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All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story (and subsequent 1949 radio drama) "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does not receive a screen credit.
All About Eve. 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.
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- Drama
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1950-10-27
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.
- Pat Bauer
A penetrating anecdote on the viciousness of narcissism, cynicism, deceit, and celebrity, All About Eve is one of the most revolutionary and sharp-edged screenplays ever written.
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- Bette Davis
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Twentieth Century Fox
All About Eve: Directed by Ivo van Hove, Nick Wickham. With Lily James, Gillian Anderson, Stanley Townsend, Monica Dolan. Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing and tells Margo and her friends a melancholy life story.
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- Drama
- Ivo van Hove, Nick Wickham
- 2019-04-11
Eve is a breathless fan, eyes brimming with phony sincerity. She worms her way into Margo’s inner circle, becoming her secretary, then her understudy, then her rival. Faking humility and pathos is her greatest role, and at first only one person sees through it: crusty old Birdie (Thelma Ritter), Margo’s wardrobe woman. “What a story!” she snaps.
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).
