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FANDOM NAME: All About Eve A movie from 1950 which won several Oscars, starring Bettie Davies, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Gary Merill, Celeste Holm, and Marilyn Monroe.
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: This is the movie which re-started Bettie Davies career, and she’s great here as Margo, a brilliant but aging actress who takes an interest in a young woman, Eve, who little by little starts to outmaneuver her, both in her private life as well as an actress. The rest of the cast is great too- especially George Sanders who bagged himself an Oscar for the role of the powerful but unpleasant theatre critic Addison DeWitt. It’s one of my all-time favorite movies and one I wish there was more of a fandom for.
I find most of the characters in this movie interesting. I like that even the “good” characters have flaws, and there are some interesting themes about ambition, desire, and happiness. There is also a strong subtext (this is a movie made under the Hays Code, after all), that Eve is homosexual. Not all of that has aged well, but it’s still an interesting movie well worth watching! And writing fanfic about; the movie ends on a rather ambiguous note, and there is room for prequels, epilogues as well as missing scenes.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): I don’t know if it’s streaming anywhere, but it has been released on DVD and Blu Ray. You can find the script here.
FANDOM NAME: Gwendoline Courtney: Elizabeth and the Garret Theatre. Alternative titles: Stepmother, Those Verney Girls
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: A fandom for those who want something cozy and where everyone ends up happy. This book was released in 1948 as a “girls book” and have been my ultimate comfort read since I was ten. It's about four sisters aged 10-17 who has to deal with their father sudden re-marriage. Convinced stepmother is always awful they set out to make life difficult for the unwanted intruder but finds out Nan is actually a lovely person whom it is very hard to hate. The book is also about the sister’s love for theatre; their Garrett theatre production of The Taming of the Shrew is an important part of the book. As is delicious teas and the transformation of anything dull and boring in the sister’s home into something lovely and comfortable.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): Girls Gone By released it with it’s original title, Stepmother and illustrations last year. It can also be found in libraries and used-book stores.
FANDOM NAME: All About Eve A movie from 1950 which won several Oscars, starring Bettie Davies, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Gary Merill, Celeste Holm, and Marilyn Monroe.
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: This is the movie which re-started Bettie Davies career, and she’s great here as Margo, a brilliant but aging actress who takes an interest in a young woman, Eve, who little by little starts to outmaneuver her, both in her private life as well as an actress. The rest of the cast is great too- especially George Sanders who bagged himself an Oscar for the role of the powerful but unpleasant theatre critic Addison DeWitt. It’s one of my all-time favorite movies and one I wish there was more of a fandom for.
I find most of the characters in this movie interesting. I like that even the “good” characters have flaws, and there are some interesting themes about ambition, desire, and happiness. There is also a strong subtext (this is a movie made under the Hays Code, after all), that Eve is homosexual. Not all of that has aged well, but it’s still an interesting movie well worth watching! And writing fanfic about; the movie ends on a rather ambiguous note, and there is room for prequels, epilogues as well as missing scenes.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): I don’t know if it’s streaming anywhere, but it has been released on DVD and Blu Ray. You can find the script here.
FANDOM NAME: Gwendoline Courtney: Elizabeth and the Garret Theatre. Alternative titles: Stepmother, Those Verney Girls
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: A fandom for those who want something cozy and where everyone ends up happy. This book was released in 1948 as a “girls book” and have been my ultimate comfort read since I was ten. It's about four sisters aged 10-17 who has to deal with their father sudden re-marriage. Convinced stepmother is always awful they set out to make life difficult for the unwanted intruder but finds out Nan is actually a lovely person whom it is very hard to hate. The book is also about the sister’s love for theatre; their Garrett theatre production of The Taming of the Shrew is an important part of the book. As is delicious teas and the transformation of anything dull and boring in the sister’s home into something lovely and comfortable.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): Girls Gone By released it with it’s original title, Stepmother and illustrations last year. It can also be found in libraries and used-book stores.
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Date: 2019-09-27 08:06 pm (UTC)