All About Eve (1950)
Drama

Tagline: The bitchiest film ever made.
Tagline: It's all about women---and their men!

The “dialogue is scintillating, characters…extraordinary, direction…perfect and production as fine as anything 20th Century Fox has turned out” in Joseph L. Maniewicz’s “captivation" (Variety) Oscar winner for Best Picture. From the moment she glimpses he idol at the stage door, Ever Harrington (Anne Baxter) moves relentlessly towards her goal: taking the reins of power from the great actress Margo Channing (Bette Davis). The cunning Eve maneuvers her way into Margo’s Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo’s director boyfriend (Gary Merrill), her playwright (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife )(Celeste Holm). Only the cynical drama critic (Oscar winner George Sanders) sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

Thelma Ritter and Marilyn Monroe co-star in this acclaimed classic, which won six Academy Awards and received the most nominations (14) in film history.

User Comment: marcosaguado from Los Angeles, USA, 19 March 2004 • What a genius Joseph L Manckiewicz was. A literary script that is totally accessible. A melodrama for the thinking man. A film that is as engrossing and entertaining every time you see it. Bette Davis touches all the raw nerves of her mythological career. Anne Baxter never went this far. Thelma Ritter became a sort of icon. Marilyn Monroe gives us a preview of forthcoming attractions as a graduated from the "Copacabana" academy of dramatic arts. Celeste Holm represents us, all of us and George Sanders creates a prototype for a cultured monster that is immediately recognizable. I don't recall another film in which the nature of selfishness is so wittily dissected. A total triumph.

Summary: A Miracle Of A Movie.

--- JOYA ---

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