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Authors: Sam Staggs
“Male behavior”—
Films in Review
, Mar./Apr. 1991, p. 75
“Based essentially on me”—
Films in Review
, Mar./Apr. 1991, p. 76
CHAPTER 25
“One of Anne’s greatest”—TM to SS, Aug. 21, 1997
“I wanted Michael Caine”—Ciment, p. 155
Still getting mail—Ciment, pp. 218–219
“I’m not prepared”—
NY Post
, Feb. 24, 1973
CHAPTER 26
Acting out favorite scenes—Gussow, p. 158
Novelist Joseph Hansen—JH, letter to SS, Oct. 11, 1997
“Large volume” of letters—
NY Times
, Apr. 14, 1951
J. R. Moser, et seq.—correspondence in Production Code files, AMPAS
“I discovered that”—Davis,
This ’N That
, p. 90
“All About Little Eva?”—
Variety
, Mar. 7, 1951
Maria Zeppezauer—
Variety
, Mar. 5, 1952
BOX: Local censor boards—Production Code files, AMPAS
Imitation of Life
screenplay—Fischer, p. 60
Robert Alda—Fischer, p. 68
“I was a kid”—GC to SS, Dec. 23, 1996
James Baldwin—
Another Country
, p. 32
Carey-Mankiewicz controversy—GC to SS, Dec. 23, 1996
Mankiewicz told a reporter—
NY Post
, Feb. 24, 1973
“Seven Deadly Sins Festival”—Robertson, p. 208
Bradford Samuel—Jim Faraone,
2nd Fashion Doll Makeovers
, p. 68
John Rechy—
Marilyn’s Daughter
, pp. 83–84; 143; 180
MMII
—p. 161
Timequake
—p. 188
Later that year—
TV Guide
, Aug. 8–14, 1998
William Friedkin—Byrge, p. 57
Isaac Mizrahi—
American Movie Classics
magazine, Aug. 1996
E. Lynn Harris—
Publishers Weekly
, Apr. 9, 1999
Gay filmmaker Marc Huestis—Murray, p. 143
CHAPTER 27
Cole Porter, in 1957—William McBrien,
Cole Porter
, p. 380
A 1964 taped conversation—Spada, pp. 385–387
“I had a tremendous”—CS to SS, June 26, 1998
“I was working”—SM to SS, July 9, 1998
“This time, at least,”—MO to SS, Apr. 16, 1996
“The theatre has given”—
NY Times
, Nov. 19, 1982
“We worked together”—SM to SS, July 9, 1998
According to Lee Adams—LA to SS, Mar. 8, 1999
To interest Anne Bancroft—Greenberger, p. 207
“Lauren Bacall was”—SM to SS, July 9, 1998
“I was approached”—Bacall,
Myself
, p. 339
“We went to Ron Field”—SM to SS, July 9, 1998
“I was bucking”—Field, SMU
“Larry Kasha had”—SM to SS, July 9, 1998
“My recollection”—LA to SS, Mar. 8, 1999
“I hired Strouse and Adams”—Kasha, SMU
“What happened”—CS to SS, June 26, 1998
“A settlement”—Bacall,
Myself
, p. 353
“I went to David Brown”—Kasha, SMU
“A meeting was called”—SM to SS, July 9, 1998
“A limited amount”—
NY Times
, Apr. 1, 1970
Run-of-the-play contract—Greenberger, p. 207
“We used very little”—
NY Times
, Apr. 1, 1970
The decision to incorporate—Comden and Green, in Strouse, p. 73
“Sometimes when you”—BC to SS, Sept. 16, 1998
“I’ve heard that”—BC to SS, Sept. 16, 1998
“A perfectly professional relationship”—BC to SS, Sept. 16, 1998
“It is necessary”—Frankel, p. 75
“The first meeting of actors”—Bacall,
Myself
, pp. 135–136
“The Margo Channing of
Applause
”—Bacall,
Now
, p. 139
“I’ve made an ass”—Greenberger, p. 207
“I talked with Ron”—GL to SS, Oct. 3, 1998
“It was tricky”—GL to SS, Oct. 3, 1998
“I camped it up”—GL to SS, Oct. 3, 1998
“During tryouts in Baltimore”—LRR to SS, July 14, 1998
“You do the show”—Bacall,
Myself
, p. 359
“Wonderful screaming acceptance”—DM to SS, July 8, 1998
“I clasped her hands”—LRR to SS, July 14, 1998
“The pressure was constant”—Bacall,
Myself
, p. 361
