All About Eve

All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on the 1946 short story "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr, although Orr does not receive a screen credit.

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All About Eve
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Directed by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Based on	The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Bette Davis Anne Baxter George Sanders Celeste Holm Marilyn Monroe
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Barbara McLean
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	October 13, 1950 (1950-10-13) (New York City)[1]
Running time	138 minutes[2]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.4 million[3][4]
Box office	$8.4 million[5]

The film stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, a highly regarded but aging Broadway star, and Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, an ambitious young fan who maneuvers herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships. The film co-stars George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, and Hugh Marlowe, and features Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe in one of her earliest roles, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates and Walter Hampden.

All About Eve held its world premiere in New York City on October 13, 1950.[1] Praised by critics at the time of its release, All About Eve received a record 14 Academy Award nominations.[notes 1] and won six, including Best Picture. All About Eve is the only film in Oscar history to receive four female acting nominations (Davis and Baxter as Best Actress, Holm and Ritter as Best Supporting Actress). Widely considered as among the greatest films of all time, in 1990, it became one of 25 films selected for preservation in the United States Library of Congress's National Film Registry, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6] The film was ranked No. 16 on AFI's 1998 list of the 100 best American films.[7][8]