ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

Winner of six Oscars, including Best Picture, and #90 on IMDB's list of 250 best films of all time, All About Eve is the story of what happens when a shy, timid ingenue in New York City, Eve (Anne Baxter) manages to get a backstage introduction to her idol, revered (though aging) stage legend Margo Channing (Bette Davis, in many ways playing herself, particularly in this stage of her life and career at the time) ... and the complications that arise when Margo and her friends take the innocent girl under their collective wings, only to realize she may not be as innocent as she seems.  The writing bristles, razor-sharp, from beginning to end, the performances (even a fresh-face Marilyn Monroe, in a small role, livens up the proceedings) all Oscar-worthy, in what has been termed (rightly) by many as not only THE quintessential film about the New York theater scene ... but "the perfect film" as a whole.  (not rated)  *****

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