Number 6: 'All About Eve'

The Late Great Bette Davis


Oscar Winner in 1950. Picture, Director, Supporting Actor: George Sanders, Screenplay and Costume Design. WHAT? No Best Actress for Bette Davis. Nope. The wonderful Judy Holliday won that year for 'Born Yesterday'. Bette was robbed. Here's what happened. Anne Baxter (Eve) demanded the studio push her for Best Actress because she was the TITLE character. So they did. Hence Baxter and Bette, (Margo Channing) were up against each other and just cancelled each other out. Fools! The studio heads and Baxter not Davis. This is probably Bette's best performance ever...EVER!.
Now there are those who will argue that Gloria Swanson should have won for 'Sunset Boulevard'. Don't argue. You are wrong! LOL. Well truth is she should have won over Holliday but not over Davis.

'All About Eve' is the wittiest script ever written, directed and acted by EVERYONE in it. Period!

I give you 'All About Eve'










The Greatest Party Scene Ever Filmed!












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'Then She Found Me'

Starring and directed by Oscar winner Helen Hunt.
I rented this "lost" 2008 movie over the weekend.
It is warm and tender and really quite lovely.
Helen, my guy Colin Firth, Bette Midler and Mathew Broderick head up a most convincing cast in this tender adaptation of a same named book.
It is a small film but a wonderful film.
Do yourself a favor and rent it.
So far this is on my top ten of 2008 but there are months and many more films to come. We'll see.




Helen Hunt the Director.



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Happy Birthday Sophia Loren this September 20th

Sophia! WOW! She has been one of my favorite actresses forever. Although, I must admit i love her Italian films but her American films not so much. Some are cute but none reach the bar of her Italian speaking roles. I am showcaseing three here. Three not only my favorite Sophia films but three of my all time favorites.

'Two Women'. Sophia became the first to win a lead Oscar for this role. It made her the first actor to win for a foreign language film. And it was more than deserved. Again, I quibble with Oscar a lot but not on this. Oscar got it so so right in 1961. It was the year 'West Side Story' won it all, well practically, and Maximillian Schell got the gold for 'Judgement At Nuremburg'. It may be the last year Oscar got it right all the way around.








'A Special Day' and a very special movie. I loved the pairing of Sophia and the brilliant Marcello Mastroianni especially in this film.




'Marriage Italian Style' A great comedy with Marcello. This remains one of my favorites.







I Love this photo of Sophia and Jayne Mansfield



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