Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s witty portrait of a Broadway diva (Bette Davis) fending off age, rivals, and anxieties about the loyalty of a fan-turned-assistant (Anne Baxter) is packed with bitchy banter. A superb cast (including Thelma Ritter and a cameo from Marilyn Monroe) does Mankiewicz’s pithy dialogue proud, none more so than Davis, and Sanders as a supremely supercilious drama critic.
All about Eve (1950)
Broadway diva Bette Davis tries to fend off her rivals in this Oscar-winning drama.
- 1950 USA
- Directed by
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Produced by
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Written by
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Featuring
- Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders
- Running time
- 138 minutes
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