All About Eve

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All About Eve

1950

2h 18m

Drama

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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.

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Richard L. Coe

Washington Post

07/26/2022

You'll want to see All Abut Eve a couple of times.

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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.

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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.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

03/26/2023

5/5

All About Eve proved to Hollywood that Bette Davis wasn't ready to quit and it remains one of the greatest films ever made.

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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.

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Robson C

Feb 1

Margo Channing, uma diva do teatro, é apresentada a Eve Harrington. Impactada pela história de vida de Eve, Margo a contrata como sua auxiliar. Porém, ela logo percebe que a jovem é bastante ambiciosa e que ela não irá parar até conseguir o que deseja: estrelar uma peça na Broadway. Clássico do cinema, com a direção e o roteiro precisos de Joseph L. Mankiewicz, alguém que conhecia todos os bastidores e jogos sujos do mundo teatral. Mankiewicz optou por contar esta fábula de ambição no mundo do teatro, mas, com certeza, não seria necessário muitas modificações para o mundo de Hollywood. Os diálogos são verdadeiros duelos, principalmente dito por gente do talento de Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter e George Sanders. Merecedor de todos os Oscars que ganhou e merecia muito mais. Uma aula de cinema.

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Christian K

@ckacar Jan 27

Definitely a writers movie, it touches on almost all aspects of stardom and the Hollywood/theater lifestyle. Loved the ending.

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Lisa V

@Lisavh Jan 20

Timeless!! Still thoroughly enjoy this film after first seeing it over 50 years ago while taking a "history of film" class at community college. Absolutely brilliant screenplay and performances. I especially appreciate "Birdie's" spot on intelligence and insight. Lessons for us all. Snakes are often be in our midst.

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Patrick S

@PatrickStruik Jan 2

Brilliant movie with a sublime Bette Davis.

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joe d

@Welshboy Dec 13

Max you sly puss. George Sanders is particularly brilliant & of course Miss Davis as ever delivers the goods.

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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.

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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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