Brandon Maggart, who played—DM to SS, July 8, 1998
“The national is”—DM to SS, July 8, 1998
“It’s nice to dream”—DM to SS, July 8, 1998
“The fourth row center”—Bacall,
Myself
, pp. 361–362
“After the audition” et seq.—PF to SS, Sept. 23, 1998
“The tenth musical”—Suskin, pp. 63–64
“Whoever first-nighters are”—BC to SS, Sept. 16, 1998
“Half of my royalties”—SM to SS, July 9, 1998
“Whatever it is”—
NY Times
, Mar. 31, 1970
“A splashy bitch”—
Hollywood Reporter
, Apr. 2, 1970
“I always imagined”—
Playboy
, July 1982, p. 80
Send Lauren Bacall a telegram—Greenberger, p. 210
“I hope we meet”—Bacall,
Myself
, p. 20
“Miss Bacall leaves out”—Moseley, p. 118
“She sat on a chair”—Bacall,
Myself
, p. 369
“Joe, you have to”—TM to SS, Aug. 21, 1997
“He was happy”—Bacall,
Myself
, p. 272
“I don’t blame him”—CS to SS, June 26, 1998
Mankiewicz said—CS to SS, June 26, 1998
“Ladies and gentlemen”—PF to SS, Sept. 23, 1998
“It has put”—
LA Times
, June 20, 1971
“After a couple”—Field, SMU
Penny Fuller describes—PF to SS, Sept. 23, 1998
“Were very musical”—LRR to SS, July 14, 1998
“A little silver apple”—PF to SS, Sept. 23, 1998
“The theatre was very”—PF to SS, Sept. 23, 1998
“Did one of the best”—LRR to SS, July 14, 1998
“I hate what they did”—LRR to SS, July 14, 1998
“A hard part to do”—PF to SS, Sept 23, 1998
“Anne showed me”—AD to SS, Oct. 9, 1998
“Oh my God”—Field, SMU
“House taking summer off”—
Variety
, June 21, 1972
“Every time I climbed”—Davis,
Lonely Life
, p. 67
POSTSCRIPT
He played the tape—March 18, 1999
He started out—HH to SS, Apr. 19, 1999
“I have little interest”—ML to SS, Apr. 20, 1999
“Let me ask you” et seq.—ML to SS, Apr. 24, 1999
Rosemary Mankiewicz—RM to SS, May 19, 1999
“I came to New York”—MD to SS, May 10, 1999
Martina happened into town—ML to SS, Apr. 24, 1999
BRIEF LIVES.…
Helena Mojeska—Mordden,
Fireside
, p. 191
“The rudest person”—Denham, p. 217
Index
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Act One
(Hart autobiography)
Actor’s Nightmare, The
(play)
Adams, Lee
and
Applause
career of
theme from
All in the Family
Adlon, Percy
Affairs of State
(Verneuil play)
Affron, Charles
Aged in Wood
, sources of
Aherne, Brian
Albee, Edward
influence of
All About Eve
on
Alda, Robert
Aldrich, Richard
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
(film)
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: screenplay)
Aged in Wood
, sources for
fire imagery in
Hollywood’s attitude toward women and
“Miss X” as inspiration for Eve Harrington
Production Code and
sources for and versions of
thirties comedies as influence on
title
treatment (as
Best Performance
)
trivia
20th Century-Fox’s acquisition of story
writing credits
See also
Applause
;
Wisdom of Eve, The
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: casting)
Birdie
Miss Caswell
Margo Channing
Addison DeWitt
Eve Harrington
Phoebe
Karen Richards
Lloyd Richards
Bill Sampson
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: production)
art direction
costume design
filming and rushes
final scene
production cost estimate
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: postproduction)
blunders and mistakes
editing
main title
musical score. See
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: musical score)
redubbing
