All About Eve is a 1950 movie drama written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, from the story The Wisdom of Eve, by Mary Orr.
Bette Davis plays Margo Channing, a highly regarded, aging Broadway actress, with Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, a young fan who insinuates herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships. Gary Merrill, George Sanders, Hugh Marlowe, Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter also appear, and the film provided one of Marilyn Monroe's earliest important roles.
It was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won six awards, including Best Picture. It has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
Date Added to CMC
1/21/2006
Original Released
10/13/1950
Cast
Bette Davis
Anne Baxter
Director(s)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer(s)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer(s)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Plot Description
Margo Channing is the biggest star on Broadway but is beginning to show her age. She encounters a young woman who claims to be her biggest fan, and who worms her way into Margo''s life, eventually becoming her secretary. Gradually, it is revealed that Eve is more scheming and duplicitous than she seems. She begins working to supplant Margo: she takes the role of her understudy and engineers Margo''s absence so that she can play her role onstage. Eve gives such a good performance that her own career as a theatre star begins to take off, and she becomes a bigger star than Margo. At the end of the film, Eve herself encounters an apparently besotted young fan, and it is implied that the cycle will continue. [top]
Awards
This film was the big winner of Academy Awards in 1951, winning six Oscars:
Academy Award for Best Picture: Darryl F. Zanuck, Producer
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders
Academy Award for Costume Design, black and white: Edith Head and Charles Le Maire
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