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All About Eve

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Backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington. Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing, telling a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Margo takes Eve under her wing, and it appears that Eve is a conniver that uses Margo.
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Smart, sophisticated, and devastatingly funny, All About Eve is a Hollywood classic that only improves with age.

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Pauline Kael The New Yorker 07/28/2022
Joseph L. Mankiewicz's bad taste, exhibited with verve, is more fun than careful, mousy, dehydrated good taste. His nonsense about "theatre" is saved by one performance that is the real thing: Bette Davis is at her most instinctive and assured. Go to Full Review Richard L. Coe Washington Post 07/26/2022
You'll want to see All Abut Eve a couple of times. Go to Full Review Times (UK) Staff The Times (UK) 02/17/2022
The script is well capable of carrying out the film's intentions -- it is, indeed, an admirable piece of work and not lacking in wit. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 08/19/2023
The barbed dialogue is witty and wonderful, delivered with tart insolence by Bette Davis as ... an aging Broadway lioness who watches ruthless cub Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) pull out her claws as she purrs and insinuates herself into stardom. Go to Full Review Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies 03/26/2023
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All About Eve proved to Hollywood that Bette Davis wasn't ready to quit and it remains one of the greatest films ever made. Go to Full Review B.R. Crisler Christian Science Monitor 08/16/2022
The writing and directing by Joseph L. Mankiewicz are superb, and the acting is Academy-Award all the way. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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joe d Dec 13 Max you sly puss. George Sanders is particularly brilliant & of course Miss Davis as ever delivers the goods. See more Lisa W. @Jinxy7 Nov 9 An all time favorite. The script/dialogue is so snappy and well written. The cast is fantastic. Costumes by Edith Head. See more Isaiah Y Sep 20 Classic film featuring Bette Davis' greatest performance See more Theo E Aug 30 A Haiku Review: Betty Davis was Probably thinking, “why can’t Eve get some self esteem?” See more Mikey B Jun 29 Superbly written story about a young ingenue who wants to be the star and the veteran actress hanging on to relevance. Bette Davis' finest performance and that is saying something. Bonus: Marilyn Monroe in a scene before she became a star. See more Alexsander F Jun 29 Terrific! A classic since its inception, starring the great Bette Davis, who became a reference for villains, a work that influences screenplays to this day. See more Read all reviews
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Bette Davis

Margo Channing

Anne Baxter

Eve Harrington

Celeste Holm

Karen Richards

George Sanders

Addison De Witt

Gary Merrill

Bill Sampson

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All About Eve (1950) (left to right): Gary Merrill, Bette Davis, George Sanders, Anne Baxter, Hugh Marlowe and Celeste Holm. A scene from the film "All About Eve." (left to right): Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe and George Sanders. Bette Davis as aging stage actress Margo Channing stars in the film "All about Eve." George Sanders and Anne Baxter, who play theater critic Addison De Witt and ingénue Eve Harrington. All About Eve (1950) All About Eve (1950) View more photos

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Synopsis Backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington. Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing, telling a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Margo takes Eve under her wing, and it appears that Eve is a conniver that uses Margo.
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer
Darryl F Zanuck
Screenwriter
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Distributor
20th Century Fox, Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 13, 1950, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.2K
Runtime
2h 18m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.37:1)
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