A solid script is the key to Hollywood's success in an age when you can't be confused by dazzling special effects, Hitchcock's well-thought-out suspense, Billy Wilder's impeccable storytelling, and Robert W. McKee summarizes the "Story", all of which prove this truth.
The Comet Beauty, released in 1950, was nominated for 14 nominations, including an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, and won six awards. The movie is a classic Hollywood fable about Vanity Fair, about how a seemingly innocent but ambitious actress takes advantage of the people around her to ascend, and it still looks universal today.
The opening of "Comet Beauty" is also the end. At the gala dinner, the highest drama award was awarded to actress Eve . Accompanied by the warm applause of the melon-eating crowd, the camera swept over several celebrities who knew the bottom line, only they understood that in Eve's house next door The sins hidden under the girl's character and the gloss of the cover girl, the truth unfolds with Karen 's narration.
Karen is the wife of the playwright Loy and the best friend of the famous actress Marg . A year ago, she often saw a plainly dressed young girl wandering in front of the theater. Out of curiosity, she learned about the girl named Eve. Is a big fan of Margo, so he introduced Eve to Margo.
Margo was chatting with Loy in the dressing room, loudly declaring that fans are a stupid group, and in a blink of an eye, Eve showed a friendly look, and then Margo heard that Eve's lover was killed in the war, and she was only in Margo. When he was able to find solace in Grid's play, he couldn't help but soften his heart, plus Marg's boyfriend, the theater director Bill , was going to Hollywood to make a film, so Marg kept Eve by his side.
Eve showed a capable side, not only taking care of the housework, but also taking care of Margo's performances, and even silently writing a letter to Bill to report Margo's current situation. The attentiveness of the service made Margo a little uncomfortable, but everyone else was full of praise for Eve, especially Karen. So when Eve hints to Karen that she wants to be Margo's stand-in, the latter says yes.
At the party held at her house, Margo was no longer the only one in the audience. Eve was gentle and polite, and she talked and laughed. Margo angrily saw that her friends were surrounded by Eve, jealous and lost. She had the idea of sending Eve away.
Unexpectedly, Eve quickly seized the opportunity to become Margo's stand-in, and won the favor of the theater owner Max . Margo felt the fear of being replaced, and made a scene in the theater, which was unreasonable and helpless. Eve then convinces Karen to deliberately let Margo miss her flight, so she gets a chance to appear as a stand-in, and the drama critic Mr. DeWitt takes the opportunity to hype Eve in a newspaper column.
The slightly famous Eve immediately showed her ambition. She tried to seduce Bill. After being rejected, she turned to Roy. At this time, Karen realized that she was being used. She confronts Eve face to face, only to be threatened with revealing the secret of her betrayal of Margo if she doesn't follow her plan. Meanwhile, Margo is fed up with show business and decides not to play the heroine in Lowy's new play, but to marry Bill instead. Eve became the heroine as she wished, taking part in one performance after another, emerging.
If the plot came to an abrupt end at this moment, the satire of The Comet Beauty would be cut in half. In fact, contented Eve and drama critic Mr. DeWitt went back to the room to show him the news that he was going to marry Lowe, only to have DeWitt reveal his true colors, pointing out that she was originally a small-town courtesan who had fabricated it. The identity of the widow of a soldier, etc., he can make her famous, but also make her ruin, so that Eve, who thinks that everything is under control, is strangled by Mr. Dewitt.
History is always strikingly similar. After attending the dinner, Eve returned home and found a young girl waiting, telling how she loved acting and how she worshipped Eve, and Eve took her in. The camera pans from a tired Eve to the next room, where the young girl sneaks into Eve's dress in front of the mirror, just as intoxicated as Eve touched Margo's costume a year ago...
"The Comet Beauty" heralds the actresses' moment of brilliance, falling as fast as a comet. Eve, who is about 25 years old, and Marg, who is nearly 40 years old, are two stages in life. Young girls yearn for all things vivid and fragrant. She can keep getting acquainted with new knowledge, dealing with strangers, for flowers, applause and worship. Eyes, but they are easy to become prey, do not know the gift of fate, they have secretly marked the price; older women are used to seeing the warmth and warmth of human beings, and are tired of the days of smiling faces, and have no interest in pleasing others, she is more They hope to be surrounded by friends and lovers and resist the cruelty of twilight, but they still can't eliminate their age anxiety and like to confirm the sincerity of others over and over again.
The film uses a concise and neat way to shape the character of Eve, who is regarded as the ancestor of high-ranking green tea. As Roy said: "She looks gentle and kind, and she is so weak." It can arouse the desire to protect others at once. Most of the wealthy upper-class people have a natural guard against the ambitious lower-class people. The first thing Eve does is to gain trust by showing weakness. Her humble and kind-hearted attitude is in contrast to the grumpy Margo. Second, when Eve wants something, she never says it outright, but instead asks others to offer to help her, and then shows her gratitude, which is sympathetic to the Karen of the Heart works best. Third, in addition to acting without revealing the water, Eve will also show a slight obsession with drama in due course. In the eyes of a group of bigwigs, this girl is a little silly and a little cute. The last point, that is Eve's art of holding people up, who can resist a sincere and to the point praise from a fan girl, unless it is a sober angry young man like Bill.
The film is also good at using costumes to advance the plot. At the beginning, Eve wears a shabby trench coat and a soft hat for men, and looks like a weak existence without any aggressiveness. Next, as Margo's secretary, she wears a tailored business suit, showing her edge, and then she and Margo are at the party. She was also wearing a black evening dress, revealing her ambition to compete for beauty. In a blink of an eye, she climbed up to Mr. Dewitt, wearing fur, and finally Eve dressed like a radiant female star.
Although the movie is also known as "All About Eve", the audience can't ignore the actress Bette Davis . She played Margo's aura and performance that almost overshadowed Eve. The big wavy hairstyle is bold and straightforward, slightly hoarse. The voice recites the lines of the poisonous tongue, giving the characters a breath of life, and the arrogance of the characters is displayed between the raised eyebrows and the contemptuous eyes.
The irony of "The Comet Beauty" is profound after seeing the world, and I think the most impressive passage is Eve's award-winning speech: "I just came to the stage to accept this honor, and this honor belongs to my friends in the theater and the theater itself. The theater gave me what I have today. In all fairness, I dedicate what I got today to Max Fabin, the Max I love, the passionate, generous, brave Max Fabin who risked an obscure amateur actor,
To my first friend in theatre, whose kindness and generosity I will never forget, Mrs Karen Richard,
Karen let me meet my idol who became my benefactor and adversary, she was a great actress and a great woman, Marg Channing,
Dedicated to my director, who has patiently taught me, even though he always pushed me to push my limits, Bill Sampson,
And another one, if it wasn't for his great script, if it wasn't for his confidence in me, I wouldn't be able to stand here tonight, how could I repay Roy Richard? There are too many people I can't go into here, and thanks to their help, guidance, and advice, tonight was the happiest night of my life..."
Eve thanked all the people she had hurt, except Mr. Dewitt, who did not mention the damage and help her.
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