All About Eve

Based on ”The Wisdom of Eve” by Mary Orr, an elegantly bitchy backstage story revolves around aspiring actress Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) and Broadway megastar Margot Channing (Bette Davis).Tattered and forlorn, Eve shows up in Margot ’s dressing room, weaving a melancholy life story to Margo and her friends. Taking pity, Margo takes Eve as her personal assistant. Soon it becomes apparent that na\357ve Eve is a Machiavellian conniver who cold-bloodedly uses Margo, her director Bill Sampson (Gary Merill), Lloyd’s wife Karen (Celeste Holm), and waspish critic Addison De Witt (George Sanders) to rise to the top of the theatrical heap. Also appearing in All About Eve is Marilyn Monroe, introduced by Addison De Witt as ”a graduate of the Copacabana school of dramatic art.” This is but one of the hundreds of unforgettable lines penned by writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the most famous of which is Margo Channing’s lip-sneering admonition, ”Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”

1950

NR

024543948223

Movie

Blu-ray

2018-02-07 21:14:29

1.37:1

Yes

138

United States

2011-02-01

H.264 / AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10)

1080p

1.37:1

50 GB (Blu)

1

1

Digibook

~$30.50

2026-03-09

2018-02-07 21:14:29