20 Amazing Facts About All About Eve
16. The Film Was Condemned By The Fire Protection Association
All About Eve really didn’t sit well with the Fire Prevention Committee of Evansville, Indiana. A member of this committee wrote to the national headquarters and said:
“We have preached and preached not to smoke in bed, yet I viewed a movie last night where movie actors, under the influence of spirits, smoked in bed. This in my opinion encourages smoking in bed, as the public are quick to act on what they see done. I believe it is time we asked the cooperation of studios not to show actors smoking in bed. It is adult delinquency.”
The officials at the MPAA defended the movie with the argument that the production code, for all its strict rules, didn’t permit them to forbid the dangers of depicting bad smoking habits.