Every now and again, a movie comes along that sticks with me.
If you haven't seen it, I invite you to dig in.
Surprisingly, it was Mr. Ginley's idea to pick it up from the library. He'd seen a snippet of it on TV and was intrigued. It's not the sort of film he would normally like. All through the picture he kept asking if it had a happy ending.
"Does somebody kill that b****?" he asked several times.
Maybe we've watched too many episodes of Midsomer Murders. In any case, he enjoyed it as much as I.
The basic story revolves around an aging star and a young understudy who finagles her way into the older actress' circle of friends.
No car chases. Nothing blows up. But it's such a rich collection of characters, well-paced and finely written, we found it irresistible.
I guess we weren't the only ones who liked it. All About Eve received 14 Academy Award nominations, winning six, including Best Picture.
Released in 1950, directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, the film starred the legendary Bette Davis and a 20-something Anne Baxter, supported by a brilliant cast that included George Sanders and Celeste Holm. It was one of the first 50 films chosen to be preserved by the U.S. Library of Congress' National Film Registry.
By the way, if you want to know if the b**** gets hers, you'll just have to watch it yourself.
No spoilers here!
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