All About Eve
Drama
20th Century Fox  (1950) 138 mins NR

8.4 (27,983 votes) Top 250: #75
Take in the definitive tale of backstage backstabbing as never before with this all-new 2-Disc Special Edition featuring two revealing behind-the-scenes commentaries, four illuminating featurettes and more! Winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture, this extraordinary film is one of the most-nominated films in Oscar history and remains "one of the smartest pictures of all time" (Los Angeles Times)!

In one of her "sharpest, truest, most sophisticated and titillating performances" (Los Angeles Examiner), screen legend Bette Davis plays stage legend Margo Channing. But as Margo's star is dimming, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) a young, ambitious ingenue, becomes her all-too-willing protege. Slowly, this dreamy-eyed kid spins a deceptively cunning web around Channing's inner-circle, including Margo's director boyfriend Bill Simpson (Gary Merrill), playwright Ll...

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Cast and Crew
Bette Davis  ......  Margo Channing
Anne Baxter  ......  Eve Harrington
Celeste Holm  ......  Karen Richards
George Sanders  ......  Addison DeWitt
Marilyn Monroe  ......  Miss Casswell
Walter Hampden  ...... 
Director  .....  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Producer  .....  Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer  .....  Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Erich Kästner
Notes
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Margo reads the note written by Eve, Bill says, "I understand she's the understudy in there." However, when he turns his head to the camera, his lips aren't forming any words. (more)

Trivia:
The theatre scenes in the film were shot at San Francisco's Curran Theatre at 445 Geary Street a couple of blocks from Union Square. (more)

Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
Margo Channing: Addison, I've been wanting you to meet Eve for the longest time.
Addison DeWitt: It could only have been your natural timidity which kept you from mentioning it.
Margo Channing: You've heard of her great interest in the theater.
Addison DeWitt: We have that in common.
Margo Channing: Then you two must have a long talk.
Eve Harrington: I'm afraid Mr. DeWitt would find me boring before too long.
Claudia Caswell: You won't bore him, honey -- you won't even get a chance to talk.
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Awards:
Won 6 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 15 nominations (more)