![]() ![]() She wants everything Margo Channing has: her career, her lover, her place on the marquee. She is duplicitous, deceitful, two-faced. STAMBERG: Actress Anne Baxter is Eve, playing opposite her in this scene - Celeste Holm who once described Eve as having the manners of an ambassador and the morals of a pirate.Ĭritic Bosley Crowther went even further: Eve would make a black widow spider look like a ladybug. HOLM: (As Karen Richards) Oh, you look just fine. BAXTER: (As Eve Harrington) Maybe if I'd known - maybe some other time - looking like this. HOLM: (As Karen Richards) There isn't another like you, there couldn't be. I'd be just another tongue-tied, gushing fan. ANNE BAXTER (Actress): (As Eve Harrington) Oh, no. CELESTE HOLM (Actress): (As Karen Richards) I'm going to take you to Margo. SUSAN STAMBERG: In an old porkpie hat and wrinkled raincoat, Eve looks outside the stage door, waiting for a glimpse of the famous Margo Channing. NPR's special correspondent Susan Stamberg zooms in for a close-up of sweet, little Eve Harrington. ![]() ![]() Maybe she's too helpful.Įve is the next subject of In Character, our series exploring famous fictional characters and what they say about our real lives. INSKEEP: That bumpy night is what Bette Davis is about to give her ever-so-helpful assistant Eve Harrington. BETTE DAVIS (Actress): (As Margo Channing) Fasten your seatbelts - it's going to be a bumpy night. The 1950 classic "All About Eve" contains one of the most famous lines in movies. ![]()
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