All About Eve (1950)
All About Eve is a 1950 drama movie directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a running time of 2h 19m. It stars Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders.
From the moment she lingers by the stage door, Eve Harrington looks like the most devoted fan a Broadway star ever had. Margo Channing, an aging leading lady with a temper and a tongue, takes the wide-eyed girl in as an assistant. Eve is helpful, humble, always there, and slowly indispensable. The talk is the main event here, poured out over parties and dressing rooms and one famous staircase, aimed squarely at ambition, aging, and the vanity of theater people. Bette Davis plays Margo as glorious and dangerous. Fasten your attention; every knife in this film is verbal.
Quick answers
What is All About Eve about?
From the moment she lingers by the stage door, Eve Harrington looks like the most devoted fan a Broadway star ever had. Margo Channing, an aging leading lady with a temper and a tongue, takes the wide-eyed girl in as an assistant. Eve is helpful, humble, always there, and slowly indispensable. The talk is the main event here, poured out over parties and dressing rooms and one famous staircase, aimed squarely at ambition, aging, and the vanity of theater people. Bette Davis plays Margo as glorious and dangerous. Fasten your attention; every knife in this film is verbal.
When was All About Eve released?
All About Eve was released on 9 November 1950.
How long is All About Eve?
All About Eve runs 2h 19m.
Who made All About Eve?
All About Eve was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Where can I watch All About Eve?
All About Eve is available on Broadway HD Amazon Channel, BroadwayHD, YouTube TV, fuboTV, Amazon Video and Apple TV Store.
Where to watch All About Eve
Stream: Broadway HD Amazon Channel, BroadwayHD, YouTube TV, fuboTV
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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Cast
- Bette Davis as Margo Channing
- Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington
- George Sanders as Addison DeWitt
- Celeste Holm as Karen Richards
- Gary Merrill as Bill Sampson
- Hugh Marlowe as Lloyd Richards
- Thelma Ritter as Birdie Coonan
- Gregory Ratoff as Max Fabian
- Marilyn Monroe as Miss Caswell
- Barbara Bates as Phoebe
- Walter Hampden as Aged Actor
- Randy Stuart as Girl
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A few thoughts on All About Eve
If the backstage knife-work and the spectacle of ambition landed, look for other stories about theater folk devouring one another and the real cost of the spotlight. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's script rewards a second viewing, once you can see who is playing whom from the first scene, and how early the trap gets set.
Dramas built on ambition and one towering performance
All About Eve lives on its talk and on Bette Davis, a role poured out over dressing rooms and one famous staircase. These are dramas built the same way, on ambition, ego and a huge lead: Streep in The Devil Wears Prada, Jeremy Irons in Damage, the showbiz wreckage of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and the patient con of Shawshank.