{"id":360,"date":"2025-08-01T01:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T05:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2025-08-28T20:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T00:33:56","slug":"all-about-eve-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"All About Eve-1950"},"content":{"rendered":"

All About Eve-1950<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Joe Mankiewicz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 250 Films #155<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #73<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed June 27, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

All About Eve is a cynical masterpiece from 1950 set in the competitive world of the New York theater.<\/p>\n

Insecure Margo Channing, played to perfection by Bette Davis, is an aging actress whose career is declining. She meets na\u00efve Eve Harrington, played by Anne Baxter, who insinuates herself into Margo’s life and career.<\/p>\n

One interesting aspect of this film is the opening scene of Eve’s acceptance speech. The look of anger and disdain on the front table indicates what is to come.<\/p>\n

The film backtracks from the first time the two women meet, and the story begins.<\/p>\n

It is undoubtedly a dark film, and jealousy and back-stabbing are common themes throughout, as had never been done before, set in the world of theater.<\/p>\n

One by one, each of Margo’s friends catches on to Eve’s plot, but at what cost?<\/p>\n

This is Bette Davis’s comeback performance as a talented Broadway star, and she makes the most of the opportunity as she deliciously utters her famous revenge-minded line, “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night”.<\/p>\n

Marilyn Monroe has a cameo role as a debutante in her first film role.<\/p>\n

The film deservedly won the 1950 Best Picture Oscar.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: 7 wins<\/strong>-Best Motion Picture (won)<\/strong>, Best Director-Joseph L. Mankiewicz (won)<\/strong>, Best Actress-Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Best Supporting Actor-George Sanders (won)<\/strong>, Best Supporting Actress-Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter, Best Screenplay (won)<\/strong>, Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Sound Recording (won)<\/strong>, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (won)<\/strong>, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (won)<\/strong>, Best Film Editing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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