All about Eve

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Title:

All about Eve

Author:

Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979, producer.

Mankiewicz, Joseph L., director, screenwriter.

Sanders, George, 1906-1972, actor.

Davis, Bette, 1908-1989, actor.

Baxter, Anne, actor

Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962, actor.

Holm, Celeste, actor.

Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970, composer.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Summary:

A young aspiring actress becomes the secretary to an aging star and uses everyone to get to the top. From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo.

Audience:

MWT rating: NR.

General Note:

Full frame format with audio commentary by Celeste Holm, Christopher Mankiewicz, Kenneth Geist and Sam Staggs.

Based on the short story: Wisdom of Eve / by Mary Orr.

Originally released as motion picture in 1950.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 138 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject Term:

Actresses -- Drama.

Theater -- Drama.

Afi (American Film Institute).

National Film Registry.

Author(s):

Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979,

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.,

Sanders, George, 1906-1972,

Davis, Bette, 1908-1989,

Baxter, Anne,

Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962,

Holm, Celeste,

Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970,

Added Corporate Author:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Publisher:

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2008

1950

Publication Information:

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2008.

Award Note:

Academy Award Winner, 1951: Best picture.

Academy Award Winner, 1951: Best supporting actor (George Sanders)

Academy Award Winner, 1951: Best director (Joseph L. Mankeiwicz)

Call Number:

DVD ALLABOU

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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, Rovi