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A terse headline in Variety on September 27, 1951, told the news: MANKIEWICZ, 20TH SEVER CONTRACT. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars FOR THE FANS...., Jan 17 2003

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This review is from: All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made! (Paperback)

Fans of "All About Eve" will enjoy this exploration of the making of a classic. It's hard to put down and consistently entertaining. A perfect companion piece for the film as the backstage story of a backstage story of life in the theater from a life in Hollywood viewpoint. Celeste Holm's remarks are particularly revealing. You could say this is a bitchy look at a bitchy movie and it's well worth the read. Don't miss this one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars THIS LADY EVE DESERVES APPLAUSE! APPLAUSE!, Jan 6 2003

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Alan W. Petrucelli (THE ENTERTAINMENT REPORT (ALAN W. PETRUCELLI)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made! (Paperback)

Buckle your seat belts ... it's gonna be a bumpy night ahead! Bumpy because author Sam Staggs has written a warts-and-all, behind-the-scenes look at one of the Hollywood's greatest and wittiest films. The film won six Oscars, and was nominated for a titanic total 14 of the golden naked men, a record broken only recently by "Titanic." All the bitchery, butchery and backstage babble is here: From the performance that revived the flailing career of star Bette Davis to the introduction of a starlet by the name of Marilyn Monroe. Applause! Applause!

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3.0 out of 5 stars The bitchiest book about the bitchiest movie ever made, Dec 12 2002

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This review is from: All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made! (Paperback)

This book is filled with anecdotes, gossip and sometimes downright nasty little tidbits of information regarding the movie stars, director, production people and writer of the original story that All About Eve was based on. While full of fascinating stories about the production itself the style of the author left a great deal to be desired. We follow the production of movie from beginning to end including facts about the author of a story originally printed in Cosmopolitan Magazine, "The Wisdom of Eve" that the movied was based on. In chronological order, following the movie itself (which is actually told in flashback/retrospect) we travel with the cast and crew as the plot of the movie unfolds and the stories behind the movie unfold. The only remaining cast member, Celeste Holm, declined to be interviewed for the book and I would love to read what she has to say in detail about the production. Gary Merrill and Bete Davis have both written interesting (and recommended by me) autobiographies, in Ms. Davis' case several, which include references to the making "Eve" and their affair during which ended with their subsequent marriage.

It's a good read for the story of the movie and some good Hollywood gossip but if I had a chance to edit this book I would have removed a fair amount of extraneous wording.

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5.0 out of 5 stars More of All About Eve
If you want more of All About Eve that goes beyond just watching it again, this is the book for you. Read more

Published on Jun 10 2002 by cloudia

5.0 out of 5 stars Marilyn is star ! -Marilyn Monroe(Garry Hixon)
Marilyn shines in this one, she outdoes everybody, even upstaging Bette Davis, there all betting on how many men go into marilyns hotel room, a pretty good book, Marilyn has so... Read more

Published on Mar 9 2002 by Marilyn Monroe