All About Eve : 1950: Winner of the 23rd Academy Award
Starring:
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
Gregory Ratoff as Max Fabian
Marilyn Monroe as Miss Caswell
Barbara Bates as Phoebe
The premise is about life in the theatre and the people in it. The movie is centered around Eve a young starlet, who aspires and hungers for greatness. She builds her web until has caught a good cast to make her dreams come true. However karma is not far behind and justice is served, on a silver platter.
When I first watched this movie I was 15! I was on a hunt to watch all Marilyn Monroe films. Even if she had only two min of screen time and so it was that I was introduced to this movie. This movie has a little bit of everything, intrigue and mystery, girl on girl crime and a really good villain. I think this is my favorite Anne Baxter performance and I also think that it was a perfect movie for Bette Davis like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd. There is a lot of dialogue in the film which sometimes makes it dry but trust me this is one to watch, a truly timeless classic.
It also won awards for:
Best Supporting Actor: George Sanders
Best Costume Design for a Black-and-White film: Edith Head and Charles Le Maire
Best Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Writing, Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Best Sound Recording: Thomas T. Moulton
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