting, and it has Thelma Ritter! Congrats again, Steve. XOXO.
Thanks for watching!
Steve, you should review "Dead Ringer" starring Bette Davis who plays twins where one kills the other and takes over her identity. Filmed in the beautiful Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. Two Bettes for the price of one!
It's on my list, however, I try to do the early ones from her herday that made her famous, so people can see how incredibley versatile she was. Between you and I, of the two movies she did as twins, I like 'A Stolen Life" ('46) better. Thanks for watching! Steve
Steve you get better and better and better. Loved this and love you!
Thanks so much, Jon!
A great movie,love love love Bette!!
Smart, sophisticated, witty and always so timely! Steve
My favorite movie of all time. Love it.
Me too.
I love all your reviews, I'm addicted to them!! Informative and humorous, love em! Plus I've seen all these great films!
How great! I hope you subscribe! Thanks so much for wtching! Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ you bet I did! 😃
@@vilmabanky53 HOORAY! Welcome aboard! Happy Summer! Steve
I just watched ALL ABOUT EVE, probably for the twentieth time. It's almost a perfect screenplay; I just have one tiny quibble. Why did it all have to take place in a span of nine months? The Sarah Siddons award ceremony should have taken place two years after the opening of "Footsteps on the Ceiling" and the whole thing would have made much more sense. But it's a tiny quibble; it's an amazing movie.
Eric Peterson agreed! Though, I forgive it as well. Such INCREDIBLE EVERYTHING IN THIS MOVIE!
I agree.
I love your Davis impersonation! 🎥🎞📽🎬🍾🥂🍸
Thans, Buddy!
Wonderful review...I must have seen this movie at least 3 times. Always a pleasure and you are so right. There could never have been a better choice than Bette Davis for the role of Margo. It may have been 'all about Eve', but Bette Davis as Margo made the movie iconic.
It's brilliant and the casting couldn't be more perfect. Steve
"I think she's selling frigidaires or something" LMAO
He was such a witty man. Brilliant anecdotes. Thanks for watching! Best; Steve
Steve, I love you and your reviews. You are incredible. Funny, warm and knowledgeable.
Thank you so much!
Steve, another wonderful review, but you've been holding out on us all of these years; your sound effects are AMAZING!!!!
The next time you are attending or hosting a dinner party, wouldn't it be fun to do these sound effects when people were
chewing??
Probably be the end of my dinner parties...and possible my life! LOL!
Congratulations on 100 videos--I've seen them all, and love them and the work you all are doing--well done!
Thank you so much!
Happy 100th show,Papa Steve!
Thank you Most Handsome man! Hope you are well, and safe and sey as ever!
Celeste Holm played the part of Adoe-Annie in the original 1943 Broadway production of " Oklahoma ".
She did indeed. and GLORIA GRAHAME did the movie...which I love.
Oh my god, what a perfect choice! My favorite movie of all time - or at least tied, with Sunset Boulevard and the 1939 version of The Women. I guess that makes me gay, of a certain age. Thanks, Steve. I'm looking forward to the next 100 episodes! Best wishes always, Mike
LOL! Well, if that's what makes you gay, it certainly makes you popular in my book! Thanks for watching!
Wasnt it?!
Boring,vanilla straight...but adore the craftsmanship of classic films.
Thanks Steve, this is fun, and I look forward to watching the rest of your episodes. I used to work with you way back in the mid-80s slingin' hash and doing the catered functions at the Met and you were always fun to be around.
Well, thanks, Buddy ! Great to hear from you! We served alotta dead shrimp to old people..or visa versa! LOL! OXOX
So much fun, and you do a great Bette!
Don't tell HER that! LOL! Thanks so much and stay SAFE! Best Wishes; Steve
Really enjoyed your review, and the movie is worth it’s salt.
Bette Davis should've won her 3rd Oscar for this film and Thelma Ritter should've won for Best Supporting Actress.
I totally agree!
Steve, I love movies about the theatre & this is definitely at the very top!!! Every performance is just fantastic!!
It's definitely the definitive. Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Absolutely agree!!!
It's a fabulous review of a fabulous movie!
Davis must've gone insane when she was replaced by Baxter as the Head Honcho in the "Hotel" series twenty-five years later - or thirty. Also, All About Eve is an inspiration to us authors. It's a writer's dream to spew out all that dialogue. It's a feast for the eyes and ears.
Evidently, she and Baxter were friends and she held no malice. The only person she didn't like in "Eve" was Celeste whom/Holm..., Holm/whom she always thought was a phoney. I completely agree with you about the brilliance of the script. In fact, I have a hardcover , first edition of the published screen play of "All About Eve" that is the pride of my collection and was autographed to me when I met Mankiewicz. Thanks for watching! Steve
Hey Steve, I don't know if you read this but I just watched the movie and saw your video. know a lot about the perspective. Your video is a joy to watch. Gratitude.
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Best Wishes; Steve
Happy Belated 100th, Steve!! Baxter was always ballsy. She did a film called “Fools’ Parade” in the totally tired Ohio Valley with Jimmy Stewart decades ago. The premiere was screened in a a local theater in Wheeling, WV, the biggest town near the location shots. Baxter had really had a snoot full of hillbillies by then and skipped the premiere pleading, “I can’t take another beehive hairdo.” Neither could I and moved to NYC permanently a year later. Saw beehives, at Wigstock, however!
I went to the theatre and saw that and thoght it and she were terrific! The last Jimmy Stweart movei I saw ina theatre. Geat liitlepicture...but I'm glad I moved to New York as well. Steve
Happy Birthday Steve, 100 shows is quite an achievement and you have chosen the prefect movie for the perfect podcast. We in England once more salute up and send pour love and respects.
