george cuckor and know a a director of woman and couldn not have hop for two more talented and beautiful woman for his last film . itself a remake of bette davis campy old acquaintance write by john van druten and this film be definitely dated and but still delightful . bergen and bisset sparkle a best friend who compete at everything and but manage to remain friend . liz hamilton ( bisset ) be a serious writer and intellectual and and elegant . she meet her lifelong best friend merry noel at an exclusive girl school and they begin a lifetime of not always friendly competition . later in their life and when liz be a promising but block writer of serious fiction and merry decides to try her hand at writing and which infuriate her pal because of merry casual approach to the craft she herself take perhaps a little too seriously . much to liz chagrin and merry trashy novel hit pay dirt and and ultimately and her old friend liz be judge her novel for the national book award . bergen steal the show a the haughty writer of steamy bestseller who scheme to bring together the broken piece of her life in conjunction with her final literary triumph and but ala and thing be never that simple . the support cast include david selby and whom you might remember a the tragic quentin collins from dark shadow and hart bochner and and of course and a deliciously young and mercurial meg ryan in her first film role since leave the soap . rich and famous be catty and campy and witty and wise . it culminate in a new year fiasco that stress the enduring nature of true friendship and and i never let a year go by without watch it on new year eve . watch it and you will see why .