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All About Eve (1950) 8.4
An ingenue insinuates herself in to the company of an established but aging stage actress and her circle of theater friends. Director:Joseph L. MankiewiczWriter:Joseph L. Mankiewicz (written for the screen by) |
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Title: All About Eve (1950)
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Cast
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| Anne Baxter | ... | ||
| George Sanders | ... | ||
| Celeste Holm | ... | ||
| Gary Merrill | ... | ||
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| Barbara Bates | ... |
Phoebe
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| Thelma Ritter | ... | ||
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Walter Hampden | ... |
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Girl
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Craig Hill | ... |
Leading Man
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Leland Harris | ... |
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Barbara White | ... |
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Aspiring actress Eve Harrington maneuvers her way into the lives of Broadway star Margo Channing, playwright Lloyd Richards and director Bill Sampson. This classic story of ambition and betrayal has become part of American folklore. Bette Davis claims to have based her character on the persona of film actress Talullah Bankhead. Davis' line "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night" is legendary, but, in fact, all of the film's dialog sparkles with equal brilliance. Written by Jeanne Baker <jbaker@erim.org>
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It's all about women---and their men!Genres:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
15 January 1951 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Best Performance See more »Filming Locations:
21 Club - 21 West 52nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$10,177 (USA) (6 October 2000)Gross:
$10,177 (USA) (6 October 2000)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Played on the piano at the party when Margo is going upstairs
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Claudette Colbert was originally cast as Margo Channing, but suffered a ruptured disc during filming on Three Came Home and had to withdraw. Bette Davis stepped into the role, even though 20th Century-Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck and Davis couldn't stand each other, going back to when Davis walked out from her post as president of the Motion Picture Academy in 1941. See more »Goofs
The hands in the bedside clocks do not move. See more »Quotes
Addison DeWitt: While you wait you can read my column. It'll make minutes fly like hours.See more »
Crazy Credits
Eddie Fisher is credited in the cast as 'Stage Manager,' although all of his scenes were cut from the released print. This is not the the singer Eddie Fisher, but another actor. See more »Soundtracks
"Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)"(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Played on the piano at the party when Margo is going upstairs
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You will see yourself in every character in this very intelligent, entrancing movie. Though set in "the theatre," the story could just as easily have been told in a small town, a corporation – even a religious organization. Being set in the "glamorous" world of entertainment – its seems all the more timely in these days of fame, fortune and the insufficiency (almost shame) of being ordinary. The theatre setting also underscores the reality that the world is a stage, and all its people, players.
So much to study in this movie: the genuine, trusting (and romantic) human; the streetwise, good, hardworking human, who's seen it all and doesn't embrace it; the jaded, heart-hardened, deceitful loser with power, who admires the same and disdains human goodness; the ambitious sociopath who fools so many; the unsuspecting onlookers who see only the façade of success; the inescapable fact that supreme achievement has been had by very low characters; the painful passage of an aging woman into the light of knowing she's loved for being beautiful beyond her appearance, for being HER; the touching portrayal of her lover who remembers his love for her as he passes on a much younger, beautiful, talented actress; the sorrow of a (betraying) friend who discovers the frightened and lonely heart of her successful friend … The dialogue is sharp and clever, barked and growled, smarmy and tender… A truly human movie about being human. Go – find yourself in everyone!