All About All About Eve P: The Complete Behind-The-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made

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Illustrated
2001
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ALL ABOUT EVE is the classic, Oscar-winning tale of devious ambition that revived the career of failing Bette Davis, introduced a starlet by the then unknown name of Marilyn Monroe and produced some of the most talked about off-screen dramas in Hollywood history. With humour, grave and loving detail. Staggs' chronicle begins with the previously-unpublished story of the real-life stage actress and her less-than-sincere understudy who inspired Margo Channing and Eve Harrington. Staggs details the studio's struggles to revise the screenplay and provides us with a delicious play-by-play of the film's dueling divas, as well as Davis's on-set romance with Gary Marrill. With scathing backstage quips ALL ABOUT EVE will entertain and inform both the novice and the most dedicated buff.

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ALL ABOUT EVE is the classic, Oscar-winning tale of devious ambition that revived the career of failing Bette Davis, introduced a starlet by the then unknown name of Marilyn Monroe and produced some of the most talked about off-screen dramas in Hollywood history. With humour, grave and loving detail. Staggs' chronicle begins with the previously-unpublished story of the real-life stage actress and her less-than-sincere understudy who inspired Margo Channing and Eve Harrington. Staggs details the studio's struggles to revise the screenplay and provides us with a delicious play-by-play of the film's dueling divas, as well as Davis's on-set romance with Gary Marrill. With scathing backstage quips ALL ABOUT EVE will entertain and inform both the novice and the most dedicated buff.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 420
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: SMP Paperback
Published: 23 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0312273150
ISBN 13: 9780312273156

Media Reviews

This is the best movie book I've ever read. I devoured it in one sitting. Staggs may not have invented the genre, but he's certainly perfected it. --Florence King, author of Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady
Stagg's gossipy goulash celebrates all of Eve's incarnations, from the original tale...to the Broadway musical Applause...[He] provides thoughtful film analysis and a thrilling final coup: an interview with the real Eve. -- People

This is the best movie book I've ever read. I devoured it in one sitting. Staggs may not have invented the genre, but he's certainly perfected it. Florence King, author of Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

Stagg's gossipy goulash celebrates all of Eve's incarnations, from the original tale...to the Broadway musical Applause...[He] provides thoughtful film analysis and a thrilling final coup: an interview with the real Eve. People

This is the best movie book I've ever read. I devoured it in one sitting. Staggs may not have invented the genre, but he's certainly perfected it. --Florence King, author of Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

Author Bio

Sam Staggs's first book was MMII: The Return of Marilyn Monroe. He has also written for a number of magazines, including Vanity Fair, Architectural Digest, and Art News. He lives in Dallas, Texas.