All About Eve (1950)
Synopsis of All About Eve
Based on the story The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr, All About Eve is an elegantly bitchy backstage story revolving around aspiring actress Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in the dressing room of Broadway mega-star Margo Channing (Bette Davis), weaving a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Taking pity on the girl, Margo takes Eve as her personal assistant. Before long, it becomes apparent that naïve Eve is a Machiavellian conniver who cold-bloodedly uses Margo, her director Bill Sampson (Gary Merill), Lloyd's wife Karen (Celeste Holm), and waspish critic Addison De Witt (George Sanders) to rise to the top of the theatrical heap. Also appearing in All About Eve is Marilyn Monroe, introduced by Addison De Witt as "a graduate of the Copacabana school of dramatic art." This is but one of the hundreds of unforgettable lines penned by writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the most famous of which is Margo Channing's lip-sneering admonition, "Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night." All About Eve received 6 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 138 mins
Complete Cast of All About Eve
- Bette Davis - Margo Channing
- George Sanders - Addison De Witt
- Gary Merrill - Bill Sampson
- Thelma Ritter - Birdie Coonan
- Gregory Ratoff - Max Fabian
- Walter Hampden - Aged Actor (Speaker at Dinner)
- Craig Hill - Leading Man
- William Pullen - Clerk
- Eugene Borden - Frenchman
- Steven Geray - Captain of Waiters
- Bess Flowers - Well-Wisher
- Anne Baxter - Eve Harrington
- Celeste Holm - Karen Richards
- Hugh Marlowe - Lloyd Richards
- Marilyn Monroe - Miss Claudia Caswell
- Barbara Bates - Phoebe
- Randy Stuart - Girl
- Barbara White - Autograph Seeker
- Claude Stroud - Pianist
- Helen Mowery - Reporter
- Ed Fisher - Stage Manager
- Director(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Writer(s):
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Producer(s):
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- 1950 - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Best Picture
- 1998 - American Film Institute - 100 Greatest American Movies
- 1950 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Best Film - Any Source
- 1951 - Cannes Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
- 1951 - Cannes Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
- 1950 - Directors Guild of America - Best Director
- 1950 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Screenplay
- 1989 - Library of Congress - U.S. National Film Registry
- 1950 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Director
- 1950 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
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