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All About Eve

In many ways the ultimate Broadway drama movie. Eve Harrington is the adoring fan who gradually takes over the life of aging star Margo Channing--her career and her fiance. While the film is definitely "all about Eve," told from the varied viewpoints of Margo, Margo's fiance, her screenwriter friend and his wife, and a sardonic theatre critic, it is also "all about" everyone else. Bette Davis is fantastic as Margo, who mirrors the star's own aging, and Anne Baxter holds her own as the insidious Eve. There's even a small part for a young Marilyn Monroe, as a "graduate from the Copacabana School of Acting."

The film won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders), among others, and is a joy to watch. Many quotable lines.

**** out of ****

Cast
Bette Davis as Margo Channing
Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington
Gary Merrill
Celeste Holm
George Sanders as Addison DeWitt
Marilyn Monroe as Miss Caswell

Written and Directed by Joseph K. Mankiewicz

Year of Release: 1950
Genre: Drama
Availability: Video/DVD

Other Versions of All About Eve:
Applause (Broadway play starring Lauren Bacall)

For Further Reading:
All About "All About Eve"

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