false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173916466m/344706.jpg 344706 2 Like the movie it celebrates, Sam Staggs's <I>All About All About Eve</I> is good, gossipy fun. The book is exhaustively researched, from behind-the-scenes anecdotes to a talk with the original, mysterious "Eve" who sparked the dinner party conversation that inspired the magazine story that eventually became one of the best movies ever made. The book spirals outward from the movie as well, chronicling the subsequent careers of the principals (and an ingenue newcomer named Marilyn Monroe), the life of writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and even the ill-fated romance of stars Bette Davis and Gary Merrill. It is, of course, the legendary on-set cattiness that is the focus of the book's first half (Celeste Holm claims that Bette Davis responded to her initial "Good morning" with a tart "Oh shit, good manners," and the two never spoke again; cast members dish about George Sanders's then-wife Zsa Zsa Gabor), but the overall tone of the book is one of affection and a deep fascination for even the smallest aspects of the film. A true fan, Staggs analyzes the position of <I>All About Eve</I> in its own time and in the camp culture of today, notes its influence on innumerable subsequent films, and even chronicles the somewhat manufactured "feud" between Bette Davis and Tallulah Bankhead that developed over Davis's characterization of Margo Channing. To keep it from getting too weighty, Staggs punctuates the book with sidebars, paying tribute to the career of Walter Hampden, the elderly actor who presents the Sarah Siddons award, and even working in a match-the-famous-quote-to-the-French-subtitle quiz. <I>All About All About Eve</I> succeeds best in its main purpose--making you want to watch the movie one more time. <I>--Ali Davis</I> 335035 2000 All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made! total:61|5:16|4:23|3:19|2:3|1:0| 61 235 83 12 3 0 false false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 05 16:12:12 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 06:34:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 16:52:09 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 16:52:51 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Tue Mar 25 00:29:22 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 00:44:55 -0700 2008 But let me talk about the movie. I don't want to see it ever again. George Sanders is world-weary. Bette Davis says "Fasten your seat-belts, it's going to be a bumpy night." Marilyn Monroe gets more screen-time than she did in LOVE HAPPY.
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