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: musical score)
Addison’s Theme
“Beau Soir” (Debussy)
cocktail party pianist
Eve’s Theme
Karen’s Theme
“Liebestraum” (Liszt)
Margo’s Theme
popular songs used in
Theatre Theme
See also
Newman, Alfred; Stroud, Claude
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: opening and engagement)
Argentina’s opposition to
awards (the Oscars)
awards and prizes
best movie listings
Esquire
magazine cartoon
famous photo still
as a film classic/institution
grosses and box office
local censorship
merchandising
plagiarism, claims of
press, public relations and reviews
press screening
premiere (Hollywood)
premiere (New York City)
as revival house/television late show favorite
road-show policy
“smoking in bed” controversy
trailers
All About Eve
(Mankiewicz film: subtext, interpretations and influence)
and backstage movies
characters and quotations in the popular culture
cocktail parties
freeze-frame as technical device
as a gay male cult film
implied lesbianism of
influence (literature and plays)
influence (other films)
influence (various)
multiple-narrator flashbacks
All About Eve
(NBC
The Theatre Guild on the Air
radio version)
“All About Eve” (neo-disco song)
All About Eve
(Random House published version)
All About Eve (rock group)
All About Eve
(
Screen Guild Theatre
radio version)
All About Eve
(
Screen Stories
magazine)
All About My Mother
(film)
All About Steve
(porn film)
All About Yves
(porn film)
All This and Heaven Too
(film)
Allen, Arthur
Allen, Dede
Allen, Randy
Allen, Woody
Allyson, June
Almodóvar, Pedro
Ameche, Don
American Film Institute
Ames, Leon
Amor, Edward
Andrews, Julie
Andrews, Lois
Angels in America
(play)
Anger, Kenneth
Anna
(film)
Anna and the King of Siam
(film)
Annabel Lee
Another Country
(Baldwin)
Another Man’s Poison
(film)
Another World
(soap opera)
Antony and Cleopatra
(Shakespeare)
Apache Territory
(film)
Applause
(Broadway musical)
awards
book (Betty Comden/Adolph Green)
book (Sidney Michaels)
cast and replacements
Bette Davis and
director
Duane Fox character
Eve Harrington replacement
music and lyrics
national tour/bus-and-truck companies
Palace Theatre (NYC)
producers
rehearsals, gypsy run-through, out-of-town tryouts and previews
reviews
rights (
All About Eve
)
rights (“The Wisdom of Eve”)
songs
titles
Apple, Fiona
As You Like It
(Shakespeare)
As Young As You Feel
(film)
Astaire, Fred
Astor, Mary
Atwater, Edith
Auer, Mischa
Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens
(Steffens)
Awful Truth, The
(film)
Aznavour, Charles
Bacall, Lauren
and
Applause
career
and Len Cariou
Bette Davis and
Bachanan, Alice
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (song)
Bad and the Beautiful, The
(film)
Baker, Carroll
Baldwin, James
Ball, Lucille
Bancroft, Anne
Band Wagon, The
(film)
Bankhead, Tallulah
All About Eve (
NBC
The Theatre Guild on the Air
radio version)
The Big Show
(NBC radio)
career
Margo Channing, as inspiration for
“curtain call”
and Bette Davis
domestic arrangement
fan clubs
press and
“Tallulah Tells All” stage show
temperament
Barber, Jill
Barefoot Contessa, The
(film)
Barkleys of Broadway, The
(film)
Barnes, Clive
Barrymore, Ethel
Barrymore, John
Bates, Barbara
and
All About Eve
salary
Bates, Eve
Bautzer, Greg