Live Life Team
If you like older films, this one is a classic that you will definitely want to see. It is a film about show business in its glory days and especially about the backstage life of the female thespians on Broadway as it existed in the 1950’s.
This story is about Eve, a woman who is being honoured as the youngest person to ever receive a prestigious “best actress” award. The whole picture is comprised of flashbacks of how she got there – to the awards ceremony where she is being honoured, and her meteoric rise in the competitive world of the theatre. The movie does not paint a very good picture of what actresses would do for fame and fortune in those days – and probably today as well. It clearly depicts these women as being ruthless, seeking success at any cost, with no regard as to personal scruples or the feelings of others. It also shows what happens when these women who rely so much on their glamour and good looks to make it in the competitive world of the theatre begin to age.
Some say this was Bette Davis’ most important role, as Margo Channing in this epic film, and perhaps that is true since she won an Oscar for best actress for her performance in it. In fact, the picture was nominated for a record-breaking 14 awards, and this record in fact was not broken until some 47 years later with the release of the 1997 version of Titanic.
This film is one of the classics of its genre, and despite its age it is still just as enjoyable, not to mention valid, today as it was when first released.
