Drama · United States of America · 1950 · 2h 19m

All About Eve

All About Eve poster
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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
Crew
Milton Krasner — Director of Photography Barbara McLean — Editor Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer Joseph L. Mankiewicz — Screenplay Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer Edith Head — Costume Design
Tagline

It's all about women... and their men!

Synopsis

From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Trailer All About Eve — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
playwrighthollywoodblack and whiterelationshipinsecuritybroadwaybased on short storybroadway starmanipulative womanstage struckhomewreckeramused
Key Collaborators
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director Milton Krasner Director of Photography Barbara McLean Editor Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Joseph L. Mankiewicz Screenplay Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Edith Head Costume Design
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