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\"\"<\/a>Guest blogger Andrea Tuccillo writes:<\/p>\n

Recently I was flipping through the channels and – surprise, surprise – I landed on TCM. All About Eve<\/a> was on, right at the part where Margo Channing (Bette Davis<\/a>) is furiously ranting in the theater after finding out that Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter<\/a>) was made her understudy. It\u2019s not the first time I\u2019ve seen the film, but again it struck me – this script had bite (Joseph Mankiewicz\u2019s Best Screenplay Oscar was well-deserved.) The dialogue – especially Margo\u2019s lines – was crackling. Literally pops right off the screen. I swear you can almost see sparks flying from Bette\u2019s mouth when she talks.<\/p>\n

Almost everyone knows the movie\u2019s famous line, \u201cFasten your seatbelts, it\u2019s going to be a bumpy night!\u201d But I wanted to document some others, if only for the fact that while I was watching, I kept saying in my head, \u201cI need to write that down!\u201d I\u2019ve also included some handy notes on how to work these lines into your everyday life. It might get you some weird looks – or it might get you cast in a Broadway play. Not quite sure, haven\u2019t tested it…but here goes.<\/p>\n

Next time a guy asks to buy you drink, respond the Margo way:<\/strong> \u201cI’ll admit I may have seen better days, but I’m still not to be had for the price of a cocktail, like a salted peanut.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next time someone accuses you of being insensitive, call upon this exchange between Bill (Gary Merrill) and Margo<\/strong>: Bill: “Have you no human consideration?” Margo: “Show me a human, and I might have!”<\/p>\n

Next time someone points out your ego, tell it like Addison DeWitt (George Sanders):<\/strong> \u201cWe all come into this world with our little egos equipped with individual horns. If we don’t blow them, who else will?\u201d<\/p>\n

Next time someone tells you shut up, throw \u2018em this Margo gem:<\/strong> \u201cPeace and quiet is for libraries!\u201d<\/p>\n

Next time someone comes on too strong, say what Bill said to Eve<\/strong>: \u201cWhat I go after, I want to go after. I don’t want it to come after me. Don’t cry. Just score it as an incomplete forward pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ooh, zing!<\/p>\n

Wanna learn more about All About Eve? I recommend the book All About All About Eve by Sam Staggs. You\u2019ll learn juicy tidbits like how\u00a0Davis\u2019 unfortunate case of laryngitis gave Margo her signature whiskey-throated rasp, plus you\u2019ll find out what she really thought of her co-stars. In the meantime, what are some of your fave lines from All About Eve?<\/p>\n

Andrea Tuccillo is a news and entertainment writer for a radio news service in New York City and a film critic for TheCinemaSource.com. When she\u2019s not covering New Hollywood, she\u2019s obsessing over Old Hollywood on her blog, <\/em>www.onthemarqueeblog.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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