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All About Eve (1950)

Barbara Bates: Phoebe

All About Eve

Barbara Bates credited as playing...

Phoebe

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  • Addison DeWitt: And what's your name?
  • Phoebe: Phoebe.
  • Addison DeWitt: Phoebe?
  • Phoebe: I call myself Phoebe.
  • Addison DeWitt: And why not? Tell me, Phoebe, do you want someday to have an award like that of your own?
  • Phoebe: More than anything else in the world.
  • Addison DeWitt: Then you must ask Miss Harrington how to get one. Miss Harrington knows all about it.
  • Addison DeWitt: Hello. Who are you?
  • Phoebe: Miss Harrington's resting, Mr. Dewitt. She asked me to see who it is.
  • Addison DeWitt: Oh well, we won't disturb her rest. It seems Miss Harrington left her award in the taxicab. Will you give it to her? Tell me, how did you know my name?
  • Phoebe: [coquettishly] It's a very famous name, Mr. DeWitt.
  • Addison DeWitt: And what's your name?
  • Phoebe: Phoebe.
  • Addison DeWitt: [incredulously] Phoebe?
  • Phoebe: [bristling] I call myself Phoebe!
  • Addison DeWitt: And why not? Tell me, Phoebe, do you want some day to have an award like that of your own?
  • [noticing how enviously Phoebe holds and admires the trophy]
  • Phoebe: More than anything else in the world.
  • Addison DeWitt: Then you must ask Miss Harrington how to get one. Miss Harrington knows all about it.
  • Eve: Erasmus Hall. That's in Brooklyn, isn't it?
  • Phoebe: Well, lots of actresses come from Brooklyn. Barbara Stanwyck and Susan Hayward. Of course, they're just movie stars. You're going to Hollywood, aren't you?

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