All About Eve (1950)

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This is the backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington played by Anne Baxter. Tattered and forlorn, she shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing (Bette Davis), telling a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Margo takes Eve under her wing, and it appears that Eve is a conniver that uses Margo.

Widely considered as among the greatest films of all time, in 1990, All About Eve became one of 25 films selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress’s National Film Registry, deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” The film was ranked No. 16 on AFI’s 1998 list of the 100 best American films.

See this comedy/drama, 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St., Rosendale. Tickets are $10/$6 members. For more information, visit rosendaletheatre.org or call 845-658-8989.