Edmund
Edmund, you are such a lovely guy! Thanks you SOOOOO much! Here's to England! may you all be well and safe and curled up watching classic movies!
All About Eve and Sunset Boulevard, such great movies. I always get my younger friends to watch the both All About Eve and Sunset Bolulevard to prove to them that black and white movies are the best. 1950 was a great year for movies.
TWO GREAT CHOICES! I'll bet they love them both. It's so ironic that the quintessential films about the theatre and old Hollywood came oiut the same year with legendary come backs by their leading ladies! Happy Holidays and thanks for watching! best; Steve
Congratulations on your 100th episode Steve and Johnny! Keep up the great work. Cheers to 100 more!
Cheers, Mike! Thanks a million!
Ann Baxter was Frank Lloyd Wright's niece! I had no idea until just lately when I read a biography of Wright.
Congratulations, Steve! Can't wait for the next 100!
Me neither!
Just found you. Love this so much for the movies I adore. Your Bette Davis is life 😊. Your knowledge and perspective- chef’s kiss.
Welcome aboard! I hope you subscribe, then I can vsisit you with a new classic every month! Thanks so much for watching! Steve
still love the broken ductaped window in the bathroom. this is a New York apartment no doubt. tiny. his home now is exquisite, but i really do love the charm of the old place. and oh my god i love this movie so very much. it is the quintessential theater film. the language and acting is simply exquisite.
I've got news for ya, I've been shooting on location in other places, I'm still in the tiny, New York apartment and I still have the duct tape on the bathroom window...I took it off the mouth of my ex during Hurricaine Sandy and decided to leave it for sentimental reasons. Thanks for watching!
Oh, Mr Hayes, we received such a thoughtful reply to our recent comment on your 'Dark Victory' review that we hope you will do the same on an aspect of 'All about Eve' that has always puzzled us (even though your 'Eve' review was from so loooong ago...).
Here's our puzzle:
We usually don't watch many movies because we much prefer the thrill and verity of live performance (mostly opera). However, we recognise that the nature of a filmed performance is that there are frequent 'takes' until the accumulated/spliced/edited endproduct meets the director's satisfaction. But to our mind, this almost feels like 'cheating', with an aim being to reach a kind of perfection that would never be possible in real life. So in film, we don't witness the occasional stammering or forgotten words that can sometimes happen when giving an important address/speech in 'real life', for example. Nor do we see in a perfected/multiple-take film the accidental stumble that a VIP might embarrassingly make whilst attempting to make a grand entrance via a descent down a staircase, as another random example. In short, real/in-the-moment life is full of bloopers, but such bloopers are edited out of film.
Notice, for example, the scene in 'Eve' where Davis is checking all the candy containers in the drawing room whilst delivering a rapid-fires tirade to Merrill. Now, watch the diamond bracelet on her wrist as she turns around suddenly to face Merrill and proceeds to fold her arms in front of her as an act of defiance -- the clasp on the bracelet becomes undone, with the bracelet dangling from (not encircling) her wrist. But two minutes later when she is pointing repeatedly with this self same arm/wrist onto the tux shirt/chest of Merrill, the previously dangling bracelet has been magically re-clasped. Now it's perfect again!
This 'mistake' catches our eye each time we see that moment in the film, and we must conclude that the action had been stopped, jewelry corrected, and then started up again. So the whole scene becomes 'manufactured' and false for us. In contrast, we would never expect the tenor in an opera to start an aria over again if he should crack on the high 'C' -- we just go on with the rest of the opera, and recognise that part of the excitement of live opera is its unpredictable/unknown nature.
So, our questions of you are:
1. Do you ever find a re-watched film to be annoyingly predictable? After all, a particular filmed scene, no matter how cherished, is always going to be exactly the same as the last time you viewed it.
2. How do you reconcile the movie industry's attempt to present 'real life' for its viewers, when intellectually we know that we are watching actors/actresses who have memorised some lines, are perhaps filmed before a constructed/painted replica sound stage, and that the resulting film is the product of multiple retakes and editing? The mind knows it's NOT real, and yet the viewer suspends disbelief.
We should be so interested in hearing your thoughts on this 'philosophical' puzzle.
We remain,
Your viewer/fan in Bloomsbury/WC1H
Dear Bronzino; Film, opera, and theatre are all different mediums with very different criteria that go along with each one. They are, in themselves, masters of their techniques. I like the theatre and the live aspect, so when something unexpected happens, it's nice because it sort of makes the evening special and your own experience. I love that film is based on technical perfection and showing the best take. I want to be swept up and moved along by the action and story and don't want to be disrupted by gaffs or mistakes. I have no trouble that mutiple takes are often done and the best one. is chosen Film is a colaborative, visual medium, it is not only the art of the actors, it is the director, the screenwriter, the cinematographer, the editor , the production and costume designers, all the behind the scenes individuals who bring their best efforts to make the production the best it can be. Therefore, when something unexpected happens, I'm glad when they've caught it and removed it because it doesn't represent the very best these artists have to give. Concernig the braclet in "Eve", I would imagine that the editir and director saw it, but it was the best take of that particular scene and decided to leave it . Also, I don't maintain that movies have to be so real. I like heightened reality when I go to the movies. I suppose that's why I gravitate towards the classics., when they were larger than life.To broorw from critic Pauline Kael, I'm happiest when "I Lost It At The Movies". Thanks for watching; Steve