Bette Davis theatrical actress Margo Channing in "All About Eve" (1950). Davis read the script, described it as the best she had ever read, and accepted the role. Within days, she joined the cast in San Francisco to begin filming. During production, she established what would become a life-long friendship with her co-star Anne Baxter and a romantic relationship with her leading man Gary Merrill, which led to marriage. The film's director, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, later remarked: "Bette was letter perfect. She was syllable-perfect. The director's dream: the prepared actress." Critics responded positively to Davis' performance, and several of her lines became
Stars Over Broadway Stars Over Broadway Stars Over Broadway is a 1935 American musical film directed by William Keighley, written by Jerry Wald, Julius J. Epstein, & Pat C. Flick, and starring Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, James Melton, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh and Eddie Conrad. It was released by Warner Bros. on November 23, 1935. Frank S. Nugent of "The New York Times" wrote in his review: "The Warners have tackled the operatic film with an engaging sense of humor. In "Stars Over Broadway", which opened last night at the Strand, they contemplate grand opera with their tongue in their collective cheek and