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All About Eve received widespread critical acclaim upon its release on October 13, 1950, at a New York City premiere. The film's competitor, Sunset Boulevard, released the same year, drew similar praise, and the two were often favorably compared.
With Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm. Seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingenue Eve Harrington insinuates herself into the lives of aging Broadway star Margo Channing and her circle of theater friends in this Oscar-winning story.
- (140K)
- Drama
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1950-10-27
Jul 18, 2024 · All About Eve, American film, released in 1950, that delighted critics with its acid wit and that starred Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, and George Sanders. The movie received six Academy Awards, including that for best picture. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)
- Pat Bauer
Jun 11, 2000 · When “All About Eve” was recycled into the Broadway musical “Applause,” Mankiewicz observed that the studio had received “infinitely more” in royalties than it paid him for writing and directing the film.
Synopsis. At a prestigious awards ceremony, the celebrities of the theatrical world gather to honor one of their brightest new stars: the amazing young Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter), whose meteoric rise to fame is unprecedented.
All About Eve (1950) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film was based on the short story The Wisdom of Eve written by Mary Orr published in Cosmopolitan in May 1946.
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All About Eve. In Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s devastatingly witty Hollywood classic, backstage is where the real drama plays out. One night, Margo Channing (Bette Davis) entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter).
