An ingenue ininuates herelf in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circ...
An ingenue ininuates herelf in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends.
Aspiring actress Eve Harrington maneuver her way into the lives of Broadway star Margo Channing, playwright Lloyd Richards and director Bill Sampson. This classic story of ambition and betrayal has become part of American folklore. Bette Davis claims to have based her character on the perona of film actress Talullah Bankhead. Davis' line "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night" is legendary, but, in fact, all of the film's dialog sparkles with equal brilliance.
