All About Eve (1950)

Barbara Bates: 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?