Thelma Ritter

The story involves three married couples in a small Westchester County, New York town. The wives receive a message, just as they are about to take a group of school children on a riverboat ride and picnic, that a fourth woman has run off with one of their husbands. A series of flashbacks intimates the reasons why each wife might be the one deserted. One is Deborah (Jeanne Crain), who grew up on a farm. Her only worldliness comes from service in the Navy during World War II. She feels out of place at the social occasions that her husband Brad (Jeffrey Lynn) enjoys (and grew up in). Another is Rita (Ann Sothern), a career woman who writes sappy stories for radio soap operas. Her teacher husband George (Kirk Douglas) feels somewhat emasculated since she earns a substantial portion of the household income and is turned off by his wife giving in to demands of radio managers. The third, Lora Mae (Linda Darnell), grew up poor but succeeded in bulldozing Porter (Paul Douglas), the wealthy owne
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Length: 02:43
Posted: 11/16/2009

Karen (Celeste Holm) introudces Margo (Bette Davis), Lloyd (Hugh Marlowe) and Birdie (Thelma Ritter) to Eve (Anne Baxter), who then enthralls most of them with her story in All About Eve, 1950.
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Posted: 2/25/2009

Margo (Bette Davis) forgets professional etiquette in accommodating starstruck Eve (Anne Baxter), alarming aide Birdie (Thelma Ritter) and leading to a revealing moment in All About Eve, 1950.
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Posted: 2/25/2009