"Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!”

The second SUNDAY SILVERS brings you the definitive backstage drama saga of ambition and betrayal. Starring the most amazing actress BETTE DAVIS in one of her finest roles! ALL ABOUT EVE is a film about an aspiring actress who maneuvers her way into the lights of Broadway via a highly regarded but aging star, a revered playwright and a triumphant director.

The short film before tonight's feature will be a cheeky monkey of an animation called 'Survival' by Angie Turnbull and Mark Farrell.

FACTS…

ALL ABOUT EVE won of TWENTY awards in its year of release, including the Best Picture Oscar. It holds the record for the film with the greatest number of female acting nominations. It stars a young Marilyn Monroe in one of her first roles. Bette Davis filmed all of her scenes in 16 days. Bette Davis was 42 when she filmed ALL ABOUT EVE. Claudette Colbert was originally cast as Margo Channing, but had to pull out due to a severe back injury.

If you are so inclined, here's an interesting article by Martin Shingler entitled, 'Masquerade or Drag? Bette Davis and the ambiguities of gender' from Screen (36.3 Autumn 1995):

http://screen.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/3/179.full.pdf

A BUMPY NIGHT? An extract