Photos | On Set: All About Eve

Here is another edition of the 'on set' photo series. This time it comes from the set of the 1950 picture All About Eve. I must say it, it is quite a photo...

In one photo, you get some of Hollywood greatest actors: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe, Celeste Holm, George Sanders, and Gery Merrill. I never noticed that Monroe is the only one not wearing a dark color. I wonder if that was done on purpose? Maybe to make her stand out in this very small early role?

Something I have always thought about is how different this film would have been without Bette Davis. She was not the first choice to play the role of Margot Channing.  Greats such as Tallulah Bankhead, Susan Hayward, Marlene Dietrich were early considerations for the role. Claudette Colbert was actually cast in the role, but had to pull out after a back injury on another film. In my mind, All About Eve is actually 'all about Bette Davis'.

Photos | On Set

Here is another installment on the On Set series. This time we have three pictures from the set of the Joan Crawford film Dancing Lady.

Joan Crawford hanging out with the Three Stooges

Photos | On Set

Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe going over their dance steps for the 'Two Little Girls 
From Little Rock' number from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Photos | On Set

Judy Garland & Fred Astaire performing 'We're A Couple Of Swells.'
From the 1948 film Easter Parade