
All About Eve
1950 · Movie · PG · 139 min · ★ 8.1 · 99% critics
A determined stage newcomer sets her sights on taking control of a major Broadway star’s life and career. Working her way into the circle around the idol, she creates a sensation that ripples through theater relationships as one sharp-eyed critic watches closely.
Based on The Wisdom of Eve
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Details
- Years
- 1950
- Release date
- 1950-11-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Critic score
- 99/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (1,698 votes)
- Box office
- $8,489,279
- Budget
- $1,400,000
About
If you like clever, high-society backstage drama with biting dialogue and tense social maneuvering, All About Eve is for you; Not for you if you want a straightforward, action-driven story, or if you dislike the wordy style of Sunset Boulevard or Stage Door.
Pros: witty, cutting dialogue; top-tier performances; sharp backstage satire | Cons: very wordy pacing; manipulation-heavy tone; some dialogue overload
Themes
- playwright
- hollywood
- black and white
- relationship
- insecurity
- broadway
- based on short story
- broadway star
- manipulative woman
- stage struck
- homewrecker
- enchant
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design, Black-and-White · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1951
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1951
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- Academy Award — Best Director · 1951
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Costume Design, Black-and-White · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Art Direction, Black and White · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Film Editing · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Sound · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 1951 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · nominated
Cast & crew

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
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz