介绍：百老汇资深女星玛戈·强尼（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis饰）即便上了年纪，却仍风姿绰约，是百老汇炙手可热的殿堂级名角成功的演艺生涯，光鲜亮丽的生活圈子，一切看起来都如此完美。直到她的剧作家朋友劳埃德·理查兹（休·马洛威 Hugh Marlowe饰）和妻子卡伦（西莱斯特·霍姆 Celeste Holm饰），把面目清秀、聪明怜俐的艾娃·哈林顿（安妮·巴克斯特 Anne Baxter饰）介绍给她做跟班，玛戈才意识到这个潜心学艺进步飞快的姑娘对自己的威胁，不免起了戒心。与此同时，艾娃极力讨好大名鼎鼎的剧评家艾德逊·德威特（乔治·桑德斯 George Sanders饰），势要在百老汇找到自己的一席之地。本片荣获1951年第23届奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳男配角等6项大奖，14项奥斯卡提名。该片至今仍保持着荣获奥斯卡提名数量最高的纪录。影片故事先后于1970年被改编成百老汇音乐剧《Applause》，1973年还被拍成电视电影《Applause》。

介绍：曾经风华绝代的大明星玛格丽特·埃利奥特（贝蒂·戴维斯饰）人到中年，不仅人老色衰，难以接到新电影，还面临破产危机，痛苦万分的她酗酒驾车，被警察逮捕入狱，不料却被吉米·约翰森（斯特林·海登饰）保释出狱，吉米曾在贝蒂的帮助下主演了一部电影，所以特地回来报恩在吉米的帮助下，玛格丽特尝试放弃在好莱坞痛苦挣扎，打算成为一名售货员过上普通人的生活，但她自负好强的性格，实在无法忍受就此隐姓埋名，于是她决定最后一搏。

介绍：保罗·柯蒂斯是个作曲家，他租借了一个英国妇女阿尔伍德太太森林房产中的一座小房子，同妻子海伦和两个女儿，十七岁的简和十岁的埃莉搬到了那里性情孤僻的阿尔伍德太太使两个女孩子感到害怕，她们觉得房子的气氛阴森古怪，而且有时她们还会受到一种神秘外力的支配，从而不自觉地干出一些违背个人意志的事来。在简差点被令人眩晕的光圈引诱着走进水中、而及时赶到的阿尔伍德太太救下她之后，阿尔伍德太太讲出了自己的秘密：她三十年前有个女儿卡伦，经三个朋友的介绍加入了一个秘密团体，在举行仪式时，雷电击中了教堂的塔尖，卡伦就此莫名其妙地失踪了。不久，收到了信号的简代替了卡伦的位置，同三个朋友重新举行入会仪式。在仪式进行的时候，埃莉突然进入教堂，用一种非人的、仿佛来自另一世界生物的声音说道：卡伦被带走是一个误会。在狂风和雷电之后，人们从恐慌中恢复过来，惊喜地发现：简毫发无损，而卡伦也重新回到了阿尔伍德太太的身边。

介绍：Critic Leonard Maltin describes "Three On A Match" as a "hard hitting example of forbidden Hollywood". That it is, no happy endings here, as this depression era film follows the rise and fall of childhood friends who get caught up in the seamy underworld of booze, drugs and gambling, ultimately trading places along the way.The three friends are Mary Keaton Bernard (Joan Blondell), Vivian Revere Kirkwood (Ann Dvorak) and Ruth Wescott (Bette Davis), shown growing up between 1919 and 1932 as a montage of newspaper headlines place the story in a historical context. Blondell's character is a reform school standout, whose life experience puts her in a position to counsel a depressed and "fed up with everything" Vivian. Viv takes up with small time hood Mike Loftus (Lyle Talbot) after disappearing with her young son from a cruise ship. Loftus ingratiates himself with mobster Harve (Humphrey Bogart in a minor role) and his boss Ace (Edward Arnold) by going into debt for two grand. The desperate creep attempts to blackmail the boy's father, wealthy lawyer Robert Kirkwood (Warren William), but that plan heads south as the cops quickly close in. Vivian's resolution is one of the more depressing finales to a tale that realistically depicts a pair of unfortunate souls whose lives spiral completely out of control.The film does have it's share of light moments; one of the newspaper clippings describes the new fashion trend in beachwear, a "brief" sun suit, ably modeled by Bette Davis. In stark contrast, Mr. Kirkwood's attire of choice is a business suit and tie while sitting under a beach umbrella, hard to work up a good tan that way. Davis' screen time is limited but effective, with a sit up and take notice scene where she's shown wearing just a slip early in the film, rather daring for the era and showing more skin than one might expect.Warner Brothers/First National masterfully portrayed the down and out, seamy underside of life during the 1930's, '40's and '50's, tackling all manner of subjects in their movies. "Three On A Match" tells it's tale without a wasted moment, sometimes relying on scenes that only last a few seconds to move the story along. It's hard edged and no nonsense, all the more provocative for it's mature subject matter and realistic portrayals; highly recommended.