
All About "All About Eve"
The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made
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Narrated by:
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Donald Corren
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By:
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Sam Staggs
To millions of fans, All About Eve represents all that’s witty and wonderful in classic Hollywood movies. Its old-fashioned, larger-than-life stars - including Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, and Celeste Holm - found their best roles in this movie, and its sophisticated dialogue has entered the lexicon.
But there’s much more to know about All About Eve. Sam Staggs has written the definitive account of the making of this fascinating movie and its enormous influence on both film and popular culture. Staggs reveals everything about the movie - from whom the famous European actress Margo Channing was based on to the hot-blooded romance on-set between Bette Davis and costar Gary Merrill, from the jump-start the movie gave Marilyn Monroe’s career to the capstone it put on director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s.
All About “All About Eve” is not only full of rich detail about the movie, the director, and the stars, but also about the audience who loved it when it came out and adore it to this day.
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A good story
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Entertaining but problematic
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Loved this Dishy exploration
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It's every thing I wanted!!!!!
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Fascinating and Fun
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The narration is, in general, engaging, and the narrator does a passable imitation of Bette Davis. I did wish that he had found time to look up how to pronounce “skullduggery,” since the word is used several times in the text. But that was a minor irritant.
Best for True Fans
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if you are not an old movie buff, don't read this book! The author spends so much time talking about multiple actors, movies, plays, critics...and everyone else that drags the story. I spent more time going back and forth looking up movie references and actors and directors.
The last chapter is to reference the people, statements, and other significant factors.
overtly confusing. This is what happens when the subtitles catch your attention. You end up with a dud.
All About Eve or All About Everyone?
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really enjoyable, especially post movie culture
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All About Indeed!
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1 - it needs editing. Many of the same points (almost verbatim) are made three or four times in different chapters.
2 - I had to go look up what year this book was released because some of the language - particularly beginning chapter 24 - is highly dated, stereotype and offensive…particularly about the gay community. The chapter premise - delving into affinity for the movie - is interesting. But there is zero value added by using a slur for lesbians.
It genuinely made me almost skip the rest of the book.
Genuinely good story/performance
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