tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post5524871757571218974..comments2023-12-06T09:39:43.731-05:00Comments on StinkyLulu: Celeste Holm in All About Eve (1950) - Supporting Actress SundaysStinkyLuluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11765533714740641857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-78170461363699687612009-02-08T20:10:00.000-05:002009-02-08T20:10:00.000-05:00I don't think the character came off as innoce...I don't think the character came off as innocent as all that. Holm kept up an atmosphere of cool, self-entitled command throughout the film. For example, her comment about Sampson & Richards during the understudy conversation between herself and Eve: "They'll do as they're told", as well as the subtle iciness of one of her first lines to Eve, "well, among other madmouthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077004080652422135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8640084.post-66749197105864730392007-05-29T02:22:00.000-04:002007-05-29T02:22:00.000-04:00Here, here. Holm did manage to convey sage sexines...Here, here. Holm did manage to convey sage sexiness effortlessly for Mankiewicz as the scheming offscreen narrator of <I>A Letter to Three Wives</I>- too bad she didn't carry over some of that character's shrewd sauciness when she portrayed nicey-nice Karen a year later. Watching Holm, I get the impression she simply memorized her lines, showed up for work, and shot her scenes, without giving Vertigo's Psychohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701774152300870403noreply@blogger.com