All About Eve

It's going to be a bumpy night

We decided to watch a little TV before we called it a night. After flipping channels for a few minutes we settled on watching All About Eve starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.

Wow! What a find; Bette was brilliant in her role as Margo, an aging self-centered stage actress who at the pinnacle of her career struggles with insecurities of love and worries that her career is coming to an end.

Then she meets Eve (Anne Baxter) who is literally a no one, a complete unknown, who befriends Margo. Eve’s relationship with Margo gives Eve the opportunity to manipulate, lie and backstab her career to stardom.

Both Bette and Ann received a best actress Academy Awards nomination for their motion picture performance.

This movie offers many unexpected jewels. One of them is that Marilyn Monroe is in this movie. She is young and stunning: you will love her as she plays Miss Casswell, a stereotypical dum-blonde gold digging Hollywood starlet.

Another jewel is the scene when Margo (Bette Davies) downs a double gin martini. She then faces the camera and says her legendary line, "Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a bumpy night." It sent a chill down my back.

I give this movie 8.5 out of 10, with a strong recommendation to see it.

Alfie