Many well-known actresses ested for the part of the young woman - Loretta Young, Margaret Sullavan, Anne Baxter and Vivien Leigh (her role inGone With the Wind (1939)made her participation impossible), and Ronald Colman was also considered for the male lead role.She made her first stage appearance, at the age of four, inMidsummer Night""s Dream.She played a fairy and entered - quite unexpectedly - stark naked.She has been a Star ever since.Margo is a great Star.A true star.She never was or will be anything less or anything else.Miss Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), an actress who we soon learn "all about" in flashback, is being honored as the youngest recipient ever to win he Sarah Siddons Award as Best Actress - "such a young lady, young in years, but whose heart is as old as the theater.""Don""t be an idiot,"" I said.""Sit back where you were and talk sensibly or I shall have to send you home.""Withers: But Mrs.Crosbie, I wonder you didn""t throw him out there and then.Leslie: Well, I didn""t want to make a fuss.You know, there are men who think it""s their duty to flirt with women whenever they have he chance.I believe they think women expect it of them.Howard: When did you first suspect that Hammond was serious?Leslie: The next thing he said to me.He looked at me straight in he face and said, ""Don""t you know I""m awfully in love with you?""Robert: Swine!Howard: Were you surprised?Leslie: Of course I was surprised.The young victim had blood-red tear streaks dripping from her empty sockets where her eyes had been stabbed out.