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    CrankyOldBroad: Best repartee of any movie EVER. And Bette was stunningly beautiful. more »
    SisterMaryMartha: MILDRED PIERCE. more »
    SisterMaryMartha: You should also watch Anne Baxter in I Confess and Bette Davis IN EVERYTHING SHE EVER STARRED IN. Also, Now Voyager is a really good one. more »
    SisterMaryMartha: THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES EVER EVER EVER. I AM RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MENTIONING OF IT. SO GOOD I HAVE LOVED IT SINCE I WAS 12. more »
    Ascendo_tuum: Love, love, love this movie. more »
    Raspberry Swirly: My mother's name was Bettye Davis. Because of the actress. Is that not awesome? Her entire life, people thought she was using a fake name. more »
    kitsune: Speak of the devil, I just watched this for the first time last night! It was great - top notch dialogue. But the theme, repeated over and over, is th... more »
    apocalypse-nowish: The first half of that movie bored the shit out of me, but the last half had me riveted. I know, I know, I'm going to hell. more »
    A-girl: Whenever I see Bette Davis in anything (I watch a lot of old films) I think of something I read about her by Edith Head (the costume designer). EH dis... more »
    GayRobotsRUS: This is one of my favorite movies. Why don't I own this? more »
    emilyanne: Oh this is my favourite film of all. When I was a little girl I wanted to grow up to be Addison de Witt - I think this might say something about me, b... more »
    hatepaperdoll: I can't believe I have to go into a meeting rather than discuss my FAVORITE MOVIE on Jezebel. I stopped and rewound the scene where where Bette Davis ... more »
    Political Party Girl: Lloyd: That bitter cynicism of yours is something you've acquired since you left Radcliffe.Karen: The cynicism you refer to, I acquired the day I disc... more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: I love it because it shows the full range of what these women could do...they didn't just play girlfriend, mother or wife...they were coy, belligerent... more »
    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: OMG I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING. Marilyn Monroe's character says "Why do they always look like unhappy rabbits?" Was MM the first to point out the pheno... more »
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    All About Awesome

    As we prepare to award various mediocre films, critic A.O. Scott draws our attention to an amazing one: Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1950 masterpiece All About Eve, probably top 5 in the Jezebel Film Canon